New-York tribune., 1872-10-08
Voh' XXXII.. NO. 8, ,SS2.
PENNSYLVANIA'S CRISIS.
A F1NAL REVIEW OF TIE FIELD.


rom SIDES CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, BUT NkR-
yOUs AND ANXIOUS-EACH CLAIMS sO,O0O
IAJORTTY-CNKNOWN QUANTITIES IN THE
CALCULATIONS - THE RING DEPENDING
soLULY ON ITS FRAUDS IN PHILADELPHIA.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBuEEl
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7.--Ihe city has been
remarkably quiet to-day. Everybody is awaiting tho
rsilt OF to-morrow's contest With anxiety great
tnot a Other telling has apparently disappeared There
s more shouting and boastinS Each party has made
Tremendous eGorts during the past week, and cach
awris hc final struggle with suspense aud uncertainty
Tho working politicians hay9 spent The day I'm perectng
tr committee organizations and meetings were held
m ,vcry precinct in the CITY tonight to royiow tho ar
r a.crcuts heretofore agreed upon for Watching She
Is and bin ng Up t.rty aud indifferent voters, ana
70 ionder Them perfect possible. The raak aud die
o. ifh' two parties, not having work Of TINS
Kind % occupy their time, spcnt the day and
evening n goiug rcslcssy about the streets and dis
sus the prospects iu low tones and in au uunoturauy
q manner that showed excitement 700 great Tor
noisy demonstrations. The Grant people hcd lass raiy
at thc W4cWam. iD BrOad-st, tonight, &C which Ben
Butler youchcd arirauirs honesty In long speech
10 an urdomonsir ira.yc audience. The liberals held
few meetings i'm Che country districts and one 40 Harris
burg today but in Of the counties their canvass
closed on Slturday ui4bt. II thought better TO
fp.Dd tho Inst day in the work OF organization
than Co continue the speaking. Most Of the pronl-
rent Liberal orators are in tho city, quite ex-
naus.cl wish their labors, lut very sanguiue
Of victory. They report tho enthusiasm IN all
ras OF the state 20 be Unprecedented. They an believe
f!.t buclalcw viii come 60 Philadelphia with major
fr, large That 10 cannot be overcome by the largest
frauds thc 49, trauft managers a tie city viii dare TO
commit An the Liberal estimates allow for large frauds
i philadelphia but they based upon the belief That
H. rs is @ fIat this direction, beyond which the dcs
rrl.c ra .c1ns who prJct ally control the election
vIuo. venture TO go. The calculation generally made
b te Liberal leaders Is that Buclaew's majority out
tls of the city will be from $1,000 to 5000. aud that
j. rraufts .irity i'm tie c.ty properly about 3ClO
,be fraudueutly increased TO from 10000 TO 1860.
It ig not 10 be denied that the GRANTEES are ap-
ulrcutly as conf lent Of the Liberals.
Now and taen can DO found VINO acknOVled ses
Tat "it looks blue" but his discourdgcment
rsu.ly arises from his lack Of knowledge OF
the secrets Of Ills party managers. One OF these honest
feows who has believed all along that tho charges OF
Iucudcd fraud against his party were nothing more
tt tho clectoueCring cries OF the soppOiion, had his
ewes opened 40 the Union League yesterday. lie was
oI c-ins his DOUBT Of Hartranfts election 70 promi
nlut u,,Der Of that alistocratc institution, who as
tcd L, in rcply that HaItganft would have 5000 ma-
juily in philadelphia. But that won't elect him."
sail tic doubling Eonominationst "Then we viii
give hifn l0G0" THAT won't elect him either" "We
II 1900 won't DO, be will have 1900 or 29,o)O or any
fe.s tnJti needed" sad tic Union League man. eve
going 10 elcot lin, you may depend upon it, The
lc3tUre OF this desperate contest ID the fact that
themselves upon their mghtoned respectabIty and
Cues.lOncd moral standing I'm the community, per
feeuy wcu ov Of the rasclity that has been
coct.d 60 d,ica- c W. Of tho people of Pennsylvania,
and ,hUclg 2t e iros cts OF electing their cam
ddpte h eating bal 1thC> stufug. and false count
sag OF c0ursa tloy are above doing such dirty work
Themselves bat taoy know it is to be DONE and they
c0Hlivc at IL.
There has never been campaign IN Pennsylvania
WlrD tbc managing pol cians Of the conleDding parties
were apart their est mates OF the result on the
dav before the election as tLef arc to-day There "re
Intelligent men who honestly believe thai H1itranft VIII
lc cred bg 1000 majority, and there are oihersequay
intelligent who are just honest in the belief that
BueEalav VIII have 10000 majority The reason for this
rkabe disparity in estimates is that there are three
up known quantities In the political problem which TO-
orro's election is 20 solve and these aTe First the
strength Of the Liberal Republican elements second the
nuaber Of Grant Republicans who will not vote for Hart
rnlr and third the extent Of the frauds which everybody
knows are to be pcrpeated in this city, There are few
data available 10 estimate the extent OF these unknown
auautities. Each party is guessing at them and l.
thrown i'm a measure upon its own hopes and fears.
know or no Hartranft who coDcede his defeat, and
OF no Buckaew man does not think that the sue
cess of his candidate is assured. Both sides are anxious
aud nervous however and IL is evident that neither
has entire faith in its calculations.