The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-09-17
PENNSYLVANIA AND ILLINOIS.

PENNSYLVANIA AND ILLINOIS. 90
Democratic Chances Fair and
Frightening. ..5
What Judge Trumbull and Speaker RAN
| dali Say.
! The Chicago Times had reporter to
interview Ex-senator Trumbull, DEM
ocratic nominee for Governor of Illi-
nois, who is canvassiug the State, and
from him the reporter obtained the
following fiattering account of Demo-
cratic prospects in Illinois. Mr.. Trum-
bull is shrewd political observer,
and very cautious and unimpassioned
in his calculations, and we, therefore,
place great reliance upon his estimates.
This is what he said to the reporter of
the Times:
HI have never witnessed, within
my experience of more than twenty
years, such enthusiasm as inspires
the people of this State for a
change, and a radical change in the
government. 1t is precisely similar to
the political excitement which pre-
vailed in 1860. Even the women and
youth of the State, as we'll rs the men,
are interested in the result"
"Your meetings seem to have been
popular successes, judge"
eyes, sir: have never seen people
turn out in such numbers, and display
such interest since tho time just before
the war. 1t is really wonderful to OBJ
serve the intense interest with which the
masses Of the people are hanging upon
the political issues of this year."
uWc learn that the meetings which
YOU have addressed thus far have been
very large and intelligent, judge ?"
sI tell y0u I haze neve, acit,aesset1 such
gatherings for t,centy gears and more.
At Belleville spoke to between eight
and ten thousand people !; at Shawnee
town to fifteen thousand; Mt Du Quoins
to fifteen thousand and at, Centralia
to a similar number. Tomorrow l
speak at Aurora and at that point there
| is to be great turnout. From there ]
shall proceed to fill list of engage
ments which will take all the week. -
Speaker Randall was formidable
aspirant for the Cincinnati nomination,
and headed the anti-Hancock delegates
from his State. He was in New York.
the other day, and was questioned con-
cerning the canvass in Pennsylvania
Mr.. Randall cannot be suspected, from
what has been stated, of being blinded
by Hancock zeal, nor of any great
gain Of enthusiasm over the success o
his rival, Senator Wallace. We arc
disposed to take his estimates, there
fore, ut their full face value, and this
is what he said when in New York,
the other day:
"I dislike to repeat what so many
others have said that il has become a fact
most trite, but it is nevertheless fact
that in Pennsylvania The campaign as
en71,tatica7Iy the peoples ca'arass, and
the people arc SO far ahead of the poll
tical leaders that we find it almost i'm
possible to supply the demand fol
speakers and documents. When Han
cock was nominated I expected tha,
| the action of the convention would
arouse great enthusiasm in our state
but did not expect that it rould con
time so intense as ii has, nor that the
people would go to work SO energeti'
cally as they have done. They have
taken the business into their own
hands and are doing the work of or:
ganization in spontaneously formed
civilian and veteran clubs AS efficiently
as if each local organization was or
ganized as part of preconceived gen
eral plan with the guidance, and sup
port of central headquarters. IN Mt
city Of PAiladclloAia aU discussions haze
city of Philadelphia all dissensions
ubso1utelv ceased. The committee, ably
presided over by Mr.. Cassidy, ha:
the unqualified support, respect ant
allegiance Of the whole party in Phita
dcIphia, and the preliminary work o
the canvass has been performed will
surprising thoughtfulncss. AS has al
ready been explained in New York
papers, Pennsylvania laws require al
voters to be assessed for poll.taN befor'
September 1st. The assessment of thi
year in Philadelphia includes man!
thousands more of Democratic voter
than have ever before appeared upo'
any previous list, and the great pre-
pontlerancc of increase in the tota
number assessed is with us. The Re
publicans will no longer be able t
disfranchisc Democratic voters or pol
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