New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-29

election Of Butler. He mentions among m, a.
az 9ther Qualifications his consistent Opposition -
the designs of the Solid South That il A an.er !. -
10 commend him TO Democrats.
Southern editors are once moro making the ss,..
ment that the great mass of Southern claima A..
presented by loyal persons, and hence. will M,
| be voted tor by Southern Congressman. This !,
feeble IN view Of the record of the entire Soufher
delegation AGAINST all efforts TO make the pay,ne.%
OF tao claims impossible.
The South Carolina bulldozers are so elated Wit.
their success that they predict that the party yin
carry every county in the State with possibly two
exceptions. Their only anxiety seems to be led
some Of tn Republican candidates. scared ont
OF the field may reappear suddenly on election dav
and slip into Office. Their newspapers warn them
against such dangers, and boseech them TO be yv1-
liant up TO the last moment. 1t is thrilling spec
| tacle.
Mr. Horace Rublee, chairman of the Republican
State Committee of Wise onsiB, intends that every
voter in the State shall know what he is voting Ear
next Tuesday. lie has issued strong address, in
which he declares that the Republican candidates
pledged to the support of resumption and honest
finance, and asks all citizens who are in favor Of
those measures TO vote the partys ticket There "a
no attempt at shuttle evasion. The Greenbaek
prnsipies spoken of plainly as delusions a,d all
men are warned against them. Mr.. RuDee SAYS all
! indications point to sweeping victory Tor honest
v.
always sure TO uphold the party which stands for
I the right.
Andersop's reeantation of bis recantatioa of
his last series of lies has utterly discouraged
the few Democratic editors who were trying TO
keep the fraud cry in motion. They break
out in bitter denuhciaton of the red.
headed lunatic" and then give up the whole fraud
business forever Now that the entire work Of The
Potter Committee is destroyed, they have nothing
to oppose the cipher revelations with. One Of
them remarks with sort OF after-ali-it-nlght-be-
worse AIR: Thank God for one thing. Andersen
can't produce any cipher Dispatcher Cheer up,
brethren you Will need strength 60 bear good deal
yet before the fraud" campaign is ended.
A story is going the rounds in Washington con-
corning Tilden's propensity for secrecy. gentle.
man who used to know him well is represented as
saying that he called upon Tilden in Gramercy
Park. The old gentleman mel him in the paror,
took him into adjoining room. shut the door
carefully behind them, and leading him into the
urthest corner put ms mouth close TO his ear and
began 10 whisper 10 him. though there was no one
in the room except themselves This may be
clew 10 his innocence abOnt those ciphers-perhaps
he was whispering to somebody IN that Dack-room
all the time
The doom of Butler seems to be sealed The Re-
publican State Committee of Massachusetts are
having careful canvass made of the State, and the
figures received indicate a plurality for Talbot OF
from 30 900 to 10000. The canvass has been made
with all the metbOdical care devoted to taking
census and the committee declare there can be
no possible error in the result. They give large
doubtful vote all to Butler aud then defeat hun by
$4,000 votes. They feel sure of at least 4o,ooO
plurality fOT Talbot If the total vote Is the same As
1t was al the Presidential election of 1876. III IL
larger they think il not unlikely that the hgnres
will reach 30 900. Either way, butler Is dooined,
and he will be laid away under a majority large
enough to keep HIM quiet for some time to come.