The Portland daily press., 1876-03-18
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE.


Hampshire to speak up loud" so that there
should be no misunderstanding of what she
said. But they didn't suppose she would
"holler' so right in their ears. It fairly
deafens them.
Mr.. Black worked very hard among his
Democratic friends 10 persuade them to vote
against the commitment of his Client, and
was highly indignant at the acti)n. "But,
judge" said one, eve couldn't do different
ly." Couldn't do differentlyp' retorted the
judge, contemptuously; couldn't do differ
emily! All that the Democrats in this house
are after is garbage, garbage; and it won't be
long before you'll be thrown ont ss garbage
yourselves !"
The Baltimore american says that the res
olutons of the New York Union League ex-
press feeling which is being manifested by
Republicans all over The country. 1t also
says that the incumbents of United States
offices in Marylrnd should understand that it
would be both discreet and becoming in them
to take very modest share in making up the
State Convention.
Even Tammany Hall so clearly sees the
hopelessness of Gov. Iilden's cause that it
openly abandoned him.
If the Democrats could blunder over some
other investigation, we should have some
hope of carrying Connecticut.
Secretary TAFT says: L have worked hard,
made some money, lost some, spent some,
and have moderate competency. But am
working-man. You see l have gone upon
the principle of preferring to give the boys
good, thorough educational training rather
than any large Inheritance OF property or
money. One of ''the boys'' was the vaedc-
torian at Yale in 1867.
It's the same old story wherever the Dem.
ocratic humbuging is repudiated-it's always
money and fraud" The party of Fernando
Wood is always liable to be cheated at cleo
tions.
The Connecticut election occurs two weeks
iron next Monday. Inspired by the grand
victory of New Hampshire the Republicans
of Connecticut are rousing for the fight.
The Montgomery (Ala.l Journal quietly
says: "The air about Atlanta appears just
now to be full OF dark and ugly rumors of
corruption and bribery. Georgia is the mod
el Democratic state of the South"
Southern papers credit Congressman Ben
jamin II. Hill with the intention to deliver
on the first opportunity an elaborate defense
of the Confederacy and of secession. The
advice they give him is-Don't.
Like the man on the chimney on the first
day of the flood, the Democrats are looking
over into New Hampshire and crying, SIT
isn't much of shower"
The Indianapolis Journal says that Mr..
Landers roars for greenbacks in Congress,
but in his home dealings exacts promissory
notes payable in gold.
The triumph in New Hampshire proves not
that the people will tolerate Belknaps, but
that they believe Republicanism something
very different from Belknapism. And they
are right.
1t is libel upon the people of New Hamp-
shire to charge that they annually sell them.
selves to the highest bidder. The only parties
| "sod' were the Democrats who expected to
carry the state.
A gain of 100 Republican Supervisors in
the recent New York elections. Add those
TO Maine and New Hampshire victories.
Privately" says Washington correspon-
| dent, ''the admission among Democrats is
| freely made that the nomination of a copper
head candidate, together with the Confeder-
ate speeches of Hill, Tucker, Sammy Cox
and Others, was what lost New Hampshire"
The New Hampshire correspondent of the
New York Times writes of the elections:
"There is no reason for believing that
either party made lavish or illegitimate use
of money. The Republicans certainly did
not, because they did not have it to use. 1
know to the exact cent just how much mon
ey was sent into thestate by the Republicans,
and know, from careful calculation, that 1t
was far less than was required to meet the
ordinary and proper expenses of the cam
paign, and that the deficiency had to be made
up by the Republicans of New Hampshire,
few of whom have dollars to spare"
Between thirty and forty gentlemen met at
the Bay State House at Worcester Thursday
| night to talk over the political situation.
They appointed the following committee to
prepare an address to the Republicans of the
state: W. S. B. Hopkins of Worcester, Walter
Allen of Newton, Hon. w. B. Pierson of
Holyoke, Hon. A. j. Bartholomew of South
bridge and Hon. John D. Long of bingham,
and the following committee on correspon-
dence: Hon. W. w. Rice Of Worcester, Hon.
Charles Allen of Boston, Hon. A. L. Soule of
Springfield, W. B. Hale of Northampton and
j. Evarts Green of Worcester.
The Springfield Union says "The stupid
est allegation of the opposition is, that the
victory in New Hampshire was the result of
| bribery. In individual cases there may have
been bribes used, though the charge that
they were as freely used by Republicans as
Democrats is most unjust: but the idea of
talking of bribed majority OF 3. 700 is simply
| ridiculous. The charge is an utageous libel
| on an American state, and should be indig-
nantly repelled by all who are interested in
| vindicating the American character. A party
must needs be in desperate plight that ven-
lures thus to blacken the good name OF an
entire community tor the sake of breaking
the moral effect of fair defeat"