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s. T. SHUUKItT Editor.
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Eltr Ctnirt fpmotratj
Tnrnn #1.50 nor Annumin Ailvixnce,
8. T. BHUGERT, Editor.
Thursday Morning, August 2, 18ffo.
Domocrutio Stato Convention.
Tlio lirmorratii Stale Conx-mion will In tin*
opera hotiw, HnwWtuWt on WodnoodM, Aag.l, •' 1
t, in !► uomlnste a 'w*di 1 ito fir Auilil'ir4"-iH-r.il
ur.l a <-iadt<lat<- fir Statu Tp a>'.r. r. nrnl t" tr inef t
Fin li other J-ualßM' • tlx' I'liininti ii ma J .lot. rmiiif.
Tl.rft' will al. 1... nt. 1 t.i til.- 1 ...Vintl II
r~w.mtl.ni wlii, I, lia. I. .i. .'l' 1 ..l l.> Hi- Slat- I Hi..- ]
nntt*". hAiitfitiiS tin* rulow th Rirtv '•
11... t1.,1 wiimiwl iii. iilinK i f 111- SI.I-' "li" 1 '- j
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ilwjr of Jaiionrjr, lntiid of third MoU'loae imw
iir.il iilrd. • ... . |
Under tl.o now rul-| "f lli" I arty tl i I '
ti a. 11l the State Convention w ill 1•• '•> I'l-ri ntnln
.l. 1.-a-at.iw hum raUtlnw i"l ' -.matim dwtrr t. • u
i,r oa.li I.iiOO Ih.ni - milt i t. -.nt m t . .-i -it •i- (
hat-rial filiation, ..r f r a fraction of 1 ••• -urli > t. •
anionnttiig to i'*'or niurr ; l*r..ul-.l that r.u h rr|.ro- (
F..nttliw'liatrlit atiwll bur.! t |...I •• ••
Ther* wilt | a miltll ol llin D* i it <t-
Committee in lUrrldiuri! on Tin -Uy July l. j
.1' W V. lIKNSKt.,
J. n. Ll.BTr.Clrrk. fli .irn.ai, -I .1' ' • i"
Tlio Democratic Delogatc Eloction
and County Convention.
Tim Democratic voter" of C.-nlr.-i -.t> w.;l u- t
ai tb" Nnkt plncoo of balding Uie naenl •loctiom
I r tb- nbitri.-ta un ttntut tu>. Aug .1. I" .to • ■ t
.|al, ,-at<wb. tlio tbiniw-rwlii I'-unty U ii.imi n. 11- j
ideation will open wt - ./clock, r. , ami' I at ..x j
The .l.'l.igat.'* choeen at lite el. a- tinn- will nr t In
tli.i Court Bow at Bellefante.oe Tu-. I.y. Aug. It, I
at o'clock, r. n, to nominal- • ■ '• •• ' • -•
.-Ute Judge, <it." cnnilulxte lor Dith-t AC -my.
one rmn.lbUt" fur County purveyor, a; Ito trai..., i
em l other l imine"" • the mter.wta ol tb. j arty i ay
demand. ~ . .... . .
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W, r. lIIDII,
Chairman.
Gov. CCKTIN will please accept our
thanks lbr two vols. Conij>endfuin of
the Tenth Census.
TIIB Republican Senatorial dead'
lock in New Hampshire till continue-,
hut the indication- arc that in a few
days a break will take place, and that
Mr. Wra. K. Chandler who ha.- b< -sc<l
the politics of that -tate for -tune year-,
has lost his gri[> and will he retired
tlefeatal.
THK Postmaster General meant
business when he ordered that no Post
master should absent himself from hi
post of duty, without consent of the
Department. The Postmaster at Kala
mazoo, Mich., disobeyed the order and
went to New York, where he remain
ed a week. He.is now a suspended
official.
HENOK BAHCA, the Spanish Minis
ter to the United States, committed
suicide in New York on Sunday morn
ing last, where it is said he arrived
with a view of sailing with hi- wife
and daughter for France. The cati-e
of the ra.-h act is supposed he financial
difficulties. lie wa- popular and much
esteemed in Washington, both in hi
ofiicial and social relations.
ENGLISH officials it seems are not
pleased that the United States return- 1
ed a few of the assisted paupers sent
to this country who were incapable of
earning a living in their own country.
The United States welcomes all for
eigners who emigrate here to better
their condition and live under a free
government, but if a government has
no more decency than to take advant
age of this liberality to send their
helpless paupers here for support, our
government is entirely justified in re- j
turning them, whether they arc pleased
or not.
A REITHLHIAN paper says the
Democratic party do not seem to
think as much of Senator Stewart now
as they did last year. Well.no!
yeat Stewart vehemently proclaimed
that lie was honestly and conscien
tiously in favor of reforming the abuses
of administration which his party had
fixed upon the state, and the Demo
crats were sirnplo enough to believe
him. This year they have learned
that he win an infernal hypocrite then,
and is willing tool of the bosses now.
Is it wonderful that respect should dife
under such circumstances'!
AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, Of W lIATEVKH STATK OH I'KHM A.M<i,N, llhl.lt/iOUS '>H l'< I.ITI A I.."—JtlTnrv'.ri.
The Death of Montgomery Dluir. I
Tlio Hun. Montgomery I Hair li"*l j
at his residence in Prince George.-!
county, Maryland, a few mile.- Jroin
Washington, on Friday last. Mr.
Blair for many years lias been a con
spicuous figure in the political and
social life of Washington ami the state
in which lie lived, and well known to
the country as the distinguished 1 Vt.
master General in the administration
lof President hiucoln. He was a re
! markahle ineniber of a famous lumily,
and like his distinguishetl father,
' Francis P. Blair, illustrated a life
conscientiously ami earnestly devoted
to lmnorahle works controlled by iiigli
motives. The active career of Mr.
| Blair, say- the Washington he
! gan with his graduation from the Mili
tary academy, forty-eight years ago,
and covered the period of most rapid
development in the material, intellec
tual, educational and moral growth of
the country. It covered, al- •, the <ra
|of anti-slavery excitement, the great
civil wur, and the eti.-uing period of
reconstruction. >uch a man a- Mr-
Blair would, in all probability, have
achieved distinction if he had follow, d
the profession which he lir.-t eh -e-
But army lit",- in time of peace did m t
satisfy his active mind, and he -ought
in the prof, -.-ion of the law a li- Id tor
greater activiti, - and more agreeable
dutit -. He was eucct --till at the bar,
and soon took high rank in his pr - j
t'es-ion. Mr. Blair wa- a thoroughly
etlicient Pi'-tnia-t. r (leneral under ti,
tir-t Kepuhliean Pn sid> nt, and intro
duced various postal reforms, tln
utility of which has IXNTI ntte-ted 1v
the experience of hi- succt--or-, lie
began his public life a- he i f - 1 it, a
Democrat, and as u wi-e coun-<! r
in matter of party jioliey. A- a
citi/. n, a- a churchman, and in - .cial
and buine— relations Mr. Blair led a
blameh-s life, and left an example
worthy of emulation.
Tilt: .11 I>|i IA I. AITOHIToSMLM
I tui,l,, as agreed upon by the committee j
l of conference, has pa—ed both hou<-,
1 ami is now b. i'ore the tiuveriior I >r
approval. In tin arrangement
districts we believe '' ntr<' and I lunt
ingdon are coupled n- tin Furty-ninth
dudieial District, of which .In,dge Or
vis will he the pri i 1< lit .Judge Ul.t i
the expiration of hi- conimi-i :i a a i
j ditional law judge of the 'J >tli di-trict.
This a— a iaf n will dniihth -- be plea
sant and satisfac tory to th< p .pie ot
, both , unties, giving to them a ,1> a
headed, fearless judge of more than
ordinary merit and ability.
Si NATOK "B >ii N Si i;W A i:I. the C n
; sistent, denounces Gov. I'attison as an
"arbitrary executive" attempting "an i
invasion of the people's rights." This I
j will certainly le new- to the people as
! they are strongly impre-ed with the
belief that the reverse i- true —that
j Patti-on is standing in the breach
warding otT the vigorous blow- of
John's Stalwart a- ociatc- to crush the
constitutional provisions designed to
| protect the "people's right-.'' A large
jMirlioti of the people of Pennsylvania
arc disfranchised in direct and positive
violation of their rights. This dis
franchisement Stewart t Go. seek to
perpetuate by refusing to pass a fair
; and just apportionment bill in accord
ance with their constitutional ohlign
i tiou as members of the legislatuVe.
All that the Governor or liia friends
• a-k or will ask is fair play and a just
> recognition of the equal rights of Un
people. Under all the circumstancc.-
of the ease as they exist, John makes
a bail figure in assuming the ro/c of an
indignant protectant against the fan
cied encroachment of an "arbitrary
executive." The pretended Indepen
dent of Inst year now the supple slave
of the political conspirators bo former
-1 ly denounced, is not in position to de
nounce the Governor or any other i
honest man.
BY the death of the Hon. Mont-.
gornery Blair, Gen. Simon Cameron is
the only living representative of tbei
first cabinet of President Lincoln.
IiEI-l/KKONTK, I'A., TIIt'IiSDAY, A I (i I ST J, 1-Ki.
SoriouH ChargOH.
Secretary <'handler who i* in a p di
ticul hole in New Hampshire, from
which he is likely to emerge shorn of
his power a- au effective machine
manager, i* in danger of entering an
other hole of more damaging charac
ter as a reprc.-cntalive of the Federal
administration, This uncomn ionahh
trickster was one of the principal
manipulators of the l'ri ,-idential fraud
of I*7o, is now Secretary of the Navy
in Arthur's administration, an 1 had
the letting for the building of ix steel
v< --els for which a large sum of inom y
wa- appropriated by the hist coign
This letting recently to >k place under
-uspicious circumstance - and all h t to
John Koach, between whom and the
S erctary it is believed extraordinary
bu-ine-s relations e\i-t. The Harris
burg I'atria n hiring to tin- -n 1 >j• • t
remarks: "The obviou- rea- <ll
of cour-- that leach's hid- Were the
lowe-t put in. There was good reason,
however, to believe that the figure -
wen -o redtici i a- to make pruli: im"
p -ible. It wa-, indc 1, almost me
necc--ary for a iiiciube r of the firm of
Cramp'- sons, that nl- > made liI-, t ■
tell the public that 11 a !i da p. j.d.s : i
1 his profits upon extra nppropriatcms.
I! it thi- i- not by any means ail that
the member of thi- firm as-' rt-. In
an interview published in the Haiti
more .1 ere lie makes - une very
I -eriotis chargi -.
lie assert.- that N eretarv < liandh r
obtaim d hi- app inttneiit as - retarv
of the navy through J-hn H ach -
I influence and it w ihl t: : b< wry
| surpri-ing it' this \ s . r.- prov-l to 1H
true. Mr. < 'rn:op t. ■ n :at< tha: hi
tirrn made a bid f>rtlu< < ii-lro .i. n
'of the i rubers at a lower rat-- than '
lb acli i Mild | .blv nf; rd. II;
astonishment <au be imagined when,
the bids even opened and 11 ae-ii'-
were found t> be still lower. In thi
connection the-hip-build r say- 'I
tell you that < handler gave th wli--!e
tiling away on the day the bills wi re
opened. Ilis band shook like ft leaf |
! when he opened them. W- saw through -
it at a glance, and I would have given
1 bitn a jiiocc of my mind tin n and
there it my brother had not held me
i back. All that 1 said wa-: Mr. S< •
; retary, arc you going ! > give all the*--
i ntracts to one man' and all that
' (handler .-aid was: 1 don't -• hov I
lean help it. Hut lie trembled from
le ad to t Kit a- he stood there, and was
um-a-y a- long a- we were pn - ut'
He still further n -ert that the secret
"f the Chnmllcr-Uviii h combination
can be found in the j rsonal hu-iru -
relations of a legal character that
• xi.-t hi twi en them.
-
SI-HAKIM. of the record GOV. Palti
soil has made as chief magistrate of
I'. nnsylvania, the New York It TO Id
-ays : "II • ha- outlived the criticism
with which his administration was
greeted, and those of hi- own party
who were indifferent or hostile are
numbered now among his ardent sup
porters. The Democratic pre-?, with
but few exceptions, have followed in
the wake of the parly lenders, and in
stead of the linlf-ht art'd support which
the Governor used to get ho is prai-iil
and appbiU'h d in all thoglory of large
type. The Governor's independence
of party trammels caused hostility and
jealousy ; his achievements, which
have always kept pace with his prom
i-t a, Imvo brought about the present
revulsion of feeling. It would l>c use
less now to recapitulate the events
which have made Governor I'attison
so popuinr; in fact, they have been
recorded nt length in the Herald. It
is only necessary to say that never be
| fore in the history of the Common
wealth have so many measures of ro
form became law. The Governor's
policy has been so well defined that
the Democratic party will rely upon
it in the campaign of next fall."
A VKIIY damaging hail storm passed
over Lancaster county on Saturday
night lost. Over a thousand acres of
growing tobacco were totally destroyed.
Which Sido wan Mr. Nilea On
There i- a difference of opinion,
savs the /'hila. //iron/, among lb-pub
limns concerning the way in which
•b-roine !>. Nib-, tln ir candidate for
Auditor Gemini, voted bit yiar
whether for General Heaver, Si nator
.John Stewart or Governor l'atti-
A good many Independents, it i
claimed, voted for I'atti-on in order to
make their vote- against Heaver a
effective :n possible, and Mr. Nile
may have been one of tln-in. In the
earlii r part of the campaign li wrote
a b-tf. r to General Beav r pledging
hi- hearty sujijiott,but .- <rne time afttj
he wrote another letter to the General
in which be -aid he could n >t give tb l
open and public support protui.-cj in
hi- former letter. He- -aw h w lin
eal was jumping in Ti >ga, and con
eluded to jumji with the eat. At any
rate, before the • ampaign wa- over it
i- said lie \.:s- on the same -tump with
Mitchell and Merrick making -pi <ln -
I T St' wart. Hence it may be ■ <n
eltided that lie did 1. 't vole lor G .v
-• rnor Pattison. Senator Stewart favor
ed the n"initiati nof Nib ■, although
liier-' wa in Col iticl (iriinc- ui a Stal'
wart eaiididate in hi* county, an-1 in
vii w of this many people have taken
it for granted that Nih - was an Inde
pendent last ye.ir. It i generally
undi r-t ■ I, at the same tim<, that hi
i. imiuati ti was a Stalwart e ue- --ion
:• the IndejMudeiit clement of tin
jiartv. Still In- wa- elainud as a -up
j. .rt'-r of General lb-aver 1 a-1 year up
t - the v- ry last day - of the i ampaign.
It must be admitn-d that Mr. Nibs
played hi- .-ame of hide-and-M ek with
1 ib al of skill in the last i am
paign. He may not IK- S-I successful
t this time.
Tilt. D< mocrata of the House pa -ed
what i- known a- tie St.-wart <
gr---i nnl Apportionment bill pre-• n
ted at tin regular s --i -n, and sent it
to the S- nate fur concurrence as a
i •mpromise of the existing difference*
'iK-tween tin- two In use-. This bill
- -nec-di 1 t - the I>< m>* rat* eleven, and
the lb publicans -evetito n lIH tuber-,
actually two more than that party are
hum tly i ntitled to, but for the sake
■f bringing the -i n to n clou- the
I)i mocrats agreed to acci pt the liill as
framed and offered by Stewart in the
Senate. The refusal of the stalwarts
to accept tlii- a* a rompromi-c measure
at least, prove* beyond ijui -tion that
tin controlling majority of the Si nate
are acting the part determined upon
in advatu -> <>S all pro< < i ding- had upon
tie sub -rto! npportiunmeiit- that no
apportionment Lilt ex< • pt one gi --ly
unjust would be allowed t > pa-s or
Tipere<-de the prc—nt sbatni -• g rry
tnauder law by v.bich tlu-c stalwarts
'now hold the power to violate the
plain provisions of the < n-tilutiuti
and ignore the rights of the j-eo pie
tlie-c provision* are di igned to pro
tect. I tuler this state of facts, a
they actually exist, tlio Democrat*
I may with propriety, accept the i -ue
prcaonlcd and ap]H>al to the people of
Pennsylvania with just assurance of
approval. They have done nil that
could bo bom stly expected of them to
carry into edict the iinpurative man
dates of the Constitution. The failure
to do so, r< -ts with the obstructionists
in the Scnnte.
Tim New York Su says: "The
Asiatic cholera, besides ravaging
Egypt in a terrible way, exists at this
time as it does nearly always in the
East Indies. We learn officially that
yesterday in the British House of
Commons there were 1,161 deaths
from cholera in the Bombay Presi
dency during the first week of last
month. In the meantime the rag* and
garments taken from victims in Egypt
aro being shipped to Ibis country for
the use of paper makers. Our Consul
at Liverpool has sent the facts on this
subject to the Government at Wah
iugton, and warning has been given
from there to the health authorities of
New York, Philadelphia, New Haven,
Providence and Boston. * There is
danger iu infected rags.
Bouncing tho Independents.
Hays thi If'irri-burg /'atrial: iSena
lor < anieroii policy from the first was
to anniiiilat'- the independents. H- n
at-ir < 'ann ron never forgivi - nor for
gets and lie bos nevi r given up liH
original inti-utioii. He ha- i-aptured
Senator Stewart an I with him b>-
hopes the main body of hi* follower.*
al-o. He i- now determini dto wreak
lu- V'-iigeanei: upon the otlu-r leaders.
1 In- ,-ignnl ha already bei n given to
bounce them.
S-nator Cameron's per onal organ,
the Hurri-hurg 7 - 1< '/rajdi, in best • veil
ing'- edition utti r- the following -igni
fieant word- in refen-nei- to ('oloin 1
Levi Bir-1 Duff, ('olotii 1 Tie ma* M.
Marshall and W. S. J'urviaiiei " The
repubiieuu party is reunited. If tho-<
gentlemen do not lik" it, they can go
over to the democrat-. Tiny will not
IK- assuih I by tin ir late political u-so
i .at- - J -r that, in r tin ir right hi -pie--
tioiied. They will > arn contempt only
by preti-nding t- In- rejiublii an- and
- eking to divide- tin- party from with
in. Tln-y cannot -ueei•< d, J' r neither,
nor all of them, are of euflicb-nt con
-e.juenei-t-i -- t the jeditieal river on
lire, and only attain prominence in
proportion a- they—pretending to be
. repuhliean- earn contempt by covert
ly aiding the common enemy."'
Thi- i au tin an hut oin- tiling, which
is that the independent b-adi-r- men*
ti-'tied ar■ repudiated < mti mptu usly
bv the ullegi d "unite ! ri pulilican
party." Then- i- n mistaking the
-ignili anri- f thi* utterance coining
from uch a -urn- ami in order that
it may ohtaiif w idl r ciieulation than
tin limited i :iti nof > nat r fame
r -n'- |■ I nal organ ran give it and
to inak< -ip t:.a: .t comes te> the
notice of the- gentlemen most > tieirn
i-d tie- l'i. n ' eln-erfully re-publi-h-- it.
M.\l:-UAI. T. Pol K. the defaulting
Treasurer of tin- stat<> of T- nn- ■<> .
ha' In :i trie 1 and i - uvictt i - : em-
Ih //le-tijcnt. He- wa- se uteue- 1 to
twvnty y-ar* in the penitentiary, aud
fim- i ,ua! t' the amount embe//.led-
Thi- tint -rtuncte loan be! : - to one
:'th- m-t prominent families in Ten
m --. He .va- a nephew ami nn
adopted s n of the lati President Polk,
and might have been the heir to tlie
P Ik man-ion, a very valuable piece
of pr<-perly that President Polk pro
vide 1 in hi- will slmuld go to the rno-t
d< -erving of the Polk family whom
tlm L-g i.itur should select. The
amount <d Polk's i tube/zlcment readies
nbout four bundri I thousand dollars
and if the p rtion of bis sentence
which require-- hi- restoration is cn*
t TI • 1 he will probably stay in jail all
his life. At Various time- it has be-in
run. r-d that hi- friend- were willing
to niaki- g - d the amount of hi- thefts,
in i .nsi h ration of the withdrawal of
the criminal charges against him, but
nothing cainc of tin c alleged attcmpt
at compr -uiisc.
Beim in B. BKATH, ed Philadel
phia, was elected dmmandcr iii-chi< f
f the Grand Army of the lb public,
at the- mee ting of that organization in
Denver, C 1., on Friday last. He ic
.rivid 158 TOtfll oat of Gen.
Barntim was a candidate, and bis de
feat i* attributed to hi- expressed opin- j
i n on the l it/. John Porter case.
THK President starteel Monday on
his visit to the Yellowstone Park. He
exjiocts to be absent from the scat of
Government until the middle of Sep
tember. Secretaries Lincoln and Fol
gor arc to be of the Presidential party.
He might as well rccal (.'handler from
the political field in New Hampshire
and attach him to the junkctting par
ty weesL Bosses are not in demand in
the cast now, and Bill is gathering no
laurels for himself or the administra
tion.
A nrMMiTTKK of the striking Tele
graph Operators have appealed to the
President demanding an investigation
into thcarhitray action of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, which
they claim jeopardizes very important
interests of the government
TKJJMS: $!.">() per AIIIIIIIII, iII Advance.
'Jin. New Vor; World iu condemn
ing the lion made by llie llrruld
that tin; I ioverum l t should buy the
! teh graph i-y tern, -ay* : "All that i*
in ■ dd i an a't of < digt> **. It may
bo pa- -ed in a week and become a
law. All that i- need- 1 in that an
Hcidental majority of a Gmgrca
-hould believe tlie meanire to be popu
lar, that the people want it, and they
will give it to tl.' in. Fucli a bill might
go through with a ru-ii. Stranger
tiling- have hapjiened. Then in one
way to avert thio J> t the Western
I ii ii 1 olograph ( impany n '-agnize
tiiat it- power, its prosperity, and even
its perpetuity, pernap-, dejK-nd u|oii
i the- god will of the people, and let it
rv igni/.e the fori •• ot the public ojiin
i'-n and maki concession- to its em
| ployi. - and di-arm public prejudice.
! Ibe b-- ,n of the situation wan
•j> diit■ 1 out at tin -'art. Put an end
I tbc i-trike by concession-. Settle it.
A I i.w Republican ]>aj><r- urge the
i member, oi their party in the leginla
ture to accept no compromise and make
no com • --ion- to secure the pa -age of
apportionment bills, and at the same
time ■ laim that the odium rif the ex
tra ot -,ion r upon the J democrat-.
Not much. Nor are the people such
-irnpb tons at, believe them, or tail
to place the odium ju,t where it be
! uig--, and that is to the determination
of the UC publican IK~C- that there
shad be no bill pa-- d which will not
aliord them the same unfair jwlitical
advantage- they enjoyed in the pa-t.
< ooper and the Independent*.
ihe fact that ibo mas \ . ' oopor has
again been J !ac< 5 ;,t the head of tho
republican organization in tb; ute i y
In" a| pointtnent n- chairman of tho
state committee gives deep concern fo
tho— independent" who broke sway
frotn thnr party under the load of
f.'harle* S. Wolfe and who last yearstooil
.1 unflinchingly against the effort* of
i!io|. • to whip them into the party
tries. They cannot see what eflect
tie ir movement ha* had to reform or
j ur. y republican politic- when the very
Jii e of machine politicians is again
i -I .n control of the republican organ
s at: n.
Another consideration that lead* the
Wolfe indej.endent to distrust a repon
cihati n which makes Mr. Cooper tho
leader of the rej uhlican party in Penn
sy.vai .; i that when the next conven
ti''H for the election of delegate- at
large to the national convention shall
as -mile the same tactics wliirh enabled
the b:esea t > control tho convention of
i -* 11 will without don lit be employed to
defeat the friends of l'.laine or whoever
1 R i iy be the anti-Cameron candidate for
president in 18M, The chairman of
the state committee has great power in
the republican organization and will be
able to shape tho convention to ID*
liking, while the election of delegates
in the several conprc-.i nal districts can
be manipulate ) through members of
the state committee with a judicious
distribution ot the potent Iorsoy soap.
It is not a matter of wonder that tho
Wolfe independents are loth to accept
the work of the late republican state
convention.
With Mr. I.ivsey, the creature and
j representative of Chris. Magee, in charge
of the treasury, the bosses would |.s
| strengthened so as to make them in
vincible in republican politic. With
. the deposits of the state treasury to
bank on Mr. Magee would go into the
lobby of the next legislature, if it tbould
be republican on joint ballot, and die
tate the nomination and election of hi*
favorite to the United Nutc* senate.
That would be indeed a lame nod im
potent coneluaion for the vigorous and
resolute independentisiu of 1881 and
1882. Independent support of C'oper
in his canvas* this fall therefore n>can*
independent suicide. Independent aid
to the machine at the apptoacbiog elec
tion therefore is equivalent to what in
dependent surrender to the bosses in
the senatorial struggle of 1881 would
have resulted in. All thia is o plain
that the most ordinary comprehension
will not fail to perceive it. It is not
therefore by any means certain that Mr.
Cooper and the confederated boa*** will
succeed in deceiving and rcoapturing
the independent* in the approaching
canvaaa,—Z/.rmitwiy Pattiou
NO. Y>O.