The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-03

stitution Of their State, which provide for
biennial elections and sessions Of the
Legislature, and extend the term 81 oRlre
Of Governor, Senators, Representatives
and other State officers, from one to two
years. II majority Of the votes cast are
in favor Of these amendments, they be.
come a part Of the Constitution.
The Maine election comes of next Mon.
day. A month ago parties were more
mixed up than they are to-day. The he.
publicans have been gaining lately, and it
Is now announced that they expect q
majority over both G%reenbuckers and
Democrats. Tile crisis appears to have
been reached within the past week. The
programme has been, in the Assembly
districts, to nominate a GreenbaCker
when the district was a GreenbaCk dis.
trict and a Democrat when it was q Demo.
cratic district, and in the Republican dis.
triCts to nominate the strongest man, re.
gardless Of his politics. In this way 1t
was believed that a majority could
be secured in both branches Of
the Legislature which would be anti
Republican. This part OF the work has
been managed by Eben 7. Pillsbury
Of Augusta, one Of the oldest and decided
~ tho ablest Of the Democratic managers.
0stensibly he has charge OF the Demo
cratic column in the allied army. Really
he has been Gommanler.in'Chiel Of the
allied forces, and the Greenback Secretary
OF State, who has been nomiually manager
Of the Greenback wing, has been really
only o general OF division, acting under
tho orders and by the direction Of Mr..
Pillsbury. II appears that Mr.. Pillsbury
has managed a little too much, He aspirGs
to succeed Hannibal HRmin in the United
States Senate. TWAS perfectly well un.
dCrstood, on the part Of the iireenbackers
and Democrats, that, II the Legislature
could be carried this year, the Democrats
would help the G~reenbaCkers elect Smith
for Governor. In return, the Greenback-
ers next year should help OleCt q Demo.
crat to the United States Senate.
Pillsbury is, of course, anxious TO
win the Gubernatorial flight, but
he is more anxious TO make the Senator
ship. Within the past week it has become
apparent that ho has managed so success.
fully that q majority OF tho Assembly dis
tricts which are to be carried by the Goa
litiop will return Democrats. The result,
Of course, will be that, while the coalition
will have a majority in the Legislature,
the Democrats will, control that majority.
Blaine, who is managing the Republican
campaign, and who is deVoting himself al
most exclusively to the Legislative dis.
triCts, discovered what Pillsbury had aC-
Complished, and was shrewd enough to
make it public. The result has been a
great deal OF q hubbub in the allied camp.
The G~reenbackers are beginning to feel as
though they had been sold out, and some
very pretty family quarrels have been start
ed in several Of the Legislative districts. The
result, OF course, is q setback 10 the
Gauss Of the coalition and q help to the
Republican party. Blaine is exceedingly
confident now that the Republican candi-
date for Congress will be elected, and that
the Republicans will control at least one
branch Of the Legislature. He gives Da-
Wis, the Republican candidate $4,000 votes,
Smith, the Greenback candidate, $4,000
votes, and GarCelon, the Democratic can
didate, $1,000 vOteg. This gives Davis a
majority OF 1900 in the popular vote, and
would insure his election by the people,
1t is not at all likely that Davis will get us
high as 10000 votes, and not probable that
there will be any election by the people,
but it begins to look asthough Davis would
certainly have a plurality, and as though
the Republicans had n fair showtO capture
one or both branches OF the Legislature,
a task which seemed hopeless a week ago.
Another cause which is likely to hurt
the coalition, if it shall prove true, is the
alleged discovery that the Democratic end
Of the coalition is being supplied with
campaign funds from that famous 'barT'
which Samuel J. Tilden is accredited with
having on tap. Republican managers who
are in Blaine's confidence assert positively
that they have traced n check for q very
considerable amount directly from an
agent OF Mr.. Tilden to the managers Of the
coalition. II this is true, and they have
the proof, US they claim to have, ii will
hurt the opposition to the Republicans
very seriously, because the rural Green
hackers, who are the body and strength oil
the coalition army, have a holy hatred for
Mr.. Tlden, and will resent any attempt
on his part to NEEDLE with their affairs.
Blaine has recently Issued a curious
campaign document. It runs as follows
"Our opponents, both OF the Demo.
cratic and Greenback party are thoroughly
supplied with funds outside the State.
Our reliance, however, is well based when
we assume that many OF the Democratic
dispensers Of party funds will floh O large
proportion for their own PERSONAL benefit,
and that this corrupt fund by which
Maine is % be carried will be largely di.
verted from this end by the personal dis
honesty Of those to whom it is Entrusted"
[Signed,l JAMES 6. BLAINE, and others
Of the Republican State Committee.
Undoubtedly Blaine has some object in
throwing ont this curious document. 1t
seems, however, to have been a little
shortsighted. The immediate results
have been a reIort in kind on the part of
the Democratic newspapers which are re-
printing the famous "MulIigan letters"
They are also publishing the following let
ter from Horace Greeley, written several
years ago:
New York, August 81, lSGO.-Friend
Pike; | very cheerlully contribute $50 To-.
ward the Maine elections fund, providing
you will see it honestly expended. I
don't trust the average run OF Maine
politicians, who are thievish (even the
nriestsN and heprnrlv inrnn the nnhinn