New-York tribune., 1878-10-15
THE pEYYSYLTAXIA CANVASS.

Senator Wallace is devOting his intellect 70 TO
the task OF fashioniDg hhanoiai P'
democracy 20 stand upon ,
f. Cncokor Grow gave another ringing al"
=. =, pb,Iadelpbia Saturday evening. He struck the
L.,.ro,e Of the campaign high, ana IL mas ho' OeeH
Candidate Dimmick, of the XVIII Congress
n.l District must feel lonesome FesFy AL 'uo D9l
ocratc papers refuse 10 support him. ne Is %
h ,opcb easier It is to bumbug coh'ehuon '"''" '-
public. r -,o,o, to srand
en- e,sctlop of the Democratic candidates ana
- ,an mi ont with lavish hand. IL Is remarEea
~ hor,,ers that the Democracy have not Deeh 50 Nei
sypplied wish FUNDS in several years p
The Greenback party shows eVlueht Signs Ol
,..e..,,iog II uas too tender flower 70 Withstand
m de blast from Ohio. Sam Cary Is trying 10 console
sI,ie,cas with the hope that though they may not
.ar pennsylvania this year. theJ are certain OF cons 1t
10 1880. ,
The Democrats were indignant when a
ra,bol,c paper demanded that citizens Of that fam
SId vote against Dill, and energetic in their ap
M 10 Keen religion ont OF the canvass They are nov"
it,o Like most OF the other charges against
SiTo' II viii only return to plague It's inventors
The boiling Republican candidate IN the
pittsburg Congressional District Is either engaged IN
st hunt or he has oapouded 10 let the election 90
~ election There is a rumor that he has concluded to
,,b5rav and as there was never remote possibility
~ his success il would be wise thing Tor hm 10 ao
An interesting contest for the nomination
yor State Senator In the XXIyth District is troubling
tho Democrats There are four candidates who Want
the partys Endorsement None Of them has so Tar
seeurrd majority and of them Will wlthdraW
ybr,e hundred and ninety ballots have been takon ana
ghe probabilities that they Will Keep on O~Ho1hE
until election day
Colonel Victor E. PiOllett, State Master Of
the ranEers eau take bis place by the side OF Rseup
william Auen Of onio The latter declared that resunp
nOn Of specie payments was damn barren loeahty'
M Polet goes him one and says that the asser
ton that paper has no intrinsic value is the faacy Of
the ageD he regards 1t more valuable than silver or
gold because pals and oaTwheels are made or IT, ana
houses built Of It, Houses also Quilt OF boards ana
stones hut no one ever thought OF using them as
Currency.
In his speech in Philadelphia Saturday even
ing Mr. Grow answered the argument Of the opponents
Of Resumption that that would seriously contract
the currency He said: "witb the resumption of specie
payment the amount Of money in the country per capita
Of our population would be than double the per
capita any tine previous lS60 composed of paper and
coin all of which would then be exchangeabe one for
the other and convertible the VIII OF the holder into
fixed and standard recOgize ed by all commercial
nations as OF the value. Our currency would
then be composed OF S350.O0O.O0O gold aud silver
S346 743 256 in old demand ana lega-tender United
States notes. less the lost destroyed in crcu-
laOn 792 in fractional currency or the silver
in place OF what may have been reGee med and S3ZZ
100000 OF National bank bills, less INC amOuni II any,
That might IN the meantime be retired Oy the BANKS
themselves. In all there would be over thousand hl
AOns OF dollars Of money nearly haf gold ana silver
ready for the uses OF trade and most OF waiting en-
DlOYment"