The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-13


WANDERING TOUR ON HORSEBACK
on the r0adways for several miles Into the Interior
From Chautauqua county very easily dropped into
Cattarangns, the adjoining county, visiting on my
wa NATAL Ashford and several srs
county, thence through Niagara, Orleans and Mon
roe counties. In every place found politics o. .
talk no much about keeping at the boiling point was
| not even heated, and In but few instances did !
| were being made for the Dire TO get the caldron
into the redhot condition deemed 80 indispensable
Ia lively campaign. Indeed, so little excitement
did ind even In towns or any pretensiOn that
| was very often on the point OF asking some en-
lightened rural sovereign whom met on the road
| side whether or not there was to be any election
at all in his neighborhoOd. In oil probability after
| the State nominating conventions have spread
| their work out before the people
THE USUAL HUBBUB
will begin, and their spread eagle orators Will
come out from their LARS and tear the air and the
usual STYLE In a few places found, 1t is true, a
| Grant and Wilson club or q Greeley and Brown
80 far as could ascertain nom those who conde.
scended to talk politics. What struck me more
on my the
! inns or depots to get into conversation with. No
matter how small the place where stopped was
sure to come across few democrats who either
declared that they would not vote at all or that out
OF sheer spite they would
aI VOTE FOR GRANT.
This found to be the case among the old men es-
pecally, who, In all probability, had never In their
eSe NC ho ia Or bad Ike
may have been. Some OF them talked in way
about the nomination OF Greeley at Baltimore that
would, NO doubt, II the good OLD man had only been
present have made each OF his particular white
hairs stand upon end In utter horror. Still there
are both sides to every question. While met and
conversed with many democrats who were fierce In
their denunciation OF Greeley, l also met very
many who were strongly rom a, IN Iavor o. nh"
who are not 80 very numerous, though In the two
counties west OF Erie l found 10 be exceedingly
dor r. tvnt m 10 In N m hon
one day to take wagon and go along the Lake
Shore Road west of Buffalo, about fifteen miles out,
where very large number OF men are working,
laying the bottom for an additional track By far
the larger portion OF them declared themselves for
greeley an@ very many Of them t0 me s they
fact, although the strength OF Mr. Greeley in Chau-
tauqua was not by any means what had an idea
things look rather "shaky" for the GRANTEES.
Fenton's influence is plainly disceInible IN every
wnere treTe 'e leasI o i, UI
there are many who will follow him In Cattaraugus
county, yet doubt very much II
THE BREAK FROM THE REGULAR LINES
will be of any great extent Grant in 1858 had
majority Of ,e4e In Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus
c Counties in the face Of tRis~aIded BY Fentons
in1uence-which found unquestionably very great
in both counties as ! have ye,, said before he win 90
have been able to learn during my journeying
NOW AS 10 ERIE COUNTY.
surprise In finding the Greeeyites so very few and
far - In ns the city Of so
mens-some say 10, 600 strong-will support him II
with rush In Niasafa county things are e'i fear.
fully mixed. Indeed, the republican detection
that sSs ,ouUs sy S and Carried think Sx
the liberals without any trouble. Several old demo
Gratis at Lockport, however. told me that they
others In other places throughout the county who
would also Ego and do likewise" The county is so
close Of the best that it is quite possible nowith
the old line democrats should
STAY AWAY FROM TIE POLLS
altogether, or vote, as many say they will for
Grant, the republicans may be able In tie long run
to overcome all the odds which now seem against
county know that it is claimed BY some that the
liberal republicans in the county are quite numer-
GUS but II they are they Keep very shady. Here
and there came across one or two but, as q gene
raj thing, found that from one end OF the county
to the other the republican rank and lle are solid
who was last year member OF the Legislature,
and who has come out with great sound oftrumpets
% s NC sw qn So
vember. II so, they must have much better means
ofjudging the situation in the county than have
the general surface OF things. GLOW many liberals
have you IN the county " asked tSo Of Grseoyte
OF several liberals,
COUNTING t. Il ON HIS FINGERS.
''Can you count them all on your fingers ?" l
asked, interruptng him rather abruptly in the
midst of his calculations. "why, bless you, no."
county, but you see they don't ali want to show up
yet awhile" was forciby reminded, by this way
the New Yorker when the Excise law was being
vigorously enforced on Sundays, who answered
sas q by ns
know the ropes. gets drink whenever wants
to- There is liquor place here In town that makes
V.tlA NJ Grrnf louo and nlu
but meln
MONROE COUNTY
has always been known as rather uncertain One
1t is true that in 1868 she gave Grant majority oil
1868, but that was one OF fer freaks. Very little
would have made her give as big majority Just
publican county, even though last year, during the
lammany excitement, she could only screw her re-
Scribner of os7 did not think 1t absolutely ncccs-
sary to make very particular investigation into
the country district, Of the county for after pass.
convinced that Greeleys hold on the people was
not Of the most reliable kind. may be mistaken,
the election will bear Inc out In the statement that
though the influence Of Fenton, who has many
the the the g
s sss q %so;y S,sss ss chief s1sa
found the democrats very much divided
among themselves and while the republicans arc
besides being very Few in NUMBERS are to ali a
pearances rather lukewarm In their efforts to help
Rochester aords the best Illustration OF this fact
remained three days in the city and did all that
lay In my power to md out everything that would
give me correct idea of
THE SITUATION.
talked with democrats and republicans and lib.
erals and roamed from ward to ward to find out just
how the tide was running, and must con fess that
my confidence in the strength OF the Greeley party
In the county became every, day beautifully less
and small by degrees. To be Sure three or four re.
publicans or prominence have cut aloof from the
Grant party-men like D. ID. =. Brown, Rains and
DemIng-but so far as my observations went could
not find that their example had been followed by
number OF republicans sufficient to cause conster-
nation, or even gentle scare, among the regulars
One of the chief drawbacks TO the liberals In the
county discovered was the determination OF many
old democrats not to support Greeley. Let rue give
you striking example OF this. In the Eighth ward