The New York herald., 1878-11-03
STATE POLITICS.
Decline Of the Grsenback Nationals in Csntr5
and Western New York.
MR. CONkLING'S PROSPECTS
His Friends Figuring to Secure Clear Majority
in the Assembly.
CONGRESSIONAL CHANCES

ELxIRA, Oct. 81, 1873
Chemung is the champion sresnbsck county In ths
State and glance at the past and present OF he
party this locality and the Congressional district Of
which II is part Will tell the whole story Of thai
party's influence In the present campaign.
LAST YEARS SUCCESS
Last year its success was amozlng. II disclosed to
political leaders for the first time that there such
u thing party OF any considerable strength in
New York Sialo Chsmung had been awayi
democratic. In 1876 It gave Governor Robinsoa
900 minority. But IN tho very next year, lol
the whole political aspect changed Out oi
5000 votes tho arsenbackers poed some 400. load
Ing the democratic vote tor Allen Q. Beach on ths
State tcks. by three or four hundred and electiny
grcenback member of Assembly. All their local
officers except the District Attorney were elected also
and the confidence born OF their success was un
bounded.
The now party originated with the railroad troublsa
strikes that began IN Northern Pennsylvania and
extended up into Southern Now York. II was thero
fore at first labor party with laboring mems grev.
anccs the bottom OF 1t. The eight-hour law idca
article OF ts creed IN 1876, when II was born;
but IN 1877, whom tho grccnosck Juror
arose. 1t gravilatcd into coalition and fLay
into identity with groenbacklsm Farmers and others
in the towns outside the city Of Elmira, headed By
scme adventurous politicians, got CONTROL and labor
reform lotions were subordinated to tho grcenback
heresy. The farmers hac no real sympathy from the
hrst with the iaborng men, snco every farmers In.
tcrcst consists In having his hired men toll from
onrly dawn to sunset and for light wages, but by
general shaking up OF common interests and griev-
ances 1t made TO appear during the campaign oil =
year ago that country ana city interests we're tho
same; hence the greenback party's astonishing suo-
cess.
Alarmed, tho rest Of the voters. whose calculations
were cast TO tho ground, resolved upon a fusion TO
rebuke tho sudden power that had arisen against
them. At tho spring elections democrats and repub.
iieans united In Elmra and the towns 10 beat back
the sncriy. Yet the kreehbackors swept Eimira at
The municipal eecIon, thrusting their Mayor in over
tho ctizens' candidate, obtaining majority IN inc
Board OF Supervisors and coming within one or two
votes oI controlling the Common Council. The olaLon
produced by extraordinary string oil successes led
the party TO seek Tor new conquests, but at
time IT produced rvaIrtes ana confusion In
the ranks. These wore nursed during the summer.
and Dossomed IN the early iai, aud IN The city Of
Eimra, where the labor eloneDt OF the party hrst
manifested atse, tnaL element stepped forward into
ircsh pro renee In tho present campaign. 10 Lhs
nominated an almost exc iusvely labor reform ticket
Its csndiuate i0r county Judge, James Wright. waa
formerly shosmaksr, aud shoemaker ~ lis nomi-
ior county clerk fns very decided discontsnt
~ these nominations IN the negnboring tow us may
result, therefore, IN the aeieat Of the whole labor
reform ticket. except the labor canddate Tor mem
Dor oi Assembly. That candidate John Banneld, IL
rsspectabls farmer VINO mas been lifelong rspuo-
ican, aud will PROBABLY be eiected IL 80, ne viii
vote Ior MI Conkipg ior United States Senator, and
this probability is cited as another factor Ia the well
arranged scheme Tor Mr.. Conklins's success.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST.
Tho Congressional In Tue district com posed ~
Cnemung, s:subon ana Al!eghany counties IS about
the the StstS There three Candidates,
natnoy.-
David =. Richardson, Of Angelica, Allegheny county.
Francis q. BAbcock, OF HornelisvlIs, democratic.
Ralph Beaumont Of Eimira grcenoacx or national
sants bfaR AL IA
many republicans on the ground that II was brought
about uniariy by series OF political devices. lhs
present memosr, John N. hungerford OF Corning
who Candidate Tor reconciliation, 10 Offend BY
IT, together with othsr influential candidates. incud.
ing T. s. Cole republican aud ex-liDeral Stephen T.
HaghL ex-state senator; Horace Bsnis o. Hornslis.
vile, republican temperance candidate; Harlow
huKe, and Hamilton Ward, OF Aeghany, VINO was Tor
three successive terms tue repubicsn
Of the district. In iact thore been strong and
republican bolt against the republican Con.
gressional nominee. and, although every enort has
0ceu MADE 10 patch II Up the breach up to this late
time remains unheaisd
Aitor lhe Republican Convention mad been held,
ctizens' meeting was called at HorneIlsviIe, at
Which Mr.. Baococx, well known et,xcn, was placed
In Gominalion IudepenuonI candidate Subse-
auentiy a democratic convention Endorsed him ana
he Is now the reg ular democratic nom inee
The sieci,on PROBABLY lies between Richardson,
the republican, ana Baobock, ths democratic caud,-
date, despite the presence OF candidate OF tho last
years. sue cossi al erecnback party ia tho nea aud
Is thought that Inc election vi Beaumont, the
geeenbask nomnse' n' rs rs gu. OF me question.
vidod IN Chcmung, hut because u has never gauod
strong foothod IN e.thsr OF the other Two counties
which make up the Congressional district UnuOubt
odiy Beaumont viii still have n small plurality over
the other Two candidates IN Cnsmang but ne cannos
receive strong support ~ the adjoining counties,
where the vose will be principally uIviued between
his oppouentA Ho Is saIu to be one vi tho ch lei
officers, nos ths head, Of tns knights OF LABOR an
organization which extends a,i through the
country, mas It's secret oaths ana ritual
ana is especially denounced by tho Catholic
Inaroh AMI pr,ss,6ood Tue Corning Independent y
greenDacx newspaper wnicn urges the eecuon 9i all
other gresnback noniaees, repudiates Beaumont aud
comes out Tor BaDcock, the democratic candidate.
so does the Elnra Sunday Times, an inuepeudent
paper Win pronounced ssnbacA tendencies In ad-
dtion to TINS support IRON the greenDackers. Bah
COCK received the counteuance OF many prominent
republicans VINO have been estranged by the alleged
to nominate tho republican candidate.
Mr. A. NJ. Cole, editor OF The Genesec Valley Free
Press republican paper, regulates Richardson and
supports BaDcocK indepena candidate. All
tnis renders Mr. Richardson's election uncertain not.
wnrstanoing the TACT that ,ne district very DO.
tLreo thousand republican majority.
GRkENBAcK DISCUSSIONS
As TO tho grsenbacK vote of tho district, finally,
this OF IT, and tue saying will apply 10 the
grsenoask Vote throughout the state the party has
been disappointsd Dy the Western elections. II has
been divided by internal Jcaouses and quarrcis rc-
suIting not only from tho rival am0ilons of It's
leaders, out rom tie opposing interests OF the green
back theorists ana lsUor agitators who have com.
binsd to mako II power, and II viii display u loss
formidable strength In the coming election lhan 10
reason that Il has adequate leaders, even Il il were
not hound 10 suUsids, Tor the reason that Its
elemeBts cannot stick togetGsr. In the country,
where IL numbers most votes among the
farmers and village merchants who were for merlv
repuDiicars, Its mel nbers show disposition soonest
10 return to tneir old party allegiance. In the ctie
AS In Elmiru, where It's voters are most numerous
among the tradcsmen, mechanics and iaborers, who
were previously democrats, the voters exhibn .
greater tcnacy ana moro reluctance 10 Tail tack into
tbeir OLD party ranks. Consequently tho republican
party tue soonest ana the ocratc party the lass
to gain benefit from the inevitable return tide
REPUBLICANS LOOKING AFTER THE AssEM.
LY--PERcEPrIpLE DECLINE IN THE GREEN.
BACK COMMANDMENTS RIVAL VOTERS
ACTIVE AND CAREFUL.
1rHAcA, N r., Nov /, 1878.
Tho careful inquiry which Tor the past three weeks
l have been ing IN tho central and western