The New York Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1876, Page 4

oP 4 THE OHNO CAMPAIGN, Democratic in October Success Not Unlikely. ALARM OF THE REPUBLICANS. Perfection of the Democratic Organization. THE RIVAL STATE TICKETS. Sketches of the Opposing Candidates. Curious and Ludicrous Features of the Canvass. & TALK WITH GOVERNOR HAYES. Cotvunes, Sept. 24, 1876. Were nota President of the United Stutes to bo elected in November next the present would be an off year in Ohio politics—that ts, the October election would attract comparatively less attention for the rea- son thatthe State ticket comprises candidates only for Secretary of State, Supreme Court Judge and Commis- sioner of Public Works, But the 3 of the State, as well as the people of the country at large, have come to regard the contest with the deepest interest on ac- count of the test It will make of the strength of parties apent tho GREAT CONTEST FOR PRESIDENT. Some one, commenting on the situation in Obio, has faid that if the dates for hoiding the elections were re- versed, that if the Presidential battle were to be fought in October and the State election to be held in Novem- ber, there would be no clement of doubt whatever as to bot results—they would be, indubstably, repub- hean triempha It is the inconsistency of this arga- ment, wiich of course is of republican making, that effect will produce cause just as roadily as cause will produce effect, Talk with a republican, and it will not be long before you will find out that one of bis chiof reasons for believing his party will carry the State in October is the candidacy of Hayes in November, and a litle later on you will fing him sanguine of carrying Obio in November because the republicans will carry it in October. He may boast that HAYKS WILL TRIDITM In the second election no matter what the result of the first, but that he is disposed to connect the two in the snconsistent way above mentioned 1s only too evident in the less energetic canvass which his party have made go far on behalf of the State ticket, Attention hus been directed to, if complaint has not been made vf, this want of energy in handling the republican forces as compured with the discipline of the demo- crats, Whoso organization is coniessedly much the more effective. Not that the leaders bave not or are not working with what in ordinary times would be ex- emplary zeal in forwarding tho interests of the party. The busy scene every day and night here at headquar- ters apd at every local rendezvous in the counties and townsbips throughout the State suows there 18 no dis- Position to allow the election to go by default or inat- tention But this is a crisis in the politics of Ohio, if ‘not in the country at large, to Which the democrats seem more alive than their opponents. The latier have only within a few days wakerod up tothe exi- goncies of the occasion and are now VIGOROUSLY AT WoRK to make up for lost time. Whether they have taken Dold too late or whether they have the genius and energy to recover the advantages which have been wrested from them, through their supine faith that the Domination of Governor Hayes for the Presiaency was all that Olio needed to insure succoss at both the Oc- teber and November elections, remains to be seen, They seem to bave forgotten that a victory in October Je essentially necessary to the party elsowhere than in Ohio, atsiders who have como into Olio within the past week have seen this state of things and warned tho managers accordingly. How much is requisite to keep up the organization of the party in order to com- pete with their opponents is shown tn the fact that all thie complaint is made notwithstanding the fact that the records of headquarters show that correspondeuce has boen kept up with local organizations, down to the School districts of each and every township of the Btate. Indeed, in the case of Ashtabula county, in the Western Reserve, where there 1s a heavy preponderance df repubiicau voters, the subdivision has beon carriod ts low as the road districts, the seboo! districts in this populous ond inquisitive part of tho State bemg deemed too large to be handled ta their separate en- tirety, But if we look at WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE In the matter of organization we shall find the sub- division of work just as fine as that of the repuvh- cuns so far as the school districts go. Furthermore the Central Committee here have selected three men of undonbted democracy in each election precinct and have honored them with a special commission, a docu- ment fively engraved and colured and not untike a five twenty bond or acertifiette of stock, and calcu- luted to appeal to the pride of each posseasor and in spire him to fight for the cause it eniists bim in, This tommisrsion Was a stroke of genius, Human nature is bever so much itself as in the rural districts. With tuch commission the recipient gets the following let- ter of instruction :— You have beo etic d d to us as reliable, we have issu enes- w nevissions Feposing our srust a you for wn early, Thorongh and complete organization of the democratic party | fn your election precinct. “Your position Is one. of much fe- | this committes desires to y. will devolve F voting precinct on the ity, and us fxr as possibi you in the discharge of you the therough organizatio tlowing pian of & First—You will appoi and secure the services of 2 good, tarnest, reliublo democrat in each senool district in your precinct Sermt—Meet the ol District Committeoman per sonatly, nud, with writs down the name of each demo- erat inthe district in'ooe column, exch republican in an- Other and each deubtt a! yoter ting the Goubthul repubdcans and doubtful democrats, eiving the Dost office 1: Leave « copy with the district man and take on Third—Wheu yw districts you y. into the lists fro ‘opy the name m book, the foabtful lemocrats, Sixth—When you receive documents you will apportion them among your several school siotricts mud distribute them thro: your riet committeeme especially tmong republicans, who may be iattven thou Srventh~ Wave vour distr to ous frequently &s convenient w bb tl. fork intelligently th be his duty on election day to voter in bis district goes to polls be noon, and sach As are not there by twe o'clock rend tor. t lose @ vote by leaving any one away who micht be brought It will be your duty to see that ali toreizn born rest di Your voting preeinet of deinucratic prociiv: tulitiod to them have waruraliaevon papers Wat all demoe.atic voters texiporarily absent wre Ww vote, In order to thrust aside at ones all our ational voters of political s: strict, that he may 16 n. And it will also tuat every democratic and to see | at home | Fuctions to reform Now when it is considered that there are ten to eighteen school districts iu each toWosinp and ergnty- counties in the State this work of organszation feaclies the vowers of (be Stare in groups of less than Dity and of sometimes az few as twenty, w CONCENTRATION OF KEPORT and a decentralization, wo, which promises important fesulis to (he party so industrious. Torougb this channel of communication the State Committee are | pouring argument invo UL 500,000 men, Hot to speak of the work of tl ageney in New York Which is possessed o1 & mittee, and 18 also dieseco ina host uf voters, No wouder Senator Thurman wa bdent that if the election were to be vetore the republicans took the alarm the State would go demo pratic. Ip seeking for estimates of the strength of parties iu Obio my attention hus bee evied 10 the gradual Change of public scutiment im the direction of cemo- cratic principes during the post twelve or thirteen years, In evidence 6! tis What the democrats call enlightenment of the people, after the climax of ra calgm had been reuched' in the middie of the vivil war, the ce the dwindling of — the republican majority of 100,852 in 1863 down to pothing in) ton ye later, at whieb ume tne two parties became so © ly divided that Governor | | have no cause lor dissatisfaction whateve NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1876.—TRIPLE Allen, the head of tne democratic ticxet, was elected by 817 votes, and the rest of the republican ticket by 1,000 to 2,000 votes—a virtual tie. Thats, the aver Age aunual gain for thoze ten years was 10,000 votes, Auother striking illustration of this reaction; this re- turn to the ante-war distribution of parties; this prog- ress, as the democrats will have ti, of the public in ac- quiring the democratic taith, is shown in this city of Columbus and us surrounding county of Franklin, when Supset Cox made his Oret run tor Congress in this district, ne CARBISD THE COUNTY BY ON® litary vote, while the vote of Columbus city was so evenly divided that he was beaten therein by only ove vote—two instances of close voting which are remark- able outside of their bearing upon the present case. But Mr, Cox was returned. year alter year subse quently, until the democratic majority in the county weat up to 3,000, and the district became so strongly democratic that the republicans cut it up by the gerry- mandering process and forced Mr, Cox to take up bis lutle carpet bag aud emigrate to New York. ‘The nominee of the democrats tor Secretary of Stato m Bell, Je., of Licking county, the present in- ca, ‘The republican cundidate is ‘The two men are so distimilar irom each other, and each i8 60 consistont with the generally accepted ‘idea of his party reapec- , that | venture nothing ip the assertion that er will make a convert (rom tbe other's acherents, y lines will be drawn so closely with reference to the two men that when elevtion day comes every re- publican who votes will quietiy and respectably vote ior Milton Barnes, whie ton rank and lilo of the do- mocracy wilt go 1p solid phalanx to the poils scream- ing for “Bill” Bell. Hf this does Dot tilustrate the dit- ference betwoen the two ten | will let their friends describe them at greater length, for 1t would be bardly Justice to give only the impressions which I got in ® few hours’ conversation with each of THK RIVAL CANDIDATES. In the first place, Mr. Bell bas been, as he acknowl f,a politician and an office-older for twenty- Jour years, or since bo twenty-four years old, whieh figures account exaetly for his age—viz., forty- eight, During this time he bas held the positions of Sheriff and Auditor of his county and various local offices until his election two years ago to be Seeretary of State, He is corpulent, an evident Lon vivant and, as may be inferred, jolly and jovial, with curly hair and a pleasant liquid eye. He is generous to a fault, and bis friends say that, like Harold Skimpole, he looks on money as the tilthiest of luere and as intended only Jor most rapid circulation whoever may be its p Ho ia the hati-fellow-well-met kind, without, p an avowed cnemy, Gifted with the ability to converse genially and to make a good offhand speech, he reminds a New Yorker of the Tammany politicinus of the olden days—even as fur back as the Pewter Mug times—ainong whom he might be facile princeps, He might, incced, be @ transplanted Tamimanyite. He is devoid of the peculiar Western idiom and speak: with the diction of a metropolitan. A democrat now and a democrat always, the worst charge against him ia that he didn’t sympathize with the war for the Union, but rather, lio many of hig brethren, opposed it, altbough it would be going too far to say that ho earned so harsh au epithet as COPPERUKAD OR SECESSIONIST, Whatever ilsieeling a political opponent may have for him he disarms hit of when they come together, such is his good nature and courtesy. ip contrast with this picture Milton Barnes ts tho tall and rather spare average Western Yankee—to use a term the rebels gave us In the war—with a serious fuce and a somewhat dyspeptic temperament. rie reminds New Yorker of ex-Governor Feuton; but he is with- out the collected expression and forcible dignity of Mr. Fenton, He has clear, they would in tact be called beautiful eyes, the whiies being as glossy and bright as Dresden china. fis har, which is gray on bis head ed, and jet black in bis mustache und whiskers, except at the tps where the gray shows slightly, is woundant. and wiry, Unlike “BUN? Bell! be is not. an orator of any force. or great eloquence, although he is a lawyer by profeseion and has becn the prosecuting ollicer of his county. He 1s reserved almost to shyness, and when he was ap- proached Ou the subject of his views for the press withdrew within the circle of his friends at republican headquarters and referred me to them for an account of his sentiments and opinions. And this consignment of him to his reterecs brought out a somewhat curious phase of the campaign, tustrative of the perversion and contortion things are likely to undergo in the beat of a political canvass, We all know for a proverb that politics mukes strange bediellows, but it is not gen- erally known outside of Ohio what CURIOUS MATERIAL polities will make a siander out of. For instance, the gravest slander” alleged against Mr, Barnes, accord- ing to the republican journals, is that he 1s a teetotaler, And to give gravamen to this charge I saw in the democratic procession the other night a transparency “No Crusader tu Uurs!’? Now all this “slander” and recrimination are based upon Mr. Burnes’ sympathy and connection with the crusading movement against the whiskey saloons a year or two ago. In retutauon of the “slander” his — friends say that be was simply chairman of the Committee on Resolutions in bis own town of Cam- bridge, when his ueighvors took part with the cru- sadere, and that he did not write the resolutions, but ented them In his official capucity after he the striking out of the most objection- able und crazy of them. This is the leading charge made against him, its object being to alicuate the Ger- mans. among Whom the crusaders were locally known as “muckers,”” whatever tay be the translation of so evident a (erm of opprobrium, as well as the liquor dealing and liquor using classes, to whom Mr. Barnes and bis teetotalism can never be welcome as long they-beleve with the poet that ‘The little fools they drink too much, ‘The gromt ones pone at ail. But there is, or rather there was, yet another “slan- dor” against Mr, Barnes, He was accused of being op posed to secret societios and of having goue so far us to petition the Logislature that no member of a secret society night be allowed to siton a jury. If you only bad such a law in New York what a rush there would be among your business wen to join the first secret society they could get into, even if it were THK SONS OF MALTA. bad pre He disproved the charge, however, some of the Odd Fellows here, it i said, having made an investigation im pursuance of ‘his inyi- tation, or at bis challenge. Be this as it may, the “slanaer was started in order to take from him the votes of the anti-secret society element in politics and society, an organized force of so wuch tmport- ance that 14 numbers 100 voters in Noble county aione, adjacent to Mr. Barnes’ county, and worth consider: jug in election times, The *siander,”” which was in- tended to be “a good enough Morgan” until alter the second Tuesday of October, bas been fully dissipated, or nearly so, it is thought, and the republicans are mach ier tor it, Mr, Barnes 1s two years the junior of his rival, being only forty-six years of age. He was a gallant soldier inthe war, went out as private and came back colonel. His firsts name would seem to indicate that a genoration and a halt ago the people of Obio bad allen in love with the poet of ‘Paradise Lost,’ whose name is perpetuated im so many of her middle-aged citizens—Milton Barues, Milten Sayier, Milton Southard and Milton Courtright being among many which migbt becited in illustration of their predilection for bis patronymic. INTKRVIRW WITH MR. DRL I found Mr. Bell at bis office in the State House, where, in the 1utervals between the many calls upon his attention in the transaction ol the routine of busi- ness of Secretary of State, be cheeriuliy gave me lis views of his own candidacy and of the state and Prost dential campainns. I have already told you bow clear an insight General Ewing gave me of the temper aud intentions of the German voters, Mr. Bell gave me quite a8 intelligent au account of What the soft money men and probivitionists were going to do, “It wouldn't be discreet,” he said, to snswer my first question, “to tell you where our strength lies 1m Vhio. You wouldn't ask me to betray our weak points to the enemy, and Lam not gomg to inform them, through the ‘press, where our strongholds are, Ab bad general wao would disclose such ibler- mation to the other side.”” tly asked him for the caicalation of tho vole by counties anu districts by which he expected to be élected. He was averse, as you Bee, to giving tt. “Phe currency question, L nd, is not likely to be mucii of an issue in the State election?” “No,” be aud, “the greenback question docs not enier into the contest. Ever since the Cineipnati Conveution—our State Convention, t an" “he one at which you were nominated 2”? “Yes. Ever since thet Convention the greenback men bave bad no reason jor diference with their brotier democrats.” He then recalled the history of the two reports of the committee on the money question at tbat Conven- tion, the majority favoring bard money, which was tabied and rejected, and the minority or soft money | resolutions, Which were advorated by Tom Ewing, arried them through by storm, 1, again, Geveral Cary was a member of the cepluzes and iudorsement of lmed the greenback men, They wh loquenc bi Convention, and bis tts work satigied and “You louk for uo logs of the democratic vote un this issue, therefore ?”” sir (emphatically). With the resolutions at dd those at St. Louts as our platiorms, ination o1 4, nocracy of Ohio were nover so substantially united us they are to-day." “Why,” he went on, alter a pause, “I have just re- turved Irom a tour 9! fifty-three of the eighty-erght couvties of the State, and T found vot a malcontent, Tbave had m proach me who assured me they are juing to vote for me who never voted the democratic ticket belore, anu (hey gave me names of men who ng to do Just as they were’ ou bave a third ticket in the feld for Secretary of , the probibitionists’. at do they amouut tof? cll, they have nominated the Rev pman, of Dayton, tor Secretary of State, Mr. £. 8. They | polled about 10,000 votes two years ago, when I ran tor nd lust year only about 2,500 votes. my present oifie ‘The rest of their vote went to Ha, “Did they hold a regular couvention ?”? “Ob, yes; they do every year, This nomination of Mr. Chapman corresponds in the State to the nomina- tion of Green Clay Smith for President.” ‘What vote will they poll (nis year?” “There ss just this about it Two years ago, when I ran as | told you, and the year before that, when Gov. ernor Allen was elected by the democrats, they polled rut 10,000, But last year the republicans wok ad- any little things, maiters of no serious they ingeniously used against ux, and r ut Drobibition Vote dropped to about Hav if the eampaizn bad Leen divested of these ues Which Were magnitied into importance and turned against ue to our mjury; If the promibitionists tad maintained therr organization and voted in their strength as they did in the year when Governor Alien ran 0 , Wo years ago, J ran, Governor Hayes would have been beaten,” Here was food jor reflection. The words of the Speaker set @ long tran of thought in movon, Sup: pose, I thought, this bandtal of tectotalers had not been wou over to vote Jor the republican ticket im Obio last Ovtober, Would pot the republican nom- ince for Governor have becn distanced in the race? And if 80, who Would now be the repabiican candidace | Colonel John for Prosident if Rutherford B. ‘of bis little village of Fremont? ven it up after a few moments I returned ‘And where will their vote go now??? Mr. Beil might have said, “Thereby hangs a tale but he was less poetic and more logical in his answe! “Tbe prohibitionists bad another Convention here in Columbus not very long ago, and they adopted reaolu- tons find: fault with Governor Hayvs and the repub- licau Legisiature whom they helped ‘to elect last year. They charged Governor Hayos and the Legisiature with proving false to their pledges of reiorm in the matter of the liquor business. You see, they poured petitions into Columbas asking mene in favor of the tem- perance cause, and they have been sadly disappointed.” “According to this the probibitionists are not in love with the republican ticket?" “1t is my impression that the prohibition party have resolved pretty generally to stand by their own orgaul- zation," Vbat about the German vote?” 'e have them with us this year. When I speak of the German vote [ include tho largo element of Hebrews in Obio, who are reconciled to us on account o/ the bard money principles of Mr. Tilden,” : “Then you feel quite confident of being elected, Mr. ” don’t boast. I leave that sort of thing to the republicans, ‘they say that Hayes being an Obio man will be the reason of their carrying the State But! am going to work." ‘And here the speaker added acharacteristic sentence in which, for the first time, be uabended into the jolly sort of a tellow be bad beea described to me by all who had told me of him, “You can’t accomplish anything that 1s excellont without labor, and | am not laboring without hope. It Tam beaten I'sball bave the assurance of having given the other side a ‘dusty’ hunt Remember,” Le went on, “1 don’t despise my com- petitor when I'tell you so. Mr. Barnes is a gentleman in every sense of the word; but he is impracticable, und it would be very difficult to make him otherwise. Lam satistied that any republican who basu’t examined the facts and the Mgures and who counts on an easy tory will wake up to find himself wotully mis- taken.” e last question, Are you a hard o: soft money mocrat, and have adhered to the platform of the party for the past four years, or ever since this question of the currency was introduced into politics. Tindorse the platiorm of our State Convention.” 1 his was as near as hie would go to defining bis posi- tion upon this delicate ground, WHAT JOUN Q, THOMPSON BAYS. In my further search tor light upon the probable ro- sult of the contest im October | again called upon Thompson, chairman of the demo- cratic Central Goumitiee, whom I found, ae beiore, {inmersed m business. “Weil, Colonel,” I said, ‘they give you no rest in this work ?”” ‘hey keep us comfortably bury,” be returned, sen- tentiously, and tearing open a telegram. “I am going to ask you a plump question thia time. On what calculation do you expect to succeed wext month?” He paused in perusing bis telegrams and got inter- ented, “A simiple one, We elected Bell two years ago by 17,000 majority. Last year we were beaion by a plu- rality of 5,500 tor Huyes. It you deduct the 2,600 votes cast forthe prohibition candidate the majority of Hayes was leas than 3,000. But it is a curious fact that in the total vote for State officers the gubernato- rial vote ran about 2,500 ind the average vote for the rest of the ticket, Most of those 2,500 were prob- ably democrats,” (fhe wmierence was that they bad “scratched” the name o: Governor Allen from ‘their baliots and voted the rest of the ticket, but tho speaker didn’t wish to say as much.) ‘We discovered the fact afterward. Nowa further allowanee for these discontented democrats shows that, with all the disadvantages we were contending against, Hayes’ majority was really nothing. The republicans got the ollices, but they didn’t get the fight. The democrats didn’t regard it as a defeat, and they didn’t, therefore, look upon it as a republican victory. Pi Faas ig said to be hard at work organizing hio¥? “Ohio ig already organized thoroughly—(sharply). We do not know what Mr. Tilden {s doing, beyond sead- ing documents to the names we havo turowhed, But the democrats of Ono claim to have the best, the most efficient political organization in the country.” (Proudly. ) I returned to the original topic, “Your strength this year will come in part from Bai ” weakness??? at’s it, Barnes is a crusader. On account ot him the ropublicaus will lose all the independent, lib- eral German vote, ’ **You do pot mean liberal in its political sense?” o; | mean liberal minded men And they will lose a good rrany of the liberal class, among Ameri- caus as woll as among the Germans—men who do not believe in the bigoted and prejudicod ideas of the cru- saders,”? “What ig the report from the greenback men ?”” “They have organizeu and will vote tickets for Con- gress in the Sixth and Seventeenth distric it 1 re- met Tight, but they are not opposing the state They will vote for Bell.” nother plain questiou. Boasting and extrava- re aside, Whut do you expect your majority will ticket, gal be M1 the way from 10,000 to 20,000, We regard last ear a8 a drawn battle. Our forces were even then, at jeust; but we now know Where we have already gained largely since last year,’? “What do you think you will do in the Cougressioval representation ?”? ‘We shall elect all our men in the districts we now hold, and one, if not two more. We shali elect Hudson over Foster in the Tenth district, and we have an even chance of electing Poston in the Fifteenth, not to speak of Lambon’s chances tn the Soventeonth.” ‘ ee you elect Jack Casement in Garfield's dis- ict?” lardly, but he will at least pull down Garfield’s mae jority to 1,000 or 2,060, and make a big inroad in the vote for the republican State ticket.” INPERENCKES—REFLECTIONS. It Is safe to predict that the contest will be very close, The caiculation of the republicans that they have placated the Gerwans, whose desertion was tho cause of their defeat 1n 1874, is upset by the vigorous use the democrats have made of Barnes’ connection with the crusaders. Franz Sigel has also given partial check to Carl Schurz in the effore to retain this vote, the alliance of which with the republicans gave Gover- nor Hayes his victory last year. With the Germans all againat them last year the democrats were bareiy , beaten. this year. ‘The greenback men will not count against either party in the State clection, They are mostly and largely democrats, but will vole the regular party tickets. It would be folly to altow anything for the liberals in opposition either to Goveruor Hayes or the republican Suite icket. All the leaders, like Geueral Banning, who committed themselves too fully to retreat, wil stay In the democratic camp, but the rank and to are as republican as ever they were. a Democrats exag.erate and republicans depreciate the Tesult of the State election ag an eftect upon the Presi- dential campaign, In conversation, the otherday, with a weil posted democrat, | was surprised to be told by bit that while he should vote tor Beli for Secretary of State he would vote for Hayes tor President. “You sec,’ he said, “wo never did like Tilden in Ohio.” What he said sug: gests (he possibility that alter the State election ts out oi the way and the Presidential canvass is more imine- diately entered upon, the currency question will brewk out Alrest as an issuc iu the Ohio campaign. The wound ts closed over now, but it remains to be seen whether it will mot be torn open again when the poli- Vicians begin the national contest in real earnest, It should be remembered that of all the candidutes put in bomination at SL Lous Wiliam Allen wae Obto’s iret choice aud Samuel J, Tilden ber very last, You cau trace the signs of her disappointment apd resentment to tuts hour, Many of the solt money democrats will either not vote at all or vote fur Hayes. It is true both candidates are hard money men; theirs ts the case of a distivetion without @ difference, but Tilden wade bimsell obooxious as such, and many greenba emo crats will Le likely to vote for Hayes out of “pure cuss- edness,’ all of which goes to show again that, be what the result may in October, Governor Hayes is rure of Ohia's eleciorai vote. ‘They stand to get a large portion of their vote ‘om Judiaua we have recent word by Judge Ditten- umbus hoefer, of New York, who passed through © yesierday. Ho estimates the expected repub Jority ut irom 8,000 to 6,000. He thinks We greenvack ‘voie will be made up evenly from tbe two parin will therefore burt pe: A TALK WITH GOVERNOR HAYES. One of the most accessible public men iv Olio is the first man im Ohio. 1.8 presence to the Executive chamber, which he attends from about nine in the wraibg Until four or five o'clock in the afternoon, ws ily levee, bis callers at this ime being largely in- creased by aiverstous trom the thrgngs going to’ and cowing trom the Cenienaia, In view of tus uecessi- Dilly 16 might be supposed that the interviewer Would have a perennial sourco of items at the Columbus State Houge; and so be would were he not so uuiner- ous a being that im the multiplicity of bimself ne proved too great a Strain upon even the large colloquial powers of the interviewed, who was, ta sell-detcuce, forced to retire into silence. 1 bad veen auvised of tis rovervation on the part of the republican eundidate for Presiceut, tut 1 had “iustruc- tions on the subject with which | utd do no less than try to comply. A one-armed veteran ushered me—no, ho didn’t usher—there isn’t abitof style’? abuut the establishment—be led ine right jato tue Execuuve chamber sans cérémonic, and before Leame away I found tuat tho great American public cume and Weut, just as ireely us if the apart ment were @ public library, tendering their respects, and getting the occupant’s frank and pieasant ackuowl edgments in return, While awaitwg the retura of Jovernor Hayes, who was temporarily absent in au upteroom conversing with a epecial visitor, | bad time to survey the vaulied chamber, and found spread around tts wails a history of Obio'ia the shape of por- traits of every Governor who presided over her des- tinies irom the early Territorial days, when the ances- tor of all the Harrisons went about m knee breeches and a cocked hat, down to tho ceutennial of the Republic. This last and latest portrait strack me for- civly on account of one novel feaiuro, While the other, particularly the old logy, predecessors of the incumbent of the office were, like the usual portraits of great men, taken, many of thet, in the stereotyped atutude of leaning ou & volume, supposed to be the constitution, or with a sinail Jaw library m their back- ground, Governor Hayes is painted In a quiet, sit. | ting posture, with the great American teacher, law wepapor—in his hand. It giver and civilizer—the er 18 folded once across is all xo natural, too. The from top to bottom, and thy across jn the mid- dio, Jost as every ordinary sensible reader folds it when he sits down to peruse its contents leisurely and intel ligently, and he bas just lowered it to bis kico and has Taised big eyes (0 point blank range, as if to look at the spectator. [ leave you to philosophize editoriaily over incident of the pictare and tell the public what rf of tan ft indicates the original to Bo. Tho apartment was quite gayly dressed ip regimental colors im honor of a recent visit of the Boys iu Blue, From Hayes were rosticating | the north window a direct view was had tnrough the teeming rain of the Goveruor’s modest residence, with the now famous “hull bedroom,” which 1s his unpre- tending study. My observations by the entrance of the Governor, whose voice, and hight baritone, 1 beard through the doorway bid- ding adieu to bis visitor. You know him at once from bis pictures, and you fancy you bave often seen him vefure, the lace is so familar. You forges moment- arily that you have seen his pictures so often and erywhere, The luce is autump, its abundant cover- ing O! hatr being yellow, russet brown, and difier- ing strangely in color both tn itself and trom the bair on top, which is tinged with gray to a slate color. Boing warmly grected, | made known my mission, and, despite the warning I bad been given, my recep- on was none the less cordial. “The Hxkatp, Governor Hayes,” 1 went on to ox- plain, “ UXious to get at the probable result 12 Obio, and your views at such a time would be greatly appre- ciated, I would like to be the channel of their com- munication to the puulic. “In view of my position,” he replied affably with asintle, “I have deemed it advisable met to ray anything more about public matters—thas 16, unless 1 am constrained by circumstances. "? He had relerence to the charze about bis income re- turns and that of bis alleged connection with secret po- litical societies which had forced him to break silence, I pressed my request, but be was resolute, Tne dread- ful accident on the Panhandle Railroad, occurring so near Columbus, had made a great sensation 10 the city. He turned interviewer and wanted to know bow se- rious the affair bad and when I had told bm “Iv is woudertul that the accidents have been s0 few, with so many trains going to aud {rom the Centennial crowded with people trom all over the country.” “I undersiand that Curl Schurz, while be was your guest tho other sured you there was nothing in the report of his proposed retirement from the list of republican speakers?” he did. There was nothing fn it.” But did 18 not originate in Washington ?”” “Itinay have; but it was used bere by the demo- crate; they circulated it in Ohio. “Your Iriends are quite sanguine of success,” “Ob, yes; things are drifting in our favor. year of drift in favor of the republ can party.” That was a graceful complituent on the ernor Hartranft—ono of your competitors at Ciucin- nati—when be called yesterday with his deputation of Boys in Blue and puid you his own and their respects so warmly. “Governor Hartranft is an earnest man, We were together part of the time during the war,” ‘The conversation vere took a turn to the topic of the Governor’s career in connection with the corps of General Burnside in the Ariwy of the Potomac, on which be was questioned in ny desire to identity some mutual acquaintances, of whom wo ‘ound many. He then inquired after some iriends in New York, and having satistied him concerning them I took my leave, He accompanied me to the door, with, possibly, a hos- pitable mtuntion. bareheaded as he wai for as the damp exterior of the Executive chamber, but I eluded such an honor by « speedy departure, KANSAS POLITICS. UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN THE CANVASS—DAMAGING CHARGES AGAINST MR, ANTHONY, THE BE- PUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVEBNOR—POsSI- BILITY OF HIS DEFEAT—THE STATR SURE FOR HAYES BY A HEAVY MAJORITY. Toreka, Sept, 25, 18768. The canvass in this State ig marked with more activity than has characterized any campaign since the war, Baptized in the blood and fire,of abolition- isin, Kansas bas always been intensely republican, and to-day has no rival, except lowa, ag a stronghold of ultra radicalism, With the masses the highest com- mendation for a candidate {s the exhibition of wounds received in the war against slavery, and no deeper disgrace cau befall an aspirant than the taunt of cop- perheadism. For the first time since the war the dem- ocrats are thoroughly organized und disputing every inch of ground with @ pertiuacity that surprises the republican leaders, ‘The gubernatorial canvass is unprecedentedly hot Recently some damaging disclosures have been mado, invojying the personal integrity of Captain George T. Anthony, the republican nominco—a ciroum- stance which has encouraged the democrats to push their claims before the people with uncommon energy. When nominated Anthony was spoken of as ‘a splendid product of Western olvill- zation,’ with less culture than Ingalls, but head and shouldera ubove him as # representative of the austere virtues and uncompromisin: radical sentiment of the State. Shortly after bis nomination detrimental re- ports began to be circulated, until they assumed the following uetinite shape:—‘That in 1861-2, while a partnér in the commercial house of Hill, Anthony & Co, wt Topeka, he was cognizant of trauds perpe- trated by the firm, consiguments being sold and no Money returned to the cousiguees.’’ The democrats claim that {bey have other charges in reserve, but it is quite probable that this is « mere threat which they inceud to houd in terrorem over the heads of their op- ponents. OPPOSITION OF REPUBLICAN JOURNALS, Theso charges bave been barped upon from week to week and day to duy, until a number of republion papers have hauled down Apthony’s name and demand. ed an investigation by the Republican State Central Committee, some of the best republican journals i the State, including the Leavenworth Times, Baxter S Republican, Vopeka Bade, Emporia Ledger, + Lantern, Waterville Telegraph, Garnett Pidindeater and Chase County Courint are ‘intensely hostile to Anthony, and insist upon bis peremptory removal from the ticket. So strong has been the pressure that the Stato Central Committee have sum- moned Mr. Anthony trom Philadeiphia, where be is Visiting, to appeur betore that bouy next Tuesday and vindicate himself, It is beheved by the most prom- ent republicans of the State that he will be avlo to clear himself to the satisfaction of the committee, and will therefore remain on the ticket. In such an event it would be Ho unaccountable spectacle tu see a State whieh gave Grant a majority of 32,000 elect a demo- cratic Governor. THE DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL NOW'XRE 1s Mr. Jolin Martin, a solid citizen of tnis city, aman of irreproachable character and with a record which 1s unassailable, Moreover, he 1# a quict, shrewd worker, aud fas proven unexpectedly effective in winning friends for bis Heket, The democrats count lim a vig card in their desperate game, and even their shrewdest leauers have sue confidence of playing him success. fully against a candidate weighed down with so much bad reputation, Should the Repablican Committe displuce Mr, Anthony It 1 quite certain that Mr, Jobo B. Guthrie will be substituted, as he was a cand)- date for the pomination and only beaten by thirteen votes. Should such a contingency as the p'acing of Guthrie at the head of the ticket arise he will carry by 25,000 majority. This majority may be put down for Hayes and Wheeler without reference to the State ticket. TUN CONGRESSIONAL STRUGGLE. Kansas has three Congreasional districts. Tho First. aod = Third have assured republican majorities; the Second is democratic In the First it i safo to say that W. A. Phillips, the preseut wbent and noitnee, will be re- 000 majority over his democratic oppo- nant, I. P. Feuion, The present representative of the Second district 8 Hon. Joun KR, Goodin, who is the uomivee of bis purty lor re-election, and will, no doubt, | be returned to Washington. He is’ tor Peter Cooper. Inthe Third district Mr. Thomas Ryan is the repub- lean nominee, and opposed tobim is Mr. LL. Davis, one of the delegates to ine St Louis Convention, Tho district will go republican by an overwhelming m: jority. Throughout the legistative districts the can Vase 1s exciting, both parties bending themselves to ihe work of organization with unexampied enthusiasm, ‘The Comocrats have exercised yreat shrewduess in selecting . nd Will Win some republhi- can votes, s democrats aro aliuost unanimous for , and Jor this reason their State and leg. islative tickets Will control a noticeable percentage of republican votes, The republican votes on joint bale Jot in tae Legislature will andoubtedly be diminished, bat, in proportion to population, the State will give @ larger majority tor Hayes and Wheeler than any other State in the Union, AN APPEAL TO NORTHERN syMPaTuY, {From tho Charleston News and Courier, Sept. 22.) In our extremity we of Massachusetts and the other States of the “Old Thirteen” a fair and patient hearing, 1m order that our countrymen may know, as they have never known, the desperate pass to which imbecility and corruption have brought « quarter of a million of American citizens in South Carolina, to insuro Whose ‘“domestje tranquillity,” with that of their countrymen, the constitution of the Unied States wae ordained and established. First—A month ago the colored laborers in the coun- ties of Beaufort and Colleton strack ior higher wages, Many of the hands were willing to work at ihe aa- vanced rate given at the beginning of harvesting, but the ringleaders drove such taborera from the fields, set upon them, Uruised them with e/ubs and brutally Whipped them, {0 this hour the two counties uamed are Wh a perturbed condition, Secoud—tu Charleston, on September 6, a radical negroes aitucked two colored were defended by & party ot white citizens. fig In the t that ensucd one man was Kilied and several per- were grievously wounded. For some hours the 410 rioters held Undisputed possession of the priu- cipal thoroughtare of the euy, Thivd—At tho beginning of this week a posse with a constable, bearing a warrant tor the arrest of @ negro charged with assault and robbery of au aggravated character, were tired upon near Ellenton by a crowd of negroes, with whom the lugitive from justice hud taken refuge, These negroes have since burned two welling houses and number of barna They re- moved the rails on the Port Koyal Ratiroad, threw a tram from the track and fired into the train, They threaten even now to burn the villages on the line of road. Fourth—In the quiet town of Aiken the white cite gens on Friday night slepton their aris; the blacks having beaten the (0 ‘oll and inanifested an inten tion to use the tore! r Weapon of offence than shotgun or bludgeon, Fijtk—In Mariou, the other day, & negro resisted arrest, and, with his companions, tired upon and wounded one of the Shorif’s posse who attempted to arrest bim. Sizth—The Deputy Shoriff of Barnwell, a republican, | above par. SHEET, 19 ambuscaded and wounded by of tho officer with bim were ridd! The facts we give, stripped to the bare truth, and ca- pable of confirmation by a cloud of trustworthy wit- Nesees, exhibit the situation of the low country of South Carolina, where the negroes predo! Le. th or more the white citizens have been ip immin ea assassin threatens them by day and the barn by night. ‘The State government ts ta undisputed session of the republican party. What bas been done by th ‘State government, or by local ollicors, to restore to th Peope, under the constitution, the inalienable rights sjoying and defending their lives aud liberties, of acquiring, possessing and protgeting property, and of seeking and obtaining their suiety and happiness 1” First—In Beaulort aineteen of the Combabee noters wero arrested. All save tive were discharged The remaiving Ove were tricd on Wednesday, Their guilt was admitted; po defence was made, They were «Promptly acquitted. P Scoond—-A thow of authority was made in Collot Dut the rioters pursued the Deputy Sheriff and poss: rescued their prisoner and drove the “minions of the jaw’? in derision back to Waterboro’, The Sheriff of Colleton reports that he carnot execute the processes 01 the law in the lower part of the county. Third—In Charleston one solitary arrest bas been made, aud that was, after long uelay, upon the altida- vit of a citizen who bad been assaulted. The city au- thorities hear noibing, nothing, attempt nothing. Fourth—No arrests in Barnwell or Aiken! No ar- rests at Ellenton or Hattioville! + Fifth—Whero are the courts? The rauical jadge/of the circuit in which the main disturbances tako place horries into court before the appointed hour of meet ing and adjourns at once, It was the day fur the open- ing of the regular term, and ap adjournment without day is ordered, without reference to the rights of pris- oars the wishes of counsel or the convenience of the jurors. Sizth—Where is the Governor of the State? With the murderous volleys of the Ellenton rioters ringing in bisears, bu deserted bis post on Monday night last, and hicd Him to Siassachuset Several white neu bave been killed in the different combats, and a number of negroes are reported to be Slain, The negroes believe themselves to be above the luw, and act upon this belief, The State is threatened with a war of races. The State government, trom Governor down, encourages the lawless negroes to further excess by the failure to stamp out tho first germs of disorder. —, And the whites! Whatare they doing? For their own protection and that of peacetul colored citizens they bave organized themselves to every district. It is the whites who maintain order wherever order reigns. The executive calls upon the United States troops to arrest the Ellenton outlaws, and at ther coming the whites withdraw, But these troops, what- over their gulluptry, cannot gather at every fireside which is menaced with desolation; nor can they, what- ever their great good will, take the place which is filled by Governor, sheri, judge and jury, 12 a community where civil is Supreme, In the low country of South Carolina to-day there is reither civil law nor miliary law. Neither the sword nor the toga com- mands and maintains peace. In Charleston and tn Columbia squads of armed civilians belongtog to the diferent organizations assemcle each Light in thor armorics, under their officers, ready to de- fend, musket in band, their imperiled hearths and homes, Tho two ehicf cities of South Carolina are armed camps. Every white citizen is enrolled, and within an hour the whole body of whites, young and old, can be assembled for the performance of tue func- tions which belonged to the State governmeut—when South Carolina bad a government. Founded in tgno- Trance and hate, bolstered up by seltishness and vice, the fabric fell to pieces at the first touch of danger, ut the first call for other public work than robbery and rayitte, For the low country the civil government is gone, Charleston 16 sate in person and property; 80 is Columbia, The whites are paramount there. But the whites in the country districts, where their numbers aro few, are contronted by perils too monstrous to describe. Loss of lie and property 1s the least of them! Such ts the condition of South Carolina to day! THE EMPIRE STATE. THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN DUTCHESS, ORSNGE AND OTHER COUNTIES—CHARGES AGAINST GOVERNOR MORGAN—A GENERAL INCREASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE THROUGH THE RIVER COUNTIES ANTICIPATED. ALBANY, Sept. 27, 1876. After having “done” very thoroughly Rockland and Ulster counties, the HeRaLb’s correspoudent made a hasty scout through the couuties of Urange, Dutchess, Greene, Columbia, Rensselaer, Albany and Scnenec- tady, finally reaching this place at a late hour last evening. In the course of bis investigations he ascer- tained that, probably with the exception of Columbia county—the birthpiace of Governor Tilden—the demo- cratic vote on the Presidential electoral ticket will be increased over the Greciey vote in 1872 fully ten per cent in some of the counties named, willie in some of the others it will be above that percentage. In 1972 Greeley’s vote in the State was 387,000, Grant’s 440,000, 827,000 iu all, The estimated increase in the demo- cratic vote will make it about 450,000, which will bea mujority-over all the votes inthe State. It must be understood that the estimate of your correspondent is based only upon the counties he has vis- ited im the lower or river counties, with some of the central counties, leaving New York, Westchester, Putaam, &c, to roll up or cut down the figures of 1872, Last year Putnam gave 528 republican mayority on the vote for Secretary of State, It is expected that it will not do so well the Preseut year fur the republican ticket, if it does not swing around altogether and give a democratic ma- jority. In Albany county your correspondent found thatavery healthful and satisfactory feeling existed among the democrats, notwithstanding Mr. Tilden’s personal unpopularity in the capital of the State, Tho desire for a change, fora reform administration, 18 80 great as to compictely overshadow any disinciination to support Mr. Tilden. Tbere is very little heard of Hayes or Morgan in Albany city and county. The policy of the republicans 1s to JGNORK MORGAN IN THE CANVASS for the reason that he is a vulnerable candidate, Lucius Robinson, the democratic candidate for Gover- hor, on the contrary ig invulnerable to attack, The only objection to be urged against the latter is the fact that he acted with the republican party on the slavery question. The weakness of Morgan is to bo ascribed to his connection with the renowned veteran lobbyist who was instrumental tn procuring bis pom!- nation. It is farther urged against Morgan that while be was State Senator he used bis position as a member of the railroad committee to procure the passage of the New York Central Consolidauon act. The effect of this act was tnis:—Having first purchased tne Troy and Schenectady Railroad, a bankrupt corporation, for re song, the owners of the profitable railroud were forced to adinit this comparatively worthless concern into their consulidavon at u price considerably This operation was exposed on the the Senate im 186i by Hon A. J. Colvin, republican Senator trom Alvany. It created great excitement at the time, but Uta ellect was lost sight uf in consequence of the over- shadowing agitation resulting trom the outbreak ot the rebellion, Mr. Colvin charged that Morgan, who was then Govervor, made $1,160,000 by ths “ittle game” — afact thathas never been denied. How tar this cir- cumstance may affect the canvass remains to be seen, It should be noted, however, that Governor Morg: bas never been a cabdidate belore the people since this jon was exposed. He has been elected United States Senator by the Legistature—bat the quality that endears one to the average legisiator is not upt to en- hance lus popularity with the people. Hence, on the Score of persona! integrity and exemption from the corrupt influences of the jobby, the democratic cundi- dato lor Governor prosents a striking contrast to his competitor, which cannot fail to operate to his advan- lage im Lue present coniest SCHENECTADY COUNTY. lu Schenectady couuty ihe greenback party soems to be in the ascendant, Luke Dodge ts an active sup- porter of Peter Cooper, If Luke's vote can accom plist wt the eicetiou of President will be tirown int the House. But this is a Dodge that will probabiy not work, Clarkson N. Potter was the favorite of tue Schenectady ‘county democracy for the democratic bomnation tor Governor at Saratoga. Among the tore. most of their delegates was Case ‘Thompson, formerly a conductor on the original Schenectady aud Cuca Ratiroud thirty years ago, Ho 1s now & prominent banker in Schenectady anda firm supporter of Tilden for President and Robinson for Governor, Another enthusiasile dcinocrat in Schenectady ts James Cravg, wiio claims Schenectady county tor Tilden by a decided jority. Stili auother active democrat iu Scacnectady ts Colonel Bob Furman. He 1s oa the warpath, indus- triousty seeking republican scaips, He is aided by Colovel Shea, who hes been Colonel Bob's canuidate for State Prisoa Inspector tor the iast quarter of acentury, The progress of public improvemeats in Seheneci: is marked by the most detestable railroad station in America, Although politics engrors a reasonable share of attoution among the Schenectady people, and a:though hey manifested some anxiety as wo the effects of General Newton's explosion at Gate last Sunday upon the outbuildings of Union © lege, yet the principal object of interest that occupr the puble mind is the probable color or the beu whieh Peter Jenkins ts to paint next spring. No house bas been parted in Schenectady jor thé last forty years. 1t ts said that Schenectady was Onished aud Tenced ia a pood many years ago. But there is one ng; that execrable railroad depot ought to Robody could enter it. The whol jation of the State will concur in this ‘Millions for de tence, not one scent for floor — of THE CAMPAIGN IN CENTRAL NEW YORK will be opened ou Friday evening next in Utica by a speech from ex-Governor Seymour, who will preside at a democraue rally, Governor Seymour is at pres entona visit to some of his relatives im Cazenovia, having dri over there with his triend John G. Crocker a day or two since. The imcioment weath may delay bis return until the day of meeting. Sen- ator Con K takes the stamp tor Hayes in Busca on Tuesday ovening next The U! oratic) of this evening, referri ator Conkling 18 coming oat for Hayes, says:—‘'Ha' ing become eatisied in tis own mind tbat Hayes cann be elected, Conkling goes on the stump tor him." Conkling’s roiusal to take any partim the fight thus far has beon made the subjevt of unfavorable comment Da mong reform republicans all over the coustry. Hine te lachryma. THE DEMOCRATIO CANVASS IN ALBANY has begun in earnest. The candidate tor Coogress is Terence J. Quinn, a wealthy brewer. He is now the. nominee of the united democracy of Albany count; He was deteated wo years ago by a apht, the Meegh: or anti-Argus faction having sapported Eli Perry. The prospect 1s that Terry (us be is familiarly called) will be elected this yeur, as the democracy of Albany county 18 fully organized and enthusiastic, the club organization, under the general mapazement of Colonel Joun 8S Dickerman, the genial auctioneer, pene tee ticularly distinguished tor ns thorough discipline, The Jacksonian Club, a combination of the civic and mil tary eloments, 18 powerful auxiliary in the regular deimocratic system in Albany county. ANDREW H GREEN FOR MAYOR Arrangements have been made for a mass meeting, to be held at Cooper lostitute on Saturday evening, the 7th of October, for the purpose of tendering An- drew H. Green the citizeas’ nomination for the office of Mayor. Calls for the meeting are in circulation, and a large gathering 1s anticipated, EPISCOPAL DIOCESAN CONVENTION. TERMINAL PROCEEDINGS—BISHOP POTTER'S AD- » DRESS—REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, &C, Tho Convention reassembled yosterday moraing at ten o'clock, The preliminary religious services were € jucted by Bisuop Potter, assisted by Reva RF Crary, Thomas Harris and W. W. Montgomery. Af eleven A. M. the Convention was called to order for business and the minutes were read und approved. The Chareb of the Holy Trinity, in Highlands, N. ¥., asteé to be admitted to union with this Convention, The cbarch was organized and incorporated under the gem eral laws of 1854 auchoriziog the incorporation of sock ettes for the establishment of free churches. Its cer- Uileate does not rocite that it isto remain in the Protes: tant Episcopal deuominauion “forever,” ag a canon of the Convention passed after its incorporation (1872) re quires, The Commi! on the Incorporation and Aa 4 mission of Churches reported last yéar and this ad- versely to the request of the church. Mr, E. T, Gerry thereupon disseuted from the committeo's report, read amemorial trom the Highlands church, argued im - favor of its admission, and moved that it be ad- mitted. Mr, Charlies Tracey argued against lis ad- mission, and Mr, J, Emott—all three lawyers— on the ground that the canon does not prohibit it, argued in favor of receiving it Dra Beach and Eigenbrodt spoke on the case also. The latter offered a substitute to Mr. Gerry's motion to refer the case te the Committee oa Canons to cousider and report, which ’ was rejected, and the Church of Holy Trinity was ad- mitted. The Free Church of St. John at Glonham, Fishkill, was also admitted and its delegates received. > THR BISHOP'S ADDRE=8. In opening the Bishop referred to the financial de- Pression of the times, and remarked that it had not affected the spiritual life of the Church tn this diocesa, There bave been more confirmations during this yeu than in any preceding year since the diocese was di- vided and 1,000 more than last year, A few cases have occurred in which, under the pressure of the times, churches have reduced the salaries of their pastors and in some cases compelling the resignation of the pas tors. The Bishop considered this a very poor policy for any church to pursue, and ho regretted it exceed- ingly. He was glad to report the dedication last Mon- day of Grace Chapel, and the laving of the corner scone previously of St. Augustine’s Chapel, im tbe jowery, oud the Church of the lucarnation have in contemplation the erection ofa chapel The Bishop rejoicou in this ten- dency to erect irev churches and chapels in the dio- ry cess. He expressed his fear that as churchmen they ¢ bad too great o leaning toward the building of rich and costly churches, loaded down with heavy debts. This tendency is driving away some of the best tamilies, it would be a great biessing 1 a few plain and substantial churches cuuld be erected waere the poor and tho mid- die classes coulu be accommodated. ‘The Bishop d.s- claimed any disuke to large and magnilicent churches, He rememberea with what reverence und awo such buildings as Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, &c, in Lou. don, inspired him, and te believed that there should be a cathedral 19 eyery great metropolis, It would move the hearts of toe people, 14 will cowe tn its time to this met Opolis, and, though it may bave to wait tor 1t will wot be a failure. Tne Bishop tuen reterred to the becessity fur looking after (ho YOUNG MXN OF NRW YORK, ot whom, the Bishop believed, there were botweea 60,000 wud 100,0U0 here. They are ready to yo any wuere and do anythiug between eight and tea P.M. any day. The Bishop therctore suggesied tue pro} Of opening tn certain districts reading rooms for persons, and if & small admission tee was charged i ut have a good effect. . ero 18 # canon of the Church which prohibits Cousecration of churches unless they be free trom debt, But since it admits of dedication and use for ¢ long torm of years, the subsequent service of conse cration seems to the peor 0 be wholly superfluous, » ‘Tue Bishup suggested that the use of a church nol if wholly paid for should be prohibited. The Bistop next reviewed the history of this coautry for the past cen. tury of its cXistence as an illustration that Ged hud ftuitbtully kept all His promises toward this land, und asked what more could He bave done for His vineyard that He has noi done in i, Beauty and undance hav rung up in the wilderness. The Sabbatn and day scnool instruction of the young was also relerred to by the Bishop, who deprecatcd the distribution of premiums to them for sharpness. It tends to create excitemerts and sensations, whercas children should be encouraged to love education and intelligence tor its own sake. Very tender reierence was made to the recent death of the Rev. George B. Draper, D, D., of Harlem, and to bis pastoral labors with St. Andrew's church. Revs, Goddard, Norris and Rodenstein, of this diocese, have algo died during the year, Bishop Potter algo reterred ieclingly to the recent death of Bisbep Johos, of Virginia: He urged larger coutriba- tions and more adequare senda for tho aged and intirm ciergymenot the Church. Only ninety churches contributed anything to this fund lust year. The cole léctions on Thanksgiving Day are devoted to this ob- ject, aud the Bishop urged the pastors and delegates present to see that on the next Thanksgiving Day tuey be larger than ever. At the close of the Bishop’s address a series of . memorial resolutions touching Dr. Draper's death were adopted by the Convention. It was also an. nounced that a memorial service will be held in St Andrew's church, Harlem, which Dr, Draper served for twenty-six years, on October 19, in the evening. ‘The Couvention then took a recess for lunch, AFTERNOON SESSION, When the Convention came together again an elec. tion lor members of the standing and Missionary Com. miitiees of the diocese, and for deputies tq the: General bono ga of 1877, was lield, with the following re- sultss— Standing Committee—Rev. Dra, Dix, Eigenbrodt, Morgan and Tutti Lay Delegates—Messrs 3. P, _ L. W. Weils, Proiessor H. Driasier and G, MeQ, ler. Missionary Committee—Drs. Beach, kagug | Clar'l Apriegate and Wyatt. Laymen—\essrs. H. Pom Cary, Jr. W. M. Kingsland, J. Pott and C. A. Higgins, Provisional Depatios to General Convention—Ors, ’ Geer, Wyatt, Dix aud Howland, Laymen—Geueral. Dix, Judge Emott, Professor Drissler und Thomas Eccleston, Deputies to General Convention—Drs. Beach and Cady. Laymen—Messrs, H. Fish, OU. Livingston and W. A. Davics. A second ballot failed to elect the other delegates, Messrs. C. Curus, William Betts and Ed. F, De Lancey were elected trustees of the fund for aged and intirm clergy, whose treasurér, Mr. R. M. Harrison, re- ports the receipts during the year at $16,412 15, which, together with a balance on hand of $12,304 60, made $28,746 75, out of which $10,279 70 were paid to claim. ants—ninety churebes contributed to bencticiries, ‘The assets of the corporation invested in bunds and mortgages, bank stock, &c., amount tw $172,517 05, | ‘The number of subscribers to this fund is seventy, and of anvartants 107; $47,345 await investment The re port of the Missionary Committee ot the diocese showed aggregate receipts amouating to $5,965 99. The ex- penditares of the committee reached $6,550 and there | 1s a detiziency of $1,000 to meet vils due iu October There are thirty-six missionary stations and twenty. eight missionaries are employed by the committee, ‘The Society tor Promoting Kehgiou and Learuing re- ported reduced cullectious during the year—the amount being $1,10U. The society |.as been 1m existence seventy- oue years and gives aid or full suport to about 120 young men, stadents for the ministry, aunaally. The ‘usives of the episcopal tuad by. received $2,287 51, and have pow on haud a fund of $11,241 17, all of which, save $308, they have paid out. , THE BISHOP'S SALARY 1s $9,000 a year. Tue invested fund amounts te 11U,o44. The Treasurer's report showed receipts, 2.254 01; balance, $8,508 G4 Total, $11,152 65. The contribuvions came irom ninety-six parishes. St, 4 Stephen's College, Annandale, bas seventy-six deuts, seventy of wuom are studying for the ministry, There being a iarge amount ou baad tor running tho diecosan machivery, it was resolved to reduce the S clerieal and church assesements tor this purpose (rom two per ceat to oue and @ ball per cent ou saiary and membership, Th Nerical delegates present at this liowed seven cents milage instead idod they resido twenty miles or y- A discussion arose on making the lectionary more flexible, so that on certain occa- sions ministers can use their own disci 2 in the forms of prayer said by them. Tho matter was post- poned unul the meeting of the pext General Coaven- lion, = Other reports and matters of minor importance were upon by this Convention. The diocese of Aibany aeent another communication asking for money. Since Al. any was setof from New York as a separate diocoxa the two bodies have had trouble every year on account of the proper division of the episcopal fand of the old diocese. The New Rol ple have contribuiod a special fund of $1,600 and the Albany people $1,200 to this purpose. The lattor, however, have steadily Telused to accept these $1,600 as a quit claim, and now threaten legal proceedings. Their communication ‘was received and placed on file, and tho diocese of Now York calmly awaits the consequences, The Con vention was asked to constitute its standing commit, lee, Logether witu tho bishop trustees of the estate of the diocese of New York under the act reiating there. to passed by the last Logisiaturo of this State, but it was referred to a coinmitteo to report to the next Con. veution. After the usual devotions the Convention adjourned. , q