The Portland daily press., 1879-08-09

1t seems the Rockland Opinion was in in re-
gard to the pardon OF Higgins. He was pardon. ed
he was sent back to prison. We were hasty in con-
demning the Governor or his Council for granting
the pardon. No censure seems to attach to them
Portland Press
The Opinion was not 'in error" The facts
were precisely as we stated. All the error
there was made was by the Press, which
thought it had good thing on a political OPP
ponent and so virtously reported the pardon
and tried to make capital over the unfortunate
result of the same. But it turned out to be
friend whose fingers were in the crack. 1t is
pretty mean to try and turn off the matter as
it does. Why does not the Press frankly saw
that since it has found out that the response
bility lay with Warden Rice it is ready to with
draw the structures it made on the suppostion
that it lay with Gov. Garcelon and Warden
Tolman? That would be more straightforward.
-Rockland Opinion.
THE statement was not made by us but by
the Opinion We did not know that ''the
responsibility lay with Warden Rice" but
ignorantly supposed the pardoning power
belonged to the Governor and Council and
that they were responsible for its exercise.
Furthermore, we decline in the light of this
experience and others, to accept any state
ment made by the Opinion regarding Warden
Rice or anybody or anything else, unless it
is substantiated by persons of veracity.
The Argus does not explain how the cost of bank
bills over Greenbaeks is more than $1O,0O0.OOOa
year.-PREsS.
Read Gen. Ewing's speech. We herewith
send you copy. Now give us, please, that
little sum by which Congressman Reed proved
that the cost of greenbacks over bank bills
would be three millions year.-Argus.
WE have looked over Ewing's speech and
find, not an explanation, but mere asser-
ton in these words: "Aside from this rea-
son THAT the power to expand or contract
the currency should be given to Congress
alone] against giving private corporations
control over the volume of currency, it is to
be borne in mind that the substitution of
legal-tender treasury notes for bank notes
will, even since the refunding, save to the
people at least ten millions of dollars per
annum." And he then goes on to say that
the new issue of treasury notes can be used
to buy Government bonds, while the Gov
ernment will only lose the 1 per cent. tax ON
circulation by the substitution. That is
merely assertion; not explanation. When
the Argus answers the question We have
asked, and about fifty others we have put to
it, we will consider its query.
A LEWISTON correspondent of the Boston
Adrertiser has been deyoting himself to fig
ures with this result:
"The best informed gentlemen in this sec
ton of the State think that the whole vote of
Maine in September will be from 10000 to
135, 900. OF them the Republicans hope to
throw 10000 and they give Garcelon 10000 and
Smith $4,000. Probably Smith will take about
10000 votes that Garcelon had last year. The
1900 Republicans who staid away from the
polls in 1878 are going to vote in September
1t was thought month ago that Garcelon's
vote would not exceed 1900, and might not
be over 10000 but lately a disposition has been
shown by the Democrats to get as good vote
as possible for Garcelon so as to hold the Or
ganization, the better to be able to swallow the
Greenbackers next year. Last year the COM
bined opposition in Maine threw 10000 votes,
and this year it will not throw over $1,000. Ii
this be correct forecasting, the Republicans
will carry the State in September by ma1orl-
ty of from 5000 to 10000 votes. The Republic
can meetings held here are immense, and poll
Tics absorb attention. What is likely to prove
the most immense political gathering ever held
in this part of the State is advertised to occur
at Lake Auburn Springs on the 18th instant
There will be half a dozen distinguished speak
ers from several stands"
THE York County Republicans are going
at it in earnest Chandler, Grosvenor, Hale,
IL