The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-08-10
Liberal statements about Maine.

A member of the National Democratic Com
mittee Of Maine writes from Portland:
Everything looks well in Maine. / have no
doubt we shall carry two Congress Districts,
and elect our candidate for Governor" The
Chairman of the Liberal State Committee,
writing from Augusta, Matte, says: "Our
State is looking like making radical change
to the Liberal hands, and it would not be
strange if Blaine were defeated by decided
majority" The information received from
Bridgton, Maine, 10 to the effect that the
Grant men are becoming alarmed at the rev.
olution going on in that State, and that the
Democratic candidate for Governor will I'M
doubtedly be elected. A correspondent from
Fairfield, Somerset, County, Maine, writes:
$50 far, this State is safe for Greeley and
Brown. This county, last year, went some
thing over 700 majority for the Republicans.
We already know of changes enough to over
come that, and when / say know, mean
that their names are on paper. If the people
keep tumbling as they have since the Cincin-
natl Convention, the State will be carried by
Greeley, by $1,000 majority. c. P. Kimball,
Liberal candidate, will be elected Governor
in September."-N. Y. Tribune of Aug. s.
People in Maine may fairly judge, from the
above extract, how much credit should be
given to Democratic statements of the polit-
ical situation elsewhere. If they are all as
idiotic and nonsensical as this, we may COM
fort ourselves with the conclusion that the
whole country, like Maine, stands firm and
will give an old fashioned Republican grand
sweep in November. We know the situation
in Maine, and we specially call the attention
of our friends here to all the statements
given above, as furnishing rule of reduction
to be applied to the enemy's reports from
sections with which we are not familiar.
Here we have distinct declarations from the
best Greeley sources, apparently, that they
will carry two Congressional Districts, one
of which shall be Blaine's, that they will elect
Kimball Liberal (ohD candidate for Gov
ernor, that Somerset County will be Demo-
cratic, and that, eff the people keep tumbling,
&C., the State will be carried by Greeley, by
10000 majority" Yes, if all the angels had
except tumbling "eut of heaven, after Luci
fer, hell would have had decided majority.
But the very funniest point of this humor
Gus resume is the report from Bridgton con-
sidered in the light of the very thorough
ventilation we have given to that particular
conspicuous inaccuracy." Why if there be
one spot more than all others in Maine where
the Republicans are lively, aggressive and
full of hopeful push, that spot is this same
town of Bridgton. We like to see just such
things as this in the opposition newspapers.
1t gives our people such a wholesome notion
of their real value.
In point of fact the political situation in
Maine never looked really healthier for the
Republican cause at this stage of the cam
paign. The limitless and extravagant boast
ing of the Democrats has startled the old
Guard just enough to ensure vigorous work.
Great meetings are held every night all over
the State which are crowded rs never before,
and every man seems to feel that the national
interests depend upon Hhis individual efforts.
Local and special feelings and prejudices are
subdued by the paramount Importance of the
general issues and everything portends anoth-
er of our ringing victories which have so
often electrified the country and led the way
to national triumph.