New-York tribune., 1872-10-08
MASSACHUSETTS, POLITICS.

A GLANCE AT THE REFORM MOVEMENT-TIlE
THREE DOUBTFUL CONGRESS DIsTMCrs-TiiE
STATE TICKET AND THE REFORM DEMON
STRATIONS.
lFROM OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
BosToN, Oct 5.-The camp fires of the Re-
form PARTY in Massachusetts, burning brightly from
the Berkshire hills the sands of Cape Cod ana there
Is now no doubt that the Grant majority OF 1868 VIII
be reduced at least II this is accomplished
the Reform party viii have labOfcd in vain. Tho
best oF feeling provaa between the Greeley Democrats
and Liberal Republicans, and the Congress nonina-
ons made thus far in opposition TO the Grant party are
excellent ones well calculated 10 bring out the fun
trerg 9Th of the Reform party. The Grant here
attempt to betlo the srcngtA Of the Reform party,
hut I think that the election will develop goodly
amount of seed that viii sl.ns up in unexpected
quarters. -.. ...u-
There are three districts which promise c send Re
form candidates to Congress-the Ild, IVth and
ytb The GRANTEES have nominated whiting, Hooper,
md Goock in these districts. Whiting in the lid, IS
man of extreme vews He Is not popular, and has no
elements of popularity. But the Grant party nominated
him because they had other available man. MI.
Whiting resides at the Highlands in tie same district
with the Hon Wm. CASTOR Mayor Of Boston, who is eX-
pected TO be the Reform candidate. Everybody here
knows Mr. CASTOR He is the most popular Mayor BOs-
ton ever had having been chosen the second time by an
increased majority the most available man the o
position could place in the field Besides this. Mr Gas
him as Republican; but he is not a Grant man, having
served as Vjce-Preeident at the Reform demon
straton at Faneuil Hail. The GRANTEES admit already
that If Mr.. CASTOR is nominated as the Reform candi-
date he will give Mr.. Whiting close rum There are
prorninent GRANTEES who have said that Mr. Whiting
cannot defeat CASTOR. Therefore there is strong
probability of Reform candidate being elected from
the IIId District.
THE FOURTH DISTRICT
Mr. Hooper has again been nominated in this District
Personally he is unpopular with the common people
He has no sympathy for who have to work hard Tor
a living This District is emphaticaly one in which
Nancy has TO be used to secure Grant victory under
any circumstances. 1t was so two years ago when
uooner heat Mr. Morse. Since the apportionmeut,
tbe Grant party this District has To dispense with the
assistance Of the city Of Cambridge, which, with Chel
sea has heretofore rendered the success OF the party
certain But It is not The District is composed
of Wards One, Two Three, -Four, Five, Six Nine and
Chelsea Revere, and Winthrop The immense opposi-
4on vote OF Ward Twothe stronghold OF the Democracy
~ Roston being in the proportion Of fourteen hundred
TO three hundred Grantwill be sufficient to offset the
Hooper vote In Chelsea and in several OF the Grant
wards while two OF the other words are decidedly Re-
form This district is regarded doubtful one ana It
is expected that Hooper must be bled unnorciuly IN
order 70 carry it, The Reform party are as yet undecided
"a 70 who they VIII place in the field The Liberal Re
publcaps nominated Mr. T. d. Jordan an eminent lneI-
chant but he said he would not accept Congress nom
,nation from anv party under any circumstances The
nstrict Committee have .he nomination in charge II
there is fair vote with the right kind OF man in oppo
ston TO Hooper, the Reform party will stand good
chance of carving the district which may therefore, los
set down as doubtful. If both Whiting aud Hooper sue
coed Boston will be very weakly represented in the next
Congress. - ...,, =, ,,.,,ys
The nomination Banks IN the With District wac
not unexpected and this action viii prove advantageous
N the Reform party. Mr. GOoch the Grant CANDIDATE
q, weak but the party could not find better man with
ont coine outside the District. The great unaniny
manifested In the selection Of Mr. Banks auGers well for
be final result He has hosts Of friends In the nineteen
,,,,s and cities which compose tie district Like MI
| Coocb he a a poor man, hut possesses more OF lDat
fSorendence and Uanncss which should chaacteflse
srsrv nublc man. He j. the f1end OF the NOfhns itn
~ e work pgmau Is ht tileud, ana DO not belltNt
the lahoring classes vii! desert MN because DC mas
- , C,.t,cc ~ Cbaflest0Wu, where the NaVy-Nafd IS
ocatcd and Lynn tho greatest sioe puce ID ne eohs
viii GIVE Gen Banks gratifying VOC, as also wiz re''
,oi ctier poruOus places. hear that the GraAtlteA
have already COmmfnttd 10 tdif'4 Ft'H svlu, ''
pu,c,n frepds of the General, ana II It should look
,rf,I "a rho Grant mind, plenty OF money VIII he
sctt into the district to inuchce N3.es nm "
~ District has rcstilnahtt - Ilit VI tic
Vth District in Name where hV"iuii,, nm ~ vol. Tut
faesio,, as hlgh a. SiOJ pad 20 iHSh ~ ~. 80,
s,.ch ts such LithcrIh-lAH io u''i -. ''''t
I'm eT bacts direct from the UnCd hil'cH i!li-,.s
n tbe reform peffy ,n ihe Nth Di,ulc' Que " ''
! Cen Banks VIII hc fiunphahiiJ ieUhh'"
TIE 1IBLRNATORIAL QuEsIioH'
o dccliuation Of Nr. Sumner has ~ 40 wise hhe'fi
M stseneth Of the Reform movement IN ibis ht@e' Oh
h .ontrary perhaps 1t Las strengthened IL III Soo ~
oo., A conference Of The State CoIiIh CVhIDI''eoS