The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-10
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
crrcu orn srpolAL coErrsrosDrsr.l


NEW YORK, October 9th, 1880
Here I am again. in the the thick
est Of the political fight. Ii took me
lust one week to go around and see
the feeling for both candidates in
this metropolis. Before this cpistle
reaches the readers OF the HERALD
the Democratic party viii lie DOOM
cd forever. The State of New York
viii go republican without doubt,
and / would not be surprised much
when the returns are counted on
next Tuesday that YOU will End a
Republican Mavor in this great city,
elected 10y q general uprise of the
protestants in behalf of Dowd, The
busines man nominated By our par
w for the Mavoraltv The feeling
against John Kelly's candidate is
immense. Grace. the Tammany
nominee is q Catholic Of the deepest
dvc. He as mayor would have con-
troll Of the public schools, all the APP
pointments would be made by him
from his own sect, the school fund
weull 90 to the converts instead Of
being used as heretofore and the
Jesuits would direct how the child
rem of New York should be taught.
The bible would be thrown out the
back door and no wonder the people
are frightened.
] have attended nearly all the big
political meetings during the past
lycck and am going to keep 1t up If
! am spared until the Union Is saved
ncxi Tuesday.
have heard Grant Ingersoll, Nc
Weigh. sherman. Evarts. Schurz.
Charles Francis Adams Jr., Prot.
Svlee. Conkling, Storrs, Jim Wood,
lihe Irish miner, George 4. Sheri-
dan. Sloughton, Fred Douglass. Gen.
Ben Harrison. Gen. Fitzpatrick, y
II. Tourgec. and Henry Ward Bee
cher. from time 10 time during the
campaign. 0ll good but the boss for
eloaucncc j. Bob Ingcrsoll, reason
John Sherman. facts Conkling, die,
ton of language Storrs. sledge ham
mer blows Grant, and the American
flag Gen. Fitzpatrick.
The most notable meeting was
the Republican rally on Wall street,
on Thursday afternoon. Such
crowd Of gentlemen assembled
never before witnessed. Colonel Bob
5agcrsoll addressed them and Jack
SOB Schultz presided. Over fifteen
hundgad dry goods merchants came
TO hcas him headed by Gilmore's
band. The produce exchange came
20 Wall street with eight hundred
.nea The Gold street brokers turn
81 out in mass and such q mass Of
people. aud such q respectable crowd
could not bc assembled again in
thousand wears. As was going up
Wall street toward Trinity church
from the meeting some young fellow
gave me Democratic campaign
document to read. l said 10 him,
HY friend YOU ore wasting your
powder.
lie said: 4 don't care q damn 1
yet paid for this. p
That is the truest definition of the
Democratic party here now, that
heard, Don't care a damn" we get
paid foF il "Hurrah, for Han
cock.
This /, the situation with the
Democrats. They are in the last
ditch. dissolution is taking place and
tor the corpse and funeral dirge lis
zen to the telegraph on Tuesday
night.
met Tildea yesterday on Broad
way. He speaks IN 4 whisper, his
eyes look watery an inhamed his
hands tremble with palsy, his frame
stopped ana in general appearance
a total wreck. | actually stood
and piticd the poor fellow, but il
done him no good.
The forgery of Garfeld's name to
the Chinese letter is condemned by
all good mon here, without regard
10 party. The New York San a bit
ter Democratic partisan paper this
morning editorially say:
NoTFAIR.
there IS some degree Of honesty
due from all men to all other men
at all times and under all circum-
stances. In rcfereneete the letter the
authorship of which is attributed to
James 4. Garfield. but denied by
him, there Is some peculiar spelling. /
Thus the plural Of company is spell .
I'd eompanys instead of companies. (
1t seems TO US that some other mis- /
spelling corresponding with this, in l
Mr.. Garield's handwriting, should /
he found before any person ean be /
justified in continuing to circulate /
Ebis latter ss his.
Gen. Garfield writes q great many 4
letters, and If that method of spell /
ing Is peculiar 10 him, his other (
specimens can easily be obtained. /
Until they are. the letter nav be I,
considered spurious.
After persistently denouncing for I
Iour years the obtaining of power by /
the Republicans through means Of I
fraud, We have no desire to see it /
wrested from them by forgery.
five must choose between hon .
,,sty and office, we prefer honesty. /.
50 you see the forgery viii recoil .
on the democratic leaders ike the
30 business. The decent people Of
che country are disgusted with Bar
num, Wallace and that gang. Of
Z he two managers | have more faith
in Wallace. / believe if he could
have managed the Hancock cam
paign instead OF Banum the "su-
perb' would stand a better show
next Tuesday, but he was showed
aside against Hancock's will and
= hr-.- So, -,., .,-l,+ --,,,