, 1874-05-11

California; Buckingham, Of Connecticut Bay
ard. Of Delaware; Hamliu, Of Maine, Hasntl-
ton, Of Maryland; Stewart Of Novada' Stock
ton, Of Now Jersey, Fenton, Of Nov York; and
Edmunds, Of Vermont, como from stntes fn
which public opinion Is 30 unn,istakablY hostile
to imitation thnt even tho widest dreamer
will not hopo to gain voto in either OF
them. 1nleed, tho SUCCESSOR OF Mr.
Hager has boon electod, and Gov. Booth
IL not an infIatloniat; tho successor OF
Mr.. Hamilton, Gov. Whyto, Of Maryland,
is known as hard-mouoy Demoorat, anti tho
Connections Legislature which will eleot tho Buc-
coasor Of Gov. Buckingham has also boon chosen,
and is controlled by tho hard-monoy Democrats,
while In Nevada, Mninc, Vermont, Now |
York. New Jorsey. and Delaware, both partioB |
stand on tho samo platform as to this question. |
But ii iu nine of tho sixteen remaining States
tho gain Of voto for imitation Is impossible,
there arc loft but aeven votoH which oau by any
chance bo gained not enough by four.
Evon of tho remaining soyon Massachusetts
and Ohio would Beom impregnable to my rea-
souabo intlatfoniat. Tor Ohio has n1readY oloce-
chance of defeating him is by tho scheme Of the
Observation-Disclosures to curry in tho Con-
stitutional Convention, nor sitting, provision
| requiring the election Of o new Legislature, to
seor1ro tho adoption Of That Constitution, md
| tlicn to carry the State on that issuo. It Is
scarcely probable that Senator Thurman will DO
| unable to stop d scheme 30 desperate.
Iu Massachusetts thoro aro still men who
think TINT Butler may finally succeed
in being elected Governor, but oven
Butler himself, we fancy, docs not count 1t
within tho possibilities that ho Gun bo chosen
loss than ono year hence, In spite Of Washburn,
I1oar, Dawes, and all other candaatoa, especially
| II imitation Is rnado tho prominent Issue in the
contests Of this fall. Nor is It probable that
any intlationiBt can boat Zach. Chandler in Mich
lynn. Only -four States zemain in which gains
for tho in1ationtsts can possibly bo madc,-Flor-
ida, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Tesas. That
Cameron may capturo the pig-iron State onco
moro, and elect creature OF his choice.
ia at least possible, nor Gnu anything
whatever ho predicted as to tho result IN South
ern StateB whethor carpet-bn3gors or Southern
Democrats prevail. In Missouri however, tho
very memory OF Benton ought to suffice to pre-
yont tho election OF au inAasionist
Thus, ut tho utmost, tho int1ationists cannot
hope to gain moro than sevon votes, oven It thoy
capture Pennsylvania dishonor "Old Bullion ~
In his own state, oloot Butor tho ropudiationlst
In bondhotling Massachusetts, and oycrturn tho
election Of Thurman in Ohiol But on the other
side of tho account there are some changes GER
tain, and others highly probable.
spragt,e, Of Rhode Island, will not be elected,
nor will any intlauonst succeed him. Lewis, OF
Virginia, will bo succeeded by Gen. Withers, who
ia man Of too much practical buslnesa ability.
| We imagine, to DO cheated by tho aophistries OF
tho paper-1noney faction. In West Virginia, II
is by no means clear that any indasiouias eau bt
elected iu place Of Boreman, and the chancos
seem Ia favor Of hard-money Democrat
OF Tennessee nothing oan be predictot
except TINT neither Brownlow nor any
other Republican will DO chosen; whethc
ha successor will DO hard.mone.
), Democrat Or ropudiationinb' III 0neoftaif.' Il
Wisconsin, the tone OF the press, The grea
strength OF tho German vote, 10 unan}mousl
n opposed to any violation Of national obligations
# mud tho influence Of Senator Howe, all seom
70 Indicate that the election Of an iuhatlonlat
= = succeed Carpenter will bo found very difficult
. OF Nebraskn aud Ginnesota it 1nay at 1east b
r. said TINT tho selection Of an infasionlst is ne
certain III either State, and finally, tho very fac
" TINT Morton is tho chief OF the iuaationistl
and q candidate for tho Presidency, wi
10 tend strongly to determine tho position Of Go
i Hendricks aud his followers and may, if Morto
as undertakes to mako fight on the currency que
1o tion, result in combinations, even in lis ON
to State fatal alike to him aud to Pratt, whof
term will expire noxt March. Thus, Willie Il
g' election of at least two hard-mouey Senators
-. place Of infatiopists may be considered corai
ug 1t ia by no meana certain TINT nix others may
III be elected.
IT, The influence OF tho President throue
'm officials in Southern States, II he should choo
VI to exert 1t, rs he has dono repeatedly, for Il
nv SUCCESS OF tina Republicans who will suppo
re- him, would easily determine tho course Of Il
10y party in Tennessee and Texas, and secure Il
return OF Senator from Florida. II the !
lationists mako that fight against tho PREF
M dents voto which tloy hayo been 80 very Ira
ea in threatening, liH influence would be 70
he likely to secure the return Of supporte
Ill OF his veto in Pennsylvania, Minnesota. Miol
Of gan, aud oven in 1ndiana. Pursuing shat polio
ut. the in0atonlsts not only would full utterly
no socure two-shirda majority in the sonat
no Which is in any caso impossible, but they mig
ia easily find on tho 4th of March next that, VII
ut, they had gained not single vote, the aupportt
blo Of the Presidents veto had gained eight Ser
be tors, and Ind clear majority in that body.
Some glimpse OF this fact, we suppose, ca1
ab- to Logan after his first rage had yonted itBolf
threats, and led him to announce that ho :" b
:ee not lost confidence in the Prosidens"i Mortt
ON also, can SEQ through ladder "a we'll AZ anybos