The New York herald., 1878-10-07
The Nationals as an Uncertain
Quantity in the Canvass.
A TRIPLE CONTEST TO BE FOUGHT.
The State, Congressional and Leg
islative Tickets.
ESTIMATED STRENGTH OF THE THIRD PARTY.
Partisan and Neutral Views on
the Ultimate Results.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 4, 1878.
"As Ohio and Indiana 60, so goes Pennsylvania; rs
Pennsylvania goes, goes the Union," used to be
generally truthful political saying Nor has 1t yet
lost all its verify for there Is no doubt that this
year the floating discontinued vote Pennsyl-
vania which Will decide the November election 10 that
State is watching and waiting Tor the October eles.
tions out West before determining which way
Next Tuesday, election Indiana will be portant,
not only the but the whole nation, since In
addition 10 the county aud state cgets to be voted
Tor new members OF Congress are to be chosen from
every and Legislature is to be selected which
will have the appointment Of new United States
Benator. Moreover, tho election will, for certain
Sous. DO moro to exhibit and establish the real
strength OF the national grsenback party than any
State election preceding or to follow It.
THE GREENBAcK MOVEMENT.
Tho greenback movement had It's origin In the
Wcst, particularly Indiana Four years ago be.
gan with the "sranger excitement and continued for
time in that guse. 1t Is regarded hero by
Astute Mcmbers OF both the old parties as kind Of
political measles which tho Western States caught
hrst and the treatment OF whch has been radically
wrong from The time OF tho original symptoms.
The republicans feel that they lost valuable time In
not attacking II herocally from the start Instead of
doing they fooled with IL or indifferent to It
for three years until 1876, whom they treated
It as II 1t could be cured by cajolery. They
pandorcd to It by adopting q soft money
platform, but, as might have been expected,
without avail. That was the Presidential year,
the year, too. when "Blue Jeans'' Williams
against Ben Harrison for tho Governorshp and beat
him. Harrison, grandson Of President Harrison, Is
universally conceded TO be OF great ability and
one Of the very ablest lawyers in the West; yet
neither the strsngth Of his reputation the
cessons Of republicans to the nationals, who polied
some fourteen thousand votes, suflced TO stay the
triumph OF the s.alwart farmer In homespun whose
term Governor has two years 10 run.
The lesson was not lost the republican
party IN Indiana, which, led BY the Indianapolis
Journal q newspaper which had secuted the
grcenback heresy from Its birth. began from
shat time 10 gravitate toward o solid union
In favor> OF ''honest money" Still this
union lar from being cementcd
n the opening OF the present campaign that many
timid republicans were opposed TO open rupture
with the national forces. For u time there .
brisk demand for grecn speakers 10
60 out among the nationals and try TO win them but
the demand gradually wore away. Latterly II has
been replaced BY a decided camor for hard money
orators which encourages republican leaders 10 hope
shat IN spite OF certain local coquetries with green
backsm the republican masses generally IN favor
OF vigorous warfare against tho whole Imitation
movomen. Upon such crusade the most responsible
Ruiass Of the party profess have
NJ last with tho intention OF mother giving tavoss 70
the nationals receiving any.
ArrIrUpE or TnE OLD PARriEs.
The republican state platform this yoar Is q hard
money platform, not SO specific, bold and outspoken,
perhaps, as the republican platforms OF Massachusetts
Connecticut, but sl fair testimony to faith In
sound currency. II they stand on 1t the In.
diana members Of the party whom have met say
they willing to fall They say that even II beaten
shcy will como out OF the contest with unbroken
organization and flying coioTs and indeed, It appears
shat the organization Of the republican party In the
Btatc has not been complete and thorough as 1t 10
since 1872.
On the other hand, the relations betweon tho DEM
ocratic and national parties, which have hitherto
been rather friendly, continue 10 be such would
be very inconvenient TO break. Many Leading
denocrals with leading republicans IN
that they did not ngnt the xrseuback craze
Mt first instead ol tampering with It. ney woald
gladly, too be rid al present OF an association with n
that has grown peculiarly embarrassing, Tor the
national SUCCESS In Name has made the ma
tionals ot Indiana correspondingy assured aud
Independent. But there are some localities
the assistance OF tho nationals and the advantages
70 derived from local coalitions and the cultivation
Rsuernily Of frienuy ieeiing with Them cannot DO
galnsald. The avowed hostilily Of The republican
party 10 the nationals renuers polite Tor the
to secure ia addition 60 mere local aIia,,ons. the
paramount advantags OF cast In their favor should
tile natOnals oUtuin IN The Legislature the balance OF
power TINS. therefore, - the Course pursued by tho
dsnocratc toward the national party. whose strength
may decide the issus
STRENGTH or THE THIRD PARTY
What exact strength the tnird party Will develop 1t
s, OF course Impossible TO predict; yet the men who
lead that party we'll as those who the other
parties, claim TO have more accurate knowledge oI
js voting numbers than they possessed before.
The party In Indiana Is old that its organization
and Influence the different counties ought Wy TINS
tilno DesKn0wu with degree Of accuracy; yog
the eject Of tho Maine success aud other events upon
"a Al al
Ions IN regard 70 are a. var variance. Cnu.
incussnd votes nexs fuesdsy Ea.hus,a.,ic nationals
soar higher than this ami say one hundred thousand
tspublicaus anu democrats alike agree In estimating
the proDabo national vote ~ about twenty thousand,
aud concede the possibility OF Its beng more
than thirty thousand. The oatonas sxpect 70 elect
several congressman and members o tho Legislature;
but The democrats concede regard TO
thsm Is that they may hod tho balance oil power In
the Legislature while tho republicans do not admit az
much that Republicans, referring 10 the fact
That tho nationals pole IA OOO votes two years ago,
from the republican ranks But tncy assert that IN
caso tho nationals doubie that vote this year most
s pew 81 ran,,,c w Os rom ron ,oe
having previously supplied nearly all who were dis
posed 10 accept the green0ack DOCTRINE and nat tue
consequent weakening OF tho democratic party will
enable tho republicans To more than overcome the
democratic plurality OF 5000 ny which Williams was
elected Harrison IN 1876 But tho democrats
spond 10 reasoning with me theory that II tho
nationals began IN 1876 BY orawng most OF their
eruits IRON repuDncan party, that is very good
Indication that they will continue to do SO,
whctncr they do not there efficiently good un.
dorsIanding between democrats aud Datoaals to en-
able them the republican party any way. The
lacl Is that the election will Involve seros Of
prsos 10 ali parties but may CLEAN some prelim-
nary information from Il Drief survey of me Heidi
TICKETS IN NOMINATION.
Eacn OF tho tnrce parties has nominated state
tcket-omittng the Offices OF Governor anu Leuten-
ant Governor, which will not have to % ronsd until
ltSv--aB follows
Republican Nominations.
Secretary OF sla.c--Issac ). Moore. OF vanderbure
county.
Auditor OF statc-Abram o. Miller, Of Boone
tounty.
treasurer of state-Geor +. Herriott, Of johnson
eounty.
Attorney General--Daniel r. Baldwin, OF Cass
county.
superintendent Of Public 1nstruction-Jacob +.
Aeirili, of Tippecanoe county.
Democratic Nomindtton&
Secretary OF Siatc-John u. 5nanklin, OF Wander
burg county.
Aaditor OF Statc-Mahion ID. Manson, OF Montgom-
cry county
Treas urer of Statc-willlam Fleming. of Ailcn