The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-09-28
ALL HAIL, MAINE!
She Piles Up a Republican Mn.
jsrity Of Over 10000.
The Success Of the National Re-
publican Ticket Assured.

The Success Of the National Re-
publican Ticket Assured.
Cheering News from All Quarters.
From the Chicago Inter. 6cean.ll
The result in Maine dispels n Democratic
illusion-the illusion that there is a tidal
wave setting In, upon which the Democratic
I Part y i I to n% ride intq pey pSI%siT; There II ,S. i p, NO
Tree State election. Mr.. Blaine's most
%sanguine expectations have been more thar
realized. Every Republican Congressional
candidate elected, every county carried by
the Republicans, and the Republican cam
didate for Governor chosen by 16,oO0 ma
jority. In the presence Of q great danger
the disatlected Republicans who strayed
away from the polls or voted the Demo-
cratic ticket In 1874 take their old places in
the ranks, and the Republican party of
Maine moves forward to AN old-fashioned
victory. There is good cheer in the news
from the little coast State. The heart of It's
people beats true time to the music OF the
Union. At the post OF danger, In the fore
front OF the battle, Vermont and Maine
charge the enemy calamity, winning the
Rrst strategic points Of the campaign. There
is scorn OF T'ilden and his miserable pre-
tense of reform In the grand Republican ma
~jorities rolled up in Vermont and Maine,
Blu there Is something more than scorn of
the shams and sharp devices of the Demo-
cratic party I'm this out. pouring OF RepubIl-
can voters. There is alarm for the fate OF
the ~nati.n; there Is horror Of the political
crimes lone by the Democratic,party at the
South; there Is dread OF Southern rule
that rule which plungedthe people into civil
slavery; there is apprehension Of roll:
bery-robbery through taxation 10 pay
millions upon millions Of dollars in Southern
claims already filed In the Congress Of the
United States. As for the people Of Yer
mont and Maine, they have spoken, and
they have said: The party that rescued the
ship Of state from wreck, wrested IL from
the hands Of traitors, shall guide us alike
through the calm and the storm.
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From the Chicago Tribune.l
Maine has responded to Vermont. YER
mont rolled ND "a, 900 majority over the
largest Democratic vote pollcd in the State,
and now Maine rolls UP a largely increased
majority over the heaviest Democratic vote
| ever polled in that State. The unusual and
| extraordinary efforts by the Democrats in
both these States to get eft a full vote and
ism was a failure. They did poll an in
| creased vote; but this was met In both States
by a full Republican turnout, which not only
| overwhelmed the Democracs but increased
| the Republican majorities. Maine elves a
Republican majority of from II. OOO 10
Il, 200 against 3. 200 last year. and 10 900 in
1874. IL elects five Republican members of
| Congress, elects three .fourtbs of the Lerjs.
| lature. and generally has securod marty con.
troll of the Government of the state, and OF
nearly every town. In yermontthe Repub-
lean victory was equally decisive and sweep.
H., Is.,... A. -. L.. ST.. l.
as hopeless a minority as theS ever were.
The result i'm these two states leaves tho
progress of the campaign precisely as these
| elections left It In iS72, when Greeley was
| the Democratic candidate. In that wear The
| Democrats estimated that a gain OF Q per
cent. on the popular vote was ali that was
required to elect their candidate, and,
| though they did not expect 10 carry Yer.
mont and Maine, they expected TO show
that this gain was generalin all parts of the
and Vermont, however, refused TO exhibit
any Democratic progress, and now, in 1876,
instead of indicating any popular demand
for '~'ch,nge,p the Republican majority in
Vermont is double, and in Maine three
times greater than it was last year. These
two States show not only an u~nbroken, but
an increased and stronger column of Re-
publicanism than before. 1t negatives the
idea that any portion Of the Republic
cans have embraced Democracy or have
abandoned Hayes to support Tildcn.
In 1872, Indiana elected Hendricks Gov
ernor, but Ohio rejected the Democracy
after the Maine and Vermont elections; but
the defeat-the failure OF the Democracy to
make any impression 10 Maine or Ohio was
accepted by the country as conclusive, and
before November the Democratic party had
become disintegrated and made but little
effort. The campaign now rests where II
did four years ago. AS then, the Dem
ocracy may carry Indiana, but will sustain
an overwhelming defeat in Ohio; and tho
drift of popular feeling, MS shown by Ohio,
Maine, and Vermont, will leave but little
hope in the Democratic party, and nothing
to inspire its miscellaneous followers 10
prosecute their struggle to the end. Had
Maine wavered, then there would have
been Democratic promise; but the Maine
election, excluding all notion that any pop.
ular change has taken place, chills the
hopes Of even the most sanguine Tildenitcs
from the New York Witness
The Republican victory in Maine has been
much more sweeping than had been antici.
pated even by those whose sympathies led
them to be most sanguine In that direction
The majority nj this writing is reported &c
be ~, 900, possibly Is, 900, and every Con.
gressional district and every county are said
to have gone Republican. The extent and
significance of this triumph will appcar IN
view of the following considerations:'
/, The Republican majority in Maine has
been gradually diminishing Tor the last few
wears. In 1872 IL was II, gI6; in 1873, 49,
this the reason is to be found In the change
in the character Of the population: Maine
nrn n'' H. Her po I"aor m mem % as r"niJly ns they
have come Of age, have largely emigrated tc
newer ~ Saates. 80 iar AZ .he,r places nave Mkt
usually affiliate with the Democrats. ''
2. The largest votes are cast in Presidsn,
mart nsrty I siren uaG op hronrbt t' n,;t' Seventeer
thousand in 1872 followed by much smaller
nnn,nctS ,ae Two succeeaihs Yeas uio no,
ministration rs it did apathy on the part q,
hspubliran voters, And consid der inc
MS much IN Isti AZ r. 90 did in is1s.