, 1879-10-11
Our Washington Letter,

| EDITOR STATESMAN The New York DEM
ocratic state central committee did proper
| thing yesterday in reading out of the party
| persons who persist IN opposing any portion
of the state ticket The motto Of the party
Is. and always should be, "irst pure and
then peaceable.
The Californians of all parties and colors
and conditions IN life are giving 10 General
Grant an exceptionally hearty welcome.
Probably the same would be done in any
section Of the country. The general and his
excellent wife have friends everywhere In
the United States, as they deserve Very
few eX union OF ex-conSederate soldiers, what
ever they think OF Gen. Grants military
abilities, deny him excellent qualities of head
and heart. All concur IN great regard for
Mrs Grant. Ia the San Francisco celcbra-
ton there has been So far a careful omission
of any reference to politics. as was eminently
proper. The generals judicIous friends here
are much pleased at ;his.
The writer has this day received from
Hon Geo ". Ladd, representative of the
ith Maine district, and a most reliable man,
the following summing up of the result iu
that state: "Our people regard the election
PLAIN indication that the radicals can
never again carry the state. They can't
begin. The republican vote was all out
They voted every Maine man III the United
States out of the grave. We had not the
means, ami could not do this, and at least
ten thousand democrats have not voted. The
result Is tins: No choice of governor by t
people; houSe OF representatives. republI
by 20 or -, and the senate IN douht and
be III doubt until the official count.
The producers Of this country, the pl
and farmers, rs well as the msnufac
VIII demand a hearing at the coming SEC,
of congress relative to opening new outlets
for the sale of their productions. While We
are every day growing rs 4 producing people
and prosperous times are probably ahead of
u.s. little has been done 10 provide markets
for our goods. and if something is not done
shortly, we shall have an over sapply on
hand, and dull times again. As 1T Is now,
the ship owners and merchants of England
are carrying our goods at handsome profit
and making commissions on trade OF which
We ought to have the entire benefit. Ii this
system Is allowed to 20 on, the west and
south viii suffer. for 1t Is IN these sections
that rev productions are - he developed,
and will require ncG outlets to be profitable
Leading democrats are thinking of this sub
lect, and as the democratic party Is probably
to pre1ominate In those sections where new
industries spring up, the party should take
an especial interest in it The trade with
South America, which ought to bring wealth
to our southern parts, is nearly all gong to
Europe now. What will congress do about
it: 1t is plain that private enterprise cannot
cope with the British monopo.ists backed by
the influence and liberal subSiders of the Brit
iSh government 1t is the part of wise men
to take lessons OF our enemies and to fight our
with their own weapons If they
prove to be most efficient. This sentiment
appear to prevail largely in our party now,
even among those who have been opposed to
subsidies on principle. No plan OF acton
has been marked out, yet, but /: Is well, IN
the industries, to discuss the means of push |
ing over productions into foreign markets
DEM