New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-18
MAGNITUDE OF THE IMITATION MOVE
MENT IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE BRIE PLATFORM HEARTILY SUPPORTED By THE
DgsOCRATIc NEwsPAPERs-TaE SMALL TkRIu
TORY IN WHICH UAKD-MoNEY IDEAS PRxDOMI-
N,TR--A REVIEW OF THE FIRLD-HARD-MONEY
EDITORS AFRAID TO PUBLISH THEIR VIEWS
REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN ONO WOULD PRICK
THE BUBBLE.
lFIOM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 16.-A week has passed
since the Erie Convention yoked ha:,noney man aud
grccnback together, put them
raft Of rag-money windb bag blanks, and set
them afoat, trusting to the rising current
OF imitation sentiment to carry them into Office
All the indications point to successful voyage. The
Erie resolutions uncovered the sreD2h o! the Imitation
movement throughout the State. and it must be ad
United that it Is alarmngy powerful. Not dozen Demo
cratic newspapers openly dissent from the wild and de
stitictve financial theories advanced by their party
There are perhaps many that swallow The
platform with something Ike grinacc, but the
great body of tho Democratic journas como heartily
up to support Worse sail. Republican ncwsp
pers IT, aud seek 10 twist the currency plank OF
the Lancaster Convention into Endorsement OF green
back initiation For example. Tie PotsciHc liners Jour
nal. newspaper of great influeAce in tho coal
regions, says that the Republicans mean to
do just what the Erie resolutions promise A
Republican County Convention held i'll Pittsburgh
last week decla ed sQuareiy for Imitation 1t oIlG seem
that in many sections OF the state the Republican,
going further than the Democrats in denOancig contrac
ticn and specie payments After looking the Geld
carefully reading the local newspapers, and talking with
public from nearly every county, am forced "a
the conclusion that the only portion OF Pennsylvania
where hard-moDey ideas predominant to-day Is
the lying of the Aeshenies AMI south OF the
anthracite coal folds and here, wherever there is
q depressed manufacturing interest the infaonists
have tho upper hand In the anthracite counties OF
Schuylkin Carbon, Luzcrne, and Northumberland cap
itai is fighting the initiation battle hand in hand with
labor, and the IL true OF the ironproducing dis
tricts along the Lehigh and Schuylkll Rivers. la
the Counties Of Lycomng, Clinton, Cameron
Unisn Tosa and Potter whore numbering rs the Chief
interest the cry of More greenbsoks" carries every
thing before It, the lumbcren believing that imitation
will set everybody building houses, and thus bring
tapir product into brisk demand
West OF these counties region whose chief staple IL
soft coal wherever you find coal miner whether he
digger in tho pit. find inaiionist
BE it soft coal hard coal that lac mines, he
10 always for soft money In Bradford, which is farm
ing county the NcwYork border tine Granger organ
ization takes IN majority OF MI the voters. and has
effectively Gown seeds OF the grcenbaek hercsy under
the lead Ut Pioett the Erie nominee for State Treas
mcr eus4uehanna County, farther casa. Is In little
better condition When goes TO the northwestern
part OF the State he finds almost the only hard
money element to be the numerous German
population Of Erie County. In Warren Cocnty
met Tuesday prominent Republican cxmein'er OF
Congress- who has been consistent resuoPtionist for
ten years He said that if he were candidate now. be
sonld not feel OF election unless nc ran on AL n
ostion PLATFORM so strong the demand for "msrr
money In his district. South Of Erie the petroleum
sos,ities Of Crawford. vcnango, and Butler
sre rampant for ra. money. West ana sonth
OF these he the iron and coal counties oil
Mercer, Lawrence, and Beaver. II their delegates
to the Erie Convention Trustworthy representatives
Of the public 1criing there, nm who should make
hard money speech In that ecoton would stand good
chance of being mobed. La Pittsburgh there IL not
newspaper Republican Democratic that dsres to make
An effort TO stem the raguoney tide. The principal
owner Of one OF the Republican Calios was In
tl,ls cfty yssterdaS. and vas asked why bis Jour