Daily globe., 1880-08-03

the soldier VOTE" With his usual urbanity
and consideration toward interiors in rank.
Gen. Hancock has answered every soldiers
letter sent him. This is what has attracted
toward him Republicans of long service like
Gen. Mcpherson, Col Forney, and other OK
army officers in Pennsylvania and other
States, the national veteran association.
composed of participants in the civil war,
and also the association of veterans of the
Mexican war.
The Republican central campaign club has
taken the Coleman house for Headquarters
during the canvass in the State. Saturday
night, at meeting, letter from Gen. Gar
field to Watrous, the president of the club,
was read, in which occurs the paragraph:
"Of course you know that New York settles
the case, if we can carry it, and l am par
ticularly glad to see the activity of our people
in that important State" They are now
AGITAT1NG THE SCHEME
of having electors chosen by the congress
sional districts, by which it is expected that
the State can be gotten for Garfield, as the
legislature is Republican. Bob Ingersoll re-
marked, the other day, that he hoped it
would be done; that "he'd do it if he had
the power" and, in fact "would do any
thing to get another Vote" While it is diff
ficult to believe that any such action is con-
templated, was to-day informed that
election the legislature will be
called together for this purpose. While
there is no law to prevent it, nevertheless it
would be perilous confession of weakness.
1t ia assumed this early, with this move
ment in contemplation, that owing to the
withdrawal of the Tammany hall ticket,
and the union of the two factions of the
Democracy in the State, that the October
elections will turn out unfavorably for the
Republicans; that New York can not be
trusted, in spite of all the boasts, and that
something of the desperate character of this
scheme will be necessary to save Garfield.
To have it understood that any such results
are impending would be disastrous If not in
this, by IFS reaction in other States, and the
conservative element of the committee is
counsellug
SECRECY AND QUIET WORK,
Here the fact is undisguised that the work
of the national Republican committee is not
nearly as satisfactory as it might be. 1t was
run wholly by the friends of Blaine, who
chose their favorite at Chicago for Vice Pres
loent as chairman OF the committee. Mar
shall Jewell, of Cincinnati, is not a popular
man in his own State nor out of it. and be
has never shown the push and vim that
would have characterized Chandler or Tom
Platt, of New York. Some of the members
endeavored to conciliate the third termers
with the sub committee to manage the West
ern campaign, and SO Logan was given the
direction of it. What little consultation he
will have with Jewell will not amount to
much. The love between them is not very
strong. There promises to be some wrang-
ling in the committee before many months.
At Washington. before 1 left, 1 saw Matt.
Carpenter, who had just returned from New.
port, where he left his charming wife and
daughter. He is still disguised with the ad-
ministration, and hasn't forgotten the rebuke
he got, Immediately after the Chicago con-
vention, about tho Milwaukee collectorship.