The New York herald., 1876-10-03
! THE INDIANA CAMPAIGN.
4 Close Analysis Of the Allen
County Vote.
Probable Reduction of the Demo
cratic Majority.
SOFT MONEY MEN AT TERRE HAUT

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept 2s, 1870.
This Is great and democratic stronghold the
county OF Allen. returning on average, when there
no division IN the ranks OF the party majority OF
5000 Mr. Fleming, who is called 1.-The Boss' OF the
party here tells me after careful estimate OF the
wards and townships, that il VIII 90 only $500 This
implying reduction OF tho vo,e leads TO think
that after a The change the OF the State may
some from the slight falling OF, increase the
OF pronounced counties, more than from any changes
70 be looked Tor in the doubtful II thrtyseven
democratic counties show a falling in the pro
portion Aen the State VIII 20 republican. If
thirty -four republican counties show falling of in
IKE proportion the State VIII 80 the other way. How
sver opinions differ, ana is difficult to estimate
exciting time, like this except approximately
how much within nifty 100 county
may go above below its average vote.
Mr.. Hugh Hanna, son of the gentleman who laid out
the town over ory years ago says that the democra
Tic standing majority will be reduced COO and that all
the democratic counties, with few exceptions, will
suffer proportionate reduction Mr. Kamn the
Postmaster; Hartman, Presidential elecor and Cap
tain Dieh Chiet OF Police, Lolo the same OPINION.
Nj ke, OF the Gasete; Judge Ludium, OF the Weekly
Journal and Mr.. Robert stratton, prominent lawyer
here have no doubt OF the reduction OF the democratic
majority
ury thinks, on the contrary that II WIN 60 high
1000 democratic majority, which would be quite
and assert that they already assured OF the sup
port OF a good many republicans ! know OF one IN
stance--that OF M J. b. White who Is extensively
engaged In business. ana who told mo he yet
voted the democratic ticket but he would this time.
make us worse than now" That is a sentiment
havo met among citizens In business In various
places, and II il finds expression at the polls Tilden
has good chance OF being elected
There Is not single German republican paper IN the
town where there had been two The roUyreund
turned over to T,lden the other day. Tilden,
where about twenty years ago, made speech in de-
nuncason OF all sumptuary laws, and thcy have
been since reminded OF that TACT here. Tho re-
publicans, rule, work harder aggres-
sively In counties where they In u majority than
where tho reverse IS the case Here the object Is To
reduce the 1gures OF their opponents, and lhcy have
addressed themselves to the task galanty. II they
work as bard everywhere among democrats as they
arc doing hs re their chances oil victory viii be
slight Some men among them have taken the trouble
to canvass the whole county almost house by house,
and :hey are confident OF making large gap in the
ranks Of their emes.
GREENBAcKERs-DEMocRA soYr MONEY
MEN LIKELY TO DESERT PETER COOPER
TRRRE HAuTE, Ind, Sept 20 1876.
Hero 10 the most important section OF tho state in
ae present campaign. Around here tho greenback
men cluster thick as bees aud clamor for iufiaon
OF the currency In other parts of they are
largely diluted with hard money people but in this
county OF vigo and the adjacent they have the
nsd considerably to themselves From the most re-
naC:c sources | find tnat specimen counties
In and around this, The Eighth Congressional
district will 20 by the following msjorities:-
Clay county viii go democratic by 42o majority.
In October 1S7z 1t go republican.
Vigo county will 20 500; in October 1872 1t went 100
republican. vermion county viii so 24O republican;
IN october, 1872, went 400 republican Parke county
will go 600 republican, in October 1872 IL went 700
the same way. sullivan county will 20 200 demo
cratic; in October 1872, II went ], $50 democratic
Knox county will $50 democratic october, 1872
n Ian ~ Will ln
Democratic; in october, 1872 II went 81 democratic
Here you have an increase ldcmocrac) in
ties In tho most doubtful region OF the State OF
thousand votes The decrease in the republican may
or may not 30 to the independent candidate
rne calculation here given points plainly TO tho fact
that Independent or grecnback ticket Will take
away IRON the republican and give no return while IL
already giving back and promises the rendition OF
large percentage on the day OF election. The green
hackers who LEFT the republican party win for the
dent and Wolcott for Governor, while the democrats
can swallow Tllden and hendricks with and
forfeit their party allegiance As an instance that the
republicans are more extensively demoralzed by the
independent movement than the Others, their only
organ here, the Terre Haue Express, edited by Mr. G.
w. Smith, has left the party party and taken a
stand that squnts at democracy. have been parlcu
lar in dwelling upon tho status OF Tins Congressional
district presents than any other The concen
tration and strength OF the soft money idcn | met
with Peter Cooper man las greenback rcformer Is
caed at intervals and then he stood isolated and
miserable, like lshmael with his hand against every
body and evcrybody's hand against him.
In the Southeast | had different experience and
could any night attend meeting OF between 400 and
500 OF Peter Coopers followers. The democrats
not 80 apprehensve OF them the republicans Tor
they feel they will come 20 ther ASSISTANCE in the
struggle Tor Governor and President The soft money
men attach all Importance 10 Congrcssmen They say
Q Governor rs Of no moment in shaping the ends OF
financial legislation, and President be check
mated by determined Congress. In this tthe Eighth
CcDgressional district there three running
Congress-Huntcr, republican; Mclean, democrat
and Davis, independent In vigo county the IS
between the democrat and independent but the regu
lar has Tho best show III the district