The New York herald., 1875-10-25

mond may result, instead Of depriving him OF dem
ocratic votes drawing TO his support farmers who
might but for the insurance bill talk, vote for the re-
publican candidate. As for the latter | have init
mated, he has come IN for almost MS much abuse
Hammond. His name II Edwin Hicks He resides In
Canaudagnn, twenty-five miles from here and is we'll
known all over the county, he certainly ought 10 be-
having been District Attorney for the past twelve
years Wei, not having been 70 the Legislature his
poltlcal opponents cannot accuse him OF getting up
'strke;n but they do charge, as an offset to Ham.
monds 81, 900 fec business, that when the ''Chfton
Air Cure establishment was burned the insurance in
terest amounting TO $4,000 or $50 600 and the Dis
trict Attorneys services being prospective demand
IN the matter he took retainer counsel for the
companies In the civil cases Then again, he is charged
win not prosecuting man who was indicted for mnr.
der ana with afterward appearing as the mans counhei
wnen the fellow was tried for the helnons
ouehce ol snbornaton OF perjury In getting another
man TO swear that his wife unchaste In order that
nc might get divorce The man was convicted, out
Mr. Hicks obtained a stay OF proceedings, and since
then the criminal walks the streets free as any man
''WhyY" asks democratic local in the district ana y
answers us own question thus:-"Because ne mas
money and does not
now Down TO oFYESpED JUSTICE"
Then the case OF another man indicted Tor serious
brought up against him. besides several other cases
the nsinuation being thrown out in each that oorru
ton at the bottom OF the neglect OF the bisulot
Attorney to perform his duty As counter sn 70 snls
comes dash at Hammond from some Of HICKS iriehas
IN handbl FORM as follows I'VE 'russ MIo mao
Hammond viii explain about his f3,ooO
Knickerbocker bribe about his $lOOOo
year Jim Fisk Erie Railroad salary: about his
Van Dusen 1851 check ABOUT accepting receiver lot
the insurance company that gave only $lOO 600 bond
OF the $50 900 worth OF government oonds
OF the company the security OF the widows and orphans
or policy holders of tho company IL VIII be seen by
all this fully justified in the opening part OF
this letter in saying that stranger IN me district WIN
out himself would naturally be led 10
believe that both parties had nominated for the Senate
two OF the they could ind have taken
more than pains TO learn what the final result OF
tho contest between the abused men will be, and
have found that but few among the democrats,
believe that Mr. Hicks ever knowingly did anything
wrong District Attorney and that the belief IN MS
honor and uprghtness is universal in the district wish
| could say tho same thing OF Mr.. Hammond In spite
OF his denas there very many democrats who prefer
believe in the truth OF the charges made against him
and who will vote against him accordingly "A man
without much means said OF them to me, ''who
is elected Deputy Attorney General can't become
wealthy honestly So 500 year. even II he kept his
place for twenty years And yet Mr. Hammond seems
TO be rich now.n have said that many repub-
lican farmers will vote for Mr.. Hammond, becausef
they believe in the justice Of the principle OF his blu
to the capital stock OF the insurance companies;
but am very much mistaken II he win not lose moro
votes in his party than he Will draw on that ac-
count from the other side in certain sections Of tho
district notably in Yates county though his personal
popularity in Ontario may carry him ahead of hist
ticket in some places particularly in this city. When
the OF the three counties comes TO be counted
the night OF tho election ! feel convinced
that IL will be discovered that MT HICKS
will have few hundred more votes than
Mr.. Hammond However if Mr. ShotwcIl Powell
who Is running temperance candidate Tor senator,
gets his friends say he WILL 200 votes IN the ds-
III
indications that the temperance vote will be strong
each OF the three counties This city can be taken
a criterion. Last year IL only gave four votes 70
Clark the temperance candidate and there are already
sixty in the city pledged 10 vote for prohibition
next month Certainly the prohibition vote this ali
is destined after all be important factor IN the
election which must be taken into the calculations OF
the politicians in more than one district OF the State
where the majorites never very large either way
AS already shown in previous letters from other
sections this will be the means of defeating seve-
ral republican members OF Assembly.
THE AssEMBLYMKS
In all the Assembly districts tho three counties
which 60 TO make up this Senatorial district the pro-
county tontariol last winter the Assembly dcleMtion
stood one democrat from the FIRST district and ono
the democrats will carry both this year indhc Second
. district Hiram Maxheld, who came within ten votes
year Of defeating Cyrills Lincoln, has been nom
mated by the democrats His popularity can be judged
from the fact that, while his town Naples gave Dix
Nifty three majority, II gave him majority OF Ill In
the Fourth district the democratic candidate is Seth
stanley produce merchant At stanley, the line OF
: the Southern Central Railroad stephen II. Hammond
represented this district last winter in the Legislature
The republican cantidatcs Volney Edgerton, OF
Hopewell in the First, and John Raines, Jr OF
}Canandagua in the Second The latter Is not popular,
md will be easily beaten The prohibition candidates
A. b Smith, OF Geneva and stephen A. Codding,
of Bristol They will each poll their share OF the 300
odd cold water votes in the county In Seneca the
. democrats have put Dr. Lewis Post, OF Lodi In the
Ffed against McClelland, OF OVID. Seneca had demo-
cratic representative in the Assembly last year. and
i she will be have again this year In Yates
county the republicans have agreed 10 try Hanford
Strubio once more who defeated George W Spencer
democrat last year by only ten votes The latter was
renominacd some weeks ago. but has had to withdraw
on account OF i'll health and his place has been taken
by John Sutherland, OF Potter strong effort Will bo
made 10 elect sutherland, and owing TO certain little
circumstances which Strublc will have control
il is quite probable that viii be asucccssfu one.
Both Yates and Seneca the prohibionss have their
men the field determined to defeated principle
There will be heavy vote polled in the three coun-
ties on account OF the Senatorial fight But for the
bitterness OF this contest is than probable that
the vote in the district would be light The great
OF the democrats will go the straight ticket although
Bigelow will get scratched By the canal men, However,
rs they do number dozen in the three counties,
the ticket very well stand IT, there indca-
tions that many republicans will vote for the entire
ticket There growing Bourbons among the
democrats the district; at least IL there they
have yet shown their colors u they intend 70 go
for Bigcows scalp Seneca, Of course VIII give good
democratic majority and am inclined 10 believe that
Ontario will 60 back her republican record and give
a small one The republican majority cast against Til
den year will be, it is evident materially reduced
So tho democrats the rest OF the State may feel salts
ned that the Twenty sixth Senatorial district far
the ticket and Assemblymcn concerned, will
not give them cause for sorrow election day.