New-York tribune., 1872-10-17
THE COST OF THE MAINE ELECTION.
NEARLY $200.000 SPENT BY THE GRANTEES
VARIOUS WAYS OF BUYING VOTss.

NEARLY S2OO.000 SPENT BY THE GRANTEES
VARIOUS WAYS OF BUYING VOTES.
TO the Edftor Of The Tribune.
SIR: SO much has been said In the Grant
organs concerning the small amount OF money used IN
Maine and about the unpurchasabe voters speaking iu
thunder-tones Mr. Speaker Blaine has II, that wash
10 saw word in reply. It is a dsagreeabe thing u bo
the state OF Maine in the Presidential year Especially
IL dtsa greeable this last time. Think OF oommun
ty being oyerrun By the Cabinet, the Republican mem
bers OF Congress- and almost every oce-holdcr In the
land yho could make a speech Think OF the enormous
assessments collected and disbursed. Thci think OF
Truthful James flashing indignation at the mere hint
that the Liberals had 70 contend with anything nm
woned Now that there spent over the Maine
electiou hard upon .zy1t"J. do NOS say hr. Blame
caused all this 10 be ID through thefEIecdye Com
mittee for he probably only paid out the money winch
came in the Old way through the cosy clrcumloeuuoh
office OF of-years-iust what they always do Dom very
force OF habit But think Of five new CoAge',men TO
be chosen and remember the moneybass thro gn open
from the very by least three Of tue five srran
for power great funds were made no secret py
anybody during the entire canvass, ana NOBODY won
dered at the subsequent disclosures OF j. D. P who
narticuated in the With District contest. In the Ist
District IL IL not two weeks since GRAFT politician in
York County boasted that his party D0ugn ~ woes Ior
too He even went FAR as To give the prices paid
The lowest price s., While 10 some they gave u
barrel OF four aud for poor family they bought
cow OF course, there isl small chance TO
prove details Of the use of any. elec-
to thrast aside 70 ppanty tho general accusation and
the general belief the Gr0nt orators and editors nave
done do not suppose that very large propog1don oi
any eope can brOu ht 10 vote against their c0nNc
Hons. INT | suppose that there many hundreds ct
voters In tue good State OF Aa.ue, VINO nave nOt
very serious convictions on election days aBd Una, lIesc
voters may he influenced by money ana in1tner
thar man who affects 20 rdicule this eltht an inter
estcd party the practice or has souI Ano, 700 pur
Tor this wicked sphere, Nj Blaine ssysGt IN exact
words, but gives the nprtSslon-tnat 1hD a Lite
more than $4,000 was spout OF account Oh Tue eeeuos.
as told and Others thh he cost OF e4rIylig
on the campaign the city alone was over eoO and ~
one OF the committee men, too. And he WHO IeneIn"sIs
the meetings hed the torches aDd uniforms bought tie
op hired and pau DAY wages TO tran," tire getting
home OF any absent voter and the appliances OF election
daY will wonder that IL was not vastly more.
SNyy' man ON either side believes that tho
Rpeuhlieans paid IN the aggregate less tnsn
500 100 directyySin demonstrations 9nd election
sUpiauces while the betteFOpnion places - mereRa
fIf e tsat sun. Nv opinion is and itseemed " be
the general dt OF discussion all during the last ~ the
canvass aud election day itself, that nhe Republicans
mnae use oi money wherever they could. h somo IN
stances 70 the knowledge OF hundreds IL freely
offered At the polls do not claim utter purity ef pgr
pose the other side, but has been solemn, staring
fact the Liberals had no means 10 10 into such
conflict and, Therefore, by common consent, were
counted out OF such accusation It Is neither pleasant
nor profitable to discuss this question now, but i Is
shameful for the who manipulated the recent eec
tion 10 put yrtuOus airs They made no secret
during the canvass or their purposes and powers Anu
Is contemplate. -,
one word about the purposes OF the Liberals The or
ganization, so far the Republican porou OF tne 80
aitOn is concerned, will be kept up and iS noea ana
to-day In its purpose 20 ngbt on eaN0t DO
uouUeu @ t ,I h "a ,s % - tS ,iare whet hes n win
the great battle OF November Oh hot' here 'ot M,
IN behalf OF good gUsernmest anu noys, g. be
no questi0n-tuat all good uen advocate geheA .
ton day all over the country at hast, on on 6,9,
sneh se taclss as North Carolina and Maine and Ish
syivaBia nave afforded tuts year. No matte Mn pS
10 in power. the Republic eSunot survive cue"