The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-18
what tho Democrats Expected from
: Maine.

What tho Democrats Expected from
Is Maine.
The Democratic organs, ever since
the Vermont election, have been in
slduStrionaly claiming great expectations
firm Maine. They have represented
unnnimously that the democratic party
in that State have been vigorously at
work, while great apathy" on the part par.
OF the Republicans has been repeatedly
asserted. The Democratic party or
gans also claimed that the Democratic
party had enjoyed every advantage IN
the CANVASS. During the last Two
years previous TO this election, the
i Democrats had been steadily gaining.
They had the advantage Of being me ne
growing, party, The New York World
set this forth in bold terms. For the
/ mast two wears the Radicals have been
steadily losing ground" 1t said, "and
the events of the past year nave not
been OF character to allay the dis
content among reasoning Repuoll-
4 cans" 1.-THE people of Maine have
been peculiarly affected by the reckless
| LEGISLATION OF Congress" "The war
and the onorous tariff established by q
Radical Congress had the effect to al.
most paralyze the ship-building oil
Maine. "If the September contest does
not result in a Democratic triumph, It
ought to furnish substantial proof that
the State can be carried for Seymour
and Blair in November" So said the
New York World short time before
the election.
The Boston Post, the leading Demo.
cratic organ OF the New England states.
| in its issue of last Saturday, two days
before the election, is also confident OF
a Democratic triumph ors at least a
great Democratic gain. 1t declares the
Maine election 1.-THE first State election
which may be considered to have any
political Significance since the naming
of the candidates for the Presidential
contest" 1t also says that The Repub:
licans have used no. weapons moro
powerful than the Hartful appeals of
demagogues;n while the Democrats
have used Round argument, wisdom,
eloquence, fact and entreaty with great
skill. OF course, such being the case,
the Democrats have had every adYan-
tage, the strongest case, the strongest
speakers; and, according to their own
showing, men who could lose with such
advantages in their favor, must be
either wonderfully stupid in manager
ment or tremendously lazy. But the
Post declared that 1t was "conhdent the
Democratic and Conservative voters OF
Maine, on Monday, will SO discharge
their obligations to their country as to
win its grateful admiration"
The Chicago Times expected TO be
nsatisfled with the indication" that the
"RadicRl majority in Maine" does not
exceed twelve thousand. .-
The New York WoTLd of later date
than the issue first quoted, declares
positively that the approaching cleo
ton will reduce the radical majority to
some five thousand, Is, we think, as
certain us the election day comes"
Thus IL appears that the Democratic
leading organs acknowledged and
boosted that the Democratic party had
every advantage in Maine-the advan-
tage OF being the growing party, while
the Republicans were discouraged by
losses the advantage of using fact, ar
gument, skill and eloquence, while the
Republicans brought out nothing
strong to oppose them ;sthe advantage
of being enthusiastic, while the Repub-
licans were apathetic, and the immense
advantage of the exceptional effect of
the tariff and other Republican laws
upon the interests of Maine, so that the
Democrats claim to have made 1t APP
pear that 1t would put money in every
Maine voters pocketif the Democrats
won, while the Republicans had no such
powerful personal influence at work on
their side. Thus 1t appears that the
Democrats everywhere expected good
news for their party from Maine; and,
according to their own story, had good
reason to expect it.-DetroI Post.
In view of all this what richness
there is in observing the eminent salts
faction with which the Democracy con-
template the, fimmense Republican
losses" and "the great and unexpected
Democratic gains" in Maine-the fact
being that the Republicans have added
between 10000 and 1900 to their ma
jority of last year! The Democrats
who talk this way are either the pro-
foundest asses, the deepest knaves, or
the most stupendous jokers of tho pre-
sent age.