The Portland daily press., 1879-08-02
A Veracious Correspondent

The New York Times has made mistake.
1t sent a correspondent to Maine who told the
truth. 1t should have sent its imaginative
southern Munchausen, Howard Carroll, and
then the readers of the Times would have been
told that everything was lovely in Maine, and
that the Republican goose was hanging high
Boston Globe.
Jess so. Now let us see what this truth
full correspondent, for whose veracity the
Globe vouches, had to say. He said there
had been dissensions among the Maine Re-
publicans. That everyone knows, and no
one attempts to deny or conceal. The same
state of affairs existed here as all over the
country. How is it now? This correspon-
dent, for whom the Globe vouches, says:
Approaching this fact, the Republicans this
year set about reconciling their differences,
and the result of the Bangor convention was
the nomination of Daniel f. Davis, man en-
tirely outside of and acceptable to all the con-
tending factions. He has never been promi-
nent enough in the State to make political
enemies, and is said to be a fair man. Mr..
Blaine is given the credit for having planned
and conducted the campaign that resulted in
his nomination; then, to show how willing he
was to sink all personal preiudices for the
Maine to open the canvass, and thus compli-
mented the Administration element
The invitation had the desired effect
The correspondent, for whose veracity the
Globe vouches, says:
When he 1.-THE Secretary gets away from the
constant attentions shown him, and has time
for reflection, he will no doubt acknowledge
the fact that he came to Maine under peculiar
circumstances, and that, taking everything in
to consideration, he has every reason to be sat
isfied with his visit. During his trip he has
spoken in nearly all the prominent places ac-
cessible in the time he had to spare-points at
which more people could be and were reached
than at any other four places he could have
visited. AT all of them he had large, attentive
and intelligent audiences, and earnest and
thoughtful attention has been given to his
speeches. Nowhere are there more stalwart
and uncompromising Republicans than in
Maine. They have no respect for policy
which dallies with political enemy or with a
sentiment which destroys the fruits of politi-
cal victory, and they are just, honest, and in
telligent enough to manifest their convictions
whenever an opportunity offers. 1t must
therefore, have been painfully apparent to Mr.
Sherman that the Administration of which he
is so prominent member has little in common
with the people here, for while they listened
attentively, respectfully and thoug ghtfully to
what he had to say they took every occasion to
manifest their appreciation of their own party
leaders and of those stalwart sentiments they
are SO well known to hold and express. They
also enthusiastically applauded every utterance
of the Secretary in relation to the Southern
question, while they received his recital of the
operations Of the Treasury Department and
what the Republican party has done for the fl
nances of the country with sober thoughtful
ness. Mr.. Sherman also found in Maine q
somewhat peculiar condition of affairs among
the local leaders, and he had some difficulty
no doubt in tempering his actions and utter
ances SO as not to create unpleasant rivaries
Again, this correspondent, youched for by
the Globe, says of the Water7ille meeting
If great crowds and manifest interest in pc
| litical discussion indicate anything, the cam