New-York tribune., 1880-10-25

| knowledge Of the performance by announcing IL on
| the very morning they appeared. Iheir eaReInes'
to make capital ont of the boyish FREAK OIL the iao
sophOmores with Hancock flag was another
mistake. Some of the prominent leaders IN the
party raved and ranted over that " outrage
and talked about having riots and stcning process
sions, but decent Democrats were disgusted. Ihe
manner in which thoy talked about the dangerous
! classes who going 70 resent the Insult" Dy
! some lawless proceeding was anything but compu-
mentar TO the Democratic rank and io, but the
event showed that the rank and file were not half
80 bac as these fuming patriots either feared or
hoped they were. There has been no iolcnce ez-
cept in the language of these sef-styed respectable
leaders Their latest blunderis in coming out within
the past two or three days. with scuriors attacAs
IN their newspapers upon the personal character "
Mr. Bge,Ow. the Republican candidate Tor Tow
crnor, Postmaster Sperry and other prominent he-
pnblicans II not only shows the desperate straits
10 which they are reduced, but 10 has precisely the
contrary effect from what Is intended People here
ab0ut know Mr Bigcl0w aud Mr. Sperry, and they
know Governor English too. IL Is foolish to SET up
Governor English as statesman IN contrast WIN
Mr. Bigeow for most people know that ueiiher oI
them can be called 4 statesman. B2sn are sue
cessiul business men, perfectly competent 10
fill the Office of Governor and Mr.. Bigclow GER
tainly has to0much mOdesry and good sense to make
himself ridiculous by pretenslons To statesmanship
HIS friends need have no fear of comparison be-
tween Governor English and himself upon any
score. The recent attacks upon HIM by the Demo
cratic newspapers only have the effect to increase
the number Of Democrats who Will vote for him.
The scurrilous attacks upon Mr.. Sperry are damag-
ing only to those who make them, while they IN
crease his influence and make him friends.
The Republican State Committee have completed
their first canvass of the voters Of the whole State,
and the result Of the most encouraging character
A second canvass which is intended to lie closer
than the first and to classify far possible tie
voters set down IN the first as doubtful, IS well IN
hand. and will be completed IN a few day. y
marked feature Of the canvass The increase IN the
number of doubtful voters and the falling OF III the
Democratic column. This arises partly from the
fact that a great many who have heretofore voted
the Democratic ticket are lukewarm IN the calse.
and uncertain how they will vote, and partly from
the belief in the minds of many Democrats that
their party ls paying for votes rms year.
aug the hope that they VIII see some OF thc money
No preliminary canvass 10 TINS state nas ever SHOWN
close mn Orlty for either party II all those ciasscu
as doubtful were counted Tor the other sac" nr
margin il always small, and tie llst OF douDuul
alyavs more than covers u. Putting % ID round
numbers If the canvass shows. say, oOOOo on rttu
SIDE there viii be q doubtful list of from 5OOc %
5000, the hTai division OF when s"Lles the result
Tie Republican clnyass TINS year under tae dlfec-
tIou of Captau George W. Harmon, Chairman
of the Stale CoInmIttee Las been very careful ami
thorough ana under Instructions to claim nothing
execDt what Is absolutely certain. The result a.
have said Is OF the most encouraging character III
+. too early vet 90 give an estimate OF the Repubu-
can majority but enough Is known 10 assure tAe
election of the Republican State and Electoral tlch-
cts. Inc Democrats. on the other hand have haraW
made a pretcuce of canyISsmg the voters, but have
devoted themselves mainly to PROFESSIONS and out
ia -lpgVe | I'D % 4
,r tvvo more definite inflammation concerning the
situation m different parts OF the STATE, and the
prospects in the several Congressional. districts.
LIB.