Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-30
TURNING TAIL.
Radical Change IN the Republican Plans |
for the Campaign.

for the Campaign.
New York World Special, Sept. %.
There are indications not only of change
in campaign leaders, but change in cam
psign,at the headquarters of the Republican
National committee. The Republicans
seem to have become disguised with Mar
shall JEWELS management, and what yes
terday was rumor as to his stepping aside,
to-day is current report. The Republicans
continue, however, to deny that any change
is made, and it seems likely that they will
continue to let jewell do the ornamental,
while Platt and some of the others do the
work.
To-day it is whispered at Republican head
quarters that the bloody shirt is to be aban-
doned. Many leading Republican papers
have repeatedly shown how foolish is the is
sue, and now it is said the word has been
passed along the line of the Republican
stump speakers that the war upon the South
must cease, and in its stead the tariff issue
must be brought to the fore. The Republi-
cans had determined in the beginning of the
campaign that the two prominent ideas
should be the untrustworthiness of
the South, and the prosperity of the
country, the result of Republican ad-
ministretion. In Maine these two ideas
were the issues presented almost to the ex-
clusion of everything else. Under the dis
cussion of these ideas the State went against
the Republican party-a State that was
counted as surely Republican. This, also,
was State controlled by the apostles of the
bloody shirt. It ia doubtless, with reference
to this change, that the New York Times,
of this morning, after commenting favor
ably upon the letter of General Hancock rel
ative to rebel claims, says:
s'The assurance which he gives does credit
to his honesty and his independence, and is
one which every intelligent citizen, whatever
his politics, will rejoice to receive. The
country can now devote its attention to other
and graver issues between the two parties,
of which there is no lack, and as to which
the position of General Hancock is COM
pletely identified, with that of his party.''
Gen. Hancock's letter is received with I'M
bounded satisfaction by the Democrats, and
considerable bewilderment by the Republi
cans. The latter were disposed, at first, to
deny it's authenticity; but when the Republi-
can press announced it as authentic, they
did not know how to meet it. The assertion
had been made 80 continuously that the
South stood ready to launch millions of
claims upon the country if the Democracy
obtained power, that it seemed as if they had
really come to believe the story. They now
say that it must necessarily ALLEVIATE Demo
cratic Southern votes from Hancock, and
considered purely in the light of policy, that
it was foolish thing to do.
It is not the first time that the chosen rep
resentative of the Democratic party has posi-
lively and emphaticly declared that it was
not the policy of the Democratic party to
consider such claims. Mr.. Tilden four years
ago wrote similar letter and not word of
protest was received from the South; but on
the contrary, entire acquiescence in the spirit
and meaning of the letter was the result.
Not Southern vote was changed from Til
den because of the letter then written, and
the Southern Democrats now commend the
act of General Hancock, and laugh at the asser-
ton of the Republicans that Southern votes
will be alienated. The Democrats, upon the
other 81 le, say that there never was any
truth in the rebel claims, and that it was a
bugaboo raised wholly for partisan purposes,
but that they were very glad that the letter
is written, since it knocks out of the canvass
wholly this talk, and spikes the guns of Re-
publican stump orators upon this point.
Many candid Republicans acknowledge that
it is useless to consider this question any
longer, for Gen. Hancock has, without equiv
ocation, and in frank and direct manner,
settled the whole question.