The Portland daily press., 1879-08-27
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST ~.

trust them to come out this year. Experience
in close States like New Hampshire has shown
that where the Democrats win by the negli-
gence of few Republicans, the most Jealous
men the succeeding year are the very men
whose neglect caused the defeat. They are
eager to atone for their fault. There is, there
fore, on the part of the Republicans, an exceed
ingly thorough discussion of National finance,
almost rudimentary i'll its nature, ana .raVers-
ing the whole ground of the nature OF paper
money, the history of the greenbacks, the rea-
sons for exempting the bonds from taxation,
the effect of resumption, the folly OF the nat,
money theory-in a word, the whole range OF
topics with which people IN states lurther
West have long been familiar, but which are
comparatively fresh here. The method OF Re
publican speakers is to admit the honesty and
intelligence of the Greenback converts, and
them, if possible, by fair, good-tempered argu-
ment, of their mistake. The Southern ques-
ton is brought in to show them that there is
an issue far more important than that OF re-
opening the settled question OF resumption,
but it is made secondary to financial topics IN
nearly all the Republican speeches
MANAGEMENT OF THE CANVASS.
Senator Blaine manages the canvass, as he
has all Republican canvasseS in Maine since
1859. For twenty years he has given his SUI
mers to this service Only once has he taken
a brief vacation. In 1867, when the result of
the election was in no sort of doubt, he slipped
away to ngland for a few weeks. His chair
manShlp OF the central COmmlltee mas DeeH
marked by series of victories never once in
terrupted until last year. He does more hard
work in a campaign than any other man in the
State, personally directing by telegraph the
whole canvass, and speaking almost every day.
Every few days he returns to his headquarters
at Augusta; but wherever he may be his de-
spatches are forwarded to him, and he watches
the progress of the struggle and commands his
forces as a general does an army, no matter in
whatever part of the battlefield he may be
private secretary, paid by himself, and by his
son EmmonS.
The activity and vigor of the Republican
canvass will be understood when / say that by
election day seventy speeches will have been
made in the single county of Kennebec. which
is not a close county, and is being no more
. thoroughly canvassed than other sections of
the State. Mr.. Blaine's plan is to make the
campaign more and more animated up to the
eve of election, allowing no intervals of relaXa-
ton for the public mind to cool off. The last
week will be the liveliest. N their nominal
ton for Governor the Republicans have been
fortunate this year. Mr.. Daniel Francis Davis
Drank Davis he is usually called is not a bril-
liant man or man with great genius Tor point
ical management, but he is an upright, honor
able gentleman of fair talents as a lawyer,
with an excellent record as private soldier in
the 1st Maine Cavalry, two terms in the State
Senate to refer to as guarantee OF his oapacl-
ty for public affairs, and character and ca
reer entirely above assault. He wears well in
the canvass. heard him speak yesterday at
Winthrop. He makes quiet, argumentative
address. His frank, genial countenance, plain
attire, without the least affectation OF plain
ness and modest, cordial manners, commend
him strongly to the masses. He is only thirty
six years old. In meeting him one is rather
surprised at first that man of so little self
assertion, so quiet and rather shy, should reach
sation, however, shows him to be well-bal-
anced, well-informed, and a clear thinker.
His nomination was the result, first, of the
good opinion formed of him by his colleagues
in the Legislature, and second, of the desire of
the party to take candidate from the eastern
part of the State.
CAMPAIGN NOTES.
Do the best they can, the Greenback papers
cannot conceal from their readers the evidences
of returning business prosperity. AT Repub-
lican meeting in Hallowell last night Con-
gresham Updegraff of Ohio, said that if any
body in the audience would produce Green
back newspaper in the columns of which he
could not find some plain sign that times
were getting better, he would contribute 800
to the Greenback campaign fund and go home
on the next train. There was q rustling of pa
pers in the crowd, but no one ventured to send
one up to the platform.
A Republican orator, who is a large employ
err of labor, asserted the other day in one of his
speeches, that no man need be out OF work in
Maine now. He said that if any sober and in
dustrious man among his hearers wanted en-
ployment and could not get it, he would agree
to furnish it. After the meeting two men pre-
sented themselves to claim the fulfllment of
the promise They were promptly given an
order for steady work at $1.5O day III an ice
house owned by the speaker, but they never
presented themselves to the foreman of the es-
Enlistment. 1t was ascertained afterward
that they were agents of the Greenback COM
mittee, employed to break the force of the
speakers argument by pretending to be in need
of work.