New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-23

ia his own district Mr. blaine would feel most keenly
the success Of his rival Pike and the dclea, ., VIII '5 Dis
tege Mr.. Eugene Hale Both parties claim tne WI III,
trct, and the friends Of Mr. Hale assert that ne VII
keep up bis Zoo majority o, two yeI h ssT would be
glad 70 feel sure Of 500 Mr. Pike has canyassed tnG d
800 majority. In Ellsworth where Hale had majority
OF ~ In 1870 Pike now has majority reekoned from %
to 6o and there IL doubt that he has the town. IA
which Mr.. Hale just very unpopular. In Calais
when gave Hale 1T majority. Pike claims inal3rv
ton County, BY at least co., Hancock by small majority
and waldo Also II the Democrats do not desert MN
Knox Counties will decide the contest-if It goes solid
Tor PIKE nc VIII he chosen by 800, IL u goes In any
elected by from 800 majority. 1t will be surprise
TO the cool ne ads on both sides think, II either Pike or
Kimball win gain at least 1000 the district over his
vote o. ast year for most OF who vote Tor PKG VIII
POWER OF THE GRANT hEs-MoYEY AND OFFICE
HOLDERS.
In money and in all the apparatus Of the campaign
the Grant men have immense advantage over the
Greeley In this State The army oice-holders in
Maine is something tremendous. There more than
$50 postmasers 100 customhouse and nayy-yard officers
40 or 50 internal officers, nearly county Off
100 shers and deputy shers, and other feed
saaried functonares, national State, local. enough
to give for every so Republican voters allowing tho
number to be 65,ooo These men are with few excep-
tons working Grant, anal most OF them active
ly Some OF the postmasters are women, and few
OF those and OF the revenue officers are Greeley
with plenty OF money and few scruples about using IT,
Speaker Blaine, the Chairman of the State Committee,
sits at Augusta Journeys about the State directing his
maneuvers with great ability and with the power Of
complete dictator without such skllful leader the
Maine Republicans would not have controlled affairs
long; but, like many able and arbitrary commanders,
MT Blaine has trusted his power little too far. He has
made unforgiviDg enemies, and he has allowed the
charge OF corruption and unprIncipled management to
accumulate an unpleasant amount OF evidence In its
ainly he will not in his dstrct-but he has planted
the seeds OF future defeat, and when comes it Will be
anmosity aud terrorism Of party feeling to encourage
party hate and ali manner of foul and false misrepresen-
tation BY this he has created in some localities
reaction against the early feryor OF the Greeley move
ment and driven some weak and easy-natured dis
general places 1t is not felt at al-but 1t pre-
walls IN Bangor and some other towns that nave Wis
ed In Bangor all sorts OF means ae psed to coax and
drive the boilers BACK ana perhaps thro part OF tnen
have yielded TO the pressure Threats Of dismissal
from work. OF dscounenance IN business, or being put
under the social and the party ban, nave had
their effect IN Bangor, and PROBABLY elsewhere. |
District, If anywhere-but perhaps they are
strongest after all in the WITH or Bangor District Their
adherent OF Messrs. Blame aud Hamin, which Mr..
Petersis not, and popular man. which his opponent
Marceus Emery, Democratic journalist OF Bangor, Is
Mr.. Peters might have peen renominated and re-
elected, had lie chosen and Is thought now that he
heartily and is Giant man. Tue Bangor Republicans
say they will their majority OF 1870 TO 5000 and
probably It cannot be reduced La that district below
3,ooo.
BLANE's PROSPECTS.
In Mr. Blanes district the opposition is better organ
zed Liberal Repubicanisn Is more abundant, and the
contest will be severe. The friends OF Mr.. Blaine
understand and he understands that 1t will never do to
have the majority OF the Speaker cut down greatly In
the central district OF the State and that they eau bet
tor afford TO have Hale defeated than Blaine materially
weakened On the other hand the opposition sec that
TO defeat Blaine would give them more glory and DO
useful to them thrSIgn3nt inc COUNTY Sa he 10
doing what they can Y TINS district dney S eano c
defeat him have hs sad thew vii lover
his majority from 2320 in 1870 10 sone loo probably:
HIS Teaas clam sh a. 'n st SS craft men claim
every thing m Name ust now, aud quite underestimate
tad The most saacus Of TIE Deocatic leaders
cay they push Blaines naloriy down 70 10 Inc
in the Isl 500 Grant majority in the lid and Iyth 1900
each in the lid 1,2OJ, ana in the Vth 600 Greeley
i'm Inc State on the Congressional vote OF $500, which
may be Increased TO 5000 or may fall to 1900 but can
ucans gard the LIST District more doubtful than the
VIn and IL possible that Mr. Clifford may carry ~ Dnt
believe the Grant men are more likely " carry no WI
than TO lose the lst
WHAT HARD WORK MAY DO.
The calculations and predictions OF this letter VIII be
great deal affected by what work is done on the TWO
s,des IN the last two weeks before election As at pres
ent advised the whole vote, which has been yarousy
estimated above $4,000 and l2oOo does not seem to
me likely TO exceed the smaller amounts OF this the Re-
nublcans clam 10000 aud allow the opposition $1,000
and IT ia not improbable taat with perfect management
on Mr. Baine's part, and series OF blunders on the
these may De the hgures .Ie9 Meehs @
But to-day, believe the vote sure ior hinoan IS tu
81 while the vote sure for Perhan Is not more imam
$500 There sun M S ve ca Smd will
bring out Ole side or the other. Inc AZ
gressiye character OF tie Grant campaign brings
back some hesitatng men, but 1t also closes the lips OF
many tht.r hearts mean 10 vote LOT Greeiey anu
against Perham. TIE Greeley forces nave been pauy
Saniled or rather not organized at ALL in most OF the
State but being corrected Inc Grnt FORCES arc
spenddly organized, but they are over cohndent angry
hitter and NOT capable seeing the real working OF ma
tiunai movements. Their speakers are numerous anu
many OF them powerful but thcy appeal 10 state
Of feeling tnat IL ssng away their warcrles are all
old many them false, and some felRned; Ihey pc
reele, and Rebels, but noIa OF IT. and Their ylo
lence oyershoots the mark Butler and Wilson, VINO are
coming here next week 70 speak at meetings togetheT
viii moi help them any in THIS respect while Banks ana
Sumner, aud Trumbu, II he comes, VIII hurs 'nein
good dea-as Greeley diu'
A POLITICAL REVOLUTION IMMINENT
Underneath tnis upper surface contest national
ouestions there is III Name in most Of the strong Re-
states, contest between men and rings ior
the control Of the State and the counties Speaker
blame is to-day the autocrat OF Maine with Hamln Tor
his ylzier; Fred Pike. and 3. r. Morrill, ana Tom Lang
and a good many more open revolt against him.
and Gen Chamberlain waiting rather impatienty Tor
a chance TO overthrow him. Personally ChamDeflaaiin
ia trinuy TO Grant, and, IL lie votes at all VIII probably
vote for his old commanders but poiticaiiy he sym
with the opposition, and would love dearly 10
zee the power Of Blaine broken though the Republican
party. IL would be, broken with n'i m0s' th
periin's whole political philosophy JUMPS win
The Creeey movement, aud ID. u
erected il safe to predict that the president or BOW
dom College viii support his administration But he Is
in o conditon this year to take part IN politics. ana ne
Will not PIKE aud Lang aud the other boilers are 1gh
,ny his battles as well their own, whether they Wish
m or NOT In counties aud Congress districts neIo
% rugs and bolts many OF the latter Insignificant but
in sonIs localities important The close counties OF Tue
Lao are Franklin, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, waldo,
aud York which last year the Democrats
carried only Knox. This year the opposition nave iar
oanse 10 larry Waldo, Hancock, and Washington, and
n1Tnaps one or two besides Knox, OF when tney
are sure aud they will be helped greatly py tne Ieehg
,st nKs aud party dctation. And again II HAZE Is
ttcpr%i n No il viii be partly due to bolt against
Pic hY the pem0erats. PrOOably polticM oyertorn