Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-08-31

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The Greeley party roos.s lower and
lower as the day Of election approaches.
When the campaign commenced they
were up high in the air. but now they are
very near the ground. The great tidal
wave" Of liberal republicanism, the
earthquakes, comets, revolutions, which
were predicted, have not disturbed
the solid foundation Of the grand old re-
publican party of the State Of Maine.
The democrats are beginning to have
fearful realization of the fact that they are
on the eve of another great defeat.
In July the Greeley men claimed that
they would carry the State. This was the
calculation of their State Committee.
Their Boosting was the result of belief
that they held the key to victory. The
republican masses were apathetic. and
some of the leaders had already made the
bargain and sealed the covenant by which
they agreed to betray the party and hum
BILE it in the dust at the feet of the democ-
racy. Such q man was F. A. Pike of
Calais, we'll known to have been intrigu-
Ing with the democratic leaders for the
past three years, and only biding his time
until convenient opportunity offered to
pass over into the arms of the democracy.
In this intrigue other men of less note
were concerned, all of whom have follow
ed their renegade chief to political perdi-
ton. This coalition with Pike at the head
was what the democrats depended upon to
give them the State The nomination of
Greeley afforded the chance Pike had
sought to consummate his treason. and
over he went, taking the democratic and
liberal nomination for Congress, in
return for which he agreed to carry
the district against the republican
ticket. The knowledge among the
democratic leaders of the willingness
of Pike and few other prominent repub-
licans to betray their party led them to
believe there was deep, and wide disaffec-
ton in the republican party and SO they
entered the campaign with the fullest con-
fidence, aiming at nothing less than
complete overthrow OF the party in the
State, and the defeat of Speaker Blaine
and Mr.. Hale.
It was not until Mr.. Greeley had made
his pilgrimage into this State, and partic-
ularly into this third congressional dis
trict where he came especially to lend
his aid to crush Mr.. Blaine. that the
Greeleyites began to suspect they had
been eggregriously deceived and were 60
ing to be whipped about as usual They
found that Mr.. Pike and Mr.. Lang were
not the Republican party and could con-
troll but very few Of the voters. In fact
the old party stands firm as rock. The
plotters of mischief have gone where they
can do less injury than if they had re-
manned. We are far stronger without
than with them. And now what do the
Democrats say? Well. they have given up
the election of Kimball. They reluctant
ly come to the conclusion that Blaine and
Hale will be elected, but they hope to
reduce Perham's majority little To
this have all their Dragging, buster, t.
dial waves, earthquakes and comets come
at last. Mr.. Greeley will not be accom-
odated in his desire to beat Speaker Blaine
and Perham will be elected by larger
majority than last year. Here is what the
New York World says. and all that it can
find courage to say just upon the eve of an
election which will exercise Immense in
iuence upon the Presidential struggle:
GAN that we expect to accomplish in Maine
on the 9th of September is to cut down the
radical majority. We are confident we shall
do that. We are confident that we shall do
1t to such an extent a. to demonstrate the i'm
possibility Of Grants reelection if the radi-
cal losses throughout the country are in pro-
portion to their losses in Maine"
For party that started the campaign
with so much confidence and buster this
is woful coming down. But even in this
very modest expectation the World will
not gratiiied. The republ cans Of Maine
are on the war path, and they don't intend
to permit their majority to be reduced a
fraction. but on the contrary they mean to
increase it. They will elect the republi.
can state ticket by larger majority than
last year. elect every republican candi-
date for Congress, and Blaine and Hale by
increased majorities, elect the republican
ticket in every county, making clean
sweep Of the State, and carrying it strong
er than they have since 1868. We give
the World fair notice that the republican
majority in Maine will not be reduced this