The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-08-29
NEW YORK STATE.



the Baltimore Ticket"
Correspondence n Y. herald. l3sh.l
- RIPLEY, ARgusf, ., 1s12
am sorrely pszzIed what .to. make cot of the
country away out here in the western portion OF
the State, for they do not seem to be as strons
friends Of the Gfeeles movement as was led u
expect and as Bine-tcntks CT the peopie IN New
York city believe they are. When left New
York some time ago With the view Of travelling
about in the rural districts Ia see what l could
see and listen to what could hear OF the hum
and buzz Of the political wind amid the noun
tans, the valleys and the swamps, where the IN
fiuence of Gotham -wigging are scarcely known
| even by tradition, and Ia notice and make due
note of what particular direction the needle Of
the rural political compass as a general thing
| pointed to, the Greeley enthusiasm was at its
height in the metropolis. The philosopher had
| qualification" Of the Democracy at his nomina-
fion was being paradcd in the Greeley papers as
thing that was co-extensive only with Uncle
| Sans dominions. As for
THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
was confdentially told by an old wire-puller,
| inst as l had pnt foot in the cars, that 'the
thing" was all one-sded in the country. "Pve
sheen mp In the western portion Of the stafe,
I said he with chuckle that was meant TO be
patriotic (that is, if one can by any stretch OF
| inauguration torture politicians chuckle INTO
| demonstration of pOtratism); 1--WE been IN
the western portion OF the state anu iau !" .ne
ing all before it." Under all these circumstances
it must he confessed that started on my mission
% I1il erah,ne,. 10 'ne nuIae 1 VIII o,rI.. m;nht
al haa 10 o1 AT an! vnaSe VI n,,,,na, ,i,e
SOP AZ, 10 MAKE u -. ,,r ,hs
WoOdchopper of Chappaqua. Besides, my per
sonal political learning is rather Greeleyish IN Its
.ehoencIes anu MY II'enu .s'u'. ,lS ;,'.9
yUSn, , ~ .. H., aSS,.,;na .,.. 5ur;n,,
w, ;o,rr;ns IN. inns nr d.ne,s to ret in,
NY JoSyss .;.s "I ~ , ,..,.r ~, email tho
I.S I.NsT" u.a VII" =. 80. " s,,ra 90 .,,,a acrnss
= few Drmocrats Who either declared that they
would not vote at all, or that ont of sheer spite
they would
VOTE FOR GRANT.
This found TO he the case among the old men
especialIv who in all probablity had never in
their lives voted ANYTHING but the straight Demo-
cratic ticket no matter how rood or bal the
nominations. may have been. Some of them
talked in a wnv nbout the nomiration of Greeley
at Baltimor, that woult No ,,oubt If the olj
man had only been nr,-sent hav. made each of
his mn ortcnlar white La;rs st,nd mon. nd in ut,er
horror. c;rII ,hars are 10th s;d,.s to ewerv ours.
tim. while met ard conversed with many
EeTnocro,s ,,ho ...r. G.rca in ther d.nnpc;.t;o,
Of Greeley slso met yery many who were
stronulv in favor of him
In S;arara rn,nty ,h;,cs ara f.orf,l,v m;xed
Ind...d e.. p.nmI,i;.an J,t..,;,n "a ,nv,r.ntIv
rrr s..rnms n, ,h;rt ,ha, tha c.,,ni viii ~
carried Inv ,he ' Liberals wi,baut anx ,ronI,ie
S.y.r., nid n.mo.rot. az I IncLnort bo,v.v.r
tnld NM. ,hat ,L. ,,ouiJ yn,. for Er,nt anil tl,ot
tbsr Ina, af s.varaI oth.rS in a,h.r nlo..s
tbroughont the C"nntv VIII" wouia oiso !. 80 and
lo I;Lsw;s.r tn. Cnnu,y "a so ,Iosa at t6s hest
that II ia o,;t. nnss;hie unty;tbst,nd;nv the
i;herai J.fsct;o,f ;f a i,,ra nmmher of ,5, oJJ
line Democrats sb,nld
STAY AWAY FROM lHE foLLs
altogether, or vote, as many say they will, for
Grant, the Republicans may be able, in the long
run, to overcome all the odds which now seem
against them. hardly Know what TO say a6ont
orieahs Couhty. Know WHAT IL Is eiaimeu py
some tiat Iiie Liberal helnbiicans III tne Connty
are quite numerous; put II they are they keep
very shady. Here ana tnere came across one
OF two Dut, as general thing, Iound tilat from
one eiiti of the County 10 the other, the Republ-
can rank ana hie are solid for the administration,
1he friends OF Kirk Hart, who was last year n
member of the Legislature, and who has come
out with great sound Of trumpets for Greeley,
contend that he and a few Others Will give the
regulars lively tussie OF 1t IN Noveaber. II
SO, they must have much better means OF Judging
the situation in the County than have had, and
those means must be very far down under the
general surface Of things: How many Liberals
n"'o "" nm: ~ :ne oo.. VI " IL. -,
and"-, and my friend COMMUNICABLE call oil
the names of several Liberals,
COUNTING THEM on HIS FINGERS
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