New-York tribune., 1880-10-01
IN NORTHERN NEW-YobK.
AN EARNEST pEpUBIICAN CANVASS.

cANs-DFMOCRATiC DIscoRp
TrRoN A SPECIAL coRsEsPONDgNr OF THg TetRUSH.l
OswFGo. y. Y. Sept. 3O.--A visit ia the norther,
counties Of ,be state will convince almost any im-
partial observer this the Republicans deter
mined 10 win a victory tbIs year. There is feel
ing of confidence coupled with active earnest work
on the part of the n tpublicans Of Jefferson Os
weco and adjacent co1Dues which carries convlc-
tion aud bctokens success. Thus ~ particularly
noticeable in O,wego County. Following the Gin
cinnati Convention. and under the Democratic
aurore for Hancock, there was confessed lack OF
enthusiasm among the RepublioaDs some of whom
were dlsappointed ln the defeat Of sncI iavorit
can idatc The claims of Democratic urdty helped
20 swell the Hancock "bcom.' but now the cOndi-
tioas are entirely changed. The boom" soon.
spent us Strength. wlIlt the Reprb ican tide has
been steadily rising, until The c0oest-neadcd Re
pnl lie ns oi the county claim that II viii give as
lsrcc Republican majority rs at any time during
or since ihc var. bile tie moe enthusiastic ones
place tie naio ily stI.l ghcr The feeling Is not
based on more RuesS.wOiK either. II Is tae out
come OF earnest wo,k on the part OF he leaders Of
the parry here, including he Hon. George b. Sioan'
Thomas :. Mott, John J. Lamor c. Jadge Nnitng'
ex-Juigc Churchill. v. II. KENYON, Assembiymen
ulinan, steele and others
soon afer the nonIuatiois were m'de Mr.. Sloan
sent 10 New-York and purchased a magnificent
large hall for headquarters, raj hcatiom meeting
was held THIS, 1t is claimed, the first banner
raised and the first raliGratIon meeting he d IN
Northern New-York. he result encouraged the
Republicans and astomshed The Democrats. as the
meeting was one Of ,hc la grst ever held III thls
CITY. From bat time TO this t1e work OF the can
vass has been pushed with v-or, and meetings
have been held IN all parts Of the county, and an
astonishing number Garfield AID Arthur cubs
have been iorued and banners anc poles raised
What Is true OF this county is also true, perhaps IN
less degree. Of Jefferson. Madison, Cayug and
others adjacent.
BUSINESS MEMS CANVASS
In this county, up 10 a week ago, four meetings
had heen held in the town Of Serbia, two
IN New-IIaven, one Mexico, three in
Pulaski. one in Richland III Sahoy Creek
three in OswegO town, one IN Cleveland
besides others in this city and elsewhere IN the
county. The work has been gong on brlskly ever
since, One Of the most encouraging features
Of these meetings is their spontanci'y. The people
OF the towns did not wait to hear from the County
oil State Committee bnt went ahead and organized
meetings on heir account. Without and from
anv outside source, they have formed Garfield and
Arthur clubs. flung ont banners and raised poles
In about every town in the county. This is an un-
usual Circumstance in "a comfy that has decided
campaign Considerable credit is due to Mr.. Sloan
and other Republicans who have addressed these
gatherings and who have spurTcd their hearers to
still more earnest work and IN other ways contrib
uted to the success of the meetings.
The most active men in the canvass the busi
ness men Of the county, the mll-OwnerS, manuiac-
turers. merchants and farmers, who see danger
ahead should the Democracy saccced. AT the Re
publican County Convention held here recently, II
was "A noticeable fact that large MAJ ,rlty OF those
present were men past the middle of life. many Of
them gray headed, who had largo business Interests
at stake. Tins feature Of the canvass, Mr.. Sloan.
Mr. Cullinan and others who have addressed meet
ings throughout the county. say IS a noticeable
one everywhere There are perhaps special reasons
why this should be so. Tins city and county suf-
feId severely by the business depression that fol-
lowed the panic of 10 OF eight banks in ms city
four closed permanently and one temporarily, while
one large failure followed another until II seemed
a. though nearly every prominent firm IN the county
had either failed or compromised The cana and
lake trade once the man>tayS of tie ety. fell away
10 almost nothing, while the numbering and milling
interests were at a stauG-stl and so many persons
cmierated that the late ceusus showed scarcely any
gain i. the population.
The disconteutcd voters sought relief in The
Gleenback party, which, united VITA The Demo
Gratis at one time Canned the county for Warner
for Congress. Matters are 50 changed now, how
over. that Mr.. Warner publicly announces that lie
will not vote for Hancock aud English, while John
w Shea. n member Of the Grcen6ack State Com
mittce. is now wo king for Garfield ana Arthur, as
are also the Hon. J. G. Wells. Alexander Mitchell
ii. u. Nutung and many others heretofore pron-
nent Greenbackcrs.
WHAT RESUMPTION HAS DONE.
This change is due to the altered STATE of business
Al t,t atrHf fht
resumption of specie payments. New manufactures
have sprung up, there are no Idle men, and the cry
of hard tunes has passed away. The business Oh tne
canals under Governor Cornel's Administration
has been better than ever before. notwithstanding
the reduction of tolls and altogether The conditions
ar such hat the business men of OsWcgO County
dread change as a burnt child does the fire.
As Mr. Sloan stated the case IN conversation with
Tn TRIBUNE correspondent " ! was very greatly
surprised To see the interest and enthusiasm among
Republicans, who were n0t wiling TO wa't ior The
organ zed action of the state County Committee.
The demand for speak rs and documents WAS so
great that il was time before We could i'll II.
found tho reason for this haste was the feeling
among reading apd thinking men against the Domo-
cratic party which is calling for a change. They
think u almest an insult to their Intelligence TO tell
them change is demanded. The most prosperous
period ever known in the countr is followed the
Resumption Act. which was adopted and carried
into eli ct boy the Repub in spite o. the whole
Democratic party. The farmers and business mon
have been thinking ofthesc thlngs, and not Repub-
licans alone. MANY Democrats have already de
cdcd 90 help keep the times prosperous by voting
the Republican ticket Men of MI classes are taking
the common sense view, the business view of this
election. aud you viii be astoni>hed at the result.
The Independent vote. at least the intelligent
,ril1 Ia. n hp <s
In NovembcI."
Nj. Sloan added that the belief that there would
be fam count N Ncw-l ork Civ also strengthened
the Republican canvass here.