Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-05-06
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The Duplex Alliance.

among greeuhackcrs and democrats IN thl'
State at present is, whether they shall con
time the duplex alliance entered into las
winter at the session of the legislature ant
run but one candidate for Governor, or re
solve themselves into separate organiza
tons and run two candidates. Upon thi
matter there is a very decided dlfl'erenc,
Of opinion among the organs, and quite a
much among the individual members o
the duplex machine.
The Portland New Era iavors separate
action. 1t took that ground last winter
and holds to it now. In recent editorial
advising greenbackers to stick to their or
ganization il spoke its opinion of the dem
ocratic party in these words: The dem
ocratic party is not party of principles at
all. 1t is party of policy altogether, and
it will comfort itself 10 any shape if by so
doing it can succeed. Hence in one
year it Will be hard money-in another it
will be soft The move now being made
is movement toward the disorganization
of the greenbackers, in order that they
may have the entire field against the re
publicans in 1880. The democratic hook
will be baited with greenback legislation
this summer, and there will be few
greenback gudgeons to bite at it but no
genuine greenbacker who has his eyes
open, will allow himself to beput ON their
fish-stringn
From Il communication which appears
in the last number of Chases Chronicle
we infer that that paper is also opposed to
the duplex alliance. The writer expresses
himself in the following very strong Ian
guage: 1--WE are within few months of
the next State election, and if the green
back party intends to win and win by the
best voting element in the State, it has got
to drop at once and forever any and all at
tempts at trading or amalgamatng with
any or either of the old parties.
Any attempt to foster OH to the people
some old political scab whose past record
is such that it will take all of the compass
to clear up his past bad record. or some
political nabob who has come into the par
ty just to accommodate the laboring class
es by holding the offices for them will be
certain to find grave early enough for the
fall feed corn to get an early start on it,.
The people have been cheated long
enough, and they are in earnest, and if
heed is not paid tie their requirement, they
will say so just as plain as can be
We presume the above language. which
is more vigorous than elegant is intended
by the writer to apply TO Governor Garce-
Ion and some ofhs democratic appointecs,
and expresses his disgust with the opera
ton of the duplex principle thus far. and
his undying purpose to have no more of
it in the future in his political coffee. We
don't wonder at his disgust, but plenty of
greenbackers have uttered words Just as
brave as the above in opposition to the
democratic party and its leading men, and
some of them have swallowed them Just
as quick as the Governor tossed them
bone to pick or they deemed ii expedent
to do so.
In opposition to the plan of separate
candidates for Governor, speaks out the
Belfast Age, Mr.. Rust's paper In his
last leader the editor SAYS 1--WE regret the
policy which is to be pursued of going
into the canvass divided We believe the
policy which was so successfully inaugu-
rated in the Legislature at the commence
ment of the session should have been pur-
sued, and that but one opposition State
convention should have been called
But the proposition is to unite in the sew
eral counties. Will not the same Difficult
ties be encountered as upon State ticket
If there can be no uniting upon Il State
ticket is there prospect of union in the
counties And if it can be, why not upon
the State ticket ?''
OF course the honest sensible ground is
that occupied by Mr.. Rust II the demo
cratic and greenback parties are the same
in principle why not support one candidate
for Governor? Is there not exactly the
same reason for dividing on candidates
for county and town officers as for dvid-
ing on the Governor question, if principles
are to be considered With what conss-
tency can greenbackers accuse the other
parties of being without principle, if they
themselves declare their principles de-
mand that they must run candidate of
their own stripe for Governor, and vet vio-
late those principles by amalgamating
with the democrat, on the election of sen
ators and representatives The PROPOSE
ton contains in itself an entire abnega-
ton OF principle. II l. "A cheat ON the
very face
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