The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-25
THE FALL ELECTIONS.
The wisconsin Election.
t1bieano Times.

[0hieago Times.1
MADISON, Wis. Sept. 2o.-Suffleient
time has elapsed since the Republican
candidates for State officers were nomi-
mated, for public opinion to have settled
rs to the work OF the convention. 1t
may be certainly said that the Federal
offloeholders, including "Boss' Reyes,
postmaster at Milwaukee, Mack OF Wa
tertown, Enos of Waukesha. and the
rest. earnestly desire the election OF the
Republican ticket headed by VIM. u.
Smith for Governor, but they wish that
1t may be done by q majority SO narrow
that the result will show the Importance
and efficacy Of their labors in O close
campaign. The defeat Of this ticket by
very small majority would enforce the
same lesson on the National Admin
istration, and these otfieeholders. 1t
anxious that this lesson should be
fully inculoated than that the party
should succeed. They would rather
that Republican party victory should
enforce this moral than that the moral
should not be taught at all; but they are
anxious above all things that the value
OF their labors In political campaigns
should be fully appreciated and under
stood. Otherwise there seems to be at
| campaign beyond the fact that Repub-
| lican Greenbaekers ore rapidly aban-
| doning the separate GreenbaGk ticket.
| Every Republican party newspaper Is
urging Republican Greenbaokers to
| leave the Allis ticket. on the ground
| that Democratic Greenbaekers will
rally to the support Of the Democratic
| ticket as soon as nominated which will
| undoubtedly be the case. AS predicted
| by the Times correspondent, the noise
of the Greenbackers Is sensibly less and
less, now that the Republican ticket is
| In the field. as the Republicans who be-
lieve In the Greenbaek theory are drop
ping 1t, on the ground that party success
| Is paramount affair.
| The Iowa Campaign.
| tUhicago Times.J
It is impossible to tell how large o.
vote will be polled by the Greenbackers
| In this State 1owa). AS 10 the case with
zealots generally they are. prone to OK.
aggerate their strength. but many OF
| them honestly believe that they will
poll 10000 or 10000 votes in the State.
The truth is they will be doing well IL
they poll one.half or even third Of
the number stated. In some Of the
counties they are. however. more nu-
merous than many suppose, but their
leaders will be apt to find to their grief
that when 1t comes to vote hundreds Ii
not thousand Of these so-calledG reen-
hackers will quietly drop back into
their old parties and vote the straight
ticket In some few counties they have
united with the Democrats In the nomi-
nation Of legislative and county tickets,
but as general thing they have nomi-
mated straight ones OF their own. This
action on their part will have no little
effect in score or more OF counties, but
what this effect will be on the old parties
in these localities is difficult to clearly
foretell. There liz little doubt, how
ever, they will draw more heavily from
the Republican than from the Demo-
cratic party, the best judges estimating
that tWo-thirds IL not three.fourths OF
their strength will be from former Re-
publeans. And this will affect the cleo
ton of number Of members OF the
General Assembly.
The Parties In wisconsin.
Wisconsin will have four tickets In
the field this fall, after the Democratic
convention completes It's work OF Fond
du Lac next week. The Republicans,
already in the field, the first named
laboring under the disadvantage Of q
Communistic and anti-Administratior
platform and divided ranks and candi
date for Governor not In sympathy with
the platform. The Democrats are very
confident OF victory In this four-sided
fight.
The Iowa senatorial Questions
remains as 1t has been for some months
with Senator Allison us the only oper
candidate for his own successor. Thus
it will remain till after the election
when, should the Democrats and Green
| ha ri, erY hn frt1nH tn bnve ruude any
,, thing like heavy gains, d strong effor
will be made to hit upon some scheme
for the purpose Of defeating Allison TO
, reelection. The friends OF the latte
are fearful OF this, and have gone so ia
in one or more instances as to have tn,
=. nominating convention to declare II
favor Of his reelection. They know h
: holds his position by q very precariou
tenure, and that he could not success
D fully withstand the assault OF stront
opposition united for his overthrow.
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