The New York herald., 1875-10-30
The Canvass in Chenango, Delaware,
SchOharie and Monroe Counties.
THE DEMOCRATS JUBILANT.
Popular Candidates Who Will Draw
Votes on Both Sides.
THE TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT AGAIN.
A Tidal Wave Threatening TO 0yerwhelm Selk-
reg and the Republican ASSemblymen.
conLEsKILL. schoharic county, Oct. 20 1875.

CoBLEsKILL. Schoharie county, Oct. 26 1875
There is probably no Senatorial district in the State
whore the democrats making greater efforts to
elect their candidate for their candidates
for tho Assembly than in this district, which is
posed ofthe Of Chenango, Delaware and scho
harie II is peculiar district in many respects and
contains a larger number in proportion to its vote of
that class of voters republicans and democrats alike,
who cannot be made TO follow their party blindly than
any other in the interior The only thng necessary to
bring these independent voters full force is the
placing Of first class local candidates in the field by both
parties The local politicians understand the temper OF
the district wen that seldom happens that really
inferior put up by either side for either house OF
the Legislature Whenever either party has made a
! slip this it has always been defeated.
This excellent tendency OF the great mass
Of the voters in the three counties is all the more
noticeable when there is election for Senator, for
then the three all have a say together the choice or
Of two men, and matter what the little local df
erences may be in each county over each ones respec
tive candidates for seats in the Lower House they all
keep their weather eye open on the Senatorial ques
ton The most striking illustration of this was given
two years ago when the republicans nominated Thomp
son against Youmans. They both popular men,
and stood well in the community men OF high char
acter, against whom not derogatory word could be
said Now Chcnango and Delaware are strong rcpubli
counties. In 1872 they each gave large majority
for the republican ticket and followed 1t up in
1874 with majortes for General Dix although Cover
nor Tden's popularity did draw 50 many OF the inde-
pendent republican his side that Chenan-
go's 34S Deawares 234 cut into feariully,
that Of Chenango last November being 672 and Della
only ID on the other hand Schoharie is heav-
! lily democratic, and acts a sort Of
BALANCE
as between the other counties. The result OF the
i in tho TlOmDSOn
yet be fresh in the minds Of everybody for
the republican Senate took the whole of last winter to
find out whether Thompson really entitled to the
majority he got out OF total vote of nearly p OO0
and the strength of which he secured seat in that
body 1t happens that this year both the democratic
and republican candidates from Schohare; and
may here remark that it has evidently been the policy
Of the republicans this year. in every district where
there democratic county, to have their candidate
selected from that county, in order TO Offset any par
ticular 'homen popularity which the democratic candi
date may possess
The democratic candidate is Judge Lamont and the
republican William II. Engle They arc both widely
known in the district and it would be very hard 10 say
which has the larger personal following outside OF his
own party Certain 1t is that each will draw many
from the opposite party i'll his own county, and tho
knowledge Of this fact has done than anything else
| TO make tho canvass a great deal more thorough on
otherwise would have been The democrats IN these
two counties are not able calculate with any
able degree Of certainty whether Lamont will draw
enough votes in Schoharc, personal grounds, from
the republicans to compensate for the personal follow
ing Engle may obtain there from the democratic sdc
and the republicans are in the same quandary, not
knowing what strength Enge may develop among the
democrats. They feel confident that he viii cut
into Lamont severely in many Of the towns Of scho
harle that usually give good democratic majorities
and Lamont's friends boast that where Engle gets one
democratic vote Lamont will get two republican votes
So it can readily perceived that both parties have
good reasons to very active they certainly have
been ever since the candidates have been placed in
the field. Lamont County Judge for upward OF
years succession, and many years ago his oppo-
nent District Attorney Of the county. There Is
every indication that Lamont has
TRACK,
and is far more popular with the great Of the
voters III Chenango and Delaware than Engle; and II is
the vote these counties which WILL OF course, settle
the contest as between the two The
didates are Of that class which the local stump
speakers call ''eminently rospecable' but Lamont,
unlike his competitor, is man who takes
immensely with the young men, though he Is not
young man himself "It's q way he has, y as an Irish
man would say lie Is hail fellow well met with them
at all times enters into all their high strung plans for
the reformation OF local grievances Us lie was one Of
them and IN fact makes himself perfectly at home
with all classes that there Is scarce town IN any one of
the counties where "Bil' Lamont as he IS called by
the ovcrfamiliar rurais Is not as well known a. the
'Squlre himself That he will poll very
\ large republican vote IS foregone conclusion, and
happen to know OF my own knowledge that many re-
Il publicans who working hard for the success Of
the republican State ticket and ostensiby Tor Engc,
are on the sly putting IN good word for Lamont
whenever and wherever they get chance and VIII on
election day be the means OF having many ballot de-
posted to his credit under the cover OF an Engso
II may be Of interest just here state that Chenango
and Dcawares combined vote for Thompson two years
ago was s 555 Youmans $50 and that 1t was Scho
harie's majority OF i S32 for the latter that brought
him triumph II Is conceded on all sides that
unlike Youmans, who did not poll within l,565 votes
of the number for the democratic State ticket,
Lamont viii this year lead the ticket headed by Bgc-
low by fully 500 votes and that it is not likely that
Englc viii keep even with the Seward ticket Taking
everything INTO consderation-their relative personal
I strength In the canvass and the Tact that the
campaign In the district has no charge Of corruption
against either give it that bitterness which ciarac
,er,,oe tho conlests In Selkrcg's IIatnmonds and
Woodlns disircts-the battle Is IN reality square
stand up honest hight tue respective merits Of the
two men, and the indications now are that Lamont
will win the day by at least 600 or 200 majority, pro-
vidcd democrats poll full vote which they promise
10 do.
/ the contests for Asscmbymen In 1872 and 1873
Chenaugo represented IN the Assembly BY repuh
hcan. ln the former year the republicans gave X A.
Young ,Ol3 majority defeating y H. Knapp, quite
popular man. The following year the democrats
NOTHING CSnAUNTED
nominated John Shattuck against II. B Bcecher, but,
despite the splendid hight they made for hun, Shattuck
was defeated. They had, however, The satisfaction
Of seeing the l,Ol3 majority Oi 1872 cut down
TO ll3. Last year they put their shoulders
to tho wheel With vengcancc and elected
their candidate for Assembly, y. NJ Holmes, by
32G majority. II Is true that there tlird can.
ddate IN the field who got 43l votes but That their
good fortune; indeed piece Of good luck fancy that
they brought about by their own engineering much 20
the disgust Of their opponents THIS time the Iepubh
cans arc determined 10 Win, cost what 1t may aud thus
lar they have prevented the nomination OF even pro-
hibion candidate la the county although at one time
the WHY democrats had man cooked aud primed TO
II fftr Mnf
Who became scared before being roted out and refused
to run. Isaac Plumb, whom the republicans have
chosen their standard bearer VIII give the utho.
crnts All they can do elect their man but as they
have agaln prevailed upon Holmes 10 run against hiih
the chances n Their favor aud already some 81 No
repubcaus cOucede that II the state Committee docs
snmnlhInu tho cnmlng week 20 IRE lhe IrpuDlI-