The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-14
The Maine Election.
philadelphia Press.l

lfmlauelpnla Pressl
In insures nearly every Northern and sevs,al
OF the Southern states for Hayes with the sarns
ratio of gain. A very gratifying feature Of ths
triumph is the election of the whole Coppres.
sional delegation in spite of dissensions among
the Republicans in several of the districts
which threatened possible defeat. Mr.. Blaine
mas again displayed his tremendous energy and
magnetic power as leader and given slight
INDICATION OF the furore with which he would
have swept the country as our candidate for the
Presidency
[Albany Journall
This most gratifying result virtually decides
the Presidential contest in advance. It knocks
the foundation out from the Democratic calcu-
iation ana topples over the superstructure OF
democratic hope at ohe blow The Democrat
ic nope rested wholly upon the assumption
that the people "want change"-an assump.
ton as applicable to Maine as to any other
part of the country. But the people of Mama
answer that they do not want and will NOT
have a change which would place the
Confederates in control of the poyernment
Isey answ'' that Tilden's false pretences of
reform nav nave not deceived them in single de-
gree; They answer that they have undimin-
ished faith in the determination of the Renub-
aIcan party to meet every just popular demand.
The attempt of the Confederates to obtain nos.
session OF the government has reused all their
SiJ pasi1tic spirit and they have gone into the
Inc result is one of their most signal triumphs,
Boston Advertiser.l
The significance of the election is very great.
1t shows that since 1872 there has been no
change in the popular sentiment, Whatever
may have happened meanwhilej. the division of
parties is much as before. Both parties have
brought out their full strength, which the Dem.
ocrats never did before, and the desire for a
change is confined to practically the limits of
1868 and 1872. The Republican vote of Mon
day was not the vote of a decaying or death
struck party, but of lively, vigorous, united
organization, which is to win victories in this
Centennial year, as grand and sweeping as in
years past. The vote of the country towns
shows that the sturdy farmers of the state are
not seduced by the insincere professions of re-
form In the mouths of Democrats The vote of
cities shows that the floating population,
which often holds the balance of nower has
not been enticed into the Democratic partv bv
the hard times. There is no way in which the
returns can be examined without giving en-
couragement to Republicans,
IN. Y Tribune.l
1t is possible that some of these early reports
may be over-sanguine but there is enough, at
any rate, to show the set of the current. In
Maine, far more decidedly than in Vermont, it
is still with the Republicans. The Democrats
look in vain for their tidal wave. For those
who put faith in computations Of gain or loss.
small variations in the vote, when fully re-
turHed may have interest. Enough is known
already to prove that the cry of "Tilden and
Reform" does not produce the expected stam-
a. ~
States at least, it is plain that the people have
not concluded to trust the Demo cratic party.
10 the majority OF voters that party seems to
be just what it has been for twenty years--the
party OF reaction, of shams, and of unconquer-
able tendencies toward disloyalty. The voters
of Maine do not think much the worse of il be-
cause it nominated Mr.. Seymour in New York,
or much the better because it nominated
Mr.. Adams in Massachusetts. They understand
it very well; Its spirit is known, and its pre-
regret the faults of the Republican party still
feel that the time has not come to give control
OF the country to the Democracy.
New York Times.l
The result in Maine has been reached by
fair and open canvass on the part OF the Re-
publcans. There has been very little money
used, hardly enough being raised to meet the
necessary expenses of the canvass Our prin-
ciples have been entrusted to the chances of
frank discussion, and they have not suffered, as
under such circumstances, they never do. On
the other hand the Democratic organs describe
the efforts of their own leaders as "quies''
and systematic" which being interp reted
simply means that great deal Of Mr. Tilden's
money has been sent into the state, and that
RsealssX qnSsESH2ut9SSd t9SSd so az foP DESPERATE
cause, has been done by the Democrats in the
hope of breaking the Republican msjority aud
giving a new impulse to the slackening ener-
ges of their party in Indiana. In this scheme
they have been grievously disappointed. They
expected to keep the Republicans below 10000,
and they were betting two to one, up to the
close of the polls yesterday, that they would
wrest at least one of the Congr essional d is
tricts from Republican hands. Could they
have done this it would have been an immense
advantage to them in the close contest which
eliminates in Indiana next month. That they
could not do it is to be attributed to the solid
strength of the Republican sentiment and to
the fidelity with which it is represented by the
Republican candidates.