Year: 1876




REPUBLICANS HIS VIGOROUS AND TELLING


LETTER.


10y TELEGRAPH THE TRIBuNE.l


INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 5.-While the Democrats were
parading to-day and rejoicing over prospective
victory as though it were already won, the kepuo-
hcans ACCOMPLISHED stroke of strategy that com
pIetely turns the tables and gives them the upper
hand in the struggle. They persuaded Mr. WoIcou'
the Independent Greenback candidate for Gov
ernor. 10 withdraw his name from the canvass ana
70 advise his followers to vote for the Republican
nominee. Gen. Harrison. This disOrganizes the In
dependent party at stroke. Most OF Its Leaders
will no doubt be indignant at Mr.. Wolcotfs course
but there is not time before election for them to re-
form their ranks and to choose a new chief. Their
folloyers will be absolved from further allegiance
ond viii he free to drop back into their old party
rsletions The substance of Mr. Wolcotts letter is
as follows:


~, most recent observations have confirmed me in the
belief that the sacred of the people ID the "oA VI
enal refo,to cannot at the coming State election be
materially advanced. Party prjudees yet nave more
control over tie people than their reason quchened as
their r,,sou should be by their great suherngs very
t,y men Of any prominence the Democratic party
lmd and clamOr0us some of item nave beeh ana
are in prolessed zeal FOR the reVnback cause
have attached themselves 10 the Independent OF
Greenback party but on the contrary they "I'
among the most active in the Democratic or
gop,zatiop Tie Democratic party is distInctively
and positlyely u is national organization, hostile To the
rreenbacks as permanent currency, as to the National
Republican organization Neither is friendly, and people
are left wihCu; choice between two great parties Oh
the question Freudness to srcenbacks by the National
Democratic party is false profession Yet this ialse
profession and strength of party prudees are holding
almost entire Of those who IN former tnes
have voted the Democratic ticket still TO that party On
the contrary many men in this state who have hereto
fore en- more or less prominent in the Republican party
have most earnestly and zcousy devoted themselves To
the work OF building up party of the people III the
ease OF financial reform, and with these large numbers
Of men of Republican aEtecedent- have joiued the
Independent organization, that the Independent parry
NOW constituted consists mostly OF men "ho a"lde
from financial questions, have been and are Republicans


Nj. Wolcott goes on at length to show that the
Democrats have been using the Greenback move
ment TO advance their own interests, and says;


But am not willing TO gee tho Republican parry divide
upon tuis Issue while the Democratic party remains
unte upon the old issues. Ccnsurabe as III some re-
pecs The Republican party Is is the party which pre-
served the unity OF the nation, IL the party which
s has for its cardinal principle the enduring purpose
Of maintaining TIC perpetual union Of the States 1t can
not be forgotten that many OF the leaders OF the Demo
cratic party at this time directing the movements
Of the party we're willing during the late war
TO sec the national existence lost, and many were
active participants in the rebellion, and as
indicated py some Of them during the civil war; It may
with truth be said tat leadership Of the Demo
cratic party there many enemies 70 the Govern
nCut as friends The Southern States, which rebccd
aud invoked the bloody trial OF armed conflict are very
largely Democratic. II the greenback cause can gam
nothing and II efforts may have the effect OF tuin-
ing over cur Government 10 the doubtful friendship OF
the Democratic party many Of whose leaders eek with
the crIaes Of unrepented treason reason ana duty call
upon the Greenback prevent such a catastrophe


Mr. Wolcott in strong language contrasts Mr.. Har-
rison and Mr.. Williams greatly to tie advantage of
the former. Advising all Republicans TO vote for
the former, he withdraws peremptorIly from the
canvass All doubts as to the election Of Mr. llar-
rison are now removed from the minds Of Republi-
cans here. They are confident that Mr.. Wolcotts
decnation viii be worth 10000 votes TO them.
The Democratic wing of the Greenback faction will,
Of course, gravitate at once 10 Mr. Williams, but as
the politicians of both parties have agreed during
the past month in the estimate that about three
ffths Of the Grecnbackers are former Republicans,
it obvious that the net gam for Harrison will be
considerable.


ANOTHER NOMINEE IN TIE FIELD