The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-19
Maine.
Philadelphia Times.

The changes of political power No,
such as has Just been wrought by the election
of Monday, is simply the elimination Of
growing distrust and opposition with are
bred by the abuses of protracted power.
The Democrats controlled the State by a
popular majority of ten to twelve per cent.
Ofthe entire vote for nearly generation prior
tolS56, and then the Grcenbackers, the Pro.
hibitionists the anti-Ring men of to-day ex-
hiblted rs anti Lecempton Democrats, Free
Sellers, Maine Law followers and disgrunted
voters generally; but when q denomination
reaches the dry rot, as did Democracy in 1856
and Republicanism in 1880, the opposition
elements grow adhesive, their wire-edges
wear off as they become closer allied on the
vital principles which made them agree only
in opposition, and new control is thus created
will run its course until it it repeats the his
tory of decay and death. Since 1856 the
Republican majority in Maine in Presiden-
tial years has been about twelve per cent. of
the whole vote of the State, or what would
make Pennsylvania Republican by from
10000 TO 100000 majority but its very num-
pers multiplied its disappointment, and as
the few ruled, the many protested until the
few had to rule the many by might rather
than right. The Democrats of Maine had
their last triumph in 1858, when the vote
presented the evidences of disintegration and
early death. Maine is now
most likely to vote squarely
against Garfield for the presidency. To at
tempt to fight the Maine battle over again,
with all the losses defeat entails, must DO an
uninviting and almost hopeless task. 1t
would cost more to the acre now to make u
battle in Maine than il costs in Indiana, and
then success could hardly be hoped tor.
Plaisted is governor for two years, unde, the
new constitution, and he won it by a So Q
majority Of the fullest vote ever pOlled. lie
is the coming and Blaine is the parting guest
and despite the apparent confusion on the
presidency, all roads lead away from Garfield
and to Hancock. Murch, Lgdd aud Anderson
will be as much Democratic congressman, if
Hancock shall be elected, rs Randall or Fer
nando Wood, and there will now be cordial
unity for the Fusion electoral ticket, solely
because there is nothing successful in politics
but success. Nobody cares for Weaver, the
Greenback candidate for president; but
the old soldiers Of the Greenback party
will appear 10 swallow Weaver with
good appetite to make the marines do like
wise and what they really want is to defeat
Garfield and give three of the seven electoral
votes for Hancock, knowing that three will
serve Just as good purpose as seven. They
will initiate the New Jersey fusion o. 1860,
when the Douglas Breckenridge and Bell
leaders fused on al electoral ticket, giving the
first three and each of the otherI two. There
was, in addition, straight Douglas ticket
that ha the three Douglas fusion candidates
on it, and they wera elected, with four OF the
Lincoln electors. This apparently unnatoral
fusion polled G2,S0l votes against 58,324 for
Lincoln, and the sion elements of Maine,
have been crystalizsd BY the baptism OF fire
in the late contest