The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-09-29
THE NAME ELECTION.


THE MAINE ELECTION
| Most Of III, wing papers are makinga grea'
ado about the Maine elect on, and trying e
iehsmn ssx whIg Victory. II won't do. Let
Us have the facts and then judge Of its wing Of
democratic phase. Let it be born in mind thai
lxhe existence Of great and exciting local inter-
ests, has had much to do with results in the
Maine election. yet even these results, instead
of showing a democratic loss, ehew the very
reverse How do they sh-w it, il then the ems
siurys We answer in the following manne
viz There were two democratic candidates to
| Governor in the field, the one liquor law man
| the other an ante liquor law mar- These though
opposing each other, were nevertheless boil
democratic nominees, and sustained by dem"
Gratis only In T 'er the it arrive at h = lem
ocratic strcngthw ". must unite the votes Of lhsst
tw, cand dates fChan Her and Hubbard,l by CO.
| ing which, we have de .nocrn,,e vote, 'argiJ
exceeding any vote cast Lvaie 'mncrats o.
hat State fer many year past, and l,av.ng Tx
whie candidate for governor far in hr shade
Blu, this is not ~ tia, is 'rrrepiou>ly claimed
bv the Seeep,y Even The Nati nal lnt,.,ligen-
Ger hera,ds gain Of one in Congress II the
would as grea, triumph, aud significant omen
FIR Nnyember next, bat what are thu facts again
Blythe new Apo rtionm-nt law Maine los q one
member; and instead Of seven as heretofore,
can now claim but six members
=: l.,,,ro Tho State divid.d il ar
cording to the rat, that Two d 40 ra's in the
present or Thirty second Congress tApplctt n
and cDanad) were thrown into onr-th-
Portland district Hence the member lost was
democrat, which is one taken fr"m the five
originally sent TO the Thirty first Congress
Mr. Andrew one Of the democratic resprrsen
ativcs in that Congress, died some months ago,
and his place, owing to divisions in his dis'r CT,
was filled by a whig-Mr Reed. This makes
the delegation now stand four whig rs and thr G
democrats. In the next Congress it will be-
three democrats aud three higs-thnugh we
sc no reason To concede this estimate of III"
fnteiiiyencer wh.in it is incorrect in Other
particulars but II so, we lose two districts
.gain by DIVISIONS oc casoncd by two democrats
running in the 81 and 5,h districts, and so let
tny the wings in. How much this view of the
Maine election promises to General Scot in
November, we are at | ss To know. Ho'
nuci. any other esp ct Of it look. fav 'rahle t.
him, W. carr divine, unless bis supporters
prove tn L he is bo'h for and inst the liqaor
aw 4; and they can do it quite Ga successfully as
they did in showing that General Pierce is FIR
and against the fugitive Save law.
In order to show from the figures how thu
democrats lost the third and fifth c,ngressinn i
districts, IN the face Of d ell d mncratlc ma
jnrities, we publish the following statement:
M r 4 i
John Hubbard, the present incu nhen', the reg
ul,r democratic candida'e, who wns opposed by
mary be-ausa he gave the Elk .cutiv sasc'nn to
the famous liquor Inv Of the Sa'e; A. & Chan.
der, supported by that portion Of the democrats
opposed t. the Maine liquor law; William G..
Crosby, whig, who was on both sides of the
lqnor question; and Di. Ez kial Holm s. the
editor OF the NJ nne Farmer, the Ffeesoil can.
d j tie, who is in favor Of the liquor law.
FIRST District-Ynrk county, with part Of
Cumberland, voted in lS4s Cass, 726, Tay
lor, SILL; Van Buren,, .3G6 Mos Is Nc Donald,
npw member, is largely elected.
Sec md Dis:rict.-The rest Of Cumberland
county, with the counties Of Oxford and Frank
hn, voted in lS43: Cas., 7,s'9t; Fuyl..r. 4,9N6
Van Buren,, 3,2O9. Samuel Mayall (democrat)
J Gilman, (whig,) and Nathaniel Pease, (free
.nil)
Third District. w aldo county, except thee
towns, with the eastern half Of Inc In, voted
in ls4.: Cass, 96,; Taylor, 5,23'; Van Blu
rem, ABS. The regular democratic candidate
IS lldn K Kinball; but there was a volunteer
Or irregular I'M ,cratic canddatr-Manasseh
H. Smith The wings n,niua'ed E. Wilder
Farley, and the free soilrrs, Seth May.
Fou tn District-The rest Of Lincoln county
Xennebec, and the western part of Somerset,
vn,ed IN l-43: C,ss, 3,34:'; Taylor, 1880; Van
Buren,, 2,735. Snnnel P Benson (Whg) cleo
ed.
Fiji Dist ict-The rest Of S ,m"rset county
with Penobsc II and Piscaiaqn;s counties, w.
ted JS45: Cass, 7,i69; Tayl Tor, 5,2o5; Van
Buren,, 2,5l9 Tn. candidates ISAIAH Wa.
,erhouse, regular democrat; Hastings S,rick-
and, irr gular; and Israel Wa>hburn, jr, the
present wing member.
Sixth District Hancock, and
Washington counties. with three towns in Wal
do, voted IN la45 Cass. S Sol; Taylor, S, 1871;
Van Buren,, SO9 Thomas J. ID Fuller, one of
he present members, has been elected.
Washington Un,on.