The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-24
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER "a.

that account. The people of Massachusetts,
will have very plain sailing in November.
There can be no pretence that the enemy the
honest men of the State are to combine against
is misguided person who entertains peculiar
and ridiculous opinions on financial questions
bat is nevertheless actuated by worthy motives.
Butler is a notorious disturbsr of the peace
his candidacy is menace to public order; ne
is The abettor Ct tranps the safety OF lie
and the security of property demand that ne
should be politically annhilated. Ii he were
Governor with a council to match, stealing
would no longer be punishable otfense within
his Jurisdiction, provided the thief could
show that be was lot as well off as the man he
sioln from. 1t is part of his creed that it is
the business of the rich to maintain the poor,
or to put it exactly as those fellows mean it, of
the industrious to feed and clothe the lazy.
am inclined to the opinion that Msssachu-
sets has not yet fallen into such an abyss OF
establishment as to make it possible that she
should confer her Executive authority upon
ore who is so positively Objectionable from
every point of view, so destitute of every fea-
ture of eligibility. 1 have very much the same
idea of the enfdnt terrible of the Bay State
that Sam Weller had of the valiant Bowler
when he threatened to cut Mr.. Wrinkles heart
out-in consequence of which saDguinary prop
ostion Wrinkle precipitately fled. "He should
ha' stopped and fought it out, sr," replied
Sam, contemptuously. 1t wouldn't take
much to settle that ere Dowler, sir" Our East
ern neghbors have no alternative this time bnt
to settle things with this freebooter who is en-
deavoring to organize gang of tramps and set
them to pundering respectable citizens. There
are two Republicans to one Democrat in the
State when there is some great issue to call
out the full strength of the two parties. OF
the Democrats, half, at least, and some very
good, say twc-thirds. are Irishmen. The Irish
are proverbial dupes in political matters; they
are not only easily led by the nose. but are
rather more likely than not to be led in the
direction which is Numerically contrary to
their interests. This constitutional perverse-
ness of theirs is no doubt the reason why every
Hibernian in the Democratic party is ticketed
and labelled Butlerte, by both sides. That
is his political capital to start with; he must
get the rest of his votes from the stragglers
of both parties, and he will require great
many of them to win, this time.
1t is a capital idea, having the soft-money
vagary, communism and rowdyism all corcen.
trated in one target, and so distinctly marked
IS to be perfectly easy to aim at. 1t simplfies
the coatest materially. There can be no mis-
take made in the decision whether to go for or
against Butler. The line between good and
evil never was, never can be more clearly dis
cernible. There is thin veneering of profess
sion in the platform but it is not intended to
deceive any one. There is no expectation of
capturing the suffrages of worthy and consci-
entious citizens. The campaign is based on
the theory that there are enough of the shift
less, ignorant and vicious to turn the scale. 1t
Is to be hoped this will prove very erroneous
estimate AT any rate the census is worth
taking. tbs we'll for every body to know ex-
actly how strong the moral element is in
population which is supposed to be superior to
the average of the inhabitants of the North.
YARMOUTH.