The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-10-18
Campaign Notes,

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papers will have as little as possible to say
about the Republican gains of representa-
tives in Congress from Ohio and Indiana.
They will not allude TO the subject if they
can help it.-Troy Times (Rep.)
The New York Post says of Mr.. C. F. Ad-
ans, Jr:-We do not offer him any forced
fattery, but rather a genuine compliment,
when we say that we believe that if before
going over he had read his own article in the
ReuieD he would have remained awhile in the
halfway house of sober second thought.
A large mass meeting was hell at Cooper
Institute Monday evening to ratify the
Republican nominations. The attendance
was so great that outside stands had to be
erected to accommodate the vast throngs.
Inside the hall the crowd was dense, but
orderly, Speeches were made by the Hon.
James G. Blaine, A. W. Tenney and Silas
B. butcher. Mr.. Blaine was received with
great enthusiasm, and made remarkably
effective address.
General Harrison of Indiana, in recent
speech at South Bend, made a point which is
not only true in itself, but we'll worth empha-
sizing. He says: ''As Republicans, we can
turn ourselves and look over our shoulders
without fear. We are not afraid of the past.
We can contemplate, not only without shame,
but with glorious enthusiasm, the record we
have made. But the Democrat don't dare to
turn himself about at all. He is like boy
going through the graveyard.
The effect of Southern intimidation in the
North is to be observed in the following re-
mark by Democrat warmly attached to the
fortunes of Clarkson N. Potter:-That Geor-
gia election dsgusts me with the Democracy.
I was about goue over to them when read,
''No opposition in twenty countless" Said 1:
"A party with no opposition is a little too
unanimous for me. Perhaps if we'd give
them the Union they'd suppress all opposi-
tion everywhere. vote them four years on
the outside.
Connecticut has never yet thrown its vote
for Democratic president since the Repub-
lican party came into power, although it has
repeatedly been Democratic at State cleo
tions. Thus far the canvass has been vigor-
ously conducted on the Republican side-far
more so than on the Democratic. In nearly
every town in the state the Republicans have
organized campaign clubs and held one or
more public meetings. Their organization is
IN many respects more ethclent than 1t was
four years ago, and there seems to be a bet
ter spirit pervading the party than has been
witnessed since the days of the war.
The New York Post says: A prominent
Democrat in conversation with Republican
yesterday made some admissions about Indi-
ana that were evidently not intended Tor pub
lication, but they were made without exact
ing a pledge Of secrecy and have gained
limited circulation. This Democrat said he
considered the Indiana victory an empty one,
in view of the fact that the Democrats at
their last election in Indiana had majority
of seventeen thousand and secured the Legis-
lature. They had spent quarter of mill
| lion of dollars in the state, had expended all
| their energy, and the result was the election
of Governor with whom the party were
generally disappointed, they had lost the
Legislature, and had with Ohio, seen the
| Republicans gain so many Congressman that
| their majority in the House OF Representa-
| tivess was threatened Unless they could
| do better in other Northern States, it was
| his opinion that the fewer OF such victories
| they had the better.