, 1866-10-31
TIE CAMPAIGN IN WISCONSIN.

ActtSc Union Canvaas-StronG Army Of
Spcnkcrz-Charncter OF the mccxines-
Personal Enort-Copperhend Coldncss
-Dco1itule's Failures-Randall Ex.
pccted-A Corruption Fund-Thc Con.
EreEafonA1 Canvaas-Heportz from the
Districts.
Correspondence OF The Chicago Tribuue.1
MADISON, Wls., October q.
As the day of election draws near the 10
litical contest In this State waxes warmer.
Mass meetings and ncighborhood meetings
are the order Of the day In all sections, and
the people are being thoroughly stirred up.
A more active canvass Of tho State on the
Union side, 80 fur rs meetings and speeches
arc concerned, has never been mndc, and VIC
have been more fortunate than usual In sc.
curing the aid Of distinguished speakers
from abroad who have rendered important
services in tho doubtful districts. Other
States. moro closely contested than this
have generally put in so much stronger
claim that 1t has been almost impossible to
secure the services Of any Of the leading ora
tors of the country In Wisconsin. This year,
however, We have had q few speeches from
General 3. F. Butler. Speaker Colfax, Carl
Schurz, wh6m, however, We do not yet
count stranger, Generals Sicel and Which
and two Of the committee of Southern loyal
iste, and though, as yet, falling to hear from
General Logan, Governor Hamilton, Colonel
Stokes and others who made rartinl prom
ises 70 visit the State, We feel that our cause
has had valuable lclp from abroad. Matt,
II. Carpenter, thnn whom the Northwest
has no more eloquent Or efficient speaker, is
lhls full thoroughly identified with the Union
party. aud wherever he ha6 spoken, has done
much to strengthen our side. No candid
mnn can hear lin without being convinced.
The Union meetings, both Of larscr aud
smaller character, havc been we'll attended
and characterized by Great carnestDces and
enthusiasm, though the people Of this State
do not take to monster mass meetings and
grand professions Us they do In some others;
and there Las always been more or loss dis.
appointment on both sides over the CON.
raratiye failure Of efforts to get up snch
affairs. If the quiet but vitality Important
work Of personal effort with doubtful voters
and Of organizing for election day to secure
the attendance at the polls Of every Union
voter, and to prevent the casting Of Illegal
votes by dcscrtcrs or others II thoroughly
prosecuted, there is no doubt of a compile
and overwhelming victory all along the line.
The johnson Confcleratcs have not
brought many heavy guns into the field as
yct, nor manifested my great zeal on the
general issue. They have, had Senator
poolittle around on a little tour, visiting
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stars ard wild Indians, but that show is SO
thoroughly ''playcd out'' that 1t fails to
draw, and Mr. boolittle has been coldiy
greeted wherever he has gone by small audi
enccs, and must By this time hare been
brought to rcaliztng sense Of how thorough
and is almost entirely shorn OF power for
good or Ill. a few speakers Of local reputa-
tion have been making speeches at different
points, particularly in the Fifth District,
and Mr.. Peasc, the Confederate candidate
in this District, and Mr.. Virgin, the candi-
date in the Third District have Issued cIrcu-
lars, weakly rclicarsing the Coppcrhead and
Johnsunian arguments for the immediate ad-
mission of Southern Representatives to Con-
rTess, recounting the oft repeated charges
agnsnft the terrible Radicals, &c, ard that Is
about all that the opposition have thus far
politically done.
Nov, however. the great gcueralissimo Of
the BTeat-and~ Butter forces, Postmaster
General Rardall, Is expected in the State
daily with the sinrws Of war whcrcTith to
encourage his brigade and their Coppcrhend
allies 10 make a desperate effort. If possible,
to carry some Of the Cnion positions. It Is
believed lc brings with him = rather larecr
politics, no less than s15,60o. which, accord.
il. 70 letter from a gentleman Of New
York City to n promiueSt citizen Of this
stnte,, he procured from leading Con-
se1vattyes Of SeM York, on his
could secure lis own election to tie United
Statcs Senate and the defeat Of Senator
Howe, with perhaps two or more Radical
Cnngrcssmcp. just how he proposes 10 use
this little corruption fund remains to
he seen. II is new element In our
political campaigns, and while there Is no
spending money, will find opportunity to
place il, yet we arc confident tlat in j1,dg~
irg others by himself lie has rccknncd with
ont his host. and that his "Conscryatiye'
bIibes will fail to profit him or "my policy"
There Is hardly the rcmotcst possibility that
any other than a thoroughly Ra.licai 1cgis-
iature will be elected, and the larger portion
of the Union nominees have been emphatic.
ally Instructed, with 4 uuaniMity uuparAl-
lelcd, 10 vote for the continuance Of our
faithful Senator, Timothy O.. Howe, in the
Senate for six years longer. That is what the
Union men of the Suite intend to do.
The Congressional canvass has progressed
SO far that pretty good idea can be formed
Of Its probable result. aud there is every rea-
son to expect that Union men will be re-
turned from til five Of the districts thus
represented now. -..,......
. The contest in the First District is very
animated. qnd no means will be left untricd
by the johnson Coniedcratcs 10 defeat Gen.
cral Painc, aglinst whom they have q
special spite, and the district is SO close t1lt
both sides arc melted to put forth their ut
most efforts Two years ago the home vote
Having painc 5ls behind, hut the soldiers
vote turned the tatlcs and gave him 5o2 ma
jority. Last year Fairchllt's majority in the
district was only fifteen. OF the counties
comprising the district Milwaukee Is heavily
Democratic, md Mr.. Browns friends claim
,hat at, Ills majority there viii be from ~, to
a; a;m; Waukesha esa,E l. evenly balaEesd. bHt \;
and o Raeine by >0fr ffo,n 81, to ne''0sau Is,
each. 1t will thus he seen that everything
depends on the vote Of Milwaukee. The
majority claimed by the Copporhcads t,e.c
Is much larger than the county has given for
su1nc years. and greatly exceeds, it is bc-
licved, any TINT can be obtained withoat II
great deal Of fraudulent aud Illegal voting.
against which the utmost vigilance will be
nsed. There are reports Of the importation
Of voters from Eldridgc's District. where
there are plenty OF the Co7psrllead stripe
tion Among the Democrats Of Milwaukee,
abont their county ticket; that nominal cd
BY the Union men, on the other hand, being
very strong and popular one, and with
such thorougl, canvass Of the district as
i making, and the spirit manifested by the
believed no such disgrace will harrcn us the
defeat Of the gallant soldier candidate hy 4
IncM with So obnoxious record IS James S.
Brown.
In tho Second District, Hon. B. F. Hon
kins has occn making most vigorous ard
effective canvass, prosecuting The Radical side
OF tEe questions Of the day With signal Go7cc
ard ability in all PARTS orthc district, while
mass and neighborhood meetings have been
held III different parts Of the district and
the people thoroughly aroused, Jefferson
County is the only Democratic ono In the
II int vLHSJ ~
il viii be redeemed. Mr.. Pca>c. the Con-
ituc1nte candidate. has no warm friends In
the dist1ict. and after one or two feeble Ct.
ftfts ahardoncd the idea Of attempting to
stump the district, contantinS himself with
writing long and rro$y lct,er, and calmly
await, awaits elcc;1n;' day about as dls.u:ted with
being candidate rs his party Is With having
him, Two years ago. the Union vote forr
Congress in this district was 15.NS: The
nemuc1atic, l0,45. Now, bets arc freely
made on 900 majority for Hopkins, and the
Probability Is that II will be more.
In the Third District there is really no
contest. Colonel Cobb has made thorough
canvass Of the district, while bis orponcut,
\. II. Virgin, has only written couple o:
letters aud awaits tho result of the election
and the United States Cnllcctorsllir, which
= ahe Promised reward oi his sacrificing
1imselt III this manner. The vote Of the
district two yeass ago WIS IL, ,75S for Cobb,
70 :, 4@i for Rodolpl,, md II is expected that
the majority this year will be NOT far from
1000. -
In the Fourth District. though the defeat
Of that arch Coppcrleaa El3ridge Is ont OF
the question, the Union men do mot psonosc
to let the election 90 by default, bu: With 4
most worthy candidate In the person Of
Orsfn Hatch, just turned out Of the United
States As>cssorship for refusal to endorse
my policy, will do their utmost to re-
dncc the majority, which was 4,GSl two
years ago. and $3.50 last year.
In the FiRh District, our majority is not
so overwhelming as in some others, the home
vote, two Years ago, having stood 1877 for
SAWYER 70 o,:2s4 for Bouck, the soldiers vote
as he has great personal popularity, while
h'sopponent has very little personal strength,