Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-05
THE OCTOBER INJECTION.
The Latest Word From Ohio, PennsylVa-
MIA and Indiana The Exciten1ention the
Increase-The Probable Result.


Special Correspondents Of the CAronicls.l
/ MAssILLoN, o., Oct. l, 1872. I.
The political excitement In the three
largest States to vote next Tuesday is on
the increase. Knowing that the interest
felt in the result prevails in Tennessee as
we'll as throughout the North, thought
a few words as to the present situation
would be welcome. .ssF-s~F
/ AS the day for the voting approaches, the
people are waking up, especially in In
diana and Pennsylvania, where the ex-
element is intense.
In Ohio until within the past week there
has been less interest felt in the campaign
than ever before in Presidential contest.
Republicans felt so confident of success
that they didIHot think much work neces
sary. But now the people are stirred up,
meetings are more frequent and largely at
tended and the camp fires are everywhere
burning brighter. This confidence in the
general result has not been confined to
EOhiO by any means. The election of
Horace Greeley has seemed so much an
1 impossibility to so many intelligent peo-
pie that there has really been less can
wasting and fewer meetings, outside of the
few close States. than usual in the year
of Presidential election. Thus [ have
been informed by those i'm position to know
| that there has been far less money eXpend
ed by the National Republican Committee
in this year, than in 1868. Speaker Blaine
in speech at Cleveland, yesterday in re-
ply to the New York Iri611lc's infamous
and weak attack upon him, said that the
total amount really expended for speak
| ers' documents, &c, in the Last canvass in
Maine by the state committee was but
81, 900. Greeley in his speeches weeks be-
| fore the election charged that over $50, 900
had already been corruptly paid out. 1
mention these facts, simply to show that
the Republicans are extremely confident
| perhaps over-confdent as to the final re-
| suit, and also as an answer to the silly
| charges so frequently made that they were
flooding the country with money to carry
Grant and Wilson through.
| OHIO.
First in the review of the States as to the
present situation, let me take Ohio, about
which know more from actual Observa-
| ton than of others. / stated in former
letter that if there was any doubt about
Ohio it grew out of an over-cOnfidence of
her Republicans. For the past ten days
there has been more interest shown in the
canvass and now the people are worked up
enough to make certain the average
majority next Tuesday. The meetings
| have been well attended and some
| thing of the old spirit of Ohio
Republicans is awakened. The Greeley
| ties have made the Liberal Republicans do
about all their talking and furnish all
their money. They have three rich Lib
eral Republicans as candidates for Congress
in the 10th, in the 18th and in the Cleve-
land districts. These fellows have been
bled profusely and have furnished the
"sinews of war" for the State. They have
paid out over $4,000 each for excursion
trains, newspaper offices and presses, &c.
BY these means the Democrats expect to
make strong showing on the Sth inst.
They expect to poll their own full vote and
| in addition their Liberal recruits, which
amount, as they claim, to 10000 voters. |
| think that the election will show that even
with all this strength they will come out
far behind on the count of ballots. Our
| friends claim they will hold their own in
their Congressional districts, and have
strong hopes of defeating Morgan and in
| redeeming Schenck's old third district. /
think cur friends may look out for good
| report from the old Buckeye State. Has
saurek's open and shameless sale to the
| Greeleyites, based upon his claim to O,CIo
/ the German cote has hurt the Greeley
movement and helped us wonderfully with
the Germans. Ohio is sure for the Repub-
lican ticket,
sEz PENNSYLVANIA.
/ You have heard a great deal about the
Democratic triumph to be won in the
keystone State next week. Well, if it
should prove victory for Buckalew,
Pennsylvania Republicans are the worst
deceived men ever met. Notwithstand-
ing q most uncalled for detection in her
!, Republican ranks Notwithstanding the
fact that Hartranft has been most unjust
ly assaulted and many Republicans driven
from his support by unfounded charges,
!, nevertheless the Republicans of the Key
, stone State, one and all, promise adecided
victory next Tuesday. They say they are
certain to elect their three Congressman at
Large, their Supreme Judge, and also their
Governor. Ihad the pleasure of meeting
Senator Wilson in this city. He was just
from two weeks canvass of Pennsylvania
and found him very confident of a vic
tory. He thinks Hartranft will certain
ly be elected and that he is growing
: his personal integrity by the solid bust
f ness men of Philadelphia, by such men as
/ A. J. Drexel and Geo. III. Stuart, men who
: have, as they say, investigated the
J. charges against him - has done him great
+ andgood satisfies thousands who have relied
! merely upon wildnewspaper charges. Har-
e tranft has been thesubje of many base con-
V spiracies concocted by Mcclure and the peo-
# are now finding it out. The pardon of
b Yerkes has been seized upon as piece of
f rascality to help Hartranft, but the facts are
o that Mcclure, Buckalew, the Judge and
!. jury that tried Yerkes and the best men OF
q Philadelphia without regard to politics,
) signed the petition for his pardon. This
> disposes of the last howl and shows the
character of the war made upon the Re.
publican nominee. But, notwithstanding
all this the Republicans are confident and
promise victory next week.
v ssa-efr-a INDIANA, BFer
n Senator Morton writes that the Republi
IT can State and Legislative ticket will Ger
70 tainIy be elected. 1t Is well known that fol
If the past week heavy immigration
d nnnnanraHn voters has been going OF