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Show THE BUNCH PAOKS AND WINS. Tho "Federal bunch" took prompt measures lo squelch a 113' independent expressions by Republicans, as soon as if became evident that tho "insur goals' ' wci-o about (0 nivxi vent (0 their discontent with tho boss rulo which afflicts their party. These "insurgents" "in-surgents" embrace a number of the host party liepublicans of Iho Stale. The workers- for the purified Republican cause nppoinlnd a meeting for Wednesday Wednes-day evening lo talk matters over. The "Federal bunVh" gut wind of this, and packed the meeting with their own adherents, ad-herents, crushing all opposition, and passed resolutions endorsing themselves. them-selves. Jt was a high-handed piece of buccaneering buc-caneering by (he ".Federal bunch." Tho members of that bunch intruded themselves them-selves into a mooting where they expected ex-pected to be criticised, put down all ac-live ac-live opposition with arbitrary hand; Ihev would not even allow a few of those who resent their acta to meet for I ho purpose of consulting with 0110 another an-other 011 .political aA'airs for tho benefit bene-fit of I he parly. The theory is that all members of the party havo equal right to be hoard; I hat every one who wishes to communicate his views has that right; that he who wishes to discuss dis-cuss any proposition that may have been beforo the parly, has a right to do so. The community oomi(y also allows that citizens having a desire to confer with one another 011 any mat-tor mat-tor havo a right to do so undisturbed. This, however, is not Iho opinion of the "Federal bunch," Their idea is that anything that, is against boss rulo must be put down, strenuously and instantaneously, in-stantaneously, and I hat there is no room for differences; that criticism of the bosses is sin and high party treason. If anything could demonstrate more fully thai! has been demonstrated hcrc-I hcrc-I of ore, the arbitrary disposition of tho Church Republican bosses of the State, their action on Wednesday oveuing in choking off ovon a small squeak of so-called so-called insurgents would demonstrate the fact. |