Daily Republican., 1879-11-14
Danger Aheed.

Arc indications OF uotcc PoAisiosA
storm not before, but after the next
November election, at which time the
President is to be voted for. ExAspsr-
stsd by defeat in the last Presidential
campaign, it may be expected that the
Democrats, aided by . solid South, will
leave no stone unturnsd either by fair
or fraudulent means, or by both, to
elect the next President. Indications
Of what they will do is already crop
ping out in Maine, where Governor
Gsrcelon and the other Greenback and
Democratic State officers who constitute
the returning board of the State are
engaged in a plan to cheat the Repub-
licans out Of their recently well earned
victory. This, it seems, is to be done
by trumped up allegations of fraud
committed by the Republicans at the
Syptember LECTION, those very pure
and immaculats officers having iiscov-
cred to their utter astonishment and
horror that $40 was spent in one dis
trict, $40 in another, S25 il still anoth-
er, and $50 in some town, for election
purposes, supposipg OF course that it
was spent for the purchase and corrup-
tion of voters. This, il is said, is to lie
the plea for throwing out the returns
from a sufficient number Of districts
as will throw the majority in the Senate
in favor of the Democrats and Green
hackers. Then according to tho way
State officers are elected up in Maine
when they have not received a majori-
ty of all the votes cast in the State, the
Senate sends the names of two of the
candidates voted for receiving the high
est number Of votes, to the House, and
the latter must make choice between
The two. There were four candidates
voted for, the lowest Biou Bradbury''who
was only a cats paw and brought out
for this very purpose got a few over
300 votes; Davis, Republican, got over
$1,000, and Garcelon and Smith COM
bined got a couple Of hundred over
$4,000. 1t will he noticed that Davis
has within about 500 votes of a MAORI.
ty of the votes cast and yet his name
according to the projected fraud is moi
to be sent to the House, but the uamet
OF Garcelon and Smith will be sent and
between these governor must be cho
sen. Had cats paw Bradbury not beer
brought out to get a few hundred votes
Garoelon would have been the loves
candidate and the names Of Davis and
Smith would have to be sent to the House
and Davis would be elected. This is the
scheme anyhow that is contemplated by
the Democrats and Gresnbackers o.
Maine, but whether they will have the
boldness 10 carry it through remains Il
be seen.
When such despicable means
are resortsd to, in a State t
cheat the Republicans out Of theil
victory 1t may well be imagined tina,
still more desperate plots are being laid
to cheat them out Of the Presidency in
1881. Senator Carpenter, one Of the
most astute and far seeing. Statesmen o.
the nation, and withal a conservative
one, has within few days allowed
himself to be interviewed and his i'm.
pressions to bs sent forth to the coun.
try as . warning note of danger ahead
which bodies no good to the peace and
auiet of the nation. In an article, only
two days ago, we showed how very
evenly the parties will be balanced il
the Senate, with Judge Davis as tht
fulcrum or pivotal point upon which
either side must expect any adyan,
tage after March 4th, 1881, and We then
showed that in order for the Democrats
to insure complete ascendency in the
Senate they will not hesitate to expel
Senator Kellogg Of Louisiana and admit
Democrat in his place, which would
give them a clean working majority o.
two, Independent of Judge Davis. Sen.
ator Carpenter sees it precisely in the
same light; and further he predicts tha
through commission Of fraud and FEEDER
al interference at the Presidential cleo
ton, the present Democratic House viii
throw out sufficient number of State
that voted for the Republican candidat
to insure the election in the House by
majority Of States. But here an
other difficulty stares them in tn
face. There are thirty eight State
and they are divided POLITICAL.
in their representation, nineteen Re
publican and nineteen Democratic. Il
such a case Of course the House is pow
erless to elect. But Mr.. Carpenter fore
sees that there IL to be some doctorin
done. Indiana, which is now repre-
scented in Congress by six Republicans
Eve Democrats and one Greenbacker
De La Matyr, is to have her represents
ton reconstructed TO make her vot
sure tor the Democratic candidate
True that with the vote Of De La Maty