New-York tribune., 1878-10-16
THE STATE CANVASS.

"Doc- Denison and Willard johnson have
learned to believe in a personal Providence.
Governor Robinson will have additional
facilities now forming his opinion on the cipher DIS
patches.
A safe iuference--that Lester B. Faulkner
won't GET on tho Democratic State Committee again as
an anti-Tilden man in any great hurry
Voters in Clinton County will be interested
in seeing how Smith NJ. Weed sold them out to ". NJ
Tweed In 1860. Mr. Weed has been q ReOrmer from
the start.
There is talk of nominating Thomas Kim
sela the Democratic candidate, and Demas Barnes
as the Iudependent candidate in I'D Congressional
District. and The Brooklyn Union and Argus predicts
that In such an event South BROOKLYN would hoWl
Senator Conkling, according to The Utica he
publican returned from Ithaca and Cortland very nuch
by the great OF the audiences he found
there and IN which his presentation Of the
money question was received, and convinced that tine
people only need little hight to make them nearly
unanimous for SOund cufcenCJ
The Democratic press of the Monroe Dis
tet are UNANIMOUSLY Of the opinion that the Repub-
cans OF Orleans have been shamefuIly abused and
ought to stay mad It may occur TO the Orleans RepuO
icsns that the OF the Monroe District care
more for the chestnut IN the shapo OF congressman
than they do for the monkeys paws
In another Assembly District-the lVth, Of
Erie Couuty-tne Democrats have chosen the Green
back candidate 7. A. jackson, and Mr. Hurd. the
present Republican member ana the present nominee
will have a double battle to fight The hard-money
Democracy Of New-York is certainly softenng faster
most nveterate enemy would have dared to be-
hove six months ago.
S. ID. Halliday, who made an excellent rec
ord in the Assembly years ago. has beed his repu-
taton by becoming party to coalition between tho
Greenbackers and Democrats in Tompkins County Mr..
Halliday, as Democrat took the Assembly nOmina-
ton the Greenbackers got the second place This Ia
moor business for man OF Mr. Halidays education and
ability aud he deserves crushing defeat 70 teach him
"A les5on
There was q concurrence of candidates in
Rochester the otner day In the General Term Mr. Dan
forth aud Mr.. Bradley arguing cases. In the Cir
Quit Court Judge Angle the Democratic candidate for
Justice Of the Supreme Court, on the bench. and
Mr. Mscomber and Mr.. Pingree, his Republican and
Greenback rivals for the place. practising before
him and there was y host OF other canadates, from
Consressmen down. And there was no bloodshed:
Nearly eyefybody shook hands with everybody, ana
nearly everybody remarked 10 everybody that HsSa
pleasant thing ~ have an inpers0nal campaign.
The Hon. r. U. Sherman, who, q fortnight
ago was duplicating the Greeubackers Of Oneida
County for an Assembly nomination, has got from
the Democrats-which shows that he wanted to com
bine the two parties In his favor Mr. Shermans Dem
ocrac letter OF acceptance is shorter than his Green
back begging letter, and informs tho astonished
voters OF Oneida County that, IL elected, he
"will take for his guide on political questions
tho organic law Of the Democratic party framed 9
lis fmev A fortuighr ago Sherman unwilling
10 say how the public debt ought 20 be paid, and was
grinding his knees IN the dust before the Greenbackers
now he has suddenly stiened into Jeersonan Demo
crat. Verify. candidates live iast In the nominating
season.