New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06

| in Boston Yesterday and was enthusiastically re-
ceived. He spoke in his usual style, and had many
good words to say for General Butler.
THE PARTY HARD AT WORK.
THE FORMIDABLE PROPORTIONS OF THE NEW
PARTY IN PENNsYLvANIA-HARD WORK IN
OTHER sTATEs-A NEED OF REPUBLICAN
ENERGY.
TFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEj
CAPE MAY, N. j., Aug. 5.-0ne of the most re-
markable and alarming features of the National
Greenback movement is the early activity and per-
sstent diligence of its leading The new party
is everywhere first in the field, and while the hus
bandmen of the old political organizations have
slept, the enemy has been sowing the tares of in
ilation and reputation the unoccuped ground.
The Nationals have not waited for conventions to
be held and nominations to be made before opening
the campaign, but have sent out their agents
months in advance into almost every village and
hamlet, to preach their doctrines, distribute dOcu
ments, put their newspapers into circulation or
ganize clubs and make ready for getting out large
vote in the Fall.
| Cape May is a sort of Summer Mecca of Pennsyl-
vania politicians. There have been recently no
formal gatherings here but the party leaders come
and go from day to day, and at all times dozen OF
more of them may be seen lounging about the
hotels. Senator Cameron was here until few days
/ ago. anu Oh course was SURROUNDED Dy u cOleTie VI
his party friends. Philadelphia, Pittsburg, the
upper and lower coal basins and the oil regions
still represented by men prominent in local politics
and identified with one or the other of the old
parties Nationals are not as frequently met with,
but of their representative men, David Kirk, of
! PittsbuTg, the Grcenback candidate for Congress
in Mr. Erretts district registered few days ago at
Congress Hail.
! Every Pennsylvania with whom have talked,
whether he be a Republican or q Democrat, has
borne witness to the early activity of the Nationals
in the section Of the State in which he resides. In
Allegheny County the Greenbackers had their ticket
early in the field and their candidates have been for
weeks upon the stump. The new party has assumed
very formidable proportions in PittsbuTg 1t cast
$500 votes there last year, and nobody seems to
know what to expect of it in the election of next
November Prominent Democrats say that they an
ticipate more trouble from it than from the Repub
licans, and don't think those with whom have
conyerseG feel very sangune of success. believe, in
fact that they would not be much disappointed if a
Greenbacker should be elected to Congress from the
Allegheny District. There has been some msunder-
standing among the Republicans of Pittsburg
which it is hoped will be satisfactorily arranged if
il is not there is little chance Of their making sue
| cessful contest.
The same activity of the Nationals is mentioned
by gentlemen whom l have met from the oil
regions and the northern tier of Pennsylvania
counties. The development of the Greenback senti-
ment there and in some of the southern counties Of
| New-YOrk has been simultaneous, and has been
managed by the same men. When was in Elmra
two weeks ago, some of the Nationalist speakers
from that city were over in Pennsylvania, holding
meetings in the country towns and. Twas told, had
been engaged in this work for months. In Che
| NJ tha rfv
gan its work Immediately after its victory in No
yember 1877 and has been at it since, not only
! at home but in the adjoining counties of Pennsyl-
vauia. The Nationals say that their growth in
numbers has been rapid and uninterrupted through
| out that whole section, and there can be no doubt
| that they will exhibit very great, perhaps unex-
pected strength at the polls The constant reiter-
alton of initiation sophistries, with organized at
| tempt To prevent their acceptance by people who
have given little or study to financial questions,
| cannot fail TO produce disastrous results.
The residents of the coal regions whom 1 have
met at Cape May have been Democrats and they
| concede to the Nationals majority of the votes,
both in the upper and lower basins Without hav-
| ing visited either Of these regions, and being
| obliged therefore. TO form opinions from lnforma-
ton obtained in fragments from men, some of whom
am not well enough acquainted with 20 be able TO
weigh their assertions with sufficient care, and ar
rive at conclusions in which have very great con-
fdence, have an impression that Nationals will be
returned to the Legislature from all or nearly all
the districts in the Schuylkill, Lehgh, HazletOn.
| Wyoming and LackawanDa regions, and that they
will carry their local tickets in each of the counties
where coal is mined in any considerable quantities.
The certainty that the next Legislature. of Penn
| sylyania which is TO choose United States Sena-
tor in the place of Mr. Cameron, will contain con-
siderable number of Nationals, and the possibility
that they will hold the balance Of power, makes the
contest in that State exceedingly interesting one.
! Unfortunately, the past record of the Republican
party and of OF its representative men, is not
such as to enable it to reap the full advantage of the
| Greenback movement. There is no doubt that
large majority of the Republicans are in favor of
! hard money, while the Democrats as a rule lean to-
ward GreenbackIsm, if they not in full accord
with the Nationals. Leaving out other issues, and
dividing parties i'll Pennsylvania on currency and.
financial questions alone, the party which stood up
for the preservation of the National credit would
certainly win, but there are as yet signs of any
such canvass as this. The Nationals alone have thus
far been aggressive, and they seem likely to reap
the reward of their activity IN many local successes
New-York and Pennsylvania are not the only
! States in which the Greenbackers have been first
| IN the field In Maine and New-Hampshre they be-
gan their campaign Ill Vne SpIluSW OIhlhB dhlOsJ as
earnestly in the former of these two States. where
the election does not until September in the
latter in which the vote was cast several months
ago. In Illinois they made an early demonstration,
and in Michigan they have already put several can
didates in nomination gentleman from the last
named State. whom met here yesterday, says that
the Nationals called their local conventions very
w. and that in his journeyngs over the State in May
and June he found them holding meetings at nearly
every little village, though the election was to
take place within week or two. In Michigan they
have also captured some Republicans who would