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Whore the Independents are Goine

The World prints the following list of Ill
DEN men, which comprises the names not only
of those who have lately been classed as LII
beral Republican and Independents but
of number of gentlemen who have, until the
present canvass, been actively identified with
the Republican party:
Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts.
Andrew g. Curtain, Pennsylvania, " War
Governor"
Ex-senator Trumbull. of Illinois.
David A. Wells, Of Connecticut.
William Cullen Bryant, of New York.
Parke Goodwin, of New York.
Gideon Weles, President Iiincoln's Secretary
Of the Navy.
Justice David Davis, of the Supreme Court,
United States.
Ex-Governor Austin Blair, the I" War Go
vernon of Michigan.
Ex-Governor b. Gratz Brown, of Missouri.
Geo. ". Julian, candidate for Nce-Presi-
dent on the Free-Soil ticket, 1852.
Cassius NJ Clay, OF Kentucky
General John NJ. Palmer, ex-Governor ol
Illinois.
General William F. Bartlett, of Massachu-
sets.
Prof. w. G.. Sumner, of Yale College, who
wrote the Republican State platform Of 1874,
and who has now written the strongest letter
of the kind yet published in behalf of IIlden
Prof A. l.. Perry, of Williams College, the
distinguished political economist.
Colonel Augustus IL. Fem, the Republican
candidate for Lieutenant Governor OF Connec-
ticut last year.
Frank W. Bird, Massachusetts,, the founder
Of the Republican party.
Ex-CongreSsman John +. Farnsworih, oI
Illinois.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., of Massachu-
setts.
Henry Brooks Adams, of Massachusetts,.
Colonel Nicholas Smith, representing the
Greeley family.
Geo. w. Fcnton, of ChautauQua, brother oi
Senator Feuton.
Colonel Fred A. C1nklng, of New York,
brother Of Senator CpnkIing.
Fighting Joe " Hooker
Charles A. Dana, editor of the Sun.
Col. Alex X. Mcclure, editor OF the Phila-
delphia Times.
Judge Henry r. Selden, of New York.
Charles e. Davis, of Massachusetts,.
Ex-senator Ross, Of Kansas.
Ex-senator Upton, of Nebraska.
Ex-senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania.
T. E. Cleveland, late Republican Post-mas
ter of Hartford, Conn.
D. d. S. Brown, Of Monroe county.
General T. F. Jones, Of Broome county.
Judge Edwin a. Reynolds, Of Orleans coun'
ty.
Colonel Charles James, Of Orleans county.
! Porter Sheldon, of Cbaniauqua county.
Ex-Governor David p. Lewis, the last Re
| publican Governor Of Alabama.
Judge Daniel S. Gooding, Lincoln Elector'
! at-Large in Indiana, 1864
Tx Congressman James VI. Ashley, of Ohio
General Jacob Briukerhof, of Ohio
| Judge Hoadey, of the Supreme Court o.
| Ohio supported Hayes for Governor last year
| T. W. Kittridge, the eminent lawyer o.
Cincinnati, who supported Hayes las, year.
! Charles Reemelin, of Cincinnati, who sup
ported Hayes last year.
Emil Hoffman, of Cincinnati, who supported
! Hayes last year.
Ex-Lieut-G Governor Jacob Mueller, Of Ohio
elected on the Republican ticket in 1871, whC
supported Hayes last year.
Judge j. B. Stallo, OF Cincinnati, who sup
ported Hayes last year.
Frederick Hassaurek, late editor Of the Gin
cinnatt No,ksJlaH, VINO supported Hayes last
| year.
August Theme, editor of the Cleveland
Wachter am Erie, who supported Hayes last
year.
Colonel Edward Jussen, Of Chicago, brother.
| in-law Of Carl Schurz.
Ex-Governor Koerner, Of Illinois.
General Franz Sigel, Of New York.
The eminent Germans last named who have
abandoned the Republican party to support
Gov TIlden, represent the great voting rank
and file Of the Germans in America. There Is
not asingle Germanoi national reputation, with
the solitary exception Of Carl Schurz who now
trains under the banner ST Zach Gambler"
Let our Democratic exchanges pass around
the list and let Democrats show it to their de-
cent Republican neighbors. Where an Adams
leads it is safe for them TO follow.