The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-09-26
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VI rpsli,s~mi rasaI~srn risasrvs n lHtl~ts
and sasimia@ssea arr MI h. H. handed
l~t~wsn she nrro*snw ls~s,s.s
Eaeh charges W have aiwass ieeh
siow ~ credit, A. ~ l~lirsr that ,h.y
arr freanensls the aiirssas II the lA,.
issnrss enren,lesei Nv defeat
When. ha~e.rr. shr accusation II
nsing disriae.fal mrans so carry an
.lrrti"n " NAL, 4, ,hc friends III thasr
Who hasc lseen benefited hy employing
such fnrans, II mns, " apparent W ~.
cry man thai the accusation must he
hasrsl on facts.
Nov, thia IA exactly what has &c.
cnrred In relation to The Maine election.
Everyone knew that IN that State II
was a li,. and.dea,h struggle for the
Republicans. and everyone knew, too.
that money would bc poured out like
water to save the Republican party
from defeat Al Tie hands III u party
that. three yeats nge, could poll Ia
Maine only couple III hundred votes.
Election lay came, and now lcl the
New York Herald, hitter and pro.
nounccd enemy ri the Orccnhack par.
~, tell how the money power III Maine
saved itself from an overwhelming liz.
feat, Here II how ~ Maine corrc.
spondcnt Describes thc way In which
the urcrnhack l,arty wax defeated.
Not all the votes which were cast
for Davis were secured from love of the
Republican cause or admiration for the
honest dollar. or party prejudice "
fear of Democratic asccndcney. II II a
shame to bc obliged to record that
there wa~ much M,ll,lo1ing oi civil.
lied sor, rsortcd 10 by wealthy firms
and rich corporations and manufactnr.
ing establishments upon their poor en-.
ployrs. Many workmcn were dis.
charged for avuNing their purpose 10
vote til. Gfrenhack ticket. Many caseH
of this nature can be named ~ the
shame of the State anu umr New
England civilization. Then tho votos
of many army ana navy pensioners were
influenced l,y ihr.Mss oi the examining
surgeons and others that II they did
not vote tho Republican ticket their
pensions should bc withdrawn. This
disgraccfnl appliance IL thought 10
have added materially 10 the vote for
Davis.
sThe search ri Congressional com.
mittccs for cascs of bulldOxing aud In.
timitlating voters would hc promptly
rewarded by visit To Maine. II would
seem that Congress should take some
notice III the threats made 10 tho dis
abled defenders of tho Union, and II IL
understood that tho case of one pen.
sioner Ia oxford county, who WAS cut
or ON account of joining tho Green.
back party, will bc presented before
Congress early In the next session.
@I.eyond tho arguments on tho stump
dsstrinution Of political literature, bnil
,ioxinr u employees and United States
pensioners, tho Republicans employed
u lover which WAN more powerful and
effective than NIL thc others com.
bined. viz money. They evidently
hal large fund aud they expended II
jndiciousl, and 10 the hest advantage.
II was raised Ut home, and the National
Committee gave permission to the
Stats, Committee 10 draw upon II for m
large sum M might bc necessary 10
buy the State. All the Republican
state and national officers were m.
scsscd per cent III their salaries,
while all tho candidates were merciless.
ly blrd 10 raise an Immense corruption
fund. Onc u the mAil.route agents on
! the train from Bangor 10 Portland was
assessed A42.DO on his salary of &A5O,
and suppose he paid II. for lic n still
| running ON the train, and that wonld
not bc possible had hc refused. A
country Postmaster In this district, with
\ salary of $i5, was forced 10 disgorgc
M. .95 as his share ~ the fund.
.Votcrs were bonght In this city fAu-
gusta) like sheep In the slAmbles. and
| the same waH true in the other cities
and many OF the larger towns Of the
State. The price paid for votes varied,
| and WAS somewhat smaller than III
former years. am told that %, tlO,
Al5, aud 80 were paid, And In some In.
stances &25 and 4W. and even IN high
m Al were paid for single vote In the
close districts"
This ii the disgraccfnl story of the
Maine election, IN told, not In the col.
nmnn of Nrccnhack paper, hut IN the
columns of sheet that il given over
body and soul to the money power.
II the election had heen what cleo.
tions are supposed 10 be-, Y free, I'M
tramn,cled expression III the will of the
people, there II not I particle of doubt
In any mans mind that Maine would
have given N overwhelming t;rccnbach
majority.
HUT IN IL Ii, tho Pine Tree State. In
spite of intimidation, IN spite of bribery
In spite oi corruption III every form
has given 5l, 900 votes Tor the cause ol
financial reform.
Blaine and tho other Republican
leaders may indulge in loud jui,ilation'
over their escape from u Waterloo. Dnl
whether or no they realize the fact, tbs
party that has met with defeat IL moi
tho 0recnback but tho Republican
pnrty.
A party that can only save itself from
defeat hy the employment of bribcr,
and corruption is near unto dissolution
For such party the handwriting il al
ready upon the wall.
N.pMs,issAH tsvtisty IN Matn. EM9sMr eeAi'
Aa,nsts u s"d tslosi~s In u.
The correspondent oi the New iorl
Times. writing from, Augusta, Nc. give
this report u conversation had b,
him with Eugene Hale:
before IL tthe campaign) began ",
knew exactly the point. of attack. w,
knew that 1850 Republicans had v0tct
the urcenl,ack ticket. and their name
we're III our possession. We also know
that li,H2O lsepnblican voters h.d ~
manned away from tbs polls last year
and " also had their names. upoi
these elements Mr.. Blaine directed u
intelligent aud systematic canvass
Of tl,s.c 25.67O Republicans Who's,
names were known. 13.tOO we're secures
hy fhe unyt,eut III f(kNl. .0tNl (njx hun