Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-10-02
FROM OHIO.
The Campaign I'm Ohio and Pennsylvania
The October EIcctions-Grceley ON the
Circle.

SpociHl correspondence CnronlcIe.I
NAssILLoN, Sept. o., %. 1872.
The Republican State Committee of
Ohio has not been very demonstrative in
its campaign work, but it has labored eff
fectually in a quiet way, perfecting the or
ganization of the party. But this week and
next will witness some brilliant and over
whelming demonstrations. Some of the
finest orators in the country are posted for
large meetings in the next twelve days.
Secretary Delano, Attorney General Will
liams, Senator Wilson, Speaker Blaine,
Gen. Logan, Ben. Butler, Gov. Fairchild
and Gov. Woodford from abroad, and Gar
field, Wade, Dennison, Noyes, Bingham,
Hayes, Gibson and other brilliant Ohio
men will waken up the old Republican
spirit. There is some apathy in Republi-
can circles 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 Republicanism 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 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 poll 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
in November. Many of the latter have
become so bitter that they will
vote the Democratic ticket. l 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 DC 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 confidently by Republicans and even
conceded by many Democrats Western
Pennsylvania will give a large Republican
majorites and Hartranft will poll nearly
the full party vote but in Central Pennsyi-
vania he will fall some behind. He
| is personally very pleasant man
He was at Knoxville during the siege and
in a conversation 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 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 I'll
dial wave.n So far he has failed. His
Pittsburg speech is regarded 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
1856. 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..