The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-09-10
RY TELEGRAPH.
THE ELECTION.
Davis Election by the People
Still Claimed 4!
BOTH THE SENATE AND
HOUSE REPUBLICAN.
Penobscot County Very Close.
REPUBLICANS CELEBRATING
THEIR VICTORY.
Senator Blaine Pays His Respects
to the Democrats.
Senator Blaine Pays His Respects
to the Democrats.

AUGUSTA Sept o. Very few additional
ceturns have been received here since yester-
day morning. 1t will be several days before
the result will be known from the official re-
turns. 1t seems quite probable that Davis may
be elected by the popular vote but 1t is not yet
actually known to be SO. The Republlcan
ticket is elected in Androscoggin, Cumberland,
Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Lincoln, Piscat-
aquis, Sagadahoc, Washington, York, giving
them 10 Senatorial votes and making certain
the election of Mr. Davis as governor by that
body if he is not elected by the people. The
Republican majority in Kennebec county will
be nearly 1900 and II of the IS Representatives
elected are Republicans. Great and general
rejoicing is manifested by Republicans over
the result.
The Republicans of Hallowel celebrated
heir vitto.y this evening with general
illumination of the city and by other appro-
pirate demonstrations of the qualification they
feel at the result.
The Republicans of this city celebrated the
victory of their party in the recent state cleo
ton this evening by burning of tar barrels,
ringing of bells, salute of heavy guns. and
general illumination of their residences and
places of business. The demonstration was
one of great joy at the result of the election.
About o'clock the Davis Corporals formed at
their headquarters on Water street, making
| with citizens who joined them a procession of
| several hundred persons, and preceded by the
Augusta Band playing lively and patriotic
| airs, marched through the principal streets on
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| street in the midst of shower of rockets that
made the street almost as light as day, the pro-
! cession halted at the residence of Senator
| Blaine, where some thousands of people had
| assembled. After music by the band, loud
| and continued calls were made for "Blaine!
| Blaine!" in response to which Mr.. Blaine
appeared at his door and addressed the assem-
blage as follows:
FelloU Repubhcans:-I thank you for the
compliment of calling upon me in
| the suspicious results of yesterdays election.
| We have achieved all that the most sanguine
could desire. We have chosen large ma
| jority of the House of Representatives, have
| secured eighteen Senators beyond all doubt
and may possibly have twenty out of the thity-
| one that constitute the body. We have given
| to our candidate for Governor plurality of
| countless thousands, and as the returns are
now coming III from une DdCk IOWuS L ven
ture the prediction that Frank Davis will have
| an absolute majority over both his competitors,
| though do not assert this to be fact. The
| great votes in this state have hitherto been
| cast under the stimulus and excitement of az
| Presidential contest, with candidates for Con-
| gress canvassing every district and often with
an United States Senatorship depending on
the choice of the Legislature, but in this offest
| of 'off years. without the excitement of ma
| tiOnal contest, with no candidates for Congress
N districts with chosen
by the Legislature, we have thrown the largest
vote in the history of the state. The majority
against us last year was great representing ten
| per cent. of the total vote thrown,
| the total vote being remarkably full one.
| To recover from such reverse in a single cam
paign and place every department of the state
| government back under the control of the Re-
| publican party is an achievement over which
| we may well rejoice. In the moment of vic
| tory it is always wise to be moderate. 1t is
wise also to be just, and justice requires me to
| say that the campaign now closed presented
some most extraordinary features. The Demo-
cratic party merged itself in the Greenback
| organization, deserted its own candidate and
flocked to the standard of Joseph L. Smith.
Here in our own city we had strong illustra-
| lions OF what was going on all over the state.
property is almost wholly in government bends,
| who joined loudly in the cry against exempting
| bonds from taxation. You all know the presi-
| dent of one national bank in our city and the
| Greenback ticket who joined in the howl
| which denounced themselves as pirates and
| robbers. A very large proportion OF the bond
| holders and owners of bank shares among the
Democrats of Maine voted the Greenback
ticket and echoed and re-echoed all of the silly
and wicked cries raised by the armed COM
munsts who took part in our campaign. Did
these Democrats believe the cries in which
they joined? If they did. they are
guilty in assisting to rob the people; if
they did not, they are guilty of making
| a false and mschievous representa-
ton of a most important public issue.
The Republicans conducted the campaign
| on square, open, honest issue. They stood as
one man for upholding the credit Of the gov
| eminent, for maintaining the permanent eqnal-
| ity OF paper money with coin and for resisting
all attempts to revive the dangerous doctrine of
State sovereignty. as opposed to the just au-
quered. The State of Maine returns to her
loyalty and to the good government she has
always enjoyed under Republican rule. We
| all worked and worked with will. No man
| deserves more credit than another and all are
| to be honored for what they have done. To
| you whose efforts maintained the Republican
ascendency in this city, l offer my spec
ial congratulations and the hearty thanks of
| the party throughout the State Remember,
| too my friends, that this contest was for three
| years. The victory of this year ensures still
| greater one next year and the adoption OF
biennial elections puts off the ensuing contest
|
fore finished in 1879 the greater part of their
political work till 1882 Let us not forget how
| ever, in the moment of victory that our oppo-
| nents share in the fruits of triumph as
well as we. Good government, an honest dol
| lar and an honest ballot will benefit all alike,
| and while we cannot refrain from just criti-
| cism of certain phases of the campaign, we
| must not forget that Republican, Democrat
| and Greenbacker are all merged in the higher
| and better title of American citizen and that
| triumph which benefits one must in the end
| benefit all. Thanking you again for the cour- D..
| tesy OF your call, and the cordiality OF your
| greeting, bid you goodnight.
After the speech and rousing cheers for
| Senator Blane the Davis Corporals and band
returned to the headquarters of the former
on Water St. On the arrival of the nighttrain
from Bangor the Davis Corporals and band
marched to the depot and serenaded Hon. Eu-
! gene Hale of Ellsworth, who was aboard. Mr..
Hale responded in a brief congratulatory
| speech The Corporals and band then formed
and escorted Mr. Hale to the residence of Mr..
Blaine, where he and Mrs. Hale spent the
remainder of the night.
| Aroostook Towns.
FORT FAIRFIELD, Sept. 9.-Presque Isle gives
Davis 1907 Smith, 100: Garcelon, a. Maple
ton-Davis, Il; Smith, r.; Garcelon, IL.
| Chapman-Davis, 70; Smith, -; Smith, o.
| Castle Hill-Davis, d. Smith, 30. Maysville-
| Davis, ~: Smith, SO.
| Franklin County.
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