Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-07-15
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Interchangeable Centennial-
The Fourth In the City-A Reform In.
| cidsnt.
The DEMOCRACY of New York are
tho sickest set of men that ever liv.
cd. The nomination of "Slippery
Sammy" does not strike them at all
favorably, and they have, ut this
early day, given up all hope of elect
ing him. The fact is, they see that
the American people are not ready,
as yet, TO place the government in
the hands of party SO soaked with
corruption, so utterly undeserving
of confidence as the Democracy, as
it is now constituted. Some row
will be made to carry Congressional
tickets aud local offices, and some
powder will be burnt, in consequence,
over the Presidential nominees; but
no one has an idea that Tilden has
any reasonable chance of success,
Betting men are Offering odds that
Hayes will carry New York, and
they find no takers. The decent
portion Of the Democracy have got
tired of spending money for the
purpose OF placing spectators in
the best offices, and hOrdes of un,
naturalized Irish in minor places,
The business men of the city know
that Tilden's nomination was the re-
suit Of bargain and sale between
his supporters and the inflationists
of the West, and altogether, there
ia d generalization in the Democrat
ic camp that is very encouraging to
those who want good government.
And speaking of political matters.
| wish every Republican in the Uni
ted States could see the Sunday Dem
ocrat, a paper which Tilden's money
supports, and which is the organ of
the Irish end of the party. 10 make
sure of the support of the Irish
Democrats, it has portrait of Ker
nan the nOminator of Tilden, right
over a prominent portrait of Tilden.
with this inscription, GA Chtholic
statesman, Senator Herman, the
nOminatOp of Gov. TiIden." This
is Did for the support of the Gath
Olics-an assurance to them that
Tilden is fairly in their hands, and
that, in the event of his election,
they will, in national matters, have
the same consideration that they
have always had from him in the
other positions he has filled. With
out the Irish Catholic vote in this
city. the Democracy is nothing; to
get it the Catholic church must be
cOnciliated in the most substantial
manner. Tho gorgeous cathedrals,
churches, m0nasteries, and converts,
all on ground which Democratic pol
iticians filched from the city for
them, and which are more than half
supported by grants from the pub
lie treasury, attest the price the
Democracy has paid for their votes.
The Republicans of the city are
not only confident, but entirely ju.
bilant. The nomination of Hayes
and Wheeler they accept as the best
that could have been made, and
more than that, as all that was de-
sirable. Clubs are being organized
in all the wards, and the best men
in the city are taking hold of the
work. While it is impossible to car
ry the city, the Democratic majority
will be SO reduced as to make the
State absolutely certain for the Re
publican ticket. The Liberals are,
as rule, in line again, and thous-
ands of Democrats will vote the Re
publican ticket for the first time in
their lives. The north part of the
State where Mr.. Wheeler resides
will give the largest majority for
the ticket ever known, and will of
itself, more than balance all the
frauds that can be perpetrated in
the city. The outlook is excellent
here; see that you do your duty
everywhere else.
HpsINEss.
/ hate to write that word, for there
is no such thing in New York. The
wholesale merchants are doing little.
the retailers are doing less, except
the little squirt they had in Fourth
of July goods. and the other trades
are dead as smelts. cit will be bet
ter after the Fourth" was the hope
full thought, but it is worse than be.
fore. And even the lawyers are
feeling it. The courts have all adj
journed, and the poor lawyers have
all gone into the country, where
they can live cheaper and get
breath of fresh air, and wait till
cooler weather enables them to come
back and pluck their clients with
more comfort to themselves. AL
together New York is a miserably
dull place just now, and will he for
the next two months.
THE CENTENNIAL
Drew off its thousands from the city
this week. All business was closed
from Saturday ut three to Wednes
day morning, giving the New York
er three good days to see the great
show. 1t is estimated that forty
thousand people from this city alone
were in Philadelphia, enjoying the
Exposition. if any sightseeing can
be called enjoyment with the ther-
nOmeter at 1O4 in the shade. The
neat was intense. Members of mil
tary organizations in the grand
procession dropped in the streets,
md the suffering of the multitude
hat lined the streets was awful.
The show was the hiUraSt thinU that