The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-04
THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
Democratic Tricks That Will Not Work.

PEMBROKE, Sept. 2, 1878.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The fight is going on in this
county under queer management on one side at
least You do not find any Democratic meet
ings in any OF the towns, but faring hand-bi!ls
announce that the. Greenbackers are to hold a
meeting at a certain place and on that day you
will find every Democrat sgitating himself
about the poor man, especially the poor Repub-
lican, and urging himIto attend the meeting of
Greenbackers and get the panacea which is to
be furnished by some Democratic agent under
the guise of greenback philanthropist or the
poor mans friend. The honest Republican is
now seeing himself transferred to the Demo-
cratic fold and is realizing that the talk he has
heard on the Greenback heresy is all brag and
buster, and that he is really but tail to the
Democratic kite, and that today the entire con-
troll Of the Greenback party is in the hands of
the Democratic politicians, and his darling can.
didate for the governorship is to be ignored.
One of the Greenback candidates for the Legis-
lature who was endorsed in theDemocratic class
convention in the town in which he lived, stat
ed to the convention that if he was elected and
the election of governor went to the House he
would vote for Garcelon. His Greenback
friends at home said he had no right to set
aside Smith and he would find out that it took
two to play at that game. After this Demo-
cratic class convention adjourned a portion of
them went to the next town to organize
Greenback club, but they did not find any one
who wanted to be Greenbacker.
ln this same convention hard money DEM
ocrat protested against nominating Republic
can. 1t was Democratic convention and he
with many Others desired the nomination of
straight out Democrat, but he was whstled
down.
1t is curious fact that the very men who are
now the loudest advocates for the greenback
dollar, are those who during 1862 and 1868 took
pains to advise the families of our soldiers in
the field to spend the money sent them by those
they loved, as it would not be worth any thing
in few months. They called it Lnccln's
shin-plasters; now, with them, if you believe
what many of them say, it is better than gold.
has a crew of men at work in his yard that one ne
month ago all of his crew claimed to be Green
hackers, but today he only found one.
The Greenback convention in Pembroke
nominated VIM, Todd, who has declined the
nent Republican who was in Pembroke the
day OF the above convention and who went into
the hall as looker-0n, was waited on by some
OF the faithful and invited to speak He replied
that some things IN greenbackism he thought
were true, but not much. AS for him he was a
hard money Republican and intended to vote
that ticket this fall. If they wanted a speech
from him on that platform he would give it to
them. They vamoosed
The fact is that in Washington county it will
be hard work for them to show after election
day that any very great number of regular Re-
publicans voted anything but the straight out
Republican ticket. The whole thing is carried
on by brag and Misrepresentation. The major
ity for the Republican county ticket will not
vary much from last year. A great many hon
est money Democrats declare theirspurpose to
vote for Mr.. Hale, conceding to him ability
and force of character and agreeing with him
in his views on the financial question. When
you hear from Washington county it will be a
good report. The voters are realizing the great
sham that is being acted and they are determ-
ined that this county iat least shall not be found
among the wsywards. HARD MoNRY.