The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-01-11
Augusta Correspondence.

The Organization-A much needed work
| bcgun-The Senatorial Cenfest-why
the opposition faiicd-statcmenis which
will net wnsh-source of opposition O.
Mr. Hamlin.
| AUGUSTA, Jan. 9, 1875.
| The General Court has met and organized.
and the new state government set in motion.
| The gentlemen who have been selected to fill
| the various Offices of the state have received
| the congratulations of their friends. The less
| fortunate aspirants have doubtless passed
through the brief pang which follows defeat,
and now fad consolation in the fact that re-
| publics fail to recognize their best and worthi-
est men Until their virtues are set forth in their
| funeral orations. just now President Webb
( and SPEAKER Thomas are making up their COM
mites and are feeling that with honor and
| powe, there come care, yexation and fesponsi-
| bility The duty is delicate one, because
may men are not modest in expressing their
Desires and frequently with great deat y T posi-
| tigeness. Beside the work of organization the
| legislature has. in accordance with the recon
mendations of Gov. Dingley, taken steps to
secure the revision of the state constitution and
consequently is in way to make itself more
conspicuous in the future than any Of our recent
legislatures.
The senatorial contest is practically over. 1t
would be folly to declare that Mr.. Hamlin was
the frs choice of many of the gentlemen who
supported him. The fact that the opposition
worked without method-that it was scattered
between several candidates-that representa-
tives were lost by strifes between those who
were in common the opponents of Mr.. Hamlin
that the opposition weakened their own cause
and disgusted many men who would otherwise
have acted with them by the policy or non-
policy pursued-accounts for the completeness
of Mr.. Hamin's victory rather than his own
strength and the indefatigable efforts of his
maid and trained men.
po.,o, * H. Toby Candor in long letter in the
stated with no ltatR lttR{s the senatorial question
the baffied opponents of Mf Mf.Ol OF assurance 'na'
feated in the caucus, would udhiisn1 wnen us-
Democrats to secure his defeat in the efee~ tue
Toby is so much in the little George Washing
ton n-hatchet-and-cherry-t tree business that ex-
pected to see an arm-in-arm affair between the
thirty-seven Republicans and the sixty odd
Democrats, independents and such, immediate
ly upon the adjournment of the caucus. But
there has been nothing of the kind, indicating
that 7. G. isn't well informed or differs from
the famous George in that he has vivid i'm
agination which sometimes gets the better of
him. G. w. couldn't tell a lie, Mark Twain
could but wouldn't, and Toby Candor is liable
to make mistakes, as may be seen BY reading
dreadful thought) a book of industrial statis-
tics compiled by the late state statistician.
have been foolish enough to make some
enquiry respecting the coalition between the
anti Hamlin men and Democrats to defeat our
DISTINGUISHED statesman" 1t is hardly worth
while to say that there was not the least ground
for the assertion. There has not been at any time
consultation between the leaders on eitber
side. The Democrats from the first have been
bound to stand by their old leaders, and of ali
the Republicans in the party, those opposing
Mr. Hamlin would be the last to affiliate with
| the Democracy. The Democracy hold no prin-
cpe in common with the anti-Hamlin Repub-
licans. The former is after ascendency, power
| and spoils, by any means. The majority OF
| those who opposed Mr. Hamlin's candidacy are
| of progressive tendency. A large number of
| them opposed Mr.. Hamlin simply because they
| despaired of any better things under him.
Many of them are weary OF this continual
| "pointing- -to-the-past-with-pr policy, and
desire to enter upon new reforms and TO take
| advanced grounds. They recognize that the
| finance, the reform of the civil service aud the
| application of business-like economy to all the
| affairs of the government, are vital subjects
which demand the hearty endorsement of the
| party of progress, and that its future success
/ ;tu, ,.K,ka do. anf
of these principles, but on immediate and per-
sstent effort to bring about these results. From
| the history of the past, this class of Repubi-
| cans has been led to believe that Mr.. Hamlin
| is not in sympathy with these aspirations for
| better things-that he is content with the pres
ent-that through his regard for his friends he
| will not promptly endorse measures of reform
| aud economy when the comfort and support OF
| his personal followers are thereby threatened.
The veteran senator if he shall hereafter Indicate
| a purpose to champion these reforms will have
| no warmer supporters than the Republicans
| who have opposed his denomination.
| Much has been said Of the presence OF fede-
| raj officers pending the senatorial ielection.
| There were not so many prominent ohicers
present as during the campaign OF 1869. There
1
In 1869 nearly every one was present and be-
cause some of them lost their places, they alter
wards left the party. This year the kittery navy
ward ard the stone quarries furnished the great
er part of them, with now and then a postal
officer. In some instances small men were very
officious-men who have suddenly become SO
powerful on account of occupying 5000 office
that they take charge of entire delegations.
Several gentlemen whom we could name who
voted for Mr.. Hamlin, openly expressed their
intense disgust at the presence and meddling OF
these men.
There is some curiosity to ascertain who made
nm the list by which the vote was called IN the
senatorial caucus. For instance, Mr.. judd OF
p,esoue Isle who was nominated by regular
Penublican convention, was not called, while
Messrs. Mitchell of Gardiner, and Vose OF Au-
qusta who were not so Irregular" we're If the
latter were allowed to vote why should not Mr.,
Hoyt of Fort Fairfield be called, having al
ways been Republican? Who made the list?
| .root Of lapd in MARYLAND and Virginia,