New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-23
such an exposure Of rottenness at Harrisburg 20 DC
That nnunr al,an Lift liz heni.

such an exposure Of rottenness at Harrisburg 20 be
| made that the Ring" viii never again lift its heat
| WHAT GRANTEES EXPECT TO DO IN PHILADELPHIA
No sane man, therefore, expects Hartranft TO have
majority outside OF Philadelphia Geary camel to the
city, 1862 with less than spare and Stan
ton Auditor General last year, with only about 5000
artranft's majority II he has one must come from this
city, and will have be large enough 70 cover the
thousands which Buckaew's friends believe that he VIII
inevitably have In the remainder OF the State Can II be
DONE and howl II only be done by frauds on the
baotbox gigantic than any that have over before
been perpetrated and they must be carried on in the
face OF greater difficulties than the Ring" has before
encountered have heard it conceded by sonel lte-
formers and Democrats that Hartranft would, have an
honest majority Of about 5000 in Philadelphia Col NC
Clure says that he viii have no honest majority
here and, after studying the figures and
facts am inclined agree with hun. Take the vote OF
the city the past three years: In 1869 Geary had
majority here of only 400 The Legislature OF that year
passed Registry law intended, everybody knows, to
perpetuate the Republican party In power but the
Ring" was inexperienced In the use OF IL, the next
year, and only got the Republican majority on Con
gessmen in the cityup TO about 1000 Last year. grown
holder by and skiIlfu by practice the majority
for Stanton General, was made about O0O the
largest Republican majority since the war except that
given Grant But last year there Reform Assoei
alton working against the ticket Liberal Republicans
supporting the other sde and no exposure OF the
mode Of committing frauds had been made Deduct the
Greeley Republicans and FOrneys Reform Republicans
from this majority and add them TO the other side, and
then allow for the fact that the entire scheme Of cheat
ing at the polls was laid open COL McCure's contest
for in the State Senate last Winter, causing new
safeguards to be thrown around the ballot-box and
precautions be taken this year TO detect and
prevent fraud requires skilled In figures
than am TO understand how Hartranfps friends expect
to give him To- 200 majority in Philadelphia. To give him
5000 they must cheat and have not seen any welin-
formed politician here who thinks that he can be elected
without larger majority than that in this city
NO OCCASION FOR LIBERAL DEsPoNDEScY.
There is then, believe, occasion to be alarmed at
the noise the Ring is making The mass meetings they
are holding this city, the torchght professions the
speaking and the Boosting articles in their newspapers
very lttle the Republican masses not aroused
Col Forney told to-day that he had rarely seen so
much apathy among the people The Hartranft meet
ings are attended only by O1iceholders and Office
seekers. Other people tell me the same thing. 1t is
true that the Liberals have yet shown few outward
signs of life, but there is this difference between them
and their opponents-the latter have been moving
heaven and earth for months TO wake the people up on
their side while the former but just beginning The
Ring" can 10 little than it has done; the liberals
have the entire field before them. These are my first I'm
pressions gathered from single days talk with leading
politicians here Of all parties.