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prove this fact conclusvely. There are more
votes for Governor than for any other eandl-
date. The so called scratchers, what there
were of them, turned out to be docie followers
of the Democratic standard. Their less ingen-
uous allies, who gave a half-and-hah support
to the Republican ticket but more than neu-
tralized their equivocal support of it by con-
tinually upbraiding the majority who had put
it in nomination, lent aid and comfort to the
enemy Yet, in spite of all these obstacles we
have carried the State handsomely, and the
victory casts such odium upon the crime OF de-
sertion that the unity of the party is not likely
to be disturbed again for a long time. The
best way to treat revolt is to crush it out.
We can part company with all the fomenters
of discord in our ranks and be the stronger and
the cleaner for it. The worst foes the Repub
licans have to encounter are the self-styled
"'reformers' who make a hypocritcal pretence
of friendship for the party but vote against it
because it does not realize their exalted con-
ceptons Of purity and are perpetually apollo
gizing for its shortcomings and wringing their
hands over imaginary errors which they i'm
pute to it. This sort of pharisaical cant has had
a pretty extensive run in this country. tits
the counterfeit coin in our political circulation
which has too often been taken for the genuine
article by people who are honest themselves
and not suspicious of their fellow beings.
All that Mr.. Cornell lost by the bad faith Of
protesting Republicans, he made up by the en-
thusiasm his nomination evoked among the
better men who practice the doctrines they
preach. The voters who adhere to the ''ma
chine" as the slang-whangers call it, are too
honest to bolt, too straightforward to sneak.
The bulk Of them would have sustained the
regular nominations no doubt even if they had
not been entirely acceptable. Still it wouldn't
have been a good plan to have put too severe
strain upon their fidelity. There are vast
number of them, and if one in fifty Of them
should be seized with fit Of sulkiness and
stay away from the polls, there would be an
end of all cha noes of success. Most Of them
doubtless are superior to all such petty infiu-
ences, but it would be provoking them beyond
endurance to establish the rule of action that
one of their number must be set aside for no
other reason than because he is true to his Or
der, and willing to toll in its behalf. Ii MIR.
Cornell had been an Objectionable nominee on
any tenable ground, if there was any flaw in
his character or if he had been deficient in
ability he wouldn't have polled the vote he
has. His nomination was the deliberate choice
of the party, and his election is the best COM
mentary that can be made on the adyisability
of the selection.
The practical annihilation of Greenbackism
is not surprise, for the airiest superstructure
cannot stand long without any foundation
whatever to rest upon. / shall always regret
that this evanescent conceit found its "last
dtch' in Maine. 1t will be great while be-
fore the rest OF the country will forget that the
foremost State in the grand old New England
group, in point of intelligence, morality and
thrift, dived deeper into this extraordinary
heresy than any other and stayed under long
er. L do not forget, however, that the craze
was largely assisted by the Democrats who
used it as sort of Trojan horse that they
could ride into power upon. When Maine re-
sumes her rightful position at the head of the
grand column of Republican States in the
campaign of 1880, her sons.will feel all their
old pride in her restored once more.
YARMOUTH.