The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-10-16

| ing some interesting particulars of the campaign
in that State
UTICA \. Y, Oct 9, 1879.
Mr.. EDITOR: 1t to go through the country to
address the people day after day upon political
questions can be an agreeable task under any cir
cumstances, it should be such during these bright
sunny days in the State of New York No State
that | have ever travelled in has so many hand
| some towns laid out with taste and regularity and
| protusely ornamented with maple trees They
| look more like villages built in forests than towns
first constructed and planted with shade trees
| afterwards. Just now the foliage has taken on its
richest and most gorgeous hueS and in every
town one may look down long arcades archcd with
| golden leaves, tinted and made more respendent
| by the rich gliding of the red Autumn sunlight
| But the attention OF the people here is not now
attracted by the beauties of nature. The average
| voter has his head too much filled with politics to
look abont himself much for pleasures, other than
those which theexctement Of the great contest GO
ing on here may bring to him. W hat he is most anx
lOus to know whether, in the language of one OF
Beltasts distinguished citizens, ''Hlden is to be it
| For the tight on the part Of the Democrats is uni
versay regarded Tildens fight If Lucus
| Robinson, the Democratic candidate for Governor,
! shall be elected then MIR, .TdenS nomination for
| the next Presidency by the next National Demo
cratic Convention is as well assured as any future
| event can be Robinson is but figure head In the
| contest The cool, shrewd. peIsiStently pushing
| Old man in tiranurcy Park holds firmly III his hands
| the reIus Of the Robinson campaign and directs it
With entire reference to Its bearing upon the con
| test Of 1850 Full Of expcdieuts with An nbundanc,
| Of money and an army Of personal retanerS. he
pushes his operations if the truth is told of him,
INTO every school district in the State. Aud here
| in lies the source of his quarrel with the rammany
HAL Democrats IL is alleged that hi, efforts have,
been always since his election to the office OF Coy
| ernor in ~ t. 70 make the Democratic party Til
den party. Acting upon the principle that "a weak
minority makes strpu,r kin.r~ H.. bas crowded III
! -, I,. 81 .,A1
e7s of his party who would not become his mcr,
political servants and brought to the front As his
| IcutrnautS 4 cla,s of men not nulvucg but vastly
inferior III character ANA abluly IA tos, whom M.
| has pushed HAHN
| 1t Il ante Wonderful A> WILL II tn,IIsIp., TN !,
Rcpublcau 10 hear Inc stories which the Talnlnanv
| Democrats ten OF his manner ut organzin. They
say that he holds the allegiance of several of hi,
| most importAut and influential supporters hv with
| holding from tho public aui prosecuttu, officers
/ Tile Knowledge which he has that might ,eud them
III Inv pcnirntary and thew further assert That hr
| madc Gis administration 81 personal Wien hc was
| Governor of New ork that not even the lltte of
| flee Of Notary Public could be had without a pledge
of personal adherence. and still his recent c6nycn-
| ton at Syracuse frirns to look with sorrow and
! shame upon the Presidents failure to carry ont a
| perfect system ot civil service reform
/ Hence II appears that ii il not Simply Johu kpl
| ievs nrht tGat Is bcng made upon ridden within
| Tile ranks of the Democratic party but thn bolt II
! such If >hould be, called extends Ia all parts of
/ the State and represents thousands of voters who
care uothl1.. for Kelley personally and almost a,
! Itte tor Iammauy fail Thcv ijscuss not :,
nurh WHAT Robinson Il o... ~ Al Of What ilupor
lance w nav III til 1dcn i'll future Democratic
! considerations THr htht iii winch thew represent
Tilden i auythiu4, NIT euviable II a rcptblica.
| speaker or newspaper should dcuouuce him As en-
tirely selfish. cold 'blooded and utterly unscrupu
Ious as is now done by a section of his own party
Il would be regarded tear as pretty severe crit
Iri.Ip Eobu.nnS ti.rht h.fr,r rt.aIy Ii. Grht ANA