Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-29

ggIne expectations in regard to New York, 1 New Jersey and Connecticut, all of which l States he believes will be carried by the Re- pubicans by decisive majorities. Secretary Schurz is a good judge of the drift of public opinion.
 Wendell Phillips is not yet tired and he I don't want anybody else to be. He says ''Never rest till Congress supplies all our cur l rency made of paper and based on the credit of the State. Never rest till the debt is fund ed for at least century, held by the people, interchangeable at their will into bonds or greenbaeks, and constituting one of the strong ties that bind the Union together.
 Never rest till the greenback, representing the wealth of the nation, is legal tender eve- rywhere for all debts, thus freeing us forever
 from rings and corners in gold; and this, our
 second declaration of independence, makes the first a reality and not sham.'' The expenses of conducting lively politi- cal campaign in the larger cities are decidedly
 heavy. The Philadelphia Reoord estimates that up to election day at least $500, 900 will
 have been spent in and around Philadelphia
 for political demonstrations only. The first
 grand campaign parade which the Democrats
 had at Philadelphia a few weeks ago cost
 round $1O0, ,00O, including the expense of it-
 ting out the campaign clubs with uniforms,
 and the grand Republican parade little
 later cost from $50, 900 to $20O, 900. When
 the. Republican invincibles went to New York |
 to take part in the great demonstration there |
 in honor of General Grant their transporta- |
 tion bill was $1 ,75O, and that was only small |
 part of the expense. As to how much politi- 1
 cal parties profit by these spectacular demon !
 strations is matter upon which political l
 leaders and managers have varying opinions, l
 but whether they help or not they have come 1 to be regarded as necessary appendage to | all exciting political contests when important | issues and interests are at stake
 The danger that Garfield will be counted | out is not imaginary. A single fact may be | cited in illustration of the temper and pur- pose of the Democratic managers. In the | middle of the summer, shortly after the two | national conventions, Henry Waiter son met gentleman in New York who was enough of an in dependent politically and enough of a friend personally to be talked with freely and | asked him what he thought of the outlook The latter answered that he had no doubt that Garfield would be elected. Watterson laughed and said, ''Well possibly; but we have the count; and tell you, Hancock will 1 be the next President !' "That's pretty talk" was the reply, flor a man of your eminence and influence in the Democratic party!" But Watterson retorted: ''Non- sense! You counted yOur man in four years ago, when you hadn't any right, and we shall count our man in this time. Now mark my word." The way to defeat such plan is to give Garfield such majority that those who want to count him out can find no Excuse for doing so.
 The charge that Mr. Wallace, Republican nominee for Congressman in this (the Sec ond) district, is free trader is about as ri diculous as anything could be. His chief claim to the suffrages of the voters of this district is that he is so intimately connected with our manufacturing industry that any damage it may sustain falls upon him as closely and heavily as upon any individual in the district, and any benefit it may receive is HIS Den0IlI III d large ueSroe. AS Luo "dGeT- l bury American says: Our loss is his loss and our gain his gain. It would be impossible to find in the district a man who would suffer more from business depression than he would, @ man whose interest and welfare is so closely identified with the interest and wei fare of all who make their living in the great industry of this region. It would be impos- sible to find man better acquainted with our needs than Mir. Wallace is. As compared with him MT. Phelps might as well live out of the district altogether. What voters want to do is to look at the matter in the light o f common sense in the light of self interest. The contrast is between a Greenbaeker and a man who obeys the party caucus even to the detriment of the interests of his constituents, and hard money man, man of independent opinions and with all his interests bound up in the prosperity of the district he is nominated to represent. The contrast is between James Phelps and Thomas Wallace. On any year but this, when party lines are tightly drawn, the vot- CTS of the district would not hesitate in their choice. Why hesitate now?