New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-03

lam. almost equally cleaf that he will not Do re-
nonted Controller. Wasn't he smart CROUCH after all
.. weep from being cheated by his frendsf were they
ha 10 maneuver him out OF opposition 10 laminany
S.S a barren promise which he has no means OF
enforcing Yr..-;4
President Robinson Of Brown University
,ouowa the excellent example Of exPresdent "ooisey'
"a iu nreside at a Republican meeting in Providence
sopght Dr. Robinson IS profoundly interested IN the
nvoss and looks upon the possibility of Democratic
~,.orv in the nation with serious apprehension He IS
nan Of liberal views and sound common SENSE anu h
though ne mas cbed atars closely and kept himself
thoroughly informed
The result of the election is now surely fore
Ala Five men have settled it. The Boston HeTdiG
-.oparly remarks that the Republicans are only
boying" when they pretend they are gaming that INC
"a. has been setting strongly toward Tden for fort
80 and then it cites this overwhelming proof putting
:. a. tal,cs 10 bring out its awful significance At a
.ar Harvard class dinner last Saturday where eight
Gentlemen were present, five avOwed themselves Tor TIL
ssn two for Hayes. and one had not registered The
Do.t significant fact that the five Tliden men
o-v.d themselves Republicans. and said that they
nNoTd not vote for Tden as a Democrat but as re
snrer There be no hope for Hayes aiter thal IL
isnot mere " straw, but whole haystaeK'
Tho Republicans of New Hampshire don't
.. 70 be alarmed about that State. Gov. Cheney said
oeptIv TO reporter o. The Boston Globe have not
fbe slightest doubt of our success. week ago was
mt 40 sanguine did not look quite so bright But now
acan see our way clear. II takes effort TO get our
neoule up to the fighting pitch We had an exhaustive
campaign year. and the tension on the public mnd
was great. Then there reaction, and II required
vigorous work to 90 stretch the strings again that we
,ould confidently count the odtime enthusiasm We
have the advantage of the temperance vote, three
fourths OF which will be with So that on the whole
our majority may be large that Of the last state
election" The Hon l.. II. Rollins Is confident the Stae
will be carried by the Republicans, and that hayes Will
be elected.
The Nation takes philosophical view of the
stuation and declares its belief that the country Will
not 20 to the bowwows matter who is elected Pres
dent II closes review Of the prospects, III the case oil
the election of either candidate, in this way: W. DO
not anticipate great salvation or great disaster from The
election Of either candidate We wish, for the sake oil
harmony we could the joyful hopes or the dismal
apprehensons their respective supporters But then
we feel quite shall all be smiling over Dolh OF
them year hence, in the midst OF state OF thlhgS
which, IL not bad some feared or rs good as o'hciS
boped will De better the whole than the present The
nation on the whole must believe viii be safe IN
the hands Of the majority of the people, 10 matter WHO
NAV be President; and with the certain and rapidly
Increasing revival of business ard with the break IN the
peculiar system OF administration c0lled Gr'uitislH
which the election will IN any case DrluS anu tle
Imposed on Congress by more equal division OF tie
Lower House between the two parties, we antcpac IO
years OF considerable cheeTluncss even lot hOso WIZ
are now gOOmiest"
South Carolina takes its place once more as
sure Republican State, according to the southern cor
respopdent of The Cincinnati Commercial He has
hitherto conceded il 70 the Democrats, but now ne
writes: AS it turns out, the adoption o. the
straghtout policy of the Democrats was great blum
der They will lose the State, and the chances are that
most wretched and corrupt legislature will be chosen
sIegslature heated ignorant prejudced and corrupt
which even the firm purpose and steady nerve OF Cham
berlsin may be unable control That the Republicans
will triumph here seems to be quite evident Inc
troops the business. The negroes feel encour
aged 10 20 ahead and the straight ticket and they
will doit Half Of those who belong to Democrats CLUBS
will 60 back on their promises at the last day. With
troops everywhere rife clubs dsbanded and all restraint
removed the negroes will almost unanimously vote the
Republican ticket That settles it Now had the Demo
Gratis not adopted the straightOut policy they could
with the aid OF Chamberlain, have secured halfway
decent Legislature. Indeed. before the straghtoni
policy was agreed upon in the State Convention here
arrangements had been effected in several counties in
which the representation between the two parties was
divided and the Democrats given living chance. In
Abbeville for instance, compromise ticket had
already been agreed upon composed OF two Democrats
ssspp policy agreed upon in secret session here the
Denidcr5fs went wild They Thought they would win
D DSa bsd tSe evsmne Of MississIpp before them in
which the Government did not interfere, and which was
great success ihe{ O codato se S wad Weld
the Republicans nothing having dcermmed 20 carry i
responsibility for defeating a sure reform
Mr.. Edward Mcpherson, formerly Clerk Of
the House Of Representatives has written letter to The
indianapolis Journal the subject Of Southern claims
IN which be SAYS "Tne alarm felt at the developments
on this subject during the last session OF Congress was ut
the various propositions made to repeal all the existing
distinctions between tie Union and the rebel classes ID
the South and to open the Treasury equally TO al having
claims matter what their course during the rebellion
This shown not merely by the various bills proposed,
but by action of Democratic majority OF the Com
mttee on War Claims, who repealed the Republican rule
Of that committee requiring proof OF loyalty from every
claimant but also by the report OF the same committee
IN the Pickre & Brooks case Of Virginia nade by Mr..
Csbe Of Virginia.. taking the ground that II the party
within the terms Of either Of President Johnsons
proclsmatons that fact qualified him as q claimant.
Under this doctrine all SOutherners would be held 20
have been loyal citizens during the except the few
persons specially excepted by him. il true that very
few clam-bills passed by the House. Gov Hen
bricks iorgets that the House did not sit last Winter FOR
legislation and that they did not pass public law Of
any importance The word went around DO as little as
possible; postpone everything; avoid all record Of pur
pose or principle; I'd especially saYe OIL all appODIId
tons till after the elections. There little actually
done But there fOresbadOwed, and this IT IA
which alarms The discussion these claims has even
alarmed Gov. Tilden He promises 10 resist these
schemes Buchanan IN 1896 promised TO resist the
same class In their raid against freedom IN Kansas Ana
mas of determined hungry and aggressive men, was
Ills predecessor 70 prevent the niques which led ~ the
Formation OF the LecomptOn Constitution"
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