New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-30
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
,rn,o,,c,vs GAMING IN THE WEST.

ppp,rprrc.Ns GAINING IN THE WEST.
~ro,,.c,>o woeps FROM MIcHIGAN-wHY Is THE
sorTu soLIpf-SoTHING TO d" GAINED ID
cu,SGr-uANcoCK LOISG-THE WHEAT o''o''
TO me EdftOr The Trt1""e'
SIR: The absorbing topic now II the cdinP"'o"'
Iereabouts tho nomination OF Garfield ana h''""
great satisfaction. There is no dis 'hec'io" ' -.
| have two friends whose business taxes 'h''" 800,
month through several Of The largest abc nos' po"
counties In the eastern part Of inc STATE A"oJ ~
wjde.awake Intelligent and make 1t a polnt !" -"
outre INTO pnbc sentiment wherever they CO. IheJ 'o
rne that they have not heard Of kephbhcah WIN P0
poses to vote for HIncock. while they do near Oh '
D,mocrats who will vote for Garfield, one TOT o"o
re,son another for ano ner. one man nlsiike7 ."' "
nude of The SOLID South and he asks hlnsrh NJ" %
ina south become s1ldl Was 1t by fair m ans FOR
w5of a. the ultimate object, IA the south SOLD 10 ~
ne Mr. ckbnrn SO frankly declares III order that they
20 wine from te satufebOOks the last yestige OF tue
legislation growllg out OF the wArf Is IL Ior tn' p
~ NJ carrying ONT regarding the National debt. the
same policy Of reputation that has oeeh 80
succes,fuly pursued in all Of the southern
States save one, regarding their state deDts
The so,pge furnishes "a cheap and easy way OF
eating rid Of a debt; but after all, in tue long run IS u
best + south solid for tue purposooi ahhS gran"
raid Oh the Treasury for the payment Oh re"e' oi''
the ponslonng OF its soldiers manned III the 'ae war;
the Improvement vast scale OF thosahus VI "V''o
el4 an "'A~'
mattersl
Another man. moved by different convictions, asks
bus IT, what IS to be gained by chaugei Our country
il very prosperous the shops are All iu OF Du-S
woram N; farmers good prices for their pfoduc''
tnc merchants fad ready sale fol their goous hnS
man whO is vii ing to work can hh9 WOfN ~ ~,
M ooi wages: and indeed, there Is no country on Tue
face OF the globe. unless IT be fltnce, Im - f nv
uro.pcrous tnan TINS. Now, can any chanRc py my
POSSIBILITY mise matters change nv shaking con-
al 4ffRTz
hr minis 10 GLOW the dictates OF their better judy
-uts % Is pretty evident that many OF them WIZ come
o on the rlgn side. The Argument o. Iof years ago
isrx,c,ly reversed. Then we heard that any change
could nos maze matters worse, and u might possibly
make tnefn brltrr. Now, reasonable hhd thonSht vi
men feel mat no chause make matters any better
fer toe times are IT, good reasonable men ought 10 eX
pect desire while any change VIII De laoie 10 MAKO
am lied that this consideration, working down
into the SOLID convictions of candid conscientious men
will influence large number 81 voles' Inc ti tI
by the Democrats TO make people believe there
/. great husiasn IN their ranks. anu cOrrcsl,onihs
Generalization III the republican party, dc auiusi i5
Al recent ratification meehhg III ncIsh
boring town what enthusia.m mere IVA, was waS
largely manufactured In te interest % io a. t,
dates by pay ing the expenses Of parties whH 70 athu
the meeting lroo stance IN Ihs sui 1, 'omn
d,y- ago stranger one day maze nsen conspos
uy aiming that ne had abandoned tne kepup can
party and had dctc mined 10 support llancoch. us
Democrat by the arrival in OF an od acquaintance
| - INV did Won give me away 2" The noBInitIoD OF
Hancock while openly denounced - ttr from satis
very prominent banker. who has inquired Ia Gey IN po
cs in thirty years, IN conversation WIZ
mo "A few DAYS ago, bewaug the failure 10 nOinl-
nate Tildcn. whom he considers really tieal man
| Speaking General HancocS. ne exclaimed; " "hY'
wnat does ne about running tins great machine
which we call the Government lie knows no more
about u than one OF those neWsDoEE"
! Al lrsf Hancock nomIn alton pleased good many
Democrats because they thought r. would reun.te thelr
marty IN New-hO They had succeeded IN getting ria
~ fhc q d Mau o. the Sea- revoked sucJ bit or nos
ulity on the part OF Timmany: the SOld SCUM W0u.l
yote for ypody on tnrir ticket Cor had not Wade
"A mn. on sad b and what would be EASIER than 10
pick up enough with tne SDld Snutn and New YORK u
| make ont the requisite number OF electoral votes
somehow friends in New-IOrk do not seem To De
so Inucn united they might De. the men VINO were
Yr~,aced nv John Kelly last Fall don't relish the
thuuet of having hin their leader The S0uth NAV
FAIR and rosy as it was II is judgment from what
read and herr and mix among the people good deal
that Hancock is not gaming put IA mr. loshG every
| day. ~ iiNii"N-' A'''iA"'
| Wvand0tte Mich. Aug.15 1880.