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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
Fusion Receives Knock from Knox.

The Democrats of Knox county have
held a convention and nominated a tick
et-a straight democratic ticket. The
Democrats Of Knox do not propose to be
sold out or intimidatcd by the fusionists,
but Will stand by their organization, and
by Democratic principles. We published
their ticket last week. 1t is generally
conceded to be a good one, and will re-
celVe, OF course, the votes of Democrats
who deteSt the Greenback humbug. and
who are not to be lead into repudiating
their honest money principles and sacri-
ticing their better judgment by trading
tratticking, dickering demagogues." In
this respect Knox enjoys the distinction
of standing alone The n. y. Tribune
correspondent says
The absence Of any effort to push the Democrat
lc State ticket and the fusion with the Greenback
ers III nearly all the counties have disgusted many
stubborn old Democrats. Everywhere 70 hear
of Democrats who they will not countenance
the bargain To make Smith Governor, and will
stay at home gu election day 4 Democrat usually
does all has grGmbling before election and then
votes the straight ticket but there will be no
straight Democratic ticket in Maine outside OF the
one County of knox. Everywhere else Green
hackers are Saudwched III between Democrats for
the local offices. To regular case hardened
Bourbon Democrat these spccklcd tickets will not
have an attractive look How many Will reject
them altogether cannot be forcseen But there
Will be an unusually large stay at home Demo
cratic vote, and great deal of scratching seems
inevitable
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

The hard money Democrats Of Maine
have an opportunity at this election to
make a record of which they can be proud
III the future. The Greenback plan is
simply humbug and IA delusion. No
body respects it, nobody believes in it.
nobody will hear of it after this wear. It
IS simply party eXpedient for the pur-
poses OF the hour. But there will be 9th
er and quite as dangerous schemes, and
just as unreasonable, brought out in the
future to boost into office the Democratic
managers You have been and will be
asked to support these absurdites in the
name OF Democracy. When the purpos-
eS of the leaders ask YOU to assume all
these shapes to further their ends, can
they expect you to 60 with them? Of
course not You might owe something
to the Democratic party if it were true to
itself and its principles. But you owe a
higher duty to your country and its vel
fare. Stand by them, then, and don't
be Wheedled, and twisted and turned. lust
to place in Office set Of men who have
no higher incentive than desire for office.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
From the Bangor Wing
Shylock Smith of Oldtown.

We give space below 10 the statement Of Mr.
Charles F. Jordan, of Oldtown concerning some
remarkable business transactions with Joseph L.
Smith. the Greenback candidate for Governor. As
Mir Smith claims to be a special champion Of the
laborng class and o7, egeeltgc the poor mans
friend, the statement Of MIR. Jordan is OF consider
able political interest at this time
0LproWN. Aug. IS 1879.
To THE EDITOR OF THE WING d COURIER:
Sir Ill yod allow me a space IN your paper
toF what trust and hope will be L benefit to the
Iahorug classes OF this state.
The present Greenback candidate for Governor
). l. Smith, came to me about the first OF January
lN'5 and wanted to furnish me with money to cut
lumber that winter told him had a camp on
the West Branch on Town I IN H. ami had up To
that time had $500 twenty eight hundred dol
lars OF Babb Lancaster, OF Bangor Il wanted
me to 70 aud pay them and gave me a check on
the eazle Bank for the same. | have regretted
II many times since, for they had ALWAYS dealt
with Inc honoraby and fairly. had OF Smith up
70 the 10Th OF June, Isl g. about 81 900 dollars at
Z per cent commission, making about i $50 and
about 70 per cent interest per anuum On ms
money. In the fall OF 1873 took ont a permit on
the same town Tor tour horses or more aud could
carry 1t on with my Own means but Smith came
u NE and wanted me to take out a permit on 4xl6
On NelhoduS Brook Tor two or three camps SAID
he had $4,000 and wanted me to use 1t cutting
TIMBER that winter | told him did lot want to
do SO much, and that / knew nothing of the
chances and had Lot time to explore the same He
sad Zach Moore, OF this town hadeXplored IT, and
he smith, would guarantee il to be first class
chance. After his coming to a number OF
times | consented and put on two camps on 4 in IT,
making IN all ) camps, about - horses. 81 men.
tat about three mutton Of logs. In the spring OF
| found the AelAuduS hard brook to drive on
and the result was. lei, about SIX or seven thuus
and II my los "a The brook ana when settled
WIN hly men he wanted ine TO pay them oft with
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

}. y. LamSon, GTrenbdch candidate for
Senator in this county, has published a
communication in the Maine Standard in
reply to the charge of the kennebcc Jour
nal that he SAID last winter in the House
that the poor-house was good enough for
Sollicr> orphans. and endeayors to make
it appear that he was III favor of gener-
Gus appropriation 1or the Bath ASYLUM.
The journal comes back at I.amSon and
shows him UP in an even worse light than
before. It quotes the indignant reply Of
Mr.. Locke. of Portland. to Lamsons pro
position to indirectly kill the asylum by
reducing the appropriation below the
amount necessary to maintain it as we'll
as the remarks of Nh Simpson of Sears
port. a brother Greenbacker. who said
He regretted to see the position taken bv the
gentleman from Freedom lI.amson) The same
splrlt That would reduce the appropriation would
not have permitted the comrades Of that gentle
man iLamsonl son. who had been a member Of
ms simpsons regiment, and had died in the
swamPs OF Louisiana to contribute towards carry
lng ms remains to New Orleans and embaming
them and sending them home
This comparison of the meanness of hanson
with the generosity of the men who had contribut-
ed to pay the expenses of sending home the body
OF his son for burial. overwhelmed Lamsou and
ms mean proposition He withdrew his amend
ment and the resolve appropriating s. 900 passed
by vote of 93 in favor to 10 against. and among
those voting against the resolve is found recorded
the name Oh James D. Lamson of Freedom the
"reenback candidate for Senator of W aldo county.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
Specie Shipments and Emigration.

Resumption and the balance of trade in
our favor are causing heavy shipments of
gold to this country from Europe. The
London Standard in its financial article
OF Aug. Odd. says 1T is thought that
81 100000 sterling more will leave France
1or the United States :" and the Paris
| correspondent Of the Financier, a New
| York journal, says that more than 81 900
900 have been shipped from French ports
| for the United States during the last
! three weeks. one of the chief bullion
houses of Paris estimates that the INSULT
cient crops of England, France and Ger
many will necessitate purchases in the
| nitcd States to the amount of t20, 900
900 sterling or in our currency the round
sum of one hundred million dollars.
The condition OF the agricultural inter
est in Great Britain could hardly be
worse than it now is From all sections
come reports Of floods and of crops aban-
doned. For the graziers the outlook is
bad, owing to the scarcity of hay and the
almost total failure of the turnip crop
and unless the pastures improve very de
cidedly in the autumn there will be a
| largely increased demand for American
beet. In fact. the nited States will have
to largely supply John Bull with both
meat and bread. English economists
have made up their minds that another
Year of general depression will have to be
endured, and that there is no cvading
the consequences OF the present stagna
ton OF commerce in any shorter period.
rs to the agricultural classes there seems
10 be but one opinion, which is that alb
Soutc ruin awaits a large number of the
farmers: condition of things which has
long been impending, due to what the
London Spectator regards rs the accumu-
lated vices Of the English agricultural
system, and merely prccipitatcd now be
cause further procrastination is impoSSi-
hlc. The result will probably be a con
Siderable nxoJus If cmi, ,r,nts tr,m ,;rc,t
Britain within the next twelve months,
and Of These this counfrv viii sccnrr =
Iaro, maioity Australia is in distayor
the wear there havinr been ncrhaps the
wars, IN IL. h;s,ou ~ ,no rlo,, .ir..
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

one Of the devices of Gen Ewing, the
fiat money candidate for Governor Of
Ohio, is to doctor his speeches for the
press after he delivers them. For in
stance, he left out of the press copy Of a
speech at Cleveland a declaration in favor
Of the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Every intelligent person knows that free
coinage is direct swindle upon the peo-
pie, and it is not surprising that Mr.
Ewing should want to keep his advocacy
of it out Of print. As to his honesty in
the matter-well, it is about on par
with the currency he favors
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Letters from all sections Of the West
note large increase Of business, rapid
restoration Of confidence among all class
es, abundant crops, general prosperity
and bright prospects for the future in all
departments of trade.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
FOR GOVERNOR,
d A N Ell F. D Wis
WALDO COUNTY NOMINEES.

For Senators --.--.-- EDWARD 2. HAHN.
WILLIAM SMITH
For Clerk OF Courts WAKEFIELD e. FRYE.
For GO Commissioner. SAN FL. klNGSBl RG.
For County Treasurer. SHERBI RNE SLEEPER
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Don't throw away your vote on Gar
celon. He's only dummy candidate.
The men who nominated him would not
elect him if they could. Vote for Davis
and honest money and stamp out this
Greenback nonsense in Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

There will be speaking at Winterport
tomorrow friday evening, and in this
city ON Saturday next. Unless other ar
engagements should be made, W. c Mar
shall, Esq, will deliver an address at Win
terport, and Hon. j. Manchester Haynes
will speak here.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
Another Staunch old Democrat Won't Ride
the Greenback Mule.

iENoBScOT, MAINE, August u
EDITOR or TIE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL: | am
Democrat | voted for Martin Van Buren,. and
have voted for nominees Of the Democratic party,
both State and national ever since, believing con
sclentiously IN Democratic principles last year |
voted for GOV Garcelon.
/ have been reader of the journal for more
than % years, and as rule have believed in the
honesty Of its principles / do now The leaders
OF our party have torsaken their principles and are
ready to trade and dicker with ANYTHING merely
to obtain power Their course | cannot sustain
either by my vote or voice If it be true land |
think it So that the Republican party has adopted
Democratic principles, 1t is right for me to support
that ticket, and shall vote the Republican ticket
this fall for the first time
our obedient servant. ALFRED BERRY
MI. Berry is prominent and respect
ed citizen, and man Of influence. He
places himself on the solid ground of prin-
ciplc, where an honest man should. Mr..
Berry is we'll known in Waldo county.
having friends in Stockton. Thousands
of old Democrats will be just as honest as
he is.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Happy thought Of the Springfield, Mo,
News; If Solon Chase is elected Prcsi-
dent by the Nationals "he can celebrate
the event By making a barbecue Of them
steers The News man will be pretty
hungry if hc reserves his appetite for that
barbecue
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Says Dean Swift, "You cannot reason
a man out of a belief that he wasn't rea-
soned into" The Dean has been dead
these many years, and the new Greenback
party that has risen here, across the ocean
from him, furnishes the most complete
Illustration of the truth Of his remark.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

What has become of the Greenback
prophets who told us last year that re-
sumption meant ruin to everybody, if at
tempted, and that it could not possibly
be successful Their predictions appear
to have been Of fiat character.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

You have deserted the Democratic
party" is the language applied % the
many hard money Democrats Who refuse
To follow the fusion. But the men Who
make this accusation always forget to
tell their hearers the meaning of the out
and-out hard money resolutions which
the Democracy of Maine passed in their
State conventions for four consecutive
years. Did the Democratic leaders who
supported those resolutions, mean what
they said or We're they lying u and de-
ceiving the people!
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Especial TO th Wing and Courier
Ararsrt sept The largest political meet
ing ever assembled IN this county was held to day
at the Ltchheld fair grounds Although it is sew
en- miles from an! line Of railroad, fully ten thou
sand people and over 1000 carriages Of all kinds
were IN attendance This vast crowd listened
with marked attention tor three hours to able and
convincing speeches from Senator Allison Of Iowa,
and Senator Blaine The greeting which met
Senator Blaine was perfect ovation and so hearty
and long continued was the applause that It was
fully ten minutes before he could proceed Sena-
tor Allison was received with long continued ap
plause and made an earnest, manly speech. He
says this meeting was the largest he ever attended
IN any portion Of the country, and he was amazed
at it
kennebec is thoroughly aroused. Large mass
meetings will be held in various sections Of the
county during the week, and on Monday next it
will give 1900 majority for Davis. A large meet
ing at Richmond was addressed in the evening by
Hon. J. Updergrot1.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

How many Democrats in Waldo county
will allow Mcclellan to carry them around
in his pocket for another year, to be dis
posed of for his personal advantage?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

An honest dollar is the working mans
best friend. A vote for the Republican
candidate is a vote for an honest dollar.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
The Gil. Chronicle saws

The Greenback party will be better off to have
Davis for Governor than Garcelon for the Repub-
licans are open enemies, while the Democrats as a
party much so secretly
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Here it is close upon election day, and
Joseph L. Smith has not yet risen to ex-
plain that attempt of his to sell out his
Greenback followers last year The Green
hacker who can vote for Smith this year,
after seeing the evidence of his treachery
in his own handwriting, must be possess
ed of very lax morals himself, or the pos
SCISSOR OF remarkably forgiving spirit
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

A vote for Davis will be vote for
honest money, unimpaired public credit,
free elections, equal rights and national
supremacy in national affairs. That is a
platform that Democrats Of the Jefferson
and Jackson school can consistently stand
upon.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
Religion Made a Greenback Side Show

1t is a curious spectacle, that of clcr-
gyman, so called, tuclling his cassock UNI
der his arms, and stamping the State in
the interests of a party, as does the Rev
erend De La Matyr, who on Sunday and
Monday last preached alternately in this
city, grace and greenbacks.
He is the author of the crazy plan to
initiate the paper currency until it shall
average in amount fifty dollars per in
habitant. This will amount to tco Mou-
sand millions Of paper-an idea so wild
and absurd as to excite nothing but de
rision in sensible men.
The plan of the Greenbackers is to use
religion us a side show to attract hearers
to the meetings of De La Matyr, who
was a former Methodist preacher. On
the Sabbaths previous to his meetings,
notices are ostentatiously given Of relig-
lous services to be conducted by him in
some public hall. If possible, notices are
procured to be read in the churches
though in most places clergymen decline
to read them
This scheme is but piece of financial
quackery, using religion as a side show.
Who believes that this man could sum
mon to the aid Of his preaching though
he were as eloquent as Paul and as zeal
Gus as Peter the Hermit if the rcig-
Gus pretence did not thinly disguise the
purposes of a political party Zcalots
in the cause of their own selfish purposes
have many times in the worlds history.
sought tomakc rcligiona stepping stone
but the most impudcnt thing yet is the
spectacle of this apostle of a ridiculous
financial scheme, asking that the puIpts
shall on Sunday make ofthcmSclvcsc ricrS
To advertise his stump speeches Of Mon
daN
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04
The Bold Buccaneer Ben Butler.

The Bold Buccaneer Ben Butler
Gen. b. f. Buffers recent advent in
Maine waters, in his yacht America. is
understood to have been not wholly dis
connected with politics. His agents are
said to have been busy for some time in
this state, setting up conventions, naming
candidates, and leading unsophistieatcd
Grecnbackers and gullclcss Democrats
around by the nose. Butler, as every
body knows, is playing for bigger stakes
than the GoVernorship Of Massachusetts,
He has got his eyc-We use the singular
advisedly on the White House. lie
thinks a fusion victory in Maine would
help him in Massachusetts, and would
strengthen his Presidential boom, as it
We're. TO what extent he has back ed
TINS opinion by his bonds, or their equiy-
dleht, there are no doubt men in Maine
to-day who could tell if they saw fit to
40 50 But Ben's sagacity is evidently
failing him. He will never get within the
length of a ten foot pole of the Governor
ship OF Massachusetts, He reached his
limit Of strength last year. As for the
Presidency he is much more likely to be
struck by lightning than heiS to De elect
ed to that high office
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Like the currency it advocates the
Grecnback party is rapidly becoming a
fiat party. Mr.. Z. y. SmaleN Of the New
York Tribune, now in Maine and who
has just completed tours of observation
IN the States named, says:
Everybody knows that in Pennsylvania Ohio.
Iowa, and Michigan there Is nothing left Of the
former Greenback organization but the dsappont
ed leaders and handful of fanatlcal dupes
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Seven months have elapsed since re-
sumption took place. During all that
time the Greenback has been as good as
gold. Business has improved and the
country is once more on the road to pros
perity. \ vote for the Greenback ticket
is vote to undo all this, and to set us
at1oat again on sea of rredeemable
paper currency.
The Greenback party is the anti-pros-
perlty party. 1t would not have the peo-
pie prosperous if it could help it. 1t
mOurns over the revival of business
and the evidences of better times, and
desires to substitute a fiat dollar for the
honest dollar the laboring man now re-
ceives.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

Light blue is the popular color for young girls.
[Thomaston Herald We still prefer those of the
usual flesh color Post.
Black or white
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

The straight Grccubackers Of Andres
cogsin county. led by Fogg Of the GIL.
Chronicle, held a convention AT Auburn
saturday afternoon. The fusionistS at
tempted to capture the convention and
after an exciting time the anti-iu>ionists
withdrew to The Chronicle office and com
pleted their ticket After they had With
drawn from the hail. I. y Turner, the
fusion candidate for sheriff, jumped upon
the platform and addressed the meeting
He charged that Fogg had sold out 10 the
republicans, to which some one replied :
you've sold out to Pillsbury" The
tusionists then nominated the Democratic
candidates for senator and Judge of Pro
bate, in place of Small of Lisbon and
Swan Of Mechanics Fails The latter had
resigned While. the former was pushed Oft
of the fusion ticket
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-04

NJ the state convention of the iowa
GrecnbackerS but thirty-thrrc delegates
were present one for every three coun-
ties in the State But there were dele
gates enough to get up a row, in which the
extremists were Victorious TWo-third>
of the thirty three Solcmnly resolved that
they We're 1.-The union rcenback- labor
party of Iowa" and that they indorscd
the Chicago bond burners platform, and
that they pledged their lives, fortunes,
sympathy. cooperation, sacred honor, ana
several other things of which they have
none to spare, 80 the successful prosccu-
ton and accomplishment" Of their pun
pose to repudiatc tho national debt, del
uge the country with irrcdecmahlc fiat
paper, and smash things generally They
also adopted a resolution lcvying Il tax
of five cents a month on each member of
the clubs. estimating the membership at
10000, and the proceeds of the tax at
S42.oo0 a year. When it comes to voting.
says the Chicago Times, the 10000 will
dWlndle away to something like the pro
portions Of the Marshalltown convention
unless, IN the meantime, as parson Mas
by suggests, an early frost shah play hdl /
oc with the corn.