New-York tribune., 1872-09-18
REAL MEANING OF THE RESULT.


tide of corruption now threatening the whole
| country. j. 3. +.
REAL MEANING OF THE RESULT.
WHAT CAN BE DONE IN NovEMBER-5,OOO RE-
PUBLICANs WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR GOV
ERNOR, AND WHO WILL SUPPORT GREELEY
| INTERESTING FACTS FOR LIBERAL EN-
| CoURAGEMENT.
| Republican from Maine, who has been visiting
in this city since the election in that State has
written the following letter to friend who is going
to canvass tie Western States for Greeley and
| Brown:
| My DEAR SIR: have spent a few days among the
| Greeley men, Republicans and Democrats, of New
| York have read their newspapers, heard their
| speeches. and cOnversed with them, as you know;
and while I find that, notwithstanding the more
sanguine among them were disappointed ut the re-
suit in Maine they still hopeful of final victory,
and are laboring earnestly to accomplish it, find,
also that they fail to comprehend the real sgnif-
cance of the Maine election, and, consequently, to
use potent argument against the hollow boasts OF
| the GRANTEES
| Without fear of contradiction premise by saying
| that providing the Democrats Of Maine bring out
their full vote at the November election the vote or
the State viii be very nearly equally divided be-
| tween Greeley and Grant The report about the
Democrats refusing to support Mr. Greeley is nom
oppose him. The only danger is that, following the
precedents of other years the Democrats will give
ND the contest after the September VOTE and fail to
90 to the polls. If they try hard in November as
they did in September Grants ofice-holders will
have all they can do to carry the State will show
| you why.
In the first place, the vote of the State being, in
| round numbers 10000. of which the Administration
vote was Il 800, even the Grant men do not claim
that any additional voters can be brought out on the
| Administration side; indeed, the vote of both
parties usually falls off at the November election
| I'm the next place, the Administration vote Will
not be so large the Republican vote was in Sep
tember by 5000 or 5000, this number representing
the Republicans who hesitate to abandon the State
organization but are earnest for Mr. Greeley.
| These are mostly in the country, where
THE TRIBUNE is extensively read. can
| count more than 100 of my own personal
acauaintances in three towns who voted for Per-
ham and Blaine. but will vote for Mr.. Greeley. The
most careful calculators therefore, subtract
| 5000 votes from Perham's vote, leaving at
most, if the whole Administration vote is polled,
but G5.OOO for Grant in November. With no other
changes, again supposing full vote, adding these
6OOO to the $500 votes for Mr. Kimball in Septem-
Der, and Grants majority would be but50o0.
But the most significant point of this late election
| still 10 De SET against INC
majority in Maine. The registered vote of the State
is nearly 10000 The actual vote at the September
election in 1868 was more than $4,000 The vote
| this year was in round numbers, only 10000 Why
| and where was this falling off The Grant men ont
of the State assert that had the vote been larger
Perhams majority would have been larger also.
| This is where they make their greatest mistake,
| for the most ardent Grant man in the State
will not pretend that Grants full strength, and
| more as have shown. was not polled for Perham.
Every additional vote would have been for Mr.
Kimball The falling off in the vote is easily
planned by any one who has canyassed the State.
At least 5000 Republican voters, who had made up
their minds to join the coalition against GraDtisn
but could not make up their minds to
vote for Mr.. Kimball, against whom they
voted last year, preferred not to vote
for Governor at all. The heavier vote for
Congressman in some of the districts goes to prove
this, while the extraordinary personal popularity"
or suspicious influence of some of the Republican
candidates for Congress explains their increased
jorities These five or six thousand men viii vote
| for Mr. Greeley in November; they are among his
most earnest supporters being as | have said,
| mostly country people who independent Of the
ofice-hoders and think for themselves. believe,
as good many other Maine men believe, that Mr.
Greeley's vote in Maine al the November election
may be more than 5000, and Grantsm will have all
it can do to match that thinking that it has more
use for its money elsewhere.
With the best showing Grantism can make i'm
Mane-setting itself down with loss of 5000 votes
it can find no consolation for its friends in the
other States. Maine was not test although
Grantism would have it understood as such. The
abuses of the Grant-Murphy -Chorpenning Dent Nc
Garrahan military Ring scarcely known IN that
State where the politicians have reduced politics
down TO SO fine point that the news is diluted TO
watery weakness before il is thought 70 be ft for
distribution. If the strength of Grantsln in Maine
therefore, can be reduced 5000 in spite OF the frantic
appeals of Boutwell, CTeswell. Chandler. Butler, and
the Postmasters, such Statesas New-Yorh Pennsyva-
MIA, Ohio, and Indiana, where even the Republican
organs with the exception of The Ne,c York CockWey
1imesererl publish the news impartially, ought to
reduce ii twenty per cent. ..a.. ,....L
But Mr.. Greeey's friends do not need TO rely upon
these uncertainties. The facts show that even
Maine with proper exertion, is not far if any, be-
yond their reach. SO hope that wherever you go--
in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana-you win tell
the honest Republicans and the Democrats the real
condition of affairs in Maine, and having the addi-
tfonal motive of defeating the monstrous Cameron.
Delano and Morton Rings the people of those States
can but be encouraged to bury Grantism in October
beyond the hope Of disinterment in November.
Portland SAINT, IA ,saa LIBERAL RzsuSncAs