The Portland daily press., 1879-08-02

THE Somerset Reporter is ''glad to be
able to send greeting to Republican workers
in other parts of the State in regard to the
good work in progress in old Somerset
county There are on every hand evidences
OF reinfofNements to the Republicans, and
corresponding thinning out in the Green
back ranks. We have excellent private in
telligence from large number of towns and
could give many instances with the names
of those who voted against us last year who
have announced themselves on the side of
the right and with their old comrades in the
Republican party. The tide has unmistak-
ably set in our favor and the wave of last
year is returning and landing our friends
safely back where they started from. They
are heartily sick of feeding on the husks of
imitation, fiat money, etc., especially as the
Democrats have way of taking the first
pick, and are glad to get back to fathers
house."
THE State Democrat says: ''We wish to
state for the benefit of the Portland PRESS,
which says that we are growing worse and
worse that we still affirm that there pere
bounty grabbers, hospital bummers, &C.,
from this State in the late war;" All, but
the State Democrat went further than that.
1t classed the men who have testified to Cor
poral Davis's soldierly conduct, with bounty
| grabbers, bummers, chaplains, &C. Among
| the men so villified were Major Merrick,
| Capts. Joel Wilson and W. S. Howe Lieut..
| Lakin, Orderly Sergeant Bolton, (now an
elder in the Methodist church, and igno-
rantly referred to by the State Democrat
as cumming chaplain), Sergeant Bridg-
ham, and privates Samuel Hurd, David
Lawrence and James M. Boyd Green
back), John w. Goodwin (Democrat),
Edwin Hill and Howard M. Doyer.
Mr.. ToBIN of the Penobscot Democratic
| Convention asked t, be put on record as a
Democrat. He was sorry that few men
who had been disappointed in obtaining
office in the Republican party have gone
into the Greenback party and controlled the
body of men who have innocently followed
their lead. These men do not desire union.
These men are looking forward to the NOM
ination of third candidate for President.
More than two thirds of the members of the
Greenback party came from the Democratic
party. He wanted to be recorded in favor
of straight Democratic organization and
ticket Therein he differs with these Port
land Democrats who have recorded them
selves as against straight Democratic
organization and ticket.
THERE is something new under the sun.
Whoever thought the day would come when
the Democrats of Penobscot would show
more principle than the Cumberland Demo.
Gratis! When the Bangor Democracy would
reject the Greenbackers and the Portland
Democracy woo them! The Democrats
in this city who have clung to the hard-mon'
ey standard and who have been feeling
mighty lonesome of late, will have more
company now. But how wretched the
traders and tricksters must feel-not on
account of the surrender of principle, but
because they will fail to secure the reward
offered for their apostasy.
THE words addressed by the slightly pro
fame but indubitably Democratic Mr.. Thomp-
son to the Penobscot Democratic Conven
tion were these: ''Last year we went hunt
ing with the Greenbackers. We got moose
and skunk; we had the moose and they
had the skunk-they couldn't have got the
skunk without our help, and now they want
us to take the skunk. Let them take theil
skunk and go h with it. loud ap
plause). l say let's cling to the moose
The Portland Democrats prefer the skunk.
THE Argus took good care to suppress;
that portion of the associated press despatch
from Bangor which spoke of the opposition
to fusion with the Greenbackers made by
the Democratic county convention. Does i
think its readers so ignorant that they vii
never find out the truth about the matter?
THE argus says "NIr. Drummond coult
not sink the partisan Di' he Argus evel
try to do it that it knows how hard the un
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