Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-01
FROM OHIO.
The Campaign I'm Ohio and Pennsylvania
Tho October Eloctions-Greeley ON 'he



Special correspondence ChronicleI f
MAssILLoN, Sept. o., 70. lS'z.
The Republican State Committee OF
Ohio has not been very demonstrative IN
its campaign work, but it has labored el-
fectually in quiet way, perfecting the OF,
ganization of the party. But this week ana
| next will witness some brilliant ana over
whelming demonstrations. Some OF the
finest orators in the country are posted 1or
large meetings in the next twelve days
Secretary Delano, Attorney General VIII
Iiams, Senator Wilson, Speaker Blaine,
Gen. Logan, Ben. Butler, Gov Falrchlld
and Gov, Woodford from abroad, and Car
field, Wade, Dennison, Noyes, Bingham,
HAYES, Gibson and other brilliant Ohio
men will waken up the old Republican
spirit. There is some apathy in Republic
can circ les growing out of the very general
feeling that seems to prevail everywhere
that Grant will be certainly reelected.
Fair-minded, intelligent men, who are
not partisans, almost universally concede
that Greeley has not carried off more Re
publican votes than he has expelled Demo-
Gratis, so that the election is to be square
contest between Republican1sm and Demo-
cracy. The belief that Grant will be elect
ed is so general that among betting men,
large odds are given to get bets on Greeley.
GREELEY TACTICS FOR OCTOBER.
The Greeley men are making shrewd eff
forts for O show of strength in October.
They are laboring earnestly with Liberal
Republicans to get them to vote the DEM
ocratic State tickets in Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania. In those elections they
will DOLL their full vote, for disaffected
Democrats will vote the State tickets who
will not vote in November. If, therefore,
the Liberals vote with them it really gives
them q better show in October than
in November. Many of the latter have
become so bitter that they will
vote the Democratic ticket. [ am,
therefore, of the opinion that the October
vote will show more strenth for the new
coalition than the November election.
Yet there seems to be no doubt among
those in position to know but that the Re-
publicans will carry the three States
named by fair majoritie's. [ saw at the
Pittsburgh Convention well informed men
from those states and one and all were SAN
guine, giving satisfactory reasons for their
faith. Hartranfts strength in Pennsyl-
vania is increasing daily. His election
by from five to twelve thousand majority,
is cOnndently by RepuDllcanS ana even
conceded by many Democrats. Western
Pennsylvania will give large Republican
maiorites and Hartranft will poll nearly
the full party vote but in Central Pennsyl1
vania he viii fall some behind. He
is personally very pleasant man
He was at Knoxville during the siege and
in conversation 1 had with him at Pitts
burgh he inquired much about the city
and some of its people. He expresses great
confidence in his election and expresses
the bitter opposition to him upon grounds
not in any way affecting his integrity.
Indiana is unquestionably the most
fiercely contested State in the Union.
Morton and Foster the chairmen of the
State Committee, have organized the party
more thoroughly than ever before and their
success seems to be as certain as anything
political can be in such a State. They
have the advantage now and nothing short
of "ground swell" can take it from them.
Greeley is getting desperate and is swing
ing about the circle to try to get up a ''ti-
dal wave" So far he has failed. His
Pittsburg speech is regardeda great blum
der. 1t has stirred up the soldiers and dis
gusted many of his friends. His trip will
hurt him as much as Andy's did him in
1866. His friends want to cage him but
can't He will write and talk and the fate
of all stumping Presidential candidates
awaits him. A. .J.R.