, 1880-08-29
1,aws of Correspondents as to
Candidates in the Second
District,
qba Communists Go Through the Farce
Of Nominating State and
County Ticket.
x.,t;ne u ar. Kashburnt's Priends-The Hard
Clabs al Headquarters.

x tha Rebellion In every hamlet and village
tha neople are thoroughly alive to the political
aenands Of the hour, and so intense is the feel
rc that it can be only compared to that which
e 1he usual adjunct to ~ red-hot" " revival OF
IN o1den time. when the ministers jour-
ncvcd from station to station with sud-
sls-havs and iadcd equines. In Chica-
-, none OF this enthusiasm is to be
met. There is no excitement People do not
r,snd In The market places or on the street. cor
ners and discuss the great principles underlying
,he present political campaign. 1t is not, how
e,sr. 10 be inferred that the voters Of this city
enp r,k;nr no interest in politics He who does
:, makes a serious mistake. The people are
alre to the momentous character Of the sltua-
fcu, and, what Is better, the great bulk OF then,
hsye made up their. minds what they
vii do when the kcold. chilly month
of November" rolls around The traditions
of nar1ies are no longer respected, except by
tae mossbacks,' who never forget and never
learn. The question is Where are we now. and
what rood If any, can TO effected by a change?
The xorkingmen realize TINT, after several
wears Of distress and hardship, they are again
enjoying full days work at fun days Day.
On every hand We hear the hum of machin-
e,y, and from every street resounds the voice OF
The mason, bricklayer, and hod-carrier. These
Letter than they the substance from the shadow
4 present enjoyable certainty is the sweet boon
for which they prayed for years, and now that IS
an actual realization there is not the slightest
disposition to abandon 1t for u radical chnnge,
which without doubt will be fraught with evil
The uncertainty has no charms. 1t cauuot be
said now as it was in 1876 that '+Any change must
be for The better, for it cannot be for the worse
Things have very materially changed for the
better siuce then, and the country is now enter
tne upon an era OF prosperity WHICH, basoo o1
n-A atF.> lE 3f,fsr fnc n
trade iu our favor, promises, to endure for
mpny years to conc. This fact is realized by
every skilled workman in the land. The float
tng inburer, whose efforts to secure livelihood
are based simply on the amount OF muscle
with which Nature has endowed him,
feels that there is something which gives him
be does not understand the philosophy OF it, he
get recognizes that the Government under
which he enjoys his lot has something to do with
the situation: He, too realizes that 1t IS always
son that it Is very difficult to find what might be
termed
ENTHUSIASM IN LOCAL PoL1T1cs.
The candidates. their reraiuers, and their
friends are making It warm, but the heat is
mostly to be found within the ward clubs There,
IN both sides, is to be seen more thun the usual
SETTING up of jobs for the ADVANCEMENT Of par-
1ieuia1 candidates; and, Judging from their
everybody for himself and his Satanic Majesty
for the hindmost- There are willing public
servants by the bushel, Some OF whom have
Who have W not M Yet most All al Of them beleve
they are the fayorit sous, and that lightning
Wit surely strike them.
eTessonal race In the three districts. Tho
Candidates are numerous Several have already
defined their object in soing TO Washington, and
don which taey hope to pull lit threosh. ] Il II esefed
l0 the First District there are William Aldrtch.
present incumbent. who believes that il eleoted
s9aa &c 11f aes " Wn nox e
Of the Railway Postal Service, is
willing to draw $500 u year, and give in lieu
therefor The dt:duetions be has made
from long course of study OF the mcr-
camille needs Of the county. Col. Abner Tay-
lot Is also IL candidate He. too has studied the
transportation question, having been railroad-
bntder; and, while he has no claims better than
those ef any other good Republican, be still be-
licyes that he is the +'eou.ing man." MIR Storrs,
whose friends have supported him as an avail
e ,hs eau'oe' e;nhI u = out o. tne e nor aor
known deanitly that he is candidate,
but those who are near him say that bis practice
= ~ enxrossing that he could not afford TO go 70
Congress Ar. Storrs Is himself very difident
sbouf nomination. There has boen some talk
about nominating Mr.. Kirk Hawes. but he is
Understood to have declined to allow his name
to be USED, On the ground that his business re-
9uircs his personal attention 1t home.
euii. II an unanimous nomination were
rendered him. ho might be induced to
Iecoasaer Isos:r and change bis mind; me e
district Hence any tu4k on the subject of can
a'aatss Is purely complimentary. There are
meudoned ne, for the honor Thomas HoJne, Mel
VILE W. Fuller, and John Mattocks-
IN THE SECOND DISTRICT
there are i've candidates, all declared, on the
Republican side They are the present ineuln-
M lent, George r. Davis, J. ". Dennetr, Willard
l., " Mason and Martin bee Ihs M
lhetr views. Who will prove the lucky man is