The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23

Hancock. The election Of Ex-senator
Barnum to the Craftsmanship Of the
Democratic National Committee is an
evidence of Tilden's power. The cam
paign will be in the hands of his trusted
! friends and SubOrdinates. IfHancock is.
found a plant tool, and willing to
bow down to Tllden's power, to do his
| will, to reward his friends, and neglect
| the ones to whom Hancock owes his
nomination, then will Tilden do what
he can to elect him. But should Han
cock show a desire to reward those
who served him at Cincinnati, to the
exclusion Of Tilden's friends, then i'm
all human probability Tilden and his
followers will withdraw their support
and the more substantial support of
the "bar'l." Of course the above will
be secuted by the Democrats as untrue.
but the doubt as to Hancock's action
under the various influences to be
brought to bear upon him is a matter
OF much secret speculation among the
rival Democratic leaders, and he is
being watched closely for any indica-
lions of coming preference.
John w. Story, the prominent Re-
publican journalist, over whose &C
cession to their ranks the Democrats
have made SO much ado, is engaged |
upon campaign of Hancock. Re- |
publicans are anxious to know if he /
will place In it the following paragraph |
he wrote and published in 1867, while |
editing the Philadelphia Press: "Han-
cock, Johnson General, assumes COM
mand of the Fifth Military District
Louisiana forthwith down go the
colors OF the nation. SAXON.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 18th, 1880.
Campaign enthusiasm seems to be on
the increase with the trained Republic
can workers in Washington, and they
are applying themselves to the work
they know SO well how to do with an
energy and zeal that indicates, to say
the least, much confidence in the issue.
Mr.. Garield's calm and able letter of
acceptance meets with hearty APPROX
al, and the preliminaries having been
the work Of organizing cam
paign clubs of the various states by
their representatives in the different
offices here are nearly
complete. |,
I heard gentleman who is we'll in
formed on all matters relative to the
and working capacity Of the
party say, that it had not before entered
on campaign as completely equipped, !
and supplied with money as
at present. |
On the other hand, / think it may be
truly said that the Democrats are not
as we'll pleased with their candidate as
they were during the few days sue
ceeding his nomination. Some Of them
realize the absurdity of the political
attitude which compels them to recant
for Hancock all the arguments they
have used against Grant. They have ;
begun to realize that the obscurity of
General Hancock's title to civic hon
ors and responsibilities will cause the
itness of the Democratic party to be j
entrusted with power to become
much more prominent topic than it {
would have been if Tilden, Bayard,
Hendricks, or anybody else ]
versed in government affairs had. been (
If the Democrats wished 4
to attract criticism to themselves as a
party they have done well to nominate
q candidate who has no civil record of
his own. If they desired to withdraw
attention from themselves and fix it on
the guns that held the cemetery at
Gettysburg, they will not succeed in
their endeavor. The public are in
clined to look at the acts of the candi-
date rather than of the party, if there
are any acts to examine. In the case
of General Hancock there are none
which can be called pertinent in the
issue. Therefore the acts of the par
ty, it's composition, it's general drift
and tendency, must be considered per-
force. Here the Republicans are con-
scious Of their advantage and chal-
lenge comparison and debate.
BERLIN LETTER.