The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-23

or Johnson and Chase, or something of that
sort.
Such was the demand made upon the Ma
tiOnal Democratic Committee, and such the
reasons submitted for IL by the COpperhead
organs concerned. A change OF commanders
forthwith and change of base were the only
things that could save the party from crush
ing defeat in November. Mr.. Belmont was
right when he said in reply that a change of
the ticket under the circumstances was i'm
practicable - yea, impossible = and IL made
'would be equivalent to disbanding the
forces" The prime movers, however, in
volved in the scheme, we may safely assume,
care nothing for this. They doubtless ex-
peoted that the promulgation Of the proposi-
tion from several Democratic papers at onoe
and from the cliques behind them, would
create such CONSERVATION in the general camp
as to compel Mr.. Belmont aud his committee
to change the ticket at all hazards. But why
should these disturbing cliques be 80 dsspe-
rate, clamorous, and persistent in this project
if they cared nothing for the consequenOesH
We think we can answer this question.
These men we're not bought to do this thing by
the "bloated bondholders," )" nor by Republican
money. The Republicans all along felt too
sure of their game to waste their greenbaoks
in any such useless investments. But we
have no doubt that the sporting circles, the
ancient and powerful fraternity of gamblers
of New York, Washington, Cincinnati, Rich
mond, and New Orleans, did this thing. How
and wbyH We remember a story of the Balti-
more Democratic Convention of 1852. While
the Convention was blindly hammering away
upon Cass, Buchanan, Douglas, Marcy, Hous-
ton, Lane, Dickinson, and others, an out
use, old fogies. All the heavy gamb-
lers of the United States are in town,
and they are all for Douglas first, and
second for any young man against any old
fogy." And this is the power from which this
anti-Seymour and Blair movement has ema-
nated-the Democratic fraternity of gamblers.
Theyhave their headquarters and their newspa-
per lacqueys in Washington, New York, and in
other places. They are in the whisky rings,
the tobacco rings, and all the other rings
They had made heavy bets upon these late
October elections, which they lost; but they
had heavier bets depending upon Seymour
and Blair, on the general result, and on New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana in the
grand November election. Their October
losses they might stand, but their bets for
November of the same character would swamp
them, and there was no help for them but in
the withdrawal of Seymour and Blair. Hence
the movement to get this ticket set aside,
which would set aside all bets made upon it
or upon either of these candidates.
This, we dare say, is tue secret of this anti
Seymour and Blair movement, and here we
scenes. This explanation, too, is coherent and
consistent throughout. 1t presents an object
in large amounts of cash, to be saved simply
with the withdrawal of Seymour and Blair-
an object which has nothing to do with the
consequences to the party. The Democratic
sporting gentlemen go into Presidential con-
test as they 60 into the business of faro bank
or keno table. They so in to win. Thus the
Hon. John Morrissey, good Democrat,
won considerable money, they say, by betting
on the Republicans in the late Pennsylvania
| election. And what to these men is Seymour
or Blair, or any other candidate, if they see
chat they will lose money on him if kept in
the field, and save thousands of money if he
is set aside, in saving their bets AS for the
newspaper gipsies and Bohemians concerned,
they, too, like our model Aldermen, are always
''on the make" But is this subordination to
the fraternity Of gamblers small thing in the
degradation of the party press2