, 1880-10-31
GENERAL.
NEW YORK,

NEW YORK.
; TIE CAMPAIGN CLOSED.
Special Dtspateh to Tx chteaoo Tribune
NEW YORK. Oct 30-1n nearly every Sec
hon ut the State the work Ut speech-1naking,
and paradlng, and the ruusing Ut voters by
recalling the traditions and objects Of the
Republican party ended Tonight The State
Committee for one month has been driven
by pressure of work such rs never nccumu-
lated within any si.uila Committee In this
State. It has supplied an unusual number
Fl sdsea d Ubo ecctos even the h"se
Of the State all opportunity to hear the views
Of some Of the strongest and best
men in. the party II addition to
tie supplies furnished to New York State,
New jersey aud Connecticut and other
States. Among the prominent speakers vino
were heard to-day In different parts OF the
SENATOR coSKL1SG
at jamestown. Col Robert q. 1ngersoll at
Storrs a. Hudson, the Hon. George S. Bout
Well ot Massachusetts III Brooklyn, Gen.
George A. Sheridan and Howard Carroll at
Fonda, Lieut4;ov. George Z. Hoskins at
CASTLE, Fredcrick Douglass ut Frankfort.
Judge Tourgee ut Troy, and about 100 others
in as many additional places. In addition
10 these there were meetings i'll nearly every
town with local speakers. There will be few
meetings on Monday, as the time will be
taken up everywhere IN making preparations a M ei
State Committee has given due attention to
the task uf instructing and awakening the
people as to tile merits Of the contest it has
not neglected to see that on electt0nday
there Shall be no tagging Of voters at home.
pledged upon their word of honor to
DEVOTE THEIR EST1HE TIME
to seeing TINT no person entitled to vote shall
be deprived of an opportunity to add his bal
lot to the number that will be cast by those
Who nee,l 10 urging. This organization III
as sd it t; the IL Republicans. The businessmen
who took part in the great parade Of Oct II
hive entered zealously into this labor. and
for one day they will participate III politics
to an extent and with degree of activity en-
Thomas S. Platt, Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee Of the Republican State Coln~
mittee, says:
!. "wE ARE UNITED THIS TEAR
Is we were not In previous years for two or
three campaigns. The independent Repub-
licans are ali in camp again, anu'the KeRub-
llcnns who favored the nomination Of Gen:
Grant eE Senator Blaine are as earnest and
active III their support Of Gen. Garfield as
they would have been II their favorlt had
been nominated. There are. known to
Wise, vi: many stionE and influential DEM
Who viii support tie Republican
ticket In every way; solely because t1eiy 40
Affect Ill: business. riley have adjusted their
affairs onthe basis uf the present business
activity and prosperity; have made calcu!a-
tons on the supposiuon thai the present
financial policy viii be continued it the Re,
they do not wish their calculations upset or
even disturbed to a degree that any change
would 1uSettle them.
THE CHINESE LETTER ISSUE
was not calculated to injure US except among
the more ignOrant class Ut common laborers
in his city. It fell flat In the Interior, among
the agricultural classes and the skilled labor
ers everywhere. 1t was Of al order OF trick
to influence only the tramp class Ut working
men. As to Republican majority, we ought
to come TO Harlem River with 5000 majori-
$500 think IN knFgs, Queens, Suffolk and
Ex-Secret1sy McCulloch writes lengthy
1eL1er TO the Tribune, covering questions for
men vino demand pure and efficient admin
of the whole people He says, among other
things: "NOw, while there Is great variety
OF opinions among gthem upon many political,
financial. and economical subjects,
THE FA1Ii-A1NpED AND THOUGHTFUL bus1-
NESS-MES
Of the Northern and Western States are very
largely in accord upon tho following. That
the cu,llruI Ut the Government should
not be given to the men recently III
arms to destroy it, and WHO still adhere to
tile doctrines to establish which they waged
the conflict that the legaf-tentler notes were
issued US a War measure, and that the limita-
ton upon their issue was an net ot wisdom
that the tariff, under which very many lni-
portant branches Of Industry have been
brought into existence and developed, how
ever iuiudieiuus it may be in many Of It's
provisions and restrictions,-should be modi-
fed With exceeding caretuiness and with
wise regard to the interests dependent upon
II.
TuH TARIFF
unQuestonably needs notifications In re-
gard to the many articles In common use 1t
Is prohibitory aud not merely protective
Changes are needed to accommodate IL TO
the changes which have becn made III excise
dulles, ui,d for tile restor ration OF our snlpp!nR
interests and the enlargement of our foleiRn
trndr. But is the Democratic party. "Nica
In the South ii hoslle tu 2 tariu for revenue,
which would at the same lime encourage,
and sustain home interests, and in the North
has NJ dc1iuit policy in regard to It, the party
Wle the poMer r. 70 ;,t4a;5 maze e R. Xa.
tonal honor can only be maintained ny me
paylueut of the National deot according to
the suirit OF the contract Would this honor
BE- Is safe iu the keeping Of a Solid South TO
Which the National debt must always be Q
Reminder Of defeat and lauinilialpn} and
sn'all minority in the Northern and Western
otatt.s, As III tue keeping OF
THE PATTY WHICH STOOD BY THE GoVERS-
NENT
when the debt was created, and regards it as
being III part the price paid for the pre- serVa-
oon Ut the Unun,-a deht ever to be Kept
sacred as the Uuion itself? These are not
new questions, but they are questions which
sshonld he carefully considered by voters De-
1ofe their votes are cast.'
GEN GRANTS OPINION.
zen. Grant, who returned from the west
fo-1ay. was asked what he thought Of the
Kfpuclican prospects in New York State,
surprised il the Republicans carried New
losk By over 5o.o0.'' When questioned as
u Tile general issues, he Us confidently all
aoanced his belief that Gen. Garfield would
not noy only b. elected, but elected by pro,
css1,l noaneed majority. 1.-The Republicans VII
ttalry every Northern State" lie sud, with
%e taelR;o Ross9is exception Of Nevada and Cali
tNosala N,raala There Is some doubt about those
Ct4tfE " 1f:,f ho said that %hn I}us&r,hfinnn