, 1876-01-10

hnl tho regular candidates Are ittlo at uGh Ia
tier reckontr!8s, ~ Tho aonhsor Ia Ia. aud the
othera ars ouk and ho has nn advantage.
It ID not probable shat tho House will b or
gantzod i,oioro Tuosdar. 1t will nluet OH Mor-
Jnv, aud adjourn 70 hold q Caucus 10 nomlnhto
tho vartous officers.
PREs,DENr.MAKIAC.
PENNSYLVANIA Ar THE coSvESrtosH-oov. Hzy-
pRscKH TnR CANDIDATE FAvoHED MOST ny THE
bEsiocnATs-E1'o1s. CURTIN 1 CANDIDATE f0n
viCk.rHxslDEaT T-nov, rlLpEA's NOMINATION
STRONGLY OPPOSED.
f'errfsnandtnte Nm Fork 7r,bun'.
Hsnn'snunu. PAnn, Jan. g--Ftvo months bo-
toto tho National Conventions a,o held Il ought
to bo aasY to ASCERTAIN from tho members Of .
sesse Logsslaturc. fresh from their homea, tho
drift Of opinion among tho people OF stats "a
to Presidential candidates. II tho t7c,n-
bora bare positivo preferences. 1t Ia fair
to supposo Tint tho people gcuor-
ally havo made up thoir minds; II
thoY havo mono. aud ray they "raaly don't
know who wonll he tho bost man." or ''haven't
thouRf,t mich about tho matter" ono may CON
c'tlde that public op,nlon has not yct talon
definite shape. Among tho Democratic members
OF TIM Loslnlaturo Of this State thoro Ia no Unity
OF eehtttnohs OFT the question, and not much pos.
1.-Two conviction expressed IN favor OF Any man
AZ tho noat desirable candidate. pretty
strong negative determination exists, hovoyot.
Fhoy do not know whom they are for, but
they know whom they aro ssainst. They
hro opposed to Gov. Tllleu. This
feeling IL almost universal. 1t probably
IL not 10 noticeable In the tier OF counsioA bof-
tlorlnE upon No" York but tbose couutlos nro
oil R0pitblloan, aud Of course havo no oue hero
to aponk for their Democratic cltlxenB. Among
tho nlombcrh from uust OF tho mountains and
from tho Dutch counties In tho East tho hostility
H. particularly strong, It 10 charged that Guy.
Iildon aud hts friends oompassa1 tie dofeat OF
the Democrats iu Ohio aud Pennsylvania last
fall and that tho party In tlloeo two Htates
wonid be Justified In taking its revenge by
sinuchtering him In tho Convention. Il Is 10
wonder That tho eost-inonoy men, who have not
yot recovered from their anGor aud modification,
should cherlsh Ruch feelings; but when NJ find
the hard-Noney Democrats Who cursed tho folly
OF their party last fall, and iutlorned fully tho
platform Of their brethren Ia Now York, unwIl-
ling to support Ttlden, we n,ust loot for como
EXPLANATION Of their attitude outside of tho cur
renoy Question. It probably IL occaslonol by
rootod dstrlat OF tilo New York Democrats and
remembrance Of tho dofcatB That have followed
ton. The Detnucratic parsles In tho two great
b.ates Of tho Union hayo sahloin boon i'll accord
~ to ofthor platform or candidates. They will
not pull together in tho Convention thus year
unless considerations Of oxpediency loau thu
PonnsSlvanians to cease thel1 opposition to Gov.
Ti1don.
Tho prevailing sentiment among Eastern NOM
bars fayorB Senator Daystd hut Oil all hands
doubts ARC oxprossod of hia availability. ale
has too Bmall constituency 1t bin bacE," ro-
marked ono member; "Iie comes from tho
wrong Bldo OF Mason and Dixon's llnc" Aaid an
other. Those two objections arc tho only onos
urged. Except fur theu, he would possess. 1t Ia
admitted: oyory qualification desirable In can.
dualo Tho momborH from boyonJ tho Atiegha-
pscs snd from tho lumber regions arc 'nlnpst
unAntnonB IN their preference for Noy,
llsudr,oks.. They aro mich moro positive
~ ~ e3prssalng tlolr preteseneoo than arc the
tha inoncy Question. perfectly. TAoy do not
want All ont-and-ont iut!atiouaBt ffko Gov. Will
ian, Alfon, because thoY leas that bvghboo, tho
- 'n1onoy-lsowcr Of the Eaas." A candidate who is
usually on the fence, but oteassonally puts a Log
down on tho soft-money sdo, suits them exactly.
Il tho Pennsylvania delegates to tho Democratic
National Convention wsru to be eleotod at onco,
hnvo no doubt TINT q majority OF them would
he tor Hendricks, aud it would hurprae mo II
Itidea had singh supporter. There might bo
two Or sArco doiegatos With leanioga toward him.
but uley wo.,ld BE- ooutroiiod by tic otl,ero. ~
70 test tho teuaclty Of tho opposition to uov.
Tllden RomaAnoa ask usen who have boon OK
pressing themselves worry atongy against him
whether they think thoy can oloct Democratic
President withnut New York. II thov know
much about national politics they uB,lslly cnu-
cede TINT NnH York is tho koy to tim position.
tho Htate ?" Tho roply always oxpressoa Doubt.
We'll suppose you were convinced that Til
len 10 tho only candidate nnmod who would le
,ortatn to oarryit-wl,as thou 2"
"Wo Hhould hsVo to support him." IL thu tc-
rilis, thon, IL tho attitude Of tho pepnsrlvana
Democrats: Thoy aro for Hendricks l,ayars1,
Thurman. Qor. Hancock, or atmoat auybo,y II,
preference 10 Tldon, but they will giyo np their
'oas. sasiafy thom TINT without Now Ynrk thoy
oso tho battle. and that without nldan thoy
oso Now York. aud thoy aso for Ill
lou. What have said hbayo anpliea to
he he general run Of Democratic, members,
question, and have not. therefore, enlisted under
ho banner OF any particular candidate. 4 de3- |
tito rrogrsmme has been mapped out by Tho
easlers Ut tllo Wallace wing OF tho party. but it
ito. The plan Ii to throw tho vote OF Ponusyl- |
'Ann in tho Convention tor Gny. Hondftoka |
y return for the. .Westssn vote for Gov. Curtin
for Vico-presdent II Ia shrowd and ca,ofully- |
liberation Of Gov. Tdon's frlonds. II cuutom.
,|htes sh!fhng tho battle-ground from Nav /
Iork to Pennsylvania, carrying Tho lattor
,ssto by tho " old Var Governors" popularity, |
s1q aa m.2or e os" os Of o as s nsufnE d 1
Tho Tllden slate hanros out victory by the union
i the Bonth, thu East, and tito Pacific coast;
Ito licndrlcka and Curtin slaso arrives at tho
an1e result by adding to the voto OF tho onth
l.e chances Of carrying one OF Two Of tho closo
Yeaeern btntcs. There ID good reason for
tating that senator Wallace IL uelns biz great
nlent for otca1nzl.lg political movements to for
,ara ,'. THY seh9emo' ant tor believing that Gov.
;assln y 3. haa Il IL. Wow whon ho ,surprsel his
ssonds bS taking tho stump for Allen last o. to-
THE LIQUOR QUESTION IN CANADA.
Tonoxro, Jan. IA deputation from, Tho RI.