The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-13
The Insurgents Pleased.
From the Philadelphia Press.
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~ HE REPUBLICAN state convention
| has met, the high requirements OF
| 1 the hour. II has justified the hopes
and expectations of those true and
patriotic Republicans who want To see
the Repubirnnism OF Pennsylvania
brought ZIP more nearly to the level of
| the Rrpublicnnsm of the country.
The nomination for governor rises to
the just public standard. The platform.
unlike some of former years, is souhu,
restrained. iudicious declaration of Re-
publican principles and policies. with no
uncertain voice ON the salient and con
trolling issues of the day Beyond and
above all the at,lacious and determined
attempt to put the brand of II recreant
and repudiated state administration on
the Republican organization and to COM
nit the party to the pcrpetuation of Its
kind has happily been baiiled and de-
fcatcd
The Republicans of the state may well
feel Il sense of relief and the people OF
all parties may well rejoice that the
great office of governor is to be re-
deemed in the clean hands of Judge
Pennypackcr. lie is a man of rugged
and sterling honesty. in whose rectitude
of purpose and integrity of action the
| most implicit confidence may be unhesi-
tatingly reposed. Twelve years of stain
less service on the bench have attested
his prohity and his courage. lie knows
the earlier and the glorious history of
Pennsylvania: he has deeply studied Its
best traditions and Influences. he has
pride of race and blood and honor. A
jurist of learning and purity. Il scholar OF
solid attachments. Il patriot of civic viz
tue and true public spirit, Il man of in
dependent mold and resolute Will. he VIII
carry into the governors chair the at
tributes which assure faithful. upright
and fearless administration.
NJ,
ard his veto! No stolen franchises with
his sanction! No glaring assumption on
his part to nullify constitutional amend-
ments! No spoilation of schools or coun-
tercheck OF charities! To make n good
governor IL unfortunately not necessarily
to make a good Legislature; but 1t is
much to gain a governor who VIII stand
as II wall of adamant against vicious
legislation That gain we secure In the
rominatio of Judge Pennypacker. 1t is
the talisman of a united party. The con-
science of Republicans who have stood
aloof for some years or who have voted
their open protest will readily accept
him. They stand for good government.
and. so does he. They stand for public
honesty. and so does he. They want
governor whose character is his Suffi-
cient pledge. and Judge Pennypacker
comes up to the standard.
The action of the convention is the
fruition of the policy which the Press has
faithfully and earnestly advocated 1t is
the vindication and the realization of
the counsel which has been steadfastly
given in these columns. The Press is
naturally and deeply gratitied with the
adoption of a course toward which 1t has
steadily pointed the Republicans of Penn
sylvania. 1t is earnestly Republican
from conviction: it believes in Republican
principles: 1t accepts and encourages Re-
nil nj n
Republican faith: but it takes it's party
for the sake OF it's principles. and not Its
principles for the sake of its party. When
the organization is fathless to true Re-
publican standards. 1t must stand con-
demned: and when 1t meets the best Re
publican demands 1t must equally be
commended.
The Harrisburg convention fulfilled this
requirement. If it was struggle be-
tween two factions of the Republican
machine. it is none the less true that
while one of them made itself the defen-
der of a false administration and the
champion of false policy, the other had
the wisdom to put itself on the side OF
right. Had 1t been Il mere wrangle of
factions simply for factional gain on
either side, the body of citizen Republi-
cans who are not mere camp followers
might have looked on with fndiferencr.
But when they found one faction con-
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odum from which 1t had suffered and
the other responsive to their own de-
mand for a nomination which should
pledge better administration, they could
not be passive spectators. but welcomed
and aided those who. for whatever rea-
son. were working for the same result as
themselves.
Senator Quay had the sagacity to re-
cOgnize II threatening danger and the
Sense to avert It. He comes out of the
convention with added prestige n par
ty chief. His fight was with his own
lieutenants, trained under his own eye
in his own methods. and he has shown
that he is still the master of politics. lie
might have kept hands off and seen his
ambitious staff officers make up a cnbal
of their own and rush the party head
long and recklessly into a rashness and
folly that would have brought inevitable
catastrophe. 1t is to his credit that he
put hands on and prevented the mistake.
He saved the party from Il disastrous
bunder by his intervention against some
of his leutenants, and he was himself
saved in the resulting fight because he
took a position which aligned him with
the better Republican demands. IL this
experience and the new situation shall
induce him to follow the line which has
brought success now, so much the better
for him and for all concerned.
We accept and welcome Judge Penny
packer for what he himself Is. We know
his quality. The bench, the bar and the
people of Philadelphia and of the sur
rounding country know 1t. The people OF
tine whole state will come to know and
applaud it. Come in what way 1t may.
he bears no mans impress. His mind is
wholly his own. His nomination saves
the party from n break, and his gover-
norShp will save the state from shame.