New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-04
TIE FIELD SURVEYED.

PARED-SoME FIGURES BUT NO CONCLUSIONS.
lPROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEl
PORTLAND. Sept But one week remains
before the state election and yet the result u a" onc"
OF satisfactory forecast Maine has usually Oeeh
an uncertain State and 1t quite likely that somebody
"A good many somebodies-will DO very much aston
shed on tho day after the election which 500 tn'
asonishment Will be. The wsest would not no" uare ny
So in default OF anything like a prediction OF o'o"
guess We may well look over the canvass anu n'"
few facts which will have something 10 10 WIN SA'
result.
Nobody Knows how little or how great influence PUB
Ic moetin1s have on popular election III they ara
very potential, the Administration ough' no' op '"
carry tho State for Perham-as it wl-but IL ous"' 70
yield him something which he has never bau yo' 'ne
tho grand old majoTities which ChamDcriaih ueo
receye for the State is crowded with speakers Ah'
alive with all sorts OF ralying asseniblagos There hs
Great deal OF native talent both sides; ann IN anu
ton 20 their share OF this the Grant men have imported
Cabinet Minister'S Senator'S and representatives, their
candidate for vcoPresident and any number Of Boston
politicians, until, ono Of their own Journals ekut
iney declares the woods full OF EN-" This week
there Is 10 grand upheaya 80 Tar az pubic speak
ing can accomplish II, with personal, neighborhOod
canvass to accompany tho same SO. what with orators.
personal persuasion, and greenbacks galore the Grant
ties think they can save Perham's mljony almost
nobody claims that they not sure OF tho state by
the way speaktng OF Greenbaoks, Washington dis
match TO THE TRIBUNE the other day says that Pikeb
confident OF his election II tho other side do not uS
money without expressing any opinion as to the maj
result in the With District 1t should DO remarked thh
the people OF that region say that "Pkc Is not1ghtns
| Hale but old Chambers money" SO much for Lawn;
! rich relations.
Blaine Is also very rich man. and the Administration
has pentifuy supplied other districts with cash so tina;
there every indication that Maine will DO great many
hundred Thousands OF dollars richer for this canvass
But in spite all this noise and lavish use OF moneys the
| 4 "a haatt
strong Among the pcOpe-the sturdy, thinking people
the undercuTrent Is powerful the enthusiasm genuine
| and spontaneous There is no such enthusiasm among
the Grant Party discipline and old party ties kee,
many together but there no more spirit IN the
featy than In an uncoDgenial family kept together from
DISRUPTION by OF what tho neighbors might say In
BANGOR the other day. men who have given secret and
undoubted pledge 10 tho Liberal ticket carried
torches Grant procession, because, In some cases.
they paid for the service or In Others because they
would lose situations IL they refused How far this
true of the State large and how extensive such state
OF things may be In any community nobody can tell IL
is innubtably true of localities. But our friends
have had money to waste on torchbearers. nor have
they attempted to deceive with hired enthusiasm. Not
only but the whole canvass has been conducted as
werc 10y the people themselves. IL OF
no use now to speculate tho expectancy
OF having two Central Commlttees-a Liberal
Republican and q Democratic. But IL Is very
clear that neither OF them has been very much oVerrun
with work laborOf thei has been carried
forward by local committees rather than by any central
organization The statescommittees have done almost
nothing; tho town and county committees have done
everything fact may be truly said that the Liberal
canvass has been conducted by the people only sinos
1856 probably there has been such movement Ia New.
England which is 80 literally popular one as tha
Let there be misunderstanding on tins point sew
out side and home speakers have done well; but Inc
spirit OF the whole campaign las been in the detelAh<
fiono he %
Gov. Perbam is good sort Of man, OF no special force
OF character and without any elarng faults His oppo
nent. Mr.. Chas. r. Kmball, is also man Of sterling
worth possessing greater degree OF personal popu
iartv than Perham. This has something to do with tho
cheering aspect OF the Liberal canvass. Tne Liberal
contest. ike any other purely popular one, has been
desutory dseursiye, and unorganized; but II has mad
that confidence and attachment 10 the Gubernatorai
candidate which the Perham party absolutely has not
The Governor may be good man. but he has no moro
personal influence than dry Goldfish And that Is not -
much his fault as his misfortune.
Travelling through the State one finds these two weak
points in the local and national presented by the
Perham( rant party-the Cider Law and the Admins
tration. Gov. Pcrham is held accountable for a most
law adding cider TO the list OF beverages the
sale OF which is prohibited by statute except by the
authorities 1t happens that the orchards Of Name
which nearly destroyed about Is years ago. are Just
apples as we'll the drinkers OF CIDER irate against
The CIDER Law and the man that signed IL. Gov Pcr,
about these days and they NATURALLY point 70 ne hopeI
alive liquor law which di.tresses tho cdermsk ana
apple growers and does stop tho sale OF rum Tney
cannot secretly violate the law and turn the product OF
their orchards into cider; but every man VINO wants
private rum-shop about With HIM Que OF th9se'
hilarious for Grant was turned out of Bader ana VIZ
sons meeting Augusta last week and his rnm-bote
saaken out from under his Jacket IT'S broken PET
fumes peryading the stareases OF Granite nan han
| OF it With his Cider Law, is worse iof
Grant and his office holders. Even devoted AdmnisHs
tiouists acknowledge that nobody hgs yet been ioo
answer the charges against secrearyRobOson le rYs,
Office Department In TIE Chorpennltg case V ha,tsr
Casey is Kept ia Office. Butler could nnd nOt1S tbey
to of tho frauds on me treasury ' there we're
were numerous than before because ,n In ola
more officers; and that hear more OF tDe the,
es,because we the teleg aph and near ann,
all al This will not satisfy the people s 40, eeln
ing the battles OF the late war over again oOcs Int
LAKE well either flyorite expression Of the utSns
eaaue is that their meetings quite revive t he hs
feeling" People have somehow got slck oi besi'
| contest fought over and again They very paay
foil Gen b. f. Butler that they cannot see now hp o.,
stant repetition OF his negro charge on bDeI yt.
| %bicb he beheld afar or has anything 10 do VIM
reform alton VI the Civil sery ce, or with any plan
tho present awful waste Of the public ian"s- i"0''
pR for figures: In 1885, Chamberlain. Republican, had
7s 59s and Psbury Dem, had 62O7, In total No'e o
tsi Tsa there being 81 scattering Ia 1870 Poram pau
"a oI9 aud Roberts 1913 In total vote of Ssol tneo
ysss io5 s9T votes polled OF which Perhsm haa
81 2st and Kimba had tT,67s so that IN 1868 the Prr
nnheaH majority was, round numbers 1900, IA lsio
X was 5000 and In ISL 1900 THIS year there arc
=, lea At 5000 Republicans who win vote the librAi
,elat Will they all vote Kimbaf Aud II they do.
will the all stay In their places and vote o
result of the whole 10 help IN tho solution ~
IN. prohem these facts may be stated IL Is mor.y
certain that no s sun PUodsntai year great many
neonle who will vote In November Will not vote heh'
! Monday Tho detection OF Democrats Is not seoeia,
,honh guifsed by GRANTEES who are counting up
tn.,r desc rather than their accesons Ineio %
two sets liberal calculations one Is that Ien
svshlo uriy ate reports received from various paris W