The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-10
WEDNESDAY MORNING,
THE ELECTION.
What the.Papers Say.
GBoston Advertised

Boston Adyertiser.l
After a contest of unparalleled energy anG
brlliancy, the Republicans of Maine nave re-
covered the ground they lost last year, ana are
again masters of the field They appear at
the hour of writing (midnight to have elected
Mr.. Davis governor on the popular vote, re-
versine the adverse majority of last year OF
more than twelve thousand, and to have Sc
cured a satisfactory working majority in both
branches of the legislature. Under what diff
culties, against what deeply seated delusions
in spite of what desperate and unprineipled
combinations this gratifying victory has been
achieved, the readers of our recent letters
from Maine are already well informed.
1t is noble achievement, and we congratu-
late the people of Maine, and especlaliy tlose
who have borne the unusual burden OF the
canvass ON the success that crowned their eff
forts. :.
The result is gratifying as an indication
that the adverse tide against Republlcanlsm
is at last checked. 1t is especially gratifying
as showing that the sober second thought is
recalling many wanderers from the worst form
of fanaticism and folly, which looked Tor a
social revolution through the repudlatlon oi
debt and general overturn in the settled ana
benefcent order OF things Inc e%eieae a u,
reasonableness of many of the organizers ana
leaders of the Greenback movement, shauIhS
into communism and tending towards social
anarchy at every step, must DE creuitea WIN a
part at least of that wholesome revulslon OF
public feeling But it is also owing in part to
the effective, persuasive and persistent presen-
taton of the truth by Republican speak ers
and writers who have illuminated every part
of the state with their presence
s't boston POST
Will surviving friends and relatives please
comfort many anxious hearts with information
as to what has become OF the Sixty tio"o"na
Democrats who made such splendid show III
Tho coll for the convention which nominated
WY U ~ ,.,-. o Tho ro+rrnS
GOV. !parceioh' III iooh,'s .,,a,,,
we are unable to see what has become Oh lienl'
rhousoo, to have failed to report at head
a..,.,.ara,u We have no doubt how
49, vii, ho found naxt wear armed and
,.;,,o5 ond IN all the better condition for e IL
service from their experience this 1t is evident
e.. there is something out OF joint. we snail look
tor the expatteioh WIN ~ Ra,,onrats deemaS
- hast that Greenbackism should receive
death wound, we shall submit with becom' ng
resignation. Who will rise and explain. 1t
49, IBostou Herald
,rho extraordinary camnaign which the Re-
- .hoIo,aoust,;n Of
-spubcans nave WaSeu uiiuer tiic ie@oeiSiiP VI
Mr. Blaine has brought out n full vote, and
Mr. Blaine is entitled to the credit of the vic
WI. A.' ,:l :, ,,aos+;onahlv h;s All tho first
tory, winch Is uhquos'io,''oiS i'i'' al, '"o NOV
reports indicate that the GreehoacKers are
weaker even than the best Judges had right
to suppose them to be. The small vote for
Garceion was in accordance with the expecta-
tions of everybody except the Democratic
]. leaders in the southern tier Of counties, who
ID seem to have been misled in regard to their
own voting. But that Smiths vote should
have fallen far behind Garcelon's vote, as it
does in SO MANY places, was a genuine surprise
to everybody. The so-called 'Greenback can
vass was evidently worthless. and Solon'
steers are turned out to grass for long period.
The Republicans here regard the victory as a
sweeping one. giving them their Governor and
both branches of the Legislature
Eastern August
Tho ratnrns nm to this writing Indicate that
~. .e.iiS VI tbo stata o,oot
the hepupicans nave carried inc s'"'e' eiec.,
ing their candidate for Governor by a small
majority over both Smith and Garcelon-a re-
su1t as Surprising as that which overwhelmed
sui as surprising Do 'na' "i'N" 'ei .oo
them last year For after the most vigorous
campaign they have ever prosecuted in Maine,
ali tho o,+ward indications IN to the close of
so,s -. - -, co+,,,da,, no;n+ad 70 tho