New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-28
GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS.
A QUEER SMART IN COUNTY POLITICS.

A QUEER SMART IN col NTY POLITICS
BOTH PARTIES CHANGE FRONT Of THE CURRENCY
QUESTION IN BERRs COUNTY. PENN.-Goy.
HAYEss SPLENDID WORK FOR THE COIN DOII.AR.
iFRos srafY CORRESPONDENT OF THS rRIBuNtl
READING, Penn, Oct. 27.--Both parties in
Berks County In ridiculous and humiating position
the currency question. In August the Republic cans
adopted In their County Convention oft money resou
ton OF the Ohio imitation class. using the same
twaddle about making the volume of the currency
equal to the wants OF trade which the Allen
Democrats adopted at Columbus. week later the
Democrats held their County Convention aud adopted
plain unequyocal hard money plank. declaring that
they recognized gold aud silver only constitutional
standard Of vaac At that time the dubious and elastic
State platform adopted by the Republicans al Lancaster
construed ia all the manufacturing districts TO
imitation. and it supposed that when the Democratic
State Convention met at Erie that body would reaiIm
the specie-psyment platform made at Pittsburgh last
year The campaign took very different turn
from what the Berks County politicians anticipated.
and the Republicans found themselves on Democratic
platform; and the Democrats discovered. TO their
chagrn that their old JackSonan hardmoney resolution
had become orthodox Republican doctrine. The only
thing be done to say little about the action OF
the county conventions possible. The Republicans
found les difficulty in shifting ground than their anisg
onists and opened hsrmoney canvass afer:he result
of the Ohio election known; hat the Democrats
thought the wiscst under the circumstances was
to avoid discussion. They have held 10 meetings hut
have worked hard through local committees 10 organ
ze their party and bring ont their full vote.
Berks il famous Democratic str0nghOld-the majority
ranging 5000 6.4OO Last year Lattas majority
for Lieutenant oyernor j.l52, the vote being I'M
usually light The Republicans nave been very active
within the past two weeks and hope 10 bring the ma
ority down below 5000; but the Democrats are conn
dent of making it 5000 counting largely upon the 1000
unemployed ard workngnen in Reading They
.faf have Los nK
money question: hut think they will find Themselves
mistaken in this The Berks County Democracy are pro-
verbal stupid partsanshp but it viii be found that
there few men among them who viii resent the
utter abandonment of cherished principles on the part
Of their leaders their party There is small
Prohibition element here headed by two or three Meth
odist preachers. 1t will not poll over 80 votes in The
county.
The speech Of Gov Hayes last night has had an excel
lent effect II he could multiply himself by fifty and
make three such addresses in every county IN the
State before election initiation candidate would be
buried under a majority Of 10000. The prestige
Of success makes the Governor popular, and
brings to him immense crowds OF listeners where
other orators speak in half-illed nails His Wig
Orous, honest. commOn-senSc way OF handling the
currency question is exceedingly effective. There -
nothing shutting or equivocal about his argument and
be never the standard Of principle particle ID
Difference to initiation preiudces Among his Republican
hearers everywhere he makes the clear exposure
of the difference between honest money, having real
value the world over, and dishonest sham money, such
as the inhationsts want Issue Especially powerful Is
the distinction he between the old war gcenback
Limited in volume pledged 10 be redeemed IN gold
and constitutional legal tender ana the ne"
ereenback proposed by the Eiie platform, unlimited
in volume rredeemable and not constitutional legal
tender Hayes rarely speaks over hsf an hour but
IN that short time nc the whole financial ground
His delivery deliberate though never lasting his man
ner dicnhed though familiar, and his presence magnetic
Tonight he speaks in Belef0nt, ex Gov Curtus home
to return the visit he says, that Curtin made 10 hS
home in Ohio ON Friday closes his AZ Johns