Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-12-05

Wouiu De Doplng against nope. know the
elements of Oregon, and / know my friends
do not write encouragingly. @Als'"
In New Jersey We had squabble between
James NJ. Scovel and his friends and General
Fitzpatrick and his friends, and the ifeud got
SO big that it seriously injured our cause
Many people complained of Scovel being on
the Executive Committee, and poor, silly,
weakly, half idiohc lilliputian fiippinsnappers,
with souls no larger than babes rattleboN-
punny puppets that rub against gentlemen to
give them dignity-called Jim pet narhes-no
down; but the b'hoys stiffened Jim's back
bone, and he wouldn't be pulled down. Able
men tried to push Jim off the committee but
he weighed about ton to the square inch,
and their ram, although the machinery was
oiled by Greeley, was too light.
This did not contribute very much to in
crease our vote in Jersey; and although Kill
patrick, who, by the way, is an able man,
and James M. Scovel, who is far from fool,
have compromised, their cohorts have not,
and we shall lose Jersey. like Fitzpatrick,
but Jim Scove was right in that fight, and
so says Jersey. Bully for him. But our
friends in Jersey don't hope to carry it with
out the assistance of money, which know
they can't have. Jersey is lost. think we
shall lose New York through the folly of our
fools. Our leading men are squabbling
among themselves and there Is no united
effort for success. Tamnlany, the new Tam
many, has kicked the old drivers off the
stage. and the people have not learned to
obey the lines when pulled in a new way by
inexperienced drivers; and to-day Belmont,
Tweed, and james OBrien have more power
than the new leaders of Tammany. Tam
many senior was power, and owned the
Democracy, and could control the thieves,
hlacklcgs, scalawags, rag-tag and bobtail of
the city. The Reformers are for Havemeyer
and Grant, and the Committee of Seventy,
the late anti-Tweed movers, are for Grant
and O'Brien or Havemeyer, and those who
| have formerly controlled the city, and those
| who have recently obtained control of the
4 city, are for Grant, and against Tammany,
| jr., and the whisky shops, and lazar-houses,
and beer sellers are for O'Brien or Have
meyer, and against Greeley and the money
brokers, railroad men and bankers having re-
fused to give dollar to Greeley's cause, be-
cause they regard it as hopelessly lost, it is
supreme nonsense for US to hope for any
good thing to come out of this Nazareth. In
talking with Belmont yesterday, ! learned
from that gentleman that whenever hopes of
success are reasonable, moneyed men are
anxious to give, and more money is offered
than can be profitably used, for they want to
buy favors. But Bonner would not purchase
sick and dying Dexter for six bits, although
willing to pay thirty thousand dollars for an
| animal that could CO. l have been engaged
| for some weeks among the moneyed men,
and have found that they all think our cause
| lost. Mr.. Greyley's secretary, O,Dwyer, told
me last week that had we have carried Penn
sylvania or Ohio, we could more easily have
raised two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars within a day than we could get one thou
sand dollars from then until election, as the
indications of the future then were, and they
are worse for us to-day. AS the rabble and
float go with the seeming victors, and thus
give victory, our case is us hopelessly against
US in New York as it is certain forus in Geor-
gia, Missouri, and Kentucky. Were not
Universalist. fear should doubt whether
the Lord would forgive ME for publicly pro-
Tossing hope of success, when know we
have defeat staring US in the face. ! know
men will forgive me for protesting to think
Greeley, will be elected, for they who, like
myself, know that we are now defeated, whis-
tie up their courage and boldly proclaim that
we shall win Il victory. 1t is hard for me to
profess to believe thing l know to be a lie,
but were to tell the simple truth, would
injure the cause of the right by dsaffecting
many who now support what believe to be
for the best interests of the people. Taking
then the less of two evils am compelled to
victory, when know from the many letters
have received from all parts of America that
we are already overwhelmingly defeated.
New York Is pretty sure to go against us, and
we may thus sum up the matter, upon fair,
honest basis, without prejudice, upon even
probabilities, as follows: ...'. .-,.a. .
Grant-Alabama, 10; Arkansas, g.; Cali
fornia, T.; Connecticut, 8; Florida, 4; Indi-
ana, IS; Louisiana 8; Maine, z; Massachu-
sets, 13; Michigan, Iii Minnesota, s; Mis-
sissippi, 8; Nebraska, 3; Nevada, s; New
Hampshire, 5; New Jersey, O.; New York,
35 North Carolina, 10; Ohio, 2; Oregon, 8;
Pennsylvania, 90; Rhode Island, a; South
Carolina, 4 Vermont, 5; Wisconsin, 10;
total, 290. ....lr... ... .' J.:
Greeley-Delaware. 3; Georgia, IL; Ken
nessee, u; Texas, 8; Virginia, H.; West Vir-
Sinia, 5; total, SO. ...f ... ....
But you will bear in mind that in Delaware
the Democracy had but 2.476 majority last
election, and that the Bourbon element pre-
walls in that, State, and at their convention
| 10 send delegates to Baltimore, publicly re-
solved against ratification. Perhaps should,
therefore, count it against US. Texas has a
peculiar election law, a sou of four days
election business, with the machine as per-
fectly in the hands of the Governor as Ia
possible. We may lose Texas, for the Gov
ernOr is against us, but do not think II ut
all probable, ~ Our forces In West Virginia
IRE in worse fighting trim than In any State
OF this Union, and should not, therefore, be
at all surprised Il we were beaten in West
/ Virginia. ...., a4. .f .t ,.f.e,J, .,
ri Our promise of defeat is largely due TO the
causes / have enumerated, and 10 many of
our speakers and writers mistaking the is
RI1es and the Deonle II Ii the nature Of