The Portland daily press., 1875-12-29
A Note from Major ShOrey,

BRIDGToN, Me-, Dec 27, 1876.
To the Editor Of the Press:
The communication in your paper of this
morning, under the caption Malicious War;
fare does me such gross Injustice that / am
constrained to ask that you will allow me suf-
fcient space in your paper to make the neces-
sary corrections. have always endeavored to
avoid offensive personalities of the character
now charged upon me, and L am very unwill :
ing that Fair Plays" Interpretation of a
paragraph in my last paper should stand un-
challenged,
My offence is, that in paragraph commend
ing the manner in which Gen. Murray has adj
ministered the affairs of the Adjutant Generals
Office, and also referring to Gov Perham in
complimentary terms, I close with the follow
ing general statemeut
With such men as Gen. Murray at the head
OF the War Department, Gov. Perham as Sec
rotary of State and Mr.. Hatch IN charge of the
State Finances, the various departments of our
state government are sure to be honestly and
ably administered, and the people may rest as
sured that the public offices at the state house
are not being used as loa6ng places for pot
house politicians.
Upon this simple and inoffensive statement
your correspondent bois over with righteous
indignation, and talks about its being tout
rageous for the Bridgton News to assume that
the battle SCARED Clley," and the other com
petitors for the state offices, are men who in
their makeup are calculated to draw about
them asf associates "idle whisky guzzlers or
beer drinkersp Such an Interpretation of
the language used in my paper is unjust, and
think 1 am justified in characterzng it as
grossly malignant. l have never referred dis
respectfully to either of the candidates for Adj
lutant General or Secretary of State, and
protest against the inference drawn by the
writer of the very singular letter in your issue
of NJ onday. When L say that Messrs. Hatch,
Murray and PeIham are able, honest and pure
men who will only call gentlemen about them
as associates, I say what all who are acquaint.
ed with these gentlemen know to be true; and
In saying this of them. it by no means follows
that all not enumerated in this list are the re-
verse of what L claim for them. Certainly
your correspondent will not succeed in creating
vast amount Of sympathy for his pet cand'
dates by playing the malignant warfare
dodge" without larger amount of capital
than he has yet shown.
= OoShV w oAJ q HOiu III iCpiJ "
the weighty and crushing argument contained
in the following paragraph:
Major Shorey is not so thorough Republic
can that he can set himself up as dictator; for
L learn that the election of Democratic clerk
OF courts in Cumberland is quite as much due
to his influence as that of any other man.
If this means anything, it is not that being in
good standing in the Republican fold, on ac-
count of an alleged political misdemeanor
have no right to speak in complimentary terms
of office-holders of the Republican persua sion /!
This is really a sublime idea, aud is worthy
the keen imagination of the author of the ma.
iignant communication to which have re-
TERED. But the statement is not true, as
have no such influence as he attributes to me-
Ii did anything to contribute to the result
referred to, it was to quietly give one of the
tnree hundred or more votes which constituted
MT. LIttlefeld's majority; and, for reasons en-
iireiy satisfactory to themselves, upwards of a
hundred Republicans in this section commit
Tea ike misdemeanor | have no apologies
10 oHer Tor my course, as l always vote accord
ing to my convictions of duty without any die
tations from any source Ii, howeve / am
not greatly mistaken as to the authorship of
the communication in which this ''home
thrust is made, venture to assert tbatsto Che
writer thereof, more than to ana other one
hundred men in this county, Mr. IittIefisld is
indebted for bis election clerk of courts,
Very truly yours,
TT A cror.