New-York tribune., 1878-07-23

back speeches. and sent them ont among
their friends and fellow-workngmen as mis-
sionaries. The enormous amount of labor OF
this kind that was done during the Sum
mer and Fail of 1877, and the small
sum of money which it cost, would astonish the
most experienced managers Of the old political par
ties. The speakers were almost exclusively mechan-
les vino worked in the shoe factories or machine
shops of this city. After laboring at the bench
eight or ten hours in the day, they would drive
dozen miles into the country, make speech at q
schoOl-house in the open air. return at or alter
midnight and report for duty in the shop at the cus-
tomary hour the next morning. In this way meet
ings were held in every school district OF this
county, and Greenback clubs were formed IN many
of the towns.
The movement was pretty well on its feet before
the leaders of the old parties seemed to realize that
it was to be an important factor in the November
election and when the truth did da wn upon them,
no effective efforts were made to counteract H. Inc
Democrats were crippled before they began to think
of making fight. The Nationals had captured the
bulk of the foreign vote in this city, and without
that the cause of the Democracy is hopeless here as
elsewhere in the State. Left in minority there-
fore though not so small one, as it turned out the
Democrats gave up the fight to the other two par
ties.
In the city. where the National patty was the
strongest il drew more than rs per cent Of its votes
from the Democrats snd less than % per cent from
the Republicans The latter. seeing the GTeenback
movement cutting into the ranks of Their OLD oppo-
pents at rate like this, and never imagining tha6
the new party would attain such proportions as TO
make il a dangerous rival, encouraged the working
men in a slv way One Of the candidates OF the Ma
iooI nart in This city hinted to me yesterday that
his expenses were partly paid by.hepubilcahS anu
III is An Open secret here that part OF ne lI'I1
Greenback sheet that was the organ or the NaUloal
party dunDg the campaign was primmteu lIi Iuil t,o
tvpe of q Republican newspaper me A5t!undls
have now come to the conclusion that the edit9r on
their organ was all the time kepuoLcan' ana hd'c
turned him out OF their councils. ,.... ~
The success of the new party IN the eicciiGh o.
o77 enrnrised everybody and the Nationals theul-
soI,oS vvere obliged 10 rub their eyes vigorously
after the votes were counted before they were ahie
to realize that they had actually carried inc county. ~
They swept everything before them AGAIN ~ tlit
charter election in the Spring, ana alIhohEh
the experienced politicians of the olu par
ties have been looking for months TO see
them 90 to pieces or split up mo Icti"ns'
fhev have thus far shown no signs OF dsntetfaioh'
Their county convention q week ago was haIhO-
Nous and their delegation III the syracuse GoliNtn
tiOp next week will be an influential one hepupl,
cans and Democrats agree that inc Natl0hHiS WI
carry this county again III the coming ran eiecIOi
and the present prospect is that their majority VIII
be considerably greater than II was IN 10. 4, Inc
Greenback speakers are already IN the hcid, o.
0auizIng new clubs and enrolling the names oI II
cent converts III the obi ones. heretofore tHeE
have made little headway, except IN the clt'es anu
villages. Now they repor. that they are meeting Win
great success among he farmers Ihe they attribute
10 tbe low price of almost every kind OF produce
and the consequent hard times which tue farmers
are now experiencing. "Butter at 10 cents pound
and oats at % cents busel are our strongest aes
lust now" said an active NauOnai pOltleiah 70 nc
f6is morninc-and he undoubtedly told the tTuih.
Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats seem TO
know whether the new movement IS gaining IN JhT
coUntrv or NOT and some of them say they shall
NOT know until after the election. If the farmers
re iolning the Nationals, IL viii be the turn OF the
b. I. tfg.r aft1Y m tlp
report from Chemung will be on the morning after
the next election. H. l. W.