The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-09-05
Proaress of the Maine Campaign

Name supported IL, Dut Democratic congress
men, uniting with minority of Republicans,
defeated it.
Progress of the Maine Campaign
The canvass continues to be the most Perce-
nal ever known in Maine.
The Republican Journal having suggested
that whatever is erroneous in "Perce's'' report
of our interview with Hon. j. p. White the
shipbulder, can be stricken out, the Progress
size Age Justly holds that it would not be too
much to ask that 'Percie" should strike out
all she has written and tell us just what ne did
say.
The Machias Union says that the Democratic
candidates in Washington County, laying aside
all other questions, make the railroad the only
issue. 1t is difficult to see how these gentle.
men are to run into office over the rails when
the Republican candidates are on the same
track.
The following appears in several Democratic
papers: A battle song for the Democracy of
Maine-Campaign Charley is his name" The
association of ideas giving rise to this mot is
natural. Mr.. Kmball being a temperance
man himself, the traditions of the party re-
quires that there should be some reference at
all hazards to rum, the old and faithful Bour-
bon ally.
We see that Mr.. Hitchborn's statement re-
speeding the decline of shipbuilding are still
going the rounds of the Democratic papers.
1t will be remembered that this gentlemen not
only wrote in support of the Lynch bill, which
the Democracy defeated but went to Washing
tan to give his personal aid in getting it
through Congress- Besides he has never
dreamed of going to the Democracy for the
necessary relief
Heaven help the party that is obliged to
proue that its candidates were friendly to the
soldier during the war. This service is now
being performed for Mr.. Kimball.
The Editor of the Belfast Journal offers
twenty copies of his paper to the town in Wal.
do county that gives the largest Democratic
gain. This is genuine corruption fund,
though the Journal for Democratic paper, is
without rival in Maine.
Some Democratic fellow of the baser sort
having sent an acrostic Of an unpleasant ma
ture to one of our leading Republican journals,
whose able editorials have naturally given Of
| Tense to the enemy, there is great rejoicing
| throughout the whole Democratic camp. One
would think that instead of playing school
| boy trick the Democracy had trump hantly
refuted all the arguments by Republicans.
Our Democratic exchanges are still engaged
in fruitless effort to prove that Mr.. Kimbrll,
who has been growing rich at the expence of
his employees, according to his own statement
is laboring man. 1t must be classed with
| that other favorite Democratic proposition that
Gen. Lee was high-mnded patriot.
Hon. Virgin d. Parris having no Confeder-
ate banners on hand, offers some of the other
kind to the towns in Oxford County that gives
the largest Democratic gain.
The Rockland Free Press says: Our country
is already governed by the Democrats, and like
New York, is beginning to groan under the in
creased taxation and the curse of free rum
| which it suffers thereby"
THE writer in the New York World who has
| been allowed seven columns in which to show
| up "the muddled condition of the federal &C.
| counts" as an answer to the exposure of the
| Tammany robbery, makes his third and fourth
| points, as follows:
7hird-That while capitasI q Tsxntiful and
other Governments are enaDIedt to negotiate
loans at low rate OF interest, the American
Government has failed to have its funded loan
taken, Except the five per cent although Of
tering higher rate of interest than paid by
European powers
FOurh-That iu consequence of the corrupt
and oppressive legislation of a Radical Com
gress, the currency after six years of peace, is
still so far deprecated as to cause yearly loss
to skilled labor alone OF $312, 100000, and to
the aggregated consumers in this country an
annual loss OF 81 ,089, 766 ,667.
Such impertinence as this was never equalled!
1t is enough to reply,
THAT the Democrats in Congress voted in
| body against the funding bill, by which over
| twenty millions annual interest would be saved
| to the Government.
2-That if difficulty is found in negotiating
our new bonds at per cent, we owe it to the
Democratic threats of reputation, imitation
and revolution.
3-That we do find takers of hundreds of
millions of our bonds at per cent. after the
great Democratic rebellion, while Buchanan
could not borrow few millions at per cent.
before the war.
4-That if the currency is still deprecated,
notwithstanding its steady tendency toward
par under Republican management, it would
have been as worthless as French assignats if
| the Democracy bad inflated it as they desired.
5-That if the present Democratic plan of is
SUNG d oiiiiou moTo SreeLDachS SDOuld pc car
ried out, the existing depreciation would seem
but trifling evil beside the monetary chaos
that would ensue.
THE Republican of Baldwin have select
ed John Wggin, Esq, as thecandidate for rep
resentation for the towns of Baldwin and
Standish. A good square vote will HANDSOMELY
elect him. Let it be given.
Political Notes.
The court in New York cost 1851 $50 last
year under the Ring and it it said to be NIGH
ty poor justice. In 1868, under the Republic
can rule, it required but $139,2OO. This in
crease of over half a million goes largely to
pay the sinecures of the Ring of which the
argus is the special advocate.
1t is said that many Maryland Democrats
favor the policy recommended by the Rich
mond Wing, ofdemanding pay of the govern
ment for the emacipated slaves.
The California State election occurs TODAY.
The officers to be elected are State officers,
legislature and there congressman. In 1868.
President Grant had 500 majority but at the
same election the Democratic congressional
ticket had majority of 1893. In light vote
i'll 1869, the Democratic majority was S.O6l.
The vote will be very close, and both parties
making unusuaI af1orts II will ha ,,or,, f,,u