The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17
OUR WASHINGTON LEI Frs
Iron Our Regular Correspon nts.l

WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 10, 1880.
The victory In Vermont is glorious
one. The majority is the largest ever
given to a Republican candidate in
that state. 1t is glorious victory fol
various reasons, one of which is that
no Republican votes have been led
away by the nomination of a Union
General by the Rebel Democracy; an.
other is, it proves beyond shadow OF
doubt that Hancock will receive only
the vote of his party; that the indie
pendent or floating vote is not with
him; that he Will be beaten worse
than Greeley was in 1872; and last, but
not least, that the Republican party is
alive to the necessity of the hour, that
it is not satisfied with a mere majority,
but is working for large majorities.
1t has been charged by the Demo
Gratis that the National Republican
Committee has furnished large sums
of money and speakers for Vermont.
Such are not the facts. Vermont has
conducted her campaign solely alone,
besides contributing $4,000 to the
National Campaign fund. The canvas
was carried on on the highest plane,
and the result shows in part the effects
of Democratic SANDER. Further, the
Republicans have not found it necess-
airy to pay a single speaker so far in
the campaign, the speakers in every
instance have volunteered their servi.
ces.
General Banks, of Massachusetts, is
taking an active part in the campaign
in New Jersey. He regards the situa.
ton in New Jersey as highly favor
able, and that with proper effort the
state could be made sure for Garfield.
He says that Massachusetts will give
10000 Republican majority.
The Maine election next Monday
will show, like the Vermont election,
that the Republican party holds its
own, and that Hancock is no stronger
than Bayard, or any other prominent
Democrat.
Mr.. Hendricks has been caught in a
decidedly dirty trick. He made an at.
tack on General Garfield, saying that
he took one position in Louisiana in
1876, and totally opposite one on the
Electoral Commission. of which he
was subsequently a member. He
charged that " As agent for the party
he helped to make returns by manipu.
lating the evidence, and as jury for the
nation he held such evidence as con.
elusive and binding" Having been
called to account for this statement
and proof having been furnished that
General Garfield had nothing to dc
with the returns, Hendricks made a
vain effort to sustain himself, and in
the midst of it said: "They say he is
a preacher, / don't pretend to be any.
thing but wicked lawyer, but there
is not wealth enough in Indiana to get
me to do what he did" Before Gar.
field was nominated this same Hen.
bricks said of him, " He is a true man
man of principle, an honest man.
and would make a good President fol
us al"
Word has come here that strong
pressure has been brought to bear up.
on General Hancock by some promi.
nent Democrats, to have him write
something for publication against the
recognition of southern claims, in or.
der to answer Secretary Sherman's
prediction that in a year after the
Democrats came into power the Treas
ury would be bankrupt. The General
declines to do so, saying that if his let
ter of acceptance does not cover the
ground, nothing he could write or say
would have any effect. The fact is
the Democrats are afraid of their rec
FORD on this score, and feel the need of
something from Hancock to stiffen
them up. The General is right in not
writing this letter; he we'll knows that
if elected he would be compelled to do
all in his power to secure the payment
of these claims.
Secretary Schurz is expected to reach
Washington next week. Invitations
await him to make political speeches
in Buffalo, Rochester, and.other points
in New York. 1t is thought the Sec
rotary will make few more speeches
in Indiana and Ohio at the end of the
present month. SAXON.