New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-17

Won see Of what told at Madisonl land all the
reason those people oppose the Milwaukee and sc.
Paul interests and the interests of our home road is
because they owned bv the North Western road"
A LEADING DEMOCRATS OPPOSITION TO wAsHBURS
"Then your Convention the oath won't support
Gov washburn r. said TO Gen. Paul. Chairman OF the
Democratic State Committee, with whom also had q
conversation to-day.
"Certainly not" was his reply.
"May ask whyt"
Elm the first place. because he is the supporter aud
apoogist OF this corrupt National Administration stand
ing up for IL all occasions, and defending all It's ae
Why Sir he went out of his way and stultifed himself
by defending the Credit Mober In speech In this city
last Fall after he denounced years before on the
door OF Congress Secondly, We cannot support him
because he is an uncompromSiDg high tariff man, while
all the Liberals = this State and of the West are Free
Traders or believe in a tariff for revenue Thirdly,
he is salary graober not in the last Congress, OF
course the last time he had chance he voted for
back pay and took It. Fourthy, he is the tool Of the
Madison Regency, ofceseeker and got histpresent
place by q bargain with Senator Howe Filthy, he
processes TO be antrailroad monopoly man. when ne
only opposes one railroad TO favor another. Skinny
ne 10 favor Of centrazing in the General Government
the powers belonging to the States, and in'roduc
An Congress bill 10 transfer the control OF INC '.
graphs OF the country TO the United states 4o'el"'
There many other reasons that neh' ne"' -,
"Do Won think there is any possibility of beating
Washburn Z" asked. .
@CertainIy and III tell you why" Taking down some
election tables he to The total vote cast
far president I'm this State 1868 was about $4,000 The
total vote in 1872 was only Now in the four years
be popuaton OF this State increased enough TO have
given us 900 more voters in 1872 than IN 1858; there
must have BEEN therefore at least 10000 voters VINO
stad at home last year. and the majority OF them were
Democrats who would not vote for Mr. Greeley sui
Mr. Greeley got more votes than Seymour did in 1865
fF1 -hara Tho
hcan strength showed ITSELF We shall continue to hold
the Liberal Republican VOTE and II we can get out the
full Democratic VOTE you that we shall white
down the Republican majority 10 almost nothing Ihere
four elements Of opposition in this State Besides
the Democrats and Liberal Republicans there are the
Constitutional Unonists and the Changers. OF the last
two the first is composed of the Germans and Others
who are opposed to the Graham" Liquor law, which
makes the saoonkeepers responsible for damages done
by loss arising from the acts of person while under
the influence OF drink he has sold. don't know of
German who viii for Washburn From the Changers
the Republicans won't get single vote that they have
not heretofore had. while If nominate good ticket
we shall get the votes of a good many Republican
Changers.
PROBABLE COMPOSITION OF THE JOINT TICKET.
There were one or two other which Gen. Paul
gave for his hope Of beating Washburn, but which
not now at liberty TO repeat.
"what kind Of a ticket do you think will be nomi-
81 think our candidate for Governor will be mr. Tay
lor now President Of our State Agricultural Society,
man who, though he is a moderate Democrat, Is not
politician any Of the word Our candidate Tor
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will, think be Republican, and
Ihe remainder of the ticket will be made up Of Liberal
Republicans and Liberal Democrats"
On all of this have only to remark that have seen
good many farmers OF this State who have hitherto
acted with both parties and that the party or the man
who beats Gov washburn this Fall by the help Of their
votes have clean record at least on the rail
road question. he has The Milwaukee and ST. Paul
Railway Company may keep in the background but Il
the convention Of the oath inst is managed by men who
have heretofore been known che servants or cham
ions that road in the State Legislature or IN Con-
ress or TO be interested directly indirectly in any
other railroad or if it dominates whose record is az
ell doubtful the railroad question. its work will be in
vain II there any thing about which the farmers
OF this state are determined than another, 1t is
1hat the men they elect, either 10 the executive
offices of the State to represent them in the Legsia
dure shall be who at least independent OF the
railroad interest