New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-18

trpol STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRtBUNE"I
,,n,,x,PoIJs. Sept 15.-Thefe is great difference
1.t,veen the political atmosphere here and in Ohio
~ teels il as soon as he crosses the border An
,,lssness vanishes The air is filed with the tire
~. ond noise of a great conflict. 1t is inspiring
--a;,;ng magnetic-a tonic for weak-ncrved poll
.i0;ans powerful stimulant for all who have thus
t felt little courage for the national struggle of
-~h;cb this is the fercest preliminary encounter.
Fvervbody is carried away, in one direction or
anotber by the rush of party enthusiasm. Even the
s-,on bovs have become politicians. Stopping at
80 Of large town Just this side of the Ohio bor
~. raw sleep was disturbed until past midnight by
a. sbouts of the street gamus, whOpounded drums
"a cried HAYES" or Tden," each faction seek
inc 70 drown the slogan Of the other by in
oreaaad uproariousness. All the men one meets
saIL nolitics and talk, too in an ear
go half out-of-breath sort of way that
sbows thew have been at it constantly for long
time and have got worked up TO such pitch OF
feelng that they can do little more than calculate
their sentiments in an explosive fashion. The news
naners are SO filed with politics that they forget to
mint the news The whole State is q roaring Cave
81 the Winds, where orators without number from
everv mart of the country rant and rave. Immense
meetings are held every day. Monstrous process
sions perambulate the once quiet towns with bfare
81 hands and great show of emblematic groups and
peFices.
Before entering into description of the many
s,;kng features of this most remarkable campaign,
To- me give an outline of the results of the contests
i. nroyious years. and brief history of the leading
snts in the present canvass, thus heaping up lit
lie mound of facts from which the reader can the
better view the situation. Ever since the birth OF
The Republican party Indiana has been an unsteady
State, webbing frequently from one side to the
other. In 1860 the Republicans won their first
notable victory, electing Henry s. Lane Governor,
and Oliver p. Morton acknowledgements, by
majority of less than 10000. In 1862, when the
soldiers were away and COpperheadism ran riot, the
Democrats carried the election-nOt for Governor,
for the term of that Office is four years-but for
minor State officers By 1864, Morton being Gov
emOr-for Lane stepped immediately from the
elective chair into the Senate-had pretty
much stamped out the traitOrous White
leagues, and made the kind of Democracy
of that period odiOus to all loyal men, and
he was reelected by 90 600 majority. In1S66, with
the war feeling still paramount. the Republican ma
jority was $4,000, but in the October election OF
1868 they barely squeezed in Baker their candidate
for Governor, by 500 majority. Two years later
their State ticket had an average majority of about
5000 In 1872 Hendricks was elected Governor by
q majority of about / 100, but all the rest OF
the Republican ticket was chosen, Orth win
ming the office of Congressman at Large
by the scratch of 126 majority. The
cause of the Republicans losing their Governor was
the action of the temperance people, who foolshly
credited the totally unfounded charges OF the Demo-
Gratis against the sObriety of the Republican nomi-
nee, Col. Browne. By 1874 the greenback move
ment that noxious weed of Indiana politics,
assduously cultivated by both political parties, had
got growth enough to stand alone. 1t ran its own
ticket, polled 600 votes, and gave the Democrats
the election by plurality of $4,000.
So much for the immediate past of the politics OF
the State and now for the history in few words OF
the present campaign. Both parties-l might say
all parties for we must count the Greenbaekers as
n marty pow-made false starts. The Republicans
held their convention as long ago as Feb ~, ana
nominated Godlove s. Orth. The hearts OF the Re
pubhcans all over the State went out with
singular unanimity to Gen. Harrison. but he per-
emptorily declined TO be candidate, on the ground
that he was too poor to give up bis lucrative Law
practice Two other popular mon also declined TO
let their names go before the convention, 50 VTth
was taken as a dernier resort. He had been popular
was a good stumpeT, and was liked by the 0efmaiis
Throwing up his Austrian commission, he fastened
home to enter the canvass made two or three
speeches and then was AOored by the charges of cor
gave out that he would appear at public meeting
at indianapolis and explain away the charges, but
he never appeared, for the State Committee seeing
thatan explaining candidate was lost. summoned him
to the capital and persuaded forced him to get on
the ticket full meeting of the committee was
called to fill the vacancy. Prominent Republicans,
not of the committee, hOcked TO the city from al
quarters and the name of Harrison was on every
lin. The grandson of "Old Tippecanoe" was in
Michigan when he heard that he had been nomi-
mated He set out for home, and as soon as he got
into the State an ovation greeted him at every rail-
way station he passed. BY the time he arrived at
Indianapolis he had made up his mind to accept
The reenback faction OF Independents as they
style themselves, held convention early in the
Spring, and nominated for Governor Franklin ID.
Landers crazy infatiOnist, representing this dis
triet in Congress who at the same time seeking
the nomination at the hands OF the Democrats.
When the Democratic Convention met on tho 18th
of April there was perfect pandemonium between
the partisans of Holman and Landers, and the con-
test waxed so fierce that the two competitors even
got 60 calling each other hard names Hendricks
then put his oily hand on the convention. lie knew
that if Landers we're successful it would rum ms
chances for the ST. Louis nomination, and feared
that il Holman won it would disrupt the party. SO
be got the angry factions to compromise on " Blue
Jeans Williams. The greenbackers resented Mr..
Landlords performance of riding two horses, and he
withdrew from their ticket, bs place being supplied
BIZ the nominee for Lieutenant-Goyernor, Anson
WOlcutt, rich gentleman farmer
Very soon the Democrats were in trouble about
sheir candidates for Supreme Court Judges-fom of
them and all incumbents. The Republican papers
opened fire upon them, aud proved that they had
spent in four years a contingent fund of $63,OOO
for personal comforts and conveniences-bedroOm