Year: 1875


son day and from the present until the end of that
lme all the work that is vet done TO pave the way
for victory must be done hurredy by the two parties
Two weeks ago there was the country districts but
very little activity displayed on either side IS true
that the State committees had organized long before
but their machinery had yet been set in motion
10 any great extent and for my part up TO about ten
days ago, judging nom what saw about me in the
various counties passed through, had come 70 the
conclusion that the republicans going 70 let the
democrats have their own way; that, in fact, they
had given up all idea OF resistance as
. useless one But since then there has come
great change, and one cannot now arrive at hotel in
an interior city without OF evening hearing that
there is TO be a meeting held in this and that place
few miles out in the country The ctes 70 great de-
gree have not as yet been much troubled IN tne mass
meeting line It being seemingly the poncy q the
managers give the all the time possible TO
md out every republicans whereabouts 50 as TO know
whero 10 collar him election day and leaving tho
mass meeting part Of the campaign in the cities to
the very last week before election. Meanwhile,
said before the country places are being looked
lfter with the utmost solicitude have ofen during
the past week got on the cars they stopped for
ment at some little station and out Of curiosity asked II
there was TO be republican meeting in the place that
night II the not in every instance In the
Affirmative il always to the effect that just over
lo and then place mentioned near by) there was
30 be one


THE SUDDEN CHANGE


rrom letha-gy that was at first remarkable to this
State or activity find is due to the State Committees
agents who are now be every town and whose
special duty it is either speak meetings week
a six different little places away from tho big cities
or to dive into the furthest OF the re-
otest districts learn If possible how farmer John
and farmer Tom are feeling about the approaching
election There is something that the men employed
BY the Committee for this kind OF work know
well as most other people, and that s that there are
thousands Of country republican voters who need to be
strred up induced 60 the polls at ALL and they
know what most other people do not-how 20 ''sound'
them


s.There are undoubtedly" said ex Lieutenant Gov
ernor Robinson, whom / met at Binghamton
Saturday, looking fresh and hearty 'more repub-
Ecans in this state than there democrats,
although Is does not always seem so at
the pousn and the veteran grinned
at the joke 1But,n he continued "the trouble is to
get them outn And this seems, learn from the
vassers, TO DO tho fact. Unless there is some
extraordinary issue stake and such hubbub made
about in the country towns that the most
hess must perforcc become interested fun repub-
Ecan vote cannot be got out One would naturally
think democratic farmer would be backward IN



sicsn-as q prominent republican IN speaking
about the queer circumstance remarked to me
prove the contrary. The why and the wherefore
TO understand The allegation that il is be-
cause they hungry political place-being among
she ''outsn in pohpcs-whsch have heard given, Is
rather weak


n-EEroR ELBTrow DrsrRIcr


New Yorker who steps out or his house on cleo
Eon day and only has 70 WALL block two to reac
til.
ton distrctn the interior Of the State where the
population very sparse and vhcre may at times
ride along the road Ia parts and not across
dwelling for hour two 1hc extent OF cleo
ton distrct-I the New York term 20 be inteigi-
ble-can therefore Be imagined and what nice thing
It is for sGrmer 70 leave hs cosey
hearth Gre blazing in the chimney OF raw
November morning with the ran pouring
down in torrents hitch up his team and ride to the
polling place, the journey to and back with the little
intervals" consuming in Esla1ees, the better
part OF an entire day


1T IS not all pumpkin pic BY long shct = said one
OF them 70 me whom called upon Eith one o. the
canvassers; Aand thoRto get back h1m, All used up
and hear two three days after thas our folks got
whipped Ike thunderl"'


This being the situation Of the county voters when
tell you that the machinery Of the state Commit
tees such this year that.anost every voter mat
Ger where how far lss away from tie 'tbordeTs
Of somewhere will be- personally visited before
election BY oily persuaie- the or the work
undertaken be conectured The footprints Of The
democratic workers found pretty thick in every
district; but, far has psrceived The canvaEs
being made by them s not nearly thorough .ha.
which made BY them last year Indeed, last
years democratic was perfec. wonder
IN many ways, but then there was only one
prominent candidate to be voted for lat least he
seemed to think himself ami there four
ave in each State ticket; II stands 70 reason
that every family in the baekwoods han not received
free Of expense the nthographc counterpart q each
One's beautiful self There NOT nearly 50 many
meetings being held By tho democrats anc
by no means the evidence Of hard work
going there is the part OF their opponenis
may be that the republicans nnd more need 70 WORK
than the democrats, or that the tak which was g
freely INDUCED in IN the earlier sages ofthe campaign
about the certainty of the Tden ticket Sweeping The
Btae BY least 70 0c0 majority and both bran ches
the Legislature along with H. may have gfTn the demo
Gratis


AN OWE coxEn7KNcB


IN their own strength And consequently the idea that
there necessity work day AMI night TO accom-
pish what was certain 70 come 70 pass anyhow l am
much inclined % believe that the democrats 10 be mot
with here and there villages and who say when
questioned about The atcGton, "SuHe thing; no
trouble about ~ All ono way" arc rather more
confident than is good for tho party nta-css Still
the state Committees hand y Visible non and then
'us' where revival q the Euggards Is the most
wanted, and am told BY democrats vhos ought 50
know that their chief work Is onist work which viii
make great noise only election day Both parties
were working very fairy before the Ohio eecticy vet
there seemed 70 be az anxiety about that made them
hold themselves In as Il were until the result had bsen
known II is true that the democrats IN this stste
have hard money platform we'll as the republicans
but free 70 acknowledge that they seem u be con
eiderably down in tho mouth since Aliens defeat
while the republicans have been correspoudingly
elated. Judge Curtis who presided over she Demo.
cratic Convention at Syracuse and who made a
hard money speech was, told very much dsa9-