Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-16
THE MAINE CAMPAIGN.
Causes Of the Republican Defeat.
Views of n Close and Intelligent Oh
server in that State.
ISreciGl Correspondence 10 The Star.l

IL Is Impossible Tor an outsider to Judge cor
rtctly OF the causes which led to the repubi-
can defeat in this state on Monday last: and
take it that this holds true, 10 greater or less
extent, OF all elections. There are usually
,ocal intrigues and local feelings which do not
appear on the surface; but, which have more
10 do with determining results than the So
called paramount issues OF the campaign.
During the campaign in this state the finan-
clal issue was the only question publicly dis
cuSSed. There was but rarely even an fnci.
dental mention OF any other topic. But these
SCI speeches, am convinced, had little or no.
th1ng TO do with influencing votes. lit was the
speecheS on the street corners and on the high
campaign speeches delivered in a neighboring
city listened TO nearly all, and but one Of
tnem nad any appreciable effect on the audi
ence. mat was brief speech by Leo Miller
THE ORGANIZATION OF PARTIES.
ne spoke o1 the national party as the Off
springer necessity, and said that in this coun-
Try TWO parties seem to be necessary. One is
progressive and The other conservative. When
We progressive party gets into power it be-
comes cons. rvative. and continuance in power
makes II cori apt. That, he said, had been the
case with the democratic and republican par
lies, ard Wouii be the case with the new party
nnltes the best rleG of the old parties etc
mere was not only good deal OF truth in
what Miller said, but his delivery was excel,
lent, and il vas evident that every word told
upon bis hearers.
ANYTHING To BEAT TIE REPU BLICANs
III Is inevitable that the result of the Maine
election will be heralded abroad as a green.
lack victory, a triumph OF infationists, repu-
dl:ttIoniSfS and communists. This will not
only Go great injustice TO the intelligence and
good sense OF the people, but is really wide OF
The tfuth. Not one per cent. of the greenback
vote was cast by those who believe in repudi-
alton and imitation. Most of the greeubackers
! have met said all they wanted was green
BACK equal In value 10 gold, and that they will
soon have. But The great ma j0rity of the
gieenback votes were cast by democrats, who
Went INTO the movement simply and solely
because they fancled they could thereby defeat
the republicans. With scarcely an exception
they are hard money men. The republican
detection SO far as it can be figured up now,
was less than i've thousand in the state The
increase Of this years vote over last wear was
about Y 900, of which increase Connor received
i,ooe An additional 5000 taken from the
greenDack column would have given him the
required majority. It may be said here that
the republican organization remains intact
that WORD has gone along the line that there is
to be no bargaining or coalition with green
hackers in the organization of the Iegislafure.
ana thdt next years campaign will be fought
as tliS has been, on an honest money platform
THE REPUBLICANS CLAIM,
and apparently ON conclusive grounds, that
the democracy are hopelessiy divided and de.
moralized, and will never more be heard of i'm
TINS stale as party. A very large percentage,
at least one third. of the democrats, did vote
with the .greenbackers or the greenbackers
voted with them, whichever way you look at
1t but while the greenbackerS did ali the
Wofk, the democrats here secured the spoils.
As you are no DOUBT aware, the election OF the
democratic candidate for governor by the le-
gislature is more than prObable-even the
Congressmen elected in the 4th and 5th dis
trlctS are both democrats. DR.. Ladd, elected
In the 4th district over Powers, is not only a
hle-iong democrat, but was styled a copper
mead during The war, and went about declaim-
Murch, elected in the 5th district over Hale
trep9 and Martin tdem }, never voted any
ticket but the democratic ticket in his life, and
his friends say since his election that he never
VIII vote any other ticket. He failed however
10 get the endorsement of the democratic con
vehtlon, which nominated j: +. Martin, of
who had made his mark in the state senate
and who has a good war record. Murch, on
TIE otner hand, is an uneducated man, form
erly working Stone-cutter but now secretary
OF the Stone.cutter's union. The leading can
dldate Tor the nomination was VIM. NJ Rust
EDITOR of the Belfast Progressive Age. bat a
hrst to espouse the greenback heresies aud
gave his time to organizing greenback clubs
throughout the district. But he was rejected,
and a., an ~ unknown man, democrat nominated.
Hest OF the greenback advocates, was defeated,
as was his lieutenant, one Fogg, candidate
Tor the legislature. In Waldo county the dem
tsa ocIatlc convention adopted the greenback
ticket, and OF the ten Senators and Represent
atlVeS elect, eight are democrats or have been
heretofore.
Il.
a word or two as 10 the results in the fourth
and NTH Congressional districts. The defeat
OF Powers, who was considered the weakest
man In the delegation, was generally antici-
feat Of Hale. That he would have a hand
some plurality was conceded by everyone.
,n Wnlle the more sanguine Of his friends counted
plurality OF z 426 votes for Murch. defeated
Hale, and this large vote for Murch is mainly
que 10 the exertions of democratic lawyer of
nC nf h
slaughter Martin, the regular democratic
nominee. The Belfast Journal says:-"Tne
intention was to run Martins vote as low as
possible, in order that he might not be trou,
biesome competitor in 1880. But Mac over
AIDED his gun, and elected Murch, It was
one eI those mistakes to which men of genius
hARD TIMES" AND TN THE DESIRE FOR
=. In conclusion, it may be said that the "hard
times The desire for change, with the be-
the demand for retrenchment in state and
county expenditures; and hope that the real
or imaginary rings at Augusta and Washing
ton ton mig might I be broken up had more to do with
the vote OF Maine this year than the mere sur
lace issue OF the financial problem. The
people generally have arrived at the conclu-
sion that there is vast amount Of rascality at
washington; that they are being Systemati-
cally ROBBED there; and they think that BY
sending new men to Congress they NAV put a
STOP TO II. From present indications am in
year I0r rings. political or otherwise; and
while have no fear that the fallacious finau-
clal the0Iles OF the greenbackers will ever
prevail in this country, some good is likely to
result from the present agitation and shaking
up o1 parties. G. A. p.
MARYLAND CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS
The following are the Maryland congressional
nominations as far as made: lst district
Daniel M. Henry, of Dorchester. democrat:
Col. Sam'l. A. Graham, of Wicomico repubH
can. I'd district-J. Fred G. Talbot OF Baltt.
more county, democrat; no republican nom
inatiOn as yet Sd district-Col. VIM. Kimmel.
OF Baltimore city, democrat; RObt Turner.
republican, nominated but declined: Joseph
Thompson, temperance candidate, 4th dis
trict-RObert M. McLane, of Baltimore city.
democrat; John q. Holland, of Baltimore city,
republican. 5th district-Eli j. Henkle. OF
Anne Arundel county, democrat; j. Parran
crane, OF ST. Mary's county, republican. 9th
district-Democratic convention meets Sep
tember Is; Milton g. Urner of Frederick
county, republican.
DEATHS ON THE RAIL-GeO. w. Cameron
who was struck by a locomotive On the Phtia
delphia and Baltimore Central railroad Fri
day last, near Rising Sun, Md, died some hours |
afterwards. He leaves wife and seven child |
ren. John Holmes, brakeSman on way freight, |
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail-
road, was struck by a bridge at Paschalrs |
station at an early hour Saturday mOrning, aud
instantly killed
Mr.. MURCH, who has been elected to Con-
gress by the Maine greenbackers over Mr. |
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