Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-05
THE CAMPAIGN THE EAST.

the Western States Of Ohio Indiana, and ILL.,
nois was given in the STAR Of Monday. Al
though the New England States, with the
single exception Of Connecticut, have for the
last ten years uniformly given maiorities for
the Republican ticket, the Presidential cam.
paign IN the East has opened with considers
able vigor. In the State of Maine the issue il
fairly divided on the .Gubernatorial ticket.
The Democrats are so hopelessIy in the minor
ity in the Congressional districts that little or
no contest will be made by them there, with the
exception, possibly, of the Portland district,
which they carried in 1s6i, electing Hon. L. ID.
M. Sweat, but which the Republicans re-
trNyed in 1866 by 1855 majority. Nomi-
atoms have thus far been made but in
three of the Maine districts for Congress.
The State election is held the first week in
September, and both parties are straining every
nerve to win the day. The Democrats are not
very confident of electipg their candidate, but
are working TO reduce the Republican major.
ity. In the Presidential election of 1854 Mr.
Lincoln's majority was 1904, and in the pre-
cedIng September the Republican vote for
Governor was but trifle less. In September,
le6', IL was reduced to I1,6lf. The Republic
cans, however, are making a most thorough
canvass this month to bring their majority to
the ole standard. The State COMMITTEE, Of
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reaching every voter in the State. On Satur-
day evening last the Democrats held a large
ratification reeting of the Seymour and Blair
ticket, in Portland, which was addressed by
the leading Democrats of the State.
In New Hampshire no election precedes the
Presidential one in November, but both par.
ties are already in the field, and ratification
meetings have been held in Concord, Ports
mouth and Manchester. The nominations for
the alst Congress do not take place until next
winter. In the Presidential campaign Of 1860
MIR. Lincoln's majority in this State was 9,l15
in 1s6i it Eas 1861; in 1865 the Republican ma
jority for Governor was 6,l27; in 1866 it was
1866: in 1857 it was 3,I47 and in March, 1868,
ASH. The majorities show considerable
change in eight years, increasing one year and
decreasing the next
A State election is held in Vermont in Sep
TENDER, and the Republicans will undoubtedly
carry the State. In 1867 the Republican ma
jority was 20,162, and in 1864 the State gave
Mr. Lincoln 29.O9S. The intermediate years dc
not show much change and the record OF fig.
ures is Of but little use in q Stats which has
voted but one way for twenty years.
No election is held in Massachusetts before
November, and not a single Congressional
nomination has been made. The present mem.
bers of the Fortieth Congress will all be re-
nominated for the Forty first, unless General
Twichell declines to run again in the Third
District Although his majority in 1866 was
3.iS}, the Democrats prior to that year came
very near carrying the District several times,
and, it is understood, intend to make a spirited
contest over it this Fail. The largest majority
in any district in the State is given to Hon. w.
b. Washburne in the Ninth, who last year re.
Gel we'd 10I27, and the smallest to General
Twichell, OF the Third, which, as stated, was
3,is3. In the Fifth District an effort is to be
made by some parties to defeat General Butler
General Schouler, at present a member of the
Legislature, and q Conservative Republican
in politics, rs TO be run as an independent can
didate for Congress, while the Democrats will
put up Mr.. Northend, of Salem, or MIR. Spof-
ford, OF NewbuTyport, in the hope of giving
General Schouler plurality. In 1866 General
Buffers majority was 6,IS3. In the State cleo.
tion last Fail Governor Bullock had, over
John Quincy Adams, 27,9i6; but in the pre-
vious year the Republican majority was 65, 2n9
In 1894 MI. Lincoln he'd over Mcclellan, q, 997.
The Democrats are about to open the campaign
with a mass meering at Fauueil Hall
In Rhode Island the campaign will prove to
be spiritless affair. The Republican MAORI
ty is SO large that the Democrats do not make
much Of fight to reduce it. But in Connect
cut the reverse is the case. No State In the
Union will witness a more holly contested
campaign. The Democrats have already the
control OF portion of the State Government,
while the New York ticket is more acceptable
to the Connecticut Democracy than, perhaps,
TO any other section. Each party has the State
thoroughly organized, and each is conf.
dent OF final triumph in November. In 1864
Mr.. Lincoln's majority was 2,fC6. In 1865 the
Republicans carried the State by 1885, In 1866
by SAL; but in 1867 the Democrats elected Gov.
English by SIG, and in 1865 by over ZOO MAJOR.
ity. 1t is evident that the hard fighting OF the
campaign in the East will be confined to the
States of Connecticut and Maine