Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-24
An Anaheimer's Sensible Views.

EDITOR HERALD: The FusioDfst
triumph in Maine-it is but the be-
ginning of the end, as foreshadow-
ed in a series of kilograms publish
ed in that ultra Republican sheet,
the Chicago Inter- Ocean, on the
day of election. The kilograms
were from several States, addressed
to the Maine State Central Repub'
lican Committee, but 1t is only ne
cessary here to alludo to two-one
from California and one from Indi-
ana. The California dispatch said
almost these words: The result in
Maine will govern the result here.
Give us u round majority and we
will double it. That from Indiana
said. in effect: Thousands of votes
here will be changed by the result
In Maine. We'll, our Republican
friends are no doubt gratified to
find how little they need to trouble
themselves about Indiana and
California upon their own showing,
and they may therefore quietly re-.
sign themselves to the inevitable
and gracefully submit to the will
Of the people. My object in ad-
dressing you is not, however, to eX-
ult but to call the attention of the
ring men to the result of the elec.
tion in Maine and to the lesson il
teaches, and the deductions to be
drawn from the result thereof. A
year ago the Fusionists trium phed
in Maine and Maine Supreme
Court, patterning after the gem
Commission of Fifteen, deliberate.
ly set aside the peoples verdict and
installed the defeated Republican
candidates. This year, the voters
of Maine, who know the facts of
the frauds of last y ear, have by an
increased vote and increased ma
jority again declared they will
none of Kepublicanism. The fraud
in Maine has been avenged, the
people have declared that they will
not submit to he outraged, that
their chosen must and shall rule,
and we wish them God speed. In
1876 the American people elected
s. ]. Tjlden President of the United
States. A partisan Commission
set aside that verdict las you so
ably showed in your recent
issues) and in November, 1850, the
people will again, as they have
done in Maine, declare emphati-
cally, that fraud shall not triumph,
and the villaipY whereby Tilden
was robbed of the Presidency will
be avenged by the triumphant
election of Hancock. The 1.-TWO cases
are analogous, parallel and almost
identical; the result will also be
identical. No thinking man can
fail to see in the result of the
Maine election the handwriting on
the wall. The Presidential contest
this year almost ceases to be par
ty fight and rather takes the form
of an uprising of the people against
corrupt politicianism. The people,
under leaders they can trust, have
declared that Il party of corrupt
politicians, whose only mission IL
to fill their pockets and promote
sectional strife and ill-feelings,
cannot be permitted to hold the
reins OF government any longer.
Maine has spoken, Indiana, Ohio,
Illinois and California wait but the
day when they also will speak, and
in no doubtful tone. The reign Of
corruption Is about ended, the
throne of the triumvirate trembles
and totters; the mighty people are
awake and active; the result is as
sured. In the near future we see
sectional strife forever ended, peace,
prosperity and plenty reigning
throughout tho land, and our gov
ernment once more firmly estab-
lished upon an honest basis and in
honest hands. SCRUTATOR.
Anaheim, Sept. 2lst.