Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-02
STATE POLITICS.

Mr.. Wilder Washington Perry says
office holding is profitable business. Mr..
Perry certainly made it so when he was
Justice of the peace.
1t was the Greenbacker Ellis who said
near the close Of the Legislative session
Il am ashamed of the Greenback House.
In matters of genuine reform the Repuoi-
can Senate is far ahead
Colonel Harper appears TO be blood
thirsty. The ArOOstook Pioneer says that
during a recent speech in Litchfeld he said :
al at the Republicans be warned. Reyolu-
ton is the natural weapon of the common
people. II we fail at the ballot box then
len them 10 beware of the other remedy,
the cartridge box"
IF we don't succeed in getting what
we want at the ballot box, said Green
back orator at Litchheld Saturday week,
..then let the men on the other side look
out for the cartridge box Do the farm
ers and mechanics of Maine think that war
i desirable aS means of enforcing infia-
tion and reputation:
The Lewiston Journal thus analyses
the fusion ticket in that county: Four OF
the nominees think that Grccnback Ideas
are essential 20 the salvation OF the coun-
try. and two that they are ''moonshine.
Three think that the course OF the Demo
cratic majority at the extra session of Con
,,rcSS was rcprehenSiblc. and three that II
was right But all agree that it j. dcsira-
bile 90 DE elected 10 the positions for which
they have been nominated
The Watcryille Mil says that Mr.. Hay
den. of WiuSlow, likes the steer business
better than SOlon Chase does. He bought
another pair. besides the one We recently
mentioned. He gave S65, and after SIX
months Keeping sold them for 500. Solou'S
steers shrink. hut H9yden'S grow. Scion
saws ne has 20 sell his butter for 10 cents !;
HAYDEN gets rs 10 30 for his, the inference
being. that the quality OF ChaSeS butter Is
az par with that of his politics.
A Pennington correspondent OF the
Lewiston Journal SAYS that i'm New Vine
ward. strong Democratic town heretofore,
I'm one locality man and his son who have
been Democrats are going TO vote the
Republican ticket, and they report that
eight or ten other Democrats in that vicln-
itv will do likewise. In ChcStoryillc three
men who have not voted for five or SiN
wears viii vote this fan for Davis. At
Pennington Falls several Democrats will
vote for Davis.
The New York Tribune cautions the
Republicans of Maine not 10 act upon the
IMPRESSION that the GrccuhaCk-Dcmocratic
coalition have NO funds. II has good
authority FOR stating that Sloo" check
was sent recently from a New York bank
90 Or Dana. Chairman OF the Maine Dem
ocratic state Committee, and came back
mJor>cd by him and William Philhrick OF
the Grcenback State Committee. A. Mr..
Phuhrick'> Endorsement was the last one
the money was paid 20 him. IL Is remarked
that Maine was good Illdcu state in 1876
and that this money came from the char
iu Cipher Alley.
The RsuH.isc Journal brings the en-
couagiug assurance that "kcnuchcC Coun-
~ never was SEQ thoroughly alive In the Re
publican cause IS az the present time. The
Republicans who went with the Green
hackers % wear ago are nearly all coming
back to vote the Republican ticket this
wear. Gardiner viii give loo more Repub-
Hcau majority this wear than last Hard
money Democrats viii contribute money
aul vote In support Of the Republican
ticket In Waterille 81 Republicans
voted the Grccuback ticket last year near
Is every oucWill vote jhc Republican ticket
I'm every town the Republican cause is re-
ported CROWN. brighter "a, election draws
near"
A useful contribution Is unIutention-
a,'y made tO the Maine campaign. by the
London \fttrflH E.rjsi-, when 10 says
..Thc resumption of specie payments. of
which the Americans boast 50 much, is I'm
reality au imitation OF the currency. The
.rc,uhJck> remain I'm circulation, and 20
these has been added a mass of gold and
silver. This has fu>tercd speculation which
Pos and by NAV Doe productive of cmharr,i>>-
mDut. The situation is therefore not with
out .t, dangers. But ou the other hand
The persistent bad weather which is so dis
a>,ruu> to Europe viii pour new wealth
into the United States IL Is unfortunately
only too certain now that the demand for
American produce during the next year
throughout western Europe will be cuor-
nous.
The -iir.rt'>,r has q kenucbcc CORES
poujcut who gives some political predic-
ti0uS made hy prominent keuucbcC poll
ticiau of whom the ljrertiSsr SAYS The
predictions are made by q man who is well
informed and whose judgment i'm political
matters has often been verified 10y the
event This Kcnuehcc man says that he
expects 90 see Mr.. Davis elected by a pop
ular maiarity of about 5000 and Repubii-
can maioritic> I'm both branches of IN,
Legislature He looks for nineteen Re
publican Senators and a Republican ma
iority OF twcnty-uiue in the House. IN
this estimate he gives but one Republican
senator from York. Ifpriyate adyices We
have from that county be- trustworthy, auC
We feel confident they are, the York county
Republicans viii elect all their Senatorial
candidates. three i'm number.
STERLING CoINCIDENCE.-Iti is an unfor
tuuate circumstance that both the CHS