Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-05
OUR new YORK LETTER.
New York Star Syndicate Letter to the
FISHERMAN AND FARMER.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1, '88.


of Boss Quay. If all the fairy tales
obs by the Pennsylvania manufac-
t rers to be true, the Campaign
treasury Of that side Of the house has
been enriched within ten days by at
east three quarters of a million.
These roscate reports have had the
effect Of bringing to Headquarters
practical politicians from all over
in swarms like the locust of Egypt.
They come with narrowing tales Of
the necessity of lubricating the joints
of the party machinery in their re-
sDective bailiwicks. else they will
not be responsible for the inroads of
he hated Free Traders" The
city Of Brooklyn, for instance, was
represented by a special delegation
who modestly demanded $3.50 for
immediate use. AS an evidence Of
they pointed to the fact that the first
days registration in the City Of
Churches showed an increase Of
several thousand over the largest
days registration of any year pre-
vious. Coming from a Democratic
stronghold they lery properly assume
that this pertends an unprecedented
Democratic vote. And SO it does.
The Democratic leaders do not
think the enemy will dissipate its
sinews of war to any great extent in
the Empire State. The tide is run
ming too strong toward Democratic
triumph to be CounteraCted in the
short time remaining before election.
1t IS the generally accepted view
that this vast fund, which will prob
ably be swelled to round million
within three weeks, will be appor-
toned among the States of Indiana,
New Jersey and Connecticut witt
liberal allowances for the Northwest
ern States that are wavering in their
allegiance to the @. O. p. 1t is re-
garded as probable also that the
Committee will take a little flyer ,
in the direction Of West Virginia
which is the only Southern State they
are pretending to make a fight in.
The industrious statisticians at
Democratic Headquarters smile when
asked about these calculations Of the
enemy. Counting New York and
the South as foregone conclusions,
they assert with great earnestness
that the deficit of IS electoral votes
will be made up several times over.
Indiana, they say, is quite as Safe as
New York, and is just big enough
to do the business. New Jersey and
Connecticut combined also fill the
bill to nicely without the aid of the
Hoosiers. Then there are California
and Nevada and the Northwestern
States as a promising Democratic
reserve fund.
That intermittent canard about the
retirement of Col. Brice from the
craftsmanship of the Democratic Cam
paign Committee bobbed up again yes
terday. 1t was of course promptly
denied, having not the slightest fOun-
dation in fact. Col. Brice's friends
attribute these reports to the persis-
tent and malicious hostility of The
Sun Instead of being superseded, he
has merely been re-enforced by Sena
tor German, who with Chairman Bar
mum will remain here from now until
election assisting in the direction Of
the Campaign.
They believe in short, sharp cam
paigns up in this country. In this
city five weeks before election, not
single Congressional nomination has
been made, while all the parties and
factions are at sea as to the local tick
cts. Since Tammany's big chief,
Croker returned from his interview
with the President, those people who
had hoped for Democratic Union on
the local nominees have made UP their
minds to be disappointed. Tammany's
decision to go it alone has been reas-
serted with more noise than usual, and
the county Democracy seems equally
obstinate The President. it is semi
officially stated, declined to make any
suggestion in the promises, and the
general belief is that he thinks dual
Democratic local tickets viii have
salutary effect upon the State and Ma
tional tickets.
A bedraggled party of immigrants
who landed at Castle Garden yester-
day, attracted more than usual atten
ton. There were old men and women,
but young girls ranging in age from