Show POLITICAL difficulties in tho state ot new york not many months ago there was a political difficulty which caused a split in the republican party and divided republicanism into two distinct parties known as the half breeds and stalwarts stal warts this division was brought about because one man claimed the controlling power of a party that placed him in a prominent position parallel with the new york case 19 that of the dissatisfied republic cans in pennsylvania a portion of whom have usen up lo 10 throw off the cameron yoke which they have borne long and patiently the reason for this discordant feeling is because the camerons have long dictated to the course to ie pursued by the republican baity and no one has seemed to have the courage to openly oppose them in 1877 simon cameron father of the present senator james donald cameron resigned his seat in the united states senate and told the pennsylvania legislature then m session that his son don should be elected to succeed mm this was done without any apparent opposition or dissatisfaction having gained a foothold young don concluded cromwell lile eliat the republican party was his subjects and he proceeded to apply the lash with an iron hand this self assumed supremacy of one man has been too much for the better thinking of the baity and becoming disgusted with bossi sms have concluded that a break must be made and au independent cour e be adopted to this proposition tho ambitious don indignantly objects 8 to loose his power in i party that has boosted him into prominence is a bitter and repulsive pill the unpalatable dose is too much for his sensitive t he arises and emphatically declares thit if beaver is deflated def for at large he will throw all bis in the senate against alc tlc tariff interests but this passionate threat does not seem to have the desired effect upon the independents pen dents who are steadily and firmly gaining ground jenai carteron Car aeron like conkling has ascended to such a prominence in the party that he begins to bulge out and the only remedy we know of for this troublesome protuberance is a total defeat of and followers by the independent republicans or the democratic party there are certain periods in a mans existence like that of king james II 11 of england who after his ascension to the throne attempted to compel all denominations to worship a he believed he pio gressed with some opposition until be was finally overpowered by right and justice and compelled to seek safety on a foreign shore senator cameron will ileo find that the people will throw off this oppressive yoke and to pack his satchel and seek employment beside 1 a united states sena tor let the good work of reformat on continue even if it is at the cost of the republican or democratic baity |