The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1880-09-22
The Latest from Maine.

The Latest from Maine.
republican returns from four hundred
and nncty-scvcn towns give DAYS d.
llG, Plaistcd $4,000, scattering 33S. Six
towns to hear from gaze last year,
Davis Gl, Opposition 22S. Nv these
returns Davis will have Il plurality,
but his majority is doubtful. Yhc
FuSionists and the Democratic Nation
al Committee both charge that Blaine
and his hcnchmcn arc manipulating re-
turns III the back counties 50 as to
give the place to Davis. VAGUE
charges amount to nothing, but if par
ticaiars arc given they viii be damag-
ing. 1t is claimed, toy instance, that
latest returns from tho town of Dexter
give 80 Republican gain, whcn the
facts show that there was a very slinht
gain. This matter vii! be thoroughly
siltcd, and fraud, irany exists, will be
exposed. The Fusionists arc going TO
celebrate their victory any how with
torchlight PROFESSIONS. Ben Butler
says he hopes Davis will be counted
in, in which case tho State will 90 for
Hancock in November by several
thousand.
Comments on the rsult arc varied. .
Ihc Democrats arc iubilant. Some
Republican rnpcrs show intense dis
gust; others say sit doesn't signifv.''
1t is best to take tho verdict Of the H.
dependent Journals. The New York
Hc'"fd says, whether Davis is leclar-
Ell elected or not is q matter of no COLI.
sequence; all the prestige of the fight
Is with the Democrats. If Blainc
after all his efforts is able TO hoil the
former Republicans stronghold only bv
The skin ofhis teeth, lie must conlinc
all his time between now and Novcm-
Der to saving the electoral vote, and
must cancel his engagements in lndi-
ana and California.
The Springfield Rrnublicun, Il mild
supporter ofGarficId, says:
The astounding setback which ,he
Republicans have received in Nlainc
shows that the revolt from tlmt! partv
III tic State has "cOmc to-. stnN - il
was not Il mere craze likes the Western
form OF Grcrnbackism, not rush .to
Joe Smith, like the 4mcuc il, this
STATE arounu Butler, nOcu mcrci tenn
porarv 'rirGtiun. but II permanent and
ahlhin4 divorce, from he'd and board
arc am,Ht ~ decree of the Supreme Court
The Republican mamagcrs havo can,
VaSScd tho State with their oblrs;t
speakers; the National Committed
took MIR. Blainc'S counsel 10 look on,
INST tor the Solid North before inyau.
ing the Solid South. Everybody was
sure that piouS pcoplc would rise il,
their might andoNcrwhclming y;cb Il {
The estate steal"; everything was
done to carry tho State "hcli-bcni'
and save the country, but Maine un.
accountably stood firm ill., the tracks
OF 1879. While the late returns reduce
the probability OF rlaistcd's election
ny majority and throw doubt over tho
result, the moral effect Of Il victory Ina;
undoubtedfy accrued to the Democrats
IL reads the Republicans lessor.
and tells them that tine people think
BlainciSm. rs bad as Garcclonism, and
that in the mce OF Republican, ring
rule, the Maine people have notluu.hi
to bcstow on the Solid South and pay
no heed to- tho bloody shirt,
Tho Philadelphia Times thus admin.
listers comfort TO Garfield:
IL is Of the lcnstepossilylo consequence
to General Garfield how much ,nonoy
the tuSionists spent in Maine, or how
much the Republicans spcnt If hr
doesn't have to pay il, or 9hethc,
l1alstcd or Davis is to be Governor
i"r TWO wears, or what The exact ma
lorlty may be for either; but it is @,
very great moment TO General Garfield
TO Know whether he is 10 be the only
hepibl!can candidate for:the Prcsdcr-
cy, slhcc tue organization OF, the party
! quarter or cenlnry ago, against
Whom the electoral vote OF Maine will
ne cast. Connecticut is the only New
England State that has ever iultcrsd. in
q hailohal contest, and that was when
Mainc gave 10000 to Hayes; aid il
may occur to General Garfield that, if
Mainc is lost, 'Connooticut is also lost,
ana that Now Hampshire won't stand
III the Republican line with Maine and
connecticut sweeping by and daucinu
the Democratic racket.
1t adds that in 1868, Msne's. 10000
Republican majority paved the way to
GRANTS success; that in 1872, its, ma
Jorit! of $4,000 was tho first blow That
sent Greeley rcclins III tho dust, and
that in 1876 IFS majority, cG Is, 900 help
ca to save Ohio and Pennsylvania TO
the Republicans, though it dds not
stem tho tide that gave Tildcn u guar.
fcs OF Il million majority. What fall
rom 10000 down to paltry hundred,
II that, and even This declared iraudu-
lent? And. they say that Hancock is
several thousand votes stronger than
PIaisted IN Maine. What if the Pine
Tree State be found ia tho Democratic
column?