The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-16
The Maine Press on the Election.

ant frame of mind, aud brings out its flags
and roosters. 1t says e.
1.-The result has excelled the hopes Of the
most sanguine. Not one had thought
that the democracy would carry the state.
and the sole object of the campaign has
been to reduce the republican majority 30
as to show that the sentiment of the honest
and thinking mass OF Maine voters Ia OPP
posed to the system of bribery and cor
ruption which has so long ruled the coun-
try"
The Augusta Kennebec Journal (rep.)
says:
sThe result of our state election yesier-
day is not quite up to our anticipatiOns,
nevertheless we have elected Gen. Conner
by handsome majority and have large
majority in both branches of the legislature.
1t Is evident from the increased vote Of the
democrats that though their canvass was
quiet it was busy and vigorous, and 1t is
also evident that the republicans depended
on carrying the state as usual, and there
being no special excitement to arouse Them,
were rather Indifferent and careless, except
in certain localities.
The slight reduction of the republican
majority is no evidence that the republican
party has weakened in the regard OF the
people, but rather that the democracy have
taken advantage of the off year and the
apathy which attends it. Next year the
lines will be sQuarely drawn between the
two parties, and the republicans of Maine
will be out in tull strength. ''
The Bangor Wing and Courier remarks |:
"The result OF the election yesterday
will be surprise-and 1t is to be hoped a
salutary one-to those republicans who
have become 80 used to victory that they
have deemed it unnecessary to put forth
any special effort for the cause. The re-
verses of last fall stimulated to the keen
est degiee the long deferred hopes OF the
Maine democracy, and their fellows in
other states, appreclating-as we have
sought to arouse our people to appreciate
the importance of our election in Its eff
fects abroad, have furnished money and
means for q secret but thorough canvass Of
the state, which has dragged out the very
skeletons OF the body polite to swell the
democratic vote. The cry of 'hard times
has been potently used in all quarters, and
the unthinklng have been piled with ap-
peals for "a change without why or where
FORE The result is that while the republi-
cans have failed TO increase their total
vote to the amount usual in an election
preceding presidential year, the demo-
Gratis have brought their force out In
strength, and thus largely reduced our ma
ority and captured several especially
apathetic counties.
OF the result in the state we shall speak
more fully hereafter. One thing is certain
the democratic party of Maine never ap-
peared before the people in more question
able shape or under the control of more
desperate and INSCRIPTIONS managers
They have literally raked the cutters in
carrying on the canyass, and the measure
of encouragement which TREY have obtain
ed may well excite the alarm of the think
ing people of Maine who rendered it posi-
Bile by their apathy"
The Lewiston journal says q y
s'The returns of the state election on
Monday afford the unwelcome intelligence
that the republican majority has been uu-
expectedly reduced 1t was not unreason-
able to expect that the increased interest
aroused by the active canvass and organ.
ization of the past month would, as usual
in the year preceding the presidential cleo
ton. increase the republican majority of
10, 1876 in 1878 and 10.616 in 1874, although
the majorities were larger than we have
been accustomed to have in quiet years.
The increased vote we have had--the ag-
gregate vote of this year exceeding that of
last year by nearly 10000; but unfortu-
nately the increase is much greater on the
democratic than on the republican side.
We do not blame our democratic friends
for throwing up their hats, nor the
Argus for emblazoning its pages with
double row of roosters. 1t is the
first time they have had chance
| to do this in Maine for twenty years, and
something should be pardoned to hope long
deferred. The liquor question may have
helped the democratic vote in Bangor and
one or two other places, but so far as we
have observed this question has not influ-
enced voters to any appreciable extent one
way or the other. Unquestonably the
business depression has had something to
do with it-probably more than anything
else Undoubtedly causes similar To those
which produced republican reverses in
other states last year have affected us.
Whatever they have been they will only
be temporary if the republicans are true to
themselves and to their principle, and next
year will demonstrate that the republican
party of Maine is as strong as ever"