The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-12
THE PoLrrroAB BArrLE-FIBLD.
II I. Possible Little woodford may win I

II lie Possible Little woodford may wini
Correspondence OF The sun
ALBANY, Sept. 10, 1871 am surprised TO
find that the Democratic magnatcs at the State
capital do not feel 80 sure OF success in the COM
ing election as IL generally represented. or
course tfey put bv,d face-pon the matter. and
tell their followers that they are going TO sweep
all before them; but those who share their con
fdential couuscls know that they feel serious
msgivings for the result
REPUBLICAN LIouT-wEIeHTs.
Though the Regency affect undisgu'set con-
tempt Tor the hght-wcights on the Republican
ticket, they admit: that they will get as many
votes os some men Of heavier clbrc as for in.
stance Mr. Greeley, and probably more than that
eminent philosopher could have obtained. The
guns Of the Democracy here we're all doubc-shot-
ted TO omen terrible canncpade upon the sage
ofthc TIiJRae, and they are somewhat nonplusscd
at finding that they have go,.to commence fusil-
lade upon such small game as Wcodiord.
norynAy AND wooDFoRD ON THE STUMP.
Gov. Hoffman, who challenged Fcnton in sG6,
and Griswold in s6s, TO a joint stumping tour,
knowing they woud not respond to his CALI is a
good deal annoyed at the prospect Il being com.
PEELED to meet 50 persistent little 'spoucr ms
Noodiord, who viii buzz around him all through
the canvass Ike a ~ around dray horse.
rENToN LYtNa ~ WAIT.
but tie real fears OF the Democracy take on a
more serious hue than this. They hoped TO
make mach this fall out Of the Fcnton- Conkling
quarrel II is now nsccrtaincd, however,
from the best sources of affirmation, that the
friends Of Fcnton will support the Republican
State ticket, while their lc Idcr will lie low, or
rather lie IN wait. to defeat Coukling's reelection
to the Senate. Next year TIC state Senate il to
be chosen which ~ pass upon that qutstlon.
Fcnton, though he has smooth, si'kcn exterior,
ucuti,hcs his hatrcds with the tcnacity of Tus-
corora Indian and bis sly, slippery hand will
he felt all through the central and western coun.
! ties in the contest for State Senators in 1871 /;
and he VIII pursue tho same course IN the election
Of members OF tho Assembly In 1872, which, in
conjunction with tho Senate, will choose the sue
| cc,sor Of Mr Conklinc. 4 confidential freud Of
| Fcn'ou has declared that no c1crt,ons will then
he spared to take the scalp Of the Oneida Chief
! The Democracy. therefore. will gain notlius this
fall by the Tenton-C onkliu- quarrel
FRAUDULENT vorSd DOSE ron.
Trouble looms In rnothcr quarter The Regency
know that their State candidates, for two years
past have received ltr.c mass Of fraudulent
votes in the cities Of New York and BgookN u,
and some Of the adjacent counties. Though they
declare that these Illegal practices never received
any countcnancc from them, and that they utterly
rcpudiate them, they are not blind to the fact
that these votes greatly swcilcd if thy did not
absolutely create tlcir major,tics. And they are
now alarmed lest tho threatened enforcement OF
the recent law of Congress, shall cut or this
clandcstine supply OF votes, and thus shake If
not destroy their supremacy Ia the state.
Tue TEuGirLL YovvG DEMOCRACY.
Tho spectre that most hounts the imlginations
Of the Regency Is, after ALL the Young Dcmocra-
cy e your CITY. Hoffman Alien. Champaign aud
tlcir corcgcnts regard themselves NJ the Gron-
dists Of the Democratic PARTY in this State, and
they look upon O. BHcn, LCdwiih, Fox, and thci
conicderates as Dantons, Robe .p,crre', and Ma
rata, who are all the time plotting treason and
trying 70 cut OF the heads Of tho Albany mag
mates anl thcir coadja:ora IN your o,tv. The lie
ecncy are sorcv pcrplcxsl by this condition o.
ulIlrs, They are terribly afraid of tho noun
tain, aud they don't know whether Il IA bette
| to 70 10 the mountain o. 90 cp'r,at the mountain
to come to them. Hoffman, whose all is at stake
Is for conclliatins the f,rocious chcnains Of tn,
Young Democracy, well knowing that If he i
beaten now, and beaten by Woolford, whom tn,
UorH has called spoudug ii,le popiujay, {
squclches his Presidential aspirations Eu, he i
reluctant to tender them the olive branch, whcr
30 many of the rural Democracy, who don
think much Of his White House lonCiny., are 70
showing no quarter to the young malcontcnts G
the metropolis.
THE TrY OF TUE POSITION.
The Young Democracy hold the State In thei
hends. This Is admitted by all here AZ the CAPT
tai. IF they % back on Hoffman and Beach, II,
chances are that they will be defeated, thouel
even then they moy COME in by tic skin Of the.
teeth, owing 20 the hourly Increasing unpopu
larity of Grants Administration. If they g
along with tie party, then woodfold and Kaui
mann (olever fellows, but not weigh;y) will laps
back TO the obScuriiy out Of which the Saratog
Convention has for the moment hfled them.
A DrMocR,r OF TIE oLp ScuooL.
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