The New York herald., 1878-10-04

have promised great things After the Maine eicc-
tlon they increased rapidly but they struck twelve
some tune ago. l an, iuliy satisfied their force Is
many thousands smailsr than it was ten days ago
They overestimats their strength. They ind they
Tor the whole State that basis. instead OF
bering there are some counuss In which they Will
scarcely have a vote"
"wnat sort 81 canvass have you had"
"a very nice ono IN many ways The republican
pay ono aaxs ssso now ,nan n.s Ssvs Osss
conducted their Canvass upoa . much higher plane
than Tor some years. We started with good, high
toned speakers, who dealt largely with the finances,
and other speakers TOOK ,helr those, and,
as . consequence, there have becn personalities
money has been continually presented TO the people.
j "And 50 20, think sno republicans viii carry the
sYsa certainly do We arc ali united, are all
square on the money question, none OF our speakers
have over 10 tie soft money 'dea and our con-
sistent course has gained US friends and made US
RxyusLucAs ooxoxEssxrx
'Wnat about Tue Congressional Aghtr'
ssOi course that's where the hgnt Is this year.
have gwen considerable attention to this bus ness
slecting Townsend the twentieth. Garnoid in the
Nineteenth, Honroe in the Seventeenth. UpdegraH
We also have nrst c!aas chance Of slscling Lucxey
In the Seventh Van Worries IN the Thirtcenth, Neal
m the Txsli'n rssl and Young In The second
we count upon as being reasonably certain
In addition 70 those We stand very iaIr
chance Of eecting English Qndependsn. repabiicanl
iu the Ninth district Mcknight IN the Eleventh. But
tcrworth in the FIRST and kinley IN sixteenth
in% H. Of
making savage war Leievra, which will lose him
many votes put whether anytntng SPECIAL wli come
declare he expects to carry the Eighth district, but
hardly ,nak ,nat is possible; but would be glorious
'Bu. there any prospec. Of your elocsing Horton
in the Tenth dlstrict?n
tell you there several things going In that dis
lrict which may combine 20 deioat Tom Ewing Now,
,n,s aissric. sae Nantnl Engsa elected y WI
feel sore over his treat ent o General Rosen
Grams when he was talked OF tor Governor several
years ago. You rem, mber that Converse us II Is al
legged, objected 10 Rosencrans' nomination because
he was Roman Catholic, and clamea that II he were
elected his Drothor, the Bishop would in reality be
Governor This story has gone all over the district
and is hurting Converse very much IN every county
but Genera, I notice that while you arc inclined
to think that Van Vorhes will be elected IN the Ting
teenh district Mr. thompson claims the election Of
Warnor, the democratic candidate, IN the same dis
trict !"
II shall be disappointed greatly II we do not carry
republican. Tnen he became democrat and the
widest OF the greonbacK men. You know that he
an open charge all hts district that he bought
his domination. Ono Of his opponents, Henry Bohe u
German wh0 - charged a ~ The asmoSra, ~ vas soa
who do not propose 10 vote tor Warner.
Bohs has refused TO 80 into the canvass and
OF his friends Also lukewarm- Tben, loo,
there scores 0i old mossback democrats In Mon
county who say they have special interest In
contest and will do little else than vote, II
they 9 that They are Tor hard money and old
Bourbon democracy and hence Will fight with httle
satlsiactien for brand with the wass,
OF imitation views IL Tor these that say
think VaNVornes viii be elected"
No Que seems 10 pay any attention TO the pronibi-
ton vote y factor In the coming
ti0n. Notwisnstau ding this the political temperance
people have iuil State ticket and tickets IN most o
gressonal candidates in the field aud will poll lew
thousand votes, but hardly as many as last year.