The New York herald., 1872-08-31

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the Aforesaid city OF Washington, d. G. The Wash
lneton Patriot newspaper Is suspected to be the
printing house OF these incendiary misslves, which
| seriously threaten to vote Mr.. Il. stay-at-hOme
seat lie is an aifable, active man, of little or no
education, and probably all these accusations are
mere experiments to serve the more general desire
| Of other politicians to get this barOnial seat or
Charles. These politicians are Satteriy Clark Cen
Ewa = Bsgs OF Eond DS ac aRa
| of New York, "th0ugh dead yet speaketh'' In TINS
interesting fight by the expressage OF thousands OF
1t is alleged, is expending the federal taxpayers
money to re-elect Grant and perpetuate ITSELF SIX
| thousand Is Mr.. Eldrldges usual majority.
| THE REP, BIicAN LEADER
and foreman of the voting machine In this State is
Il. w. Keyes, Postmaster at Madison, the state capi
tai, since 1881. lie Is baldsh, with auburn hair OF
the tint called red, and has black eyes, with whlch
J he looks an ofnceholder through and through,
''You get $1,000 year in this onice We assess
| you s2c0.''
II can't pay it, to save my neck" says the poor
| devil. 'I'm all covered with debts now and my
| family is down with the fever"
.rhen, Cd d. you, get or the ticket and Wen
| put man on who can pay it,"
The money is then generally raised by the victim
by new mortgage, or, perhaps, little enforced
war moves on, with Foreman Keyes at the head.
Mr. Keyes. however, drives about as many people
away from the party as he attaches to 1t with such
hard-wrung money. Other ringleaders OF the regu-
lar war forces in this State are Matt Carpenter,
George B. Goodwin Assessor OF Internal Revenue,
and James Coleman, Postmaster OF Fond du Lac.
The system Is uniformly the same-claiming q
large percentage OF every salary for political pur-
poses; and 1t is noticeable that the agents who
enforce and handle the money prosper better than
ordinary oficeholdcrs. II General Grant be beaten
In this State It viii mainly be because OF the all
pervading rOttenness OF the party morals.
MATT CARPENTER
occupies a very anomalous position IN Wisconsin,
He is looked upon as a brilliant and unsteady legal
Bohemian, who can do very well with Court case
but Is too Irregular for O1lce practice, and who
Washburn for the Senate. Carpenter was a poor
boy, whom Governor Dillingham;, OF Vermont, edu-
Gated and endowed with the hand of his daughter
IN marriage. Carpenter came out to Beloit Wis.,,
meantime, and LETT there in a huff with the COM
munity to go to Chicago, where he was unsuc-
cessul. Finally, at Milwaukee he started afresh
and made his mark. He acted with the
democratic party until within two years OF the time
that Senator Doolitte joined it, and was, probably,
the latest convert in this country except John
Cessna, of Pennsylvania. Carpenter has brain
naturally quick and SUPERIOR great assurance,
| sense OF the fitness of things He has become very
gross and stout, and has lost his hold upon the
hold to speak OF, for was told that in milwaukee,,
he did not possess o single intimate friend.
Ephemeral in purpose, irreyerent as to what he
has accomplished. playful life, career led with;
out design or consistency, Senator Carpenter will
be a waste il he is not so already
The old responsibility OF the State Is United
States
SENATOR HOWE,
Of Green Bay, who was long Circuit Judge, and
esteemed to possess q very pure character. He,
however, is not above attack In this world which
thnketh evil, and his opponents charge that,
$4,000, nc now lends money out at interest, and
that his sOn-inaw, VINO left Wisconsin to go Wash
ington city poor and pincned, has become moder-
ately rich as claim agent. and that Howe is chair
man, meaDtime, OF the Committee or Claims In the
Senate More prudent and less scandaons crit
who bitterly upbraid him with presiding over the
Senate caucus which set Charles Sumner aside at
the displensure OF Hamilton Fish. For this last
charge Howe Is OH the defensive, and he bids well
to regret that he ever hastened to DO
the Supreme Bench. Howe's election or deieat
Will of before the Legislature next TO assem-
ble and at the present showing 1t looks enough like
defeat to seriously alarm him. Carpenter would
never under any circumstances be reelected to the
Senate and he Is familiarity called "dead duck in
Milwaukee. He sits 1t out till 1875.
THE SECTARIAN VOTE
Another universal detection to General Grant Is
military order OF General Grant tour years ago dis
missing them from the army, but are intensely in
case Of judah r. Benjamin. What effect the nomi.
| nation OF Charles O'COnor may have In the West
| tween washington Mclean, OF Cincinnati, and Mr..
Noonan. OF Milwaueee, both old democratic editors.
"Greeley," said NO0nan repeating this estimate
| yesterday, ''s ten times more strong with the
Irish people than O'Conor. Excepting Douglas,
he Is the most popular man that ever ran In the
West among the Irish people. and no Irishman
| ever throws away his vOter'
The following are some OF the
RELATIVE POLITICAL CHANGES
in Wisconsin Madison, little change OF republi-
cans as vet. La Crosse district, very great change
In G-eeleys favor-estimated at thirty per cent OF
the republican vote; for here the Germans were all
republicans and ut present all the three German
newspapers are for Greeley, and the whole Teutonc
pHiH p@entary to bTIcK P"%eroy " in his own own
place OF residence. People here call attention to
s s rnK neneF Saors or
lemOnades Like certain kinds of molusks which
possess but one sense, the Louisville Convention
possesses single virtue, and yet 1t Is called the
| Bourbon Convention.
The vote OF Milwaukee is about thirteen thou.
| sand the usual democratic majority there Is 4,O00
Bets are now made that Greeley will get 1000 ma
| jOrity-taking twenty-five per cent or the native
| republicans and nearly the solid German vote.
expect to traverse the State next week and asCer-
tain the situation in other portions. am certainly
astOnished at the progress OF the Greeley move
ment In the states beyond the lakes. The Grant
in Illinois refuse to bet Oh more than 5000 ma
ority i0r their candidate andin Wisconsin the odds
are against Grant, and the same change has taken
place in Minnesota There exists nothing what
ever Of the tlmid apprehensiOns OF Eastern people
about Grecley's perversity In the ONCE, and the
echo these rich praries. Here the shouts OF ere
form ~ and "A change l' the loudest OF ALL 1t will
cluded OF twelve and a half to fifteen per cent to
give Greeley Wisconsin. This, 1t IS claimed he has
| already, and votes to spare.
| Among the first questions asked when arrived
| here was whether
SENATOR DooLITTLE
had not been greatly injured by the COnatty charges
against him. Compete and discOuraging indffer-
ence attended that issue among the respectable
"DooIittIe," said Mr. Calkng, editor OF the Ne,cs
at Milwaukee, and he was sustained by Mr.. Cad
wallader, long attached to General Grants head
quarters, 's too poor, too pure and too we'll
known in this State to raise his voice about such
distant and miserable ISLANDERS. The administra-
tion appears to 90 to the jails and pententiaries
for Its charges against eminent men. Conatty Is
miserable fellow who taught school at KenOsha,
seduced one OF his scholars, young girl, and ran
away to Racine, where he opened another scnOOl,
but the story followed him and he left that place:
Doolittle, knowing nothing Of his story, assisted
him to get clcrkship, and the fellow reciprocates
by an afidavt whose truthfulness you can measure
| by its ingratitude. With abundant opportunities
to be rich, D0olitte Is the poorest public In
America OF his abilities and long terms on the War
| and other committees. lie Is Baptist cheerful,
conscientious man, and has the respect OF every
| body in this State. He may have made fool OF
| himself; he never was q villain"
ROBBING THE EMIGRANTS.