New-York tribune., 1880-10-27
TTr FIGHT Is CENTRAL NEW-YORK.

and General Mcclellan and General Sicdes
made speeches.
TIE FIGHT Is CENTRAL NEW-loKh.
A LOSING CAMPAIGN FOR TIE DEMoCRArs-MUp-
Throwing THEIR soLE HELANCE-THr NOR
LETTER FORGERY FAILS Wtr-A REPUBLICAN
CAMPNGH Full or GENUINE ENTHUSIASM.
rrRov 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF rHE TRlBu&El
UrICA oct 23-Iuloss Mr.. Barnum makes haste
to apply pecuniary mulant to the Democratic
workers in these Central New-Iork counties ne
will he badly disappointed at the result OF the
election. The Democratic canvass has Hs'i'SS'
disprited tone. The leaders feel that Hancock Is
beaten and they have great trouble TO conceal ihis
melancholy conviction from the ignorant rank and
file oe the party and TO keep up show OF hopeful
mass and activity Al these central counties are
strongly Republican. and there is 10 incentive III
the way OF local Offices to induce the Democrats 10
devote their time and spend their money III cam
paign effort As long as they believed Hancock
was going to win they were Jealous ana eLerGelc'
and managed to make good deal of noise even III
the heaviest Republican districts; but Whch ONO
and Indiana exploded the bubble OF his imagined
populartv they fell back into state of utter col
lapse And now, the election approaches ana
there s need of all the heat and fury they can put
into the fight, they are Aabby and mtlanchoY-
Mr. Barnum must speedily cheer them up or the
Rcpubhcan maioritcs will grow TO proportions that
will astonish him
About all the Democrats are now doing in this
REGION is TO hold a few little indoor meetings
whore their speakers founder about in the tariit
question, and try to make out in the face OF the
letter of its platform, and Of all its plain record
that the Democratic party is in favor OF protecting
American industry. The meetings are all small
More people will be in Utica Monday to hear
Grant, Conkng, and lngersol venture opredict
than have attended all the Democratic meetings
neld in Central New York during the past month.
II is now the fashion foI the Democratic orators
to attack General Garfield as a frec-tIadcr and a
tool of corporations and capitalists. The man who
has been lie long advocate OF the protective sys
tenn and who for sixteen years has had great deal
to 30 with shaping and pcriecting that SYSTEM IS
now assailed at the eleventh hour OF the canvass
as the secret agent Of a II etrade club in London
The plain Ohio farmer, who rose from the ranks of
manual toll, is pictured as the friend of hloated
corporate monopoes gratuitously informing them
that they ought to import cheap labor from CHINA
The MUD-THRowIVG CAMPAIGN
The Democratic journals of the interior of the
State are rather more efficient than the Democratic
politicians. Still it doesn't cost much effort to
edit newspaper under directions from Mr. Bar
NUNS committee aud they deserve small credit for
their display OF party zeal They are little better
than slander-slingng machines Mr. Bafnuns
concern supplies the stuff and they throw 1t out
from their cylinder presses. The forged Mercy
letter is the latest case in point, showing how all
these papers are controlled from the Democratic
committee roenl. With one accord the all printed
and reprinted tho bogus lettcr-in douhle-leaded
type, III italics with leading articles notes, para
graphs. and squibs Every one OF them cackled
and sqnawked and screeched III the same key. Thew
all asserted that 1t vas Garfeld's death warrant.
II, lp lahoriDU IN WOuld
touch him now Not OF them hesitated be-
cause of the extreme mprobabilIty that General
Garfield should write letter TO an unknown man,
mark il private and confidential" lnd express III
il views wholly at variance with all his public ut
terances. When the denial of the authenticity of
the letter appeared they all said, "Garheld Is
liar" like squeaking puppets pulled by the
same string When The Boston Irdrettd said
there was such man iii Lynn as H.
l.. Morey and no such concern as the Employers
Union. they sand The TrarelIer Fed. When the AS
sociated Press sent out statement to the same
effect. signed by all the leading business men of
Lynn they paid 10 attention TO It, but went on
printing the forged letter at the head Of their edl
torlal columns The Observer of this city, tried to
neln Barlnlm and do a little business on It's own
account. On Friday it published the pretended
statement OF shoemaker named Nash. to the effect
that he used to work in Lynn and knew that dur
ing the labor troubles i'll 1878 there was an En-
nlovcrs Union. whose agent was II. L. MOrcy The
Ob,1rer blew loud blast, but its horn was stopped
next morning by a card in Tie Hr0h signed by
Nash who sand that he had been unsupported. He
had stated that he had lived in Lynn. and that he
knew there was man employed by the manuiac-
tuIcIs to hire -CIispns but he did not say his
name was Morey and did not know what his name
was So this enterprising effort TO bolster up the
forgery came TO a ridiculous end
An ACTIVE REPUBLICAN CANVASS.
EThe Republican campaign in this section OF the
State is characterized by great deal of confidence
and activity. It Is more demOnstrative than any
campaign i'll recent yeaIs, but its snowy featuIes
seem to be the result Of genuine feeling that de-
mands an outlet III paIades music and fireworks,
and is not produced arliclally by the use of
money. All the Republicans talk with agree that
there has HOt been a campaign since the war which
has developed so much earnest feeling this. AS
an evidence that their assertion is not eXtravagaDt
they point to a list of estimated Republican
maioriies in these central counties heavier in all
cases than they gave in loGs. Oneida, for in
stance is down for {, 900 in the most moderate cal
culations and some place 1t as high as 1900.
Now, Uneidas majority for Hayes was only l,l75,
and last year Cornell got but 1873 more votes than
the combined vote OF Robinson and Kelly. The
Republicans along the Central Road were a little
slow in getting reused up this year. The northern
countics and particularly Jefferson, st. Lawrence
and OsSego took fire first, and were blazing With
enthusiasm before there was much movement in
this vicinity. Now no county can claim precedence
in the matter of earnestness aud organization All
are alive and energetic. OF the Democratic leaders
who still cling 10 the notion that this is Demo
g.,