New-York tribune., 1872-08-28

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AUGUSTA. Aug. Ex-senator Trumbull adj
dressed an attentive and enthusiastic audience oi lOc
nersons here tonight Granite Hall vas Gro wded 10 tS
utmost capacity IT, ID. Lancaster PRESIDED, ana hso
number of Liberal Republicans were present.
including Mr.. Thomas Lang the ihoeral can
didate for Congress. The speakers answer 10 tno
objections against Mr. Greeley and ne expose OF to
blnnders. corruption and incompetncy of the Admin
istration made profound impressio1 The canvass IN
this district is making active progress, ahd speaker
Rlaineis straining every nerve and spending money
literally in order to avoid defeat. The Administration
majority in this district fonr years snce was J'oo ou'
there are number Of changes in every town now
SOLDIERS CONVENTION AT PoRTLAND-A LARGE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY GEMS. BUTLER
AED BURNsIDE-A COSTLY DEMONSTRATION
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PORTLAND. Aug. 27.-The great soldiers
mass meeting. which the ADMINISTRATORS have been
working M for a month"; came Off to-day and was large
proiscuous gathering Special trains were run on al
the roads at quarter Of the usual fa ana the result
was town fun of people and successful meeting 10 the
hall where Burnside and Butler and Caldwell used up
the afternoon There outdoor meeting OF per
haps OO0 addressed by Gen Harlan. pang about soOV
people actually attending upon the Deaking In inc
evening Senator Wilson and Fred. Douglass al
dressed crowded meeting in City Hall Mr.. Wilson re-
terated his famous prophecy as to the result OF the
election but the feeling apparent that ne overshot
the mark. The whole significance OF the meeting was 10
impress the idea OF great enthusiasm among the country
people; but it has failed to establish any such
state of things ana every wellnformed lookeron has
felt that il was conducted according 20 the strict regua
ton OF political machinery. The torchght procession
numbered from 1000 TO 1900 probably and the streets
were thronged. The speeches have not made converts
nor has the display equaled in any just sense inc ou
days OF the wideawakes and a united Republican party
H.. nNff nn
made any considerable number Of votes or Grant or
frightened one Liberal his purpose as the 9th OF
September will show, though it has been oe OF the cost
liest political demonstrations attempted BY any
political organization In Maine
THE CONTEST IN THE FIFTH DIsTIICT-WHAT
THE LIBERALS EXPECT TO ACCOMPLISH
THE DISTRICT FLOODED WITH ADMINlsfRA-
TION MONEY
GFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT oPrHETRlBUNEl
EAsTPoRT, Aug. 25.-This distinct gave In
1865 Eugene Hale the present reprsehtatyeln Con
gress 1865 votes, and for his opponent Wswel the
Democratic candidate T677 votes, aes majority thus
being 26S6 votes Hale reelected in 1870 by vote
Of 1OOs6 to ss6 But the latter was % contest and the
relative vote meant nothing The rehced majority was
merely the result of indifference and
consequent reduced vote. IL the present
contest therefore, the opposition to Bale has TO confront
an actual majority Of about 400 yoGs. This, you will
acknowledge is ugly figure to take down In sturdy
New-England Republican Congress hstrct, where the
population changes scarcely at all bu nevertheless, We
expect to succeed The district consists OF three whole
counties and part Of another. The Whole counties
Washington. Hancock and Waldo; seven towns In Knox
County complete the district. The Iepubean majorl
ties IN the several counties were 1858, on the State
ticket:
washiugton.......... 42l Seven towns in Knox 900
waldo vsSPiooA ...'.......1.fss f: asa
In the District Convention which hnominated Hale
this year large portion OF the delegates from Waldo
County boted, on the ground that bale promised to
withdraw at this election IN favor Of Waldo man.
Though this was influential consideration in getting
up the boiling Convention at which Pike was subse-
quenty nominated in the progress OF the canvass II is
pretty much lost sight OF, and the cOnes there
on the general grounds on which II Is prose
cuted elsewhere late canvass Of hateounty claims
it TO be about even thing between Pike and
Hale In Hancock County the opposition to Hale Is
vgoroU though It his own residee, and the present
expectation is TO sweep off Hales entire majority Of s7O
In the seven towns OF Knox, where Hale got major
ity, strong effort is making 70 squar the account, with
alleged good prospects. But there, IN Hancock, the
detail OF the is yet incomplete. In Washing
ton County. where Hae's majority 424, and whore
Pike resides, the latters gains will be large. Pixies
orty in the county will not 20 below 700 and may reach
1000.
This'general resume win give ysu an idea of the
present state the in this district It very
hard fight, but Pike has the best how for
Were 1t not for the unusual aud extraordinary efforts
making to corrupt the voters, such heard
OF in the district before II would be 10 foresee the
result with absolute certainty. But TO such extent is
corruption introduced Hale and h baekers that the
utmost vigilance fails 10 trace all it's nHhcatOns. The
most unbushing propositions made 70 the leading
men OF the Democratic party by United States Govern
ment officers, who the dlstG The idea OF
these that the Democrats can be 0erywhere cor
rupted with money and they res0utly prosecuting
the canvass on tins basis. The Generalization
and immortality which has entere the Cab-
War Departments and In the Dlstrt Government
at Washington penetrates here You Understand also
that Senator Chandler the active managing OF the
Grant campaign at Washington is Hale fatherln-law
He is a weknOwn millionaire, and moody thinks OF
iuquiring where the money comes fr0mthat floods the
district The Treasury OF the United Staes is ample
fountain, and Y. Chanders purse anOthe To overcome
majority OF 400 in aggregate OF 1000 Republican
votes backed by such agencies az theses formidable
undertaking. but the determination tOIvercOme them
all. and to win. is inhexible, and goes rward with
sistless energy.