Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-04-26
PROGRESS OF THE CANVASS.
Op1ous WARFARE UPON Mr.. BLAINE.-1l1s
PROGRESS UNCHECKED.

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Correspondence Of the journal.
! WASHINGTON, April, %, '76.
The infamy Of bespattering an enemy with the
| filth which makes the assailant unbcarably odions
has been adopted by the democratic party as natu-
rally as q sponge absorbs water This fact has
| given the impression that that mode of warfare IS
origin al with the democratic leaders. l am sorry
to rob the ex-confederate dirt singers of any no.
toriety but the interest of natural history requires
that this impression should be dispelled a little
| black and white animal known as the Aeph'sss
| americana, which, translated, means skunk, Is
| the proprietor of the patent which the democratic
leaders have appropriated to their own use. And
it is supposed that the democratic arithmetic men
base their hopes Of success upon the accession OF
this new element in politics. Dcspairing of sue
| cess on merits which they never have possessed,
| the elements opposed to the Republican party are
now trying to promote their interests py throwing
| filth at Mr. Blaine and other candidates for Pres
ident. But thus far they have met with signal de-
feat for their chronic system of lying is not TAX
| ing to itself much moral strength by the addition
! of skunk ism.
! Mr.. Blaine will live down all the shameful scan
! dals which skunkocrats are throwing at him.
Their hatred is in fact the best evidence that he Is
! the one man above all others whom they fear to
| have nominated for President. he would put the
whole skunkocracy to flight at the polls as he has
the exconfederate branch Of it in Congress-. Since
this filth throwing began many newspapers here
tofore lukewarm have come out openly and stout
" for Mr. Blaine's nom nation. Notable instances
are reported in New York, Pennsylvania, and the
masses are following the newspapers. 1t looks as
though Mr. Blaine would obtain the votes of both
those great states after one or two ballots. The
newspapers in Massachusetts,, New Hampshire,
Ohio, Maryland, and many other states have also
manifested greater zeal for Mr.. Blaine within
the last few days. A good example is the article
from the Old Colony Memorial, published at
Plymouth, Mass which l send you with this.
If any there are who doubt the practical benefit
of these exhibitions Of good will let US turn to the
results of the canvass thus far. Virginia has sent
full delegation for Mr. Blaine. lean confident
" state this, no matter how by whom it may be
disputed. South Carolina will have some votes
for him for the start. The only other late cleo
tons of delegates are in the territories of Colora-
do, Idaho, Montana, all of which will be repre-
scented in Cincinnati by Blaine delegations. As
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one full hedged after July, it is likely that it will
have six delegates in the convention, and six were
chosen. The other territories have two delegates
each. Here are ten new delegates for the Blaine
column. On the 4;h of May, Maryland W i'll send
a solid delegation of Is for him. Almost
every county in the primary elections has
instructed for him. The following resolution was
adopted in the Baltimore convention on Friday
"Resoired, That we believe the Hon. James G.
Blaine of Maine to be man Of strict integrity.
of unblemished honor, Of ripe scholarship, and of
devoted patriotism, and that as q statesman he
ranks higher than any candidate now before the
people, and that the delegates electedby this con-
vention to Frederick Estate convention) be and
they are hereby instructed to vote for such dele
gates to Cincinnati as will give him q willing,
hearty and earnest support as our first choice for
President"
Without going over the whole field, which
promises bountiful Blaine harvest everywhere,
let me clip this interesting item from an Ohio
correspondent of the N. Y.Trbune:
~ noticed that in a recent estimate of the Pres
idential probabilities made BY your Washington
correspondent, he gave Gov. Hayes A votes from
Ohio, in such manner as to convey the idea that
Hayes would receive this number of votes from
the BEGINNING to the close of the Cincinnati Con-
vention. This is an erroneous impression, for it
is notorious fact in this part OF the State that
there are IA delegates from Ohio, who will vote
for Blaine on the second ballot and that the whole
drift of public sentiment the Western Reserve,
which usually furnishes Ohio with % 900 or 80,
600 Republican majority, is in favor Of Blaine.
On Monday night last. General Thos. w. Con-
way of Buffalo, New York, was here and made
a speech to the Maine Campaign Club. He gave
| a most encouraging account Of the progress Of
| Mr.. Blaine's friends there. The Buffalo Blaine
| club now has over one thousand members. A,
their last meeting they voted to send 100 delegates
General Conway, being President of the club
| was authorized to receive and enrol volunteers
for that purpose. More than three hundred have
volunteered to go! Besides as a result of the
Buffalo movement, clubs are contemplated in
Rochester, Elmra, Syracuse, Auburn, and other
cities in New York, and the Blaine army from
that State to Cincinnati promises to be grand.
J.W.B.
AASSA CHUSETTS FOR MR.. BLAINE.
The Old Colony Memorial, of Plymouth, Mass,
is of the oldest, stanchest and most conserva-
tive newspapers in the country. Last week it
came out formally 70. Mr.. Blaine
"The Republican State Convention it said sis
to be held IN Boston on Wednesday of next week,
for the choice of delegates to the National Con-
| vention at Cincinnati. We presume the general
feeling is in favor OF Blaine and Brstow and that
| delegates understood to favor these candidates
| will be nominated"