The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-31
HANCOCK IN PENNSYLVANIA
The state Almost Certain Tor
RepuDIicnnr Desertions.


PHIrADEnPHIA, July 12.--The ne.
mocracy Of this State is in bettern 19
than ii has been since 1856. Inc mar
risburg convention settled all DIVISIONS
in the party, and the Cincinnati NOM
nations have filledit with enthusl-
asm, Hunt where you will, you can
not find sorehead or d croaker.
There is not Democrat in Pennsyl-
yaI,ia who does not believe that Han
cock will beelected, and scarcely one
who does not believe that he will carry
his own State. They say: "Fhe last
Democratic President was a Pennsyl,,
yanian, nominated at Cincinnati, ana
SO will the next one be-"
There are in this State 80, 600 soldiers
who served under Gen. Hancock or
with him. The people without regard
to party, are grateful to him, not only
for his splendid services to the
Union on distant fields, but for the I'M
mediate preservation of their homes
and firesides at Gettysburg. There IS
no name that would have stirred Penn
sylvania feeling to n greater depth
than Hancock's, and it is exactly true
that his nomination was received III
every city, town and village with q
general outburst of applause. lie VIII
poll the full party vote, large mae
pendent and Republican vote, and pref
ty much the whole soldier vote. IN
der these circumstances the talk OF
CARRYING Pennsylvania is anything but
wild. Hoyt is a minority Governor
The majority against him on the conf
bined vote of the opposition was aDouG
6O,OOO. The Riot bill, the pardon OF
Kemble and the other brlbers, anu
other measures of most disgrace1ul
administrator have seriously disgust
ed and disheartened the Republicahs.
These scandals afford local issues
which will materially aid the Demo-
cratic electoral ticket.
On the other hand the Republican
party here is in the worst condition
since it was born. In order to carry
through the thrid-term scheme, Mr..
Don Cameron and the machine man
ayers committed series of outrag.es
uDon the rank and file that cannot be
forgotten. They failed, and in their
failure the machine was smashed, us
power dissipated, and the old and eX-
nerienced leaders buried in the rub
bish. Mr.. Cameron has disappeared:
He is heard of only through dismal
oroan from the White Sulpher Springs
or somewhere else far beyond the scene
of conflict. His father, the OLD gen
eral. has covered his head and turned
his face towards the wall. None OF the
ancient set, who have held the state
for years by their energy, their money
| and their thoroughly organized sys-
tenn. will turn a hand for the election
of Garfield. Why should they? they
have had enough of Hayes and his
kind. and they know that the high
handed means by which they under
took to force Grant on the party can
never be forgiven. What can they,
expect from Blaine and Sherman ana
Garfield, or from the Republican PEG,
pie, who were compelled to lmperli
| the very existence of the party-to
fight them to the verge of disruption
i'm order to be rid of their audacious
tyranny? They will regard Garfieid's
defeat as their vindication, and they
look forward to that event in NoVem-
Der as confidently, if not as hopefully,
as the Democrats.
There have never been so many
changes reported at this stage In any
campaign. In many places we hear
of Hancock and English clubs COM
posed exclusively of Republicans.
Some of the deserters are men OF
National reputation-among them H.
Low Morris and Col. John w Forney,
who have already thrown themselves
unreserved y into the canvass. me
old Republican ship is lurching ana
sinking in full view, and the sea Is
black with departing rats. The Hight
of some of these--old and sagacious
fellcws-is, in the eyes of Pennsylvan-
ians, a sure sign of the coming vic
| tory.