The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-08-01

II is more than three weeks since the Baltimore
Convention, and we can begin to see behind the
dust and the noise and confusion created by it.
From the very day of the nomination, system Of
brag and lying was inaugurated, and has been
pretty faithfully kept up to the present time
The accession to the Greeley party from the Re.
publican ranks was immense, to hear them tell
it. Not day passed, but that they were coming
ont in droves, in every State and County. They
claim overwhelming majorities in States where
there is not the remotest chance for it. Early in
the Spring, when the Liberal party was forming
the name Of every disappointed or revengeful Re
publican who united with it was published far
and wide; since the Baltimore nominations, the
names are again published as fresh accessions;
then the names are misspelled and altered, and
are again published, as new accessions. regu-
lar system has been adopted, of sending the names
of staunch Republicans for publication, - having
come out for Greeley-men who never thonght of
doing so-and accounts of Greeley Clubs appear
in print in which It is asserted that hundreds of
Republicans belong to them, when in most csses
they do not contain single Republican member.
Letters are written by Greeley editors to persons
in every County, asking them to write letters
containing glowing accounts Of the progress of
Greeleyism, and to give lists of names Of promi-
nent Republicans who have come out for Greeley.
In many cases. the recipients of the letters obey
orders, and manufacture the desired lists. Away
from home the forgery is not known, and it looks
- if there were q regular stampede from Grant to
Greeley. But sometimes, in writing, they mistake
their men, and their scheme becomes exposed. A
prominent man in this County received letter
fat
Greeley names and lists, and send them to him
for publication; but he has not yet gone into that
branch of business.
The truth is, the Greeley gust has spent its
force, and done all the damage that it will do.
Here and there We find disappointed, unprinci-
pied, or weakened member Of the Republican
party shouting for Greeley; but the masses stand
solidly for Grant. Even many who in the 1irst
excitement went off with the Liberals, are grad
ually finding their way back, since the coalition
at Baltimore. From every part of the country,
the testimony comes up that there are many more
Democrats who will vote for Grant, than Repub-
lcans who will vote for Greeley. Every Greeley
man has resolved himself into q committee OF one
to buster and brag; hence all the noise is for
Greeley. 1t is all wind and smell, without any
substance. There is no Republican Greeley party.
Divest him of the Democratic support, and he
stands almost deserted. They place no bounds on
their impudence and assurance. They even claim
Kansas for Greeley, by . majority ranging from
5000 to $1,000. Everybody knows there is not
the remotest prospect of such result. Yet this
claim is Of piece with the stories We are told of
other States. They arc all got mp on the same
principle, and in majority of the States there 10
no more truth in them than there is in the reports
about Kansas.
There is nothing in the political outlook to dis
courage any Republican; and all appearances in
dicate that Grant will be reelected by . very
large majority.