Show independent ISSUE the anti machine republicans of pennsylvania in convention uy bev W U telegraph to tl the philadelphia I may 24 george Lear who presided at the regular republican convention occupied a scat seat on tile platform when the indo inde pendant republican convention was called to order prayer was offered by rev D C babcock a noted and secretary of the pennsylvania state temperance association united I states senator mitchell liell was chosid ten temporary cli chairman airman by acclamation aminat amidst climers and applause mitchell returned thanks for the favor conferred and said aid the work of the convention was not to nominate a ticket that would help the democratic party or defeat the republican party but nominate one that would receive the respect and support of the republican party applause this country has been founded upon principles which secured equal rights to alt all men and on the spot where the tile principles were declared the republican party was founded and lie trusted the atmosphere of this state woula bo be found too free to bo be breathed by any republican willing to be a slave politically liti cally or otherwise of anaman any man applause there must mustin in th the order corder of f things filings bo be leaders but not bosses it would bo be well for the convention to declare against this system and against bossism and machinis lyl not lot only declare against if provide a reibel f that aou wound d tear them up tip root an and branch applause the only effective remedy ran e d y will be found in a civil civi I service s system st am applause the speaker wo would I d bo be dad glad io to be able to stand before be the convention and declare it his desire to support the administration the tile president clit was disposed to enforce this system but lio lie avs aja sorry to say there was yet no indication of a determination on the ilia presidents part with power to appoint to places of minor importance taken out of the hands of politicians and made on the test of fitness alone there ali ere should bo be fewer leaders read ready y to take the tle bread from the children of some poor but capable man to give liis his place to some mere politician senator mitchall said he bespoke spoke with sorrow when lie asserted that what had been achieved at chicago had bad not been borno borne out by tho the present pr besent administration in all that tho n movement meant that placed garfield garfie ld in the tile speaker had sympathized he ile trusted laicans present were assembled to shiow what they could do to manumit the republican party to protest against ast tile method by which it had been managed and say to the people orthis of this count country ryby by the voice of tho tile bod body actuated by a desire for tile good tr of alio republic that the party shall rid itself of the barnacles barnacled barn acles and all the murky corrupt atmosphere by which she had been burrou surrounded tided applause to show that the republican party was a progressive party composed of free andone that cannot bo be run as a ra railroad train and by conductors tho the roll of delegates ell e called ll led when the name of chas S wolfe was called it elicited cordial and protracted applause senator mitchell requested quested colfo to come forward wolfe Wolf cin in response arose in his place and after bowing to tile chair an and d to the convention eaid said mr president and gentlemen of the convention I am here received applause dr doane who was also called upon when his name was announced said gentlemen I am here to rc re olvo that we will put ou our r grand rand old lid party where tile immor immortal atif lincoln found it and the immortal garfield left it charles S wolfe was chosen permanent chairman odthe of alie organization and senator stewart chairman chai aman on resolutions IL C foster was made permanent chairman with one vice president from each senatorial district Durin during gr fosters remarks ho lie asserted the death of f president garfield was c chargeable harge able directly to the spoils system and spoke of the tile political power of tho tile state as something that had been too long regarded as a sort of patri patrimony any to bo be handed down lown from father catl le r to son on camerons |