Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-27
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
SILENTLY FALL THE LEAVES.
The Cleveland Breeze Wh,ssiins rhreash
the Republican rrce-Biassc Beaten by Bis
Own PARTY Work Of the dependenss.

names OF more than 1000 Republicans who
are pretty well understood ~ be opposed
60 Blaine. We had 500 such psmes from
Iowa this morning: from New York State
we received about 500 names this morning.
On ISS! Thursday We had upward OF 1000
names sent in from different points in this
State"
Are these names sent 10 you from all
over the country ,"
mo, our principal advlces outside OF
New York Sta;e come from New Jersey,
Ohio, Indiana. iowa. and Wisconsin,"
Don't you hear from the New England
Stsi,s Is ally"
"Ch. you don't understand. The move
ment. % course. extends all over the coun-
try, but Il would be impossible for us 10
take care 81 such wide area. There are
Other committees besides our own TO whom
reports are made. For instance, the New
England States, concerning which you ask,
are mainly looked after by the Msssachu-
sets Independent Republican Committee
orralber they have been untilTccensly, when
committee WAS formed in Rhode Island,
which will tighten the work Of the Massa.
chuSeits committee. We were receiving on
an average thirty oamcS day from Rhode
Island ourselves until the Newport meet.
ing, but how rs they come in we send them
10 the committee Of that State. and grad
usl'y The arrangement Is becoming under
stood. IL Was the same in Indiana. We
uscl 10 receive great lists OF names from
IbeTe, Int row 4 committee has been
formed in Indiana, and We turn everything
from that section over 10 II.
THE sIEsS yorg THAT COUNTS.
"But. speaking OF New England, nigh;
SAY that three fourthS Of our strength
thcre-snd. FOR that matter. n cOodly pro-
norton Il 10 throughout the couniry-Iies
in the silent vote. In Maine and New
Hampshire particularly they don't wish 10
make much noise about what they are do
ING. Int there j. a very lively still hunt >
ip progress thCrc. and II will become very
mgch w.ru a. D the campaign advances.
When we receive letter, from that section
of the couuiry-snd the experience Of the
Massachusetts, committee i the same as
our oVn-ile writers say, These men
have EXPRESSED Themselves as against
ElajDc. lut they don't want 10 advertise
ne L.ci.' lst week. FOR instance. we got
one list ~ over a hundred names from
Blainc's own county, in Maine. with the
assurance thgt they were anti Blaine. but
uldcrred 10 De quiet about it,
Then :ho movement = actually masking
grcsi Roadway, even in Republican strong.
holds 5"
"lt Is Increasing every day. and it, pro-
crcs> Is not among any one particular
class either. our hsls often comprise the
nsmc, - iaoOriug Nor. bankers. lawyers,
sud ministers. ] recall letter thai we
cot The other day from a western universe
u. II was from one Of the professors. He
said. a. | remember it. that there were
twelve or thirteen professors in the uuiYer-
ATTY. q "a HON he sent Us the names % seven
who bad oIepl- announced that they would
vote Tor Cleveland. The others. he said.
had not fully made up their minds, hut
they were determined on one point they
would rot vote for Blaine"
FOUR STATSs HE OUGHT TO HAVE.
Prom the peculiarly good opportunity
that You have. Mr.. Deminc. for survey
a The fed. what h your opinion aS 10
Governor Cieveland's chances OF success 2"
"Aii ! can lay Is that if the Democratic
party csn poll anything hhe lis regular
party vote in New York. New jersey. Con-
nec;iOui. and Ohio, Grover Cleveland will
get The electoral votes OF those four States.
II he j, not elected President OF the United
States it will ice from Democratic irsachery.
He bss got enough independent votes now
in the States mentioned to carry them with
hi, own party vote, and he has q mighty
fne chance 10 get New Hampshire and
Massachusetts y
In conversation. other members OF the
committee freely expressed the opinion
that the active dissflecton in Republican
ranks would not he less than 10 per cent.
by this va mesnt tina; that percentage OF
Republicans would emphasize their dissat-
issacuon with the nominee Of their party
by voting for sither one Of the other three
candidates, while il WAS very generally
sgTeed that there would be smother large
percentage that would simply stay st
home and not vote at all. Great stacks
OF dOcumeuts-Carl Schurz'. speech,
Charles K. COdman's address before
the Convention OF Independents in
this city. the Brooklyn Young Republican
Clubs inquiry into Blaine, record and
other mitter~-are being continually sent
out by Tie committee. mass OF CORE
ICuGeDce - received and mailed every
day. Where local Independent Republ-
cen committees exist, and their number i
w! isT.e. the correspondence is conduct
&C through them, and thus the labor OF the
cen miuee here is very greatly .implifed
ard icssen.d These local committees are
constantly in course Of formation, aad
il Is expected tat in short while
they will be- established N every town and
CITY.
srE GROWING -rSTIaEST At OTHER POINTS.
A chnce through he letter, received in
Yesterday. ufll was given the Herald re-
ioI1er, and lev explosions culod from
them and printed below will be found in
trrc,tnc reading. Rev. Edward Eggles-
ION. re wei-known writer, -Ays in letter
from Lake George: "No reasonable man
N.'fr..iaH ftsf q.
seem, 20 me. that Grover Cleveland is the
nan nos, likely 70 administer the Govern
McDt IN such way a. % leave il better, and
not worse. than il Is row. To put the ad-
mini-;IItion % a reform civil service INTO
The bands q me Republican nominee IL 20
-ct so experienced fox 10 watch the poul-
try-yaTd."
A letter from Lucius Il. Swift, an Indian
= oil, lawyer. gave an account o. the new
independent Republican organization
there. and tets OF the establishment OF
weekly campaign paper called the Freeman
90 voice The sentiments Of Independent Re-
pui.ic2Ds. We have several thousand
Dane- u people in this State who are re-
-arded 81 -ou5tiul." the letter goes on.
" A good number Of these are openly with
a., snd the others are in = way 10 be- rea-
s0ucd with. We shall make no attempt 10
gstber in mere numbers except a. we need
men 90 do work. We shall rather keep up
the Ire and leave the voters TO east their
vote. silently"
From Lincoln. H.. comes the follow
ing: ''The Germans in our section are
Lowing Bane sEd Logan, a1d the Irish
remain the same, generally Democratic.
We begin 20 believe that Cleveland viii
carr Illinois. and perhaps the state may
70 for Harrison. n Edmunds, or any good
and honest man had been nominated, Hi
moi, would ~ largely Republican; and,
indeed. viii 90 Republican again when tho
machine men are dethgoned and honest
men iiIl the places they have stolen IN the
parry
ALL IHE FAMILY FOR CLEVELAND.
South Bend, Ind, seems 10 have very
much larger proportion OF Republicans
who VII vote f0r Cleveland than + the
Gaze IN mos, other places. number OF
enthusiastic letters from there have recently /
teen received by the committee. One
from 4 father, speaking o. bis sons and
several relatives, says: d" We have al, been
lifelong Republicans, bat will use all hon
oTeliie means % defeat Blaine and Logan"
4 Brookbn correspondent says: "This
movement -hOud be only the 1rst step in
purifying American politics. IL .h0ud
10 continued unt.i the entire political
machinery IA pfrMcafcl with iudeDenlruf