Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-18
THE MAINE GAME
Attempt of the Republicans to Parry
Their Terrible Defeat.
BAKNUM AND BLAINE'S REPORTS
The Former Exposes the Scoundrelism
Which the Latter Develops.
MAINE ELECTION.
REPEATING THE FRAUDS OF 1876.

REPEATING THE FRAUDS OF 1875.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE national Demo-
cratic committee has issued the following g
statement relative to the election in Maine:
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON-
M1TTEE. NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE latest relia-
BILE and official returns received from Maine
are as follows: Returns from 428 towns give
Plaisted 7O.0lS; Davis, 70,698. Republican
majority, 679. In the same towns in 1876 the
opposition vote was 57,499; Republican,
72,765. Republican majority, 1926. Re-
publican loss in 1880 from corresponding elec-
tion in 1885, 1859. There are ffty-eight
towns and plantations yet to be heard from.
The relative gain in these towns as compared
with 1876 would give US at a low estimate over
1000 Democratic majority. The Republican
manipulators in Maine are pretending to
claim majority for Davis and are undoubt-
edly trying to doctor returns to BEER out
this claim. It remains to be seen
whether they propose to begin in Maine to re-
inaugurate the frauds of 1876. For two days
Blaine and the Republican leaders conceded
Plaisted's election as the Republican party did
Tilden's in 1876.
The entire machinery for counting the vote
is in the hands of the Republican returning
board. Usually in past years it has only re-
quired about two days to ascertain definite re-
suits in Maine. This year all the first returns
showed great Democratic gains, and it was only
when the Republican manipulators have stop
ped the returns coming and delayed them until
they could be altered, that changes were made
in favor of Davis. As an instance the county
of Kennebec, which usually campletes its re-
turns in one day, was held back until after
Thursday, and it is openly asserted by a former
Republican leader that the returns are kept
back for manipulation.
Two Of the five congressman, Murch and
Ladd, are conceded, Philbrick, Democratic can
didate in Blaines district (the third), while
actually elected may be counted out by fraud,
by avery small majority, under one hundred.
In the first district, Anderson, Democratic can
didate, is practically in the same position, as
the Republicans only claim a majority for
Reed of SO, thus showing that out OF hVe
congressman four Democrats were elected.
Thss is the best criterion by which to judge
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is clearly elected and can only be defeated by
fraudulent count. The only gains shown
by the Republican party, or claimed by them,
are in Democratic counties, inaccessible by
telegraph and away from the lines of railways.
The best evidence of fraud proposed to be per-
petrated is the fact that while the fusion
tickets shows large gains all over the State
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can gain is claimed in Democratic counties.
(Signed) WIN. b. BARNUM, Chairman.
BLAINE's SUMMING UP.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 17.-Senator Blaine sent the
following telegram to day: Augusta, Sept. II,
To Hon. Marshall Jewell, chairman of the
Republican committee, New York: We have
complete returns with the exception of few
distant plantations and give you summary
of the result. = In the election of 1879, Repub-
licans lacked 1,045 votes of a majority. This
year we have made gains in twelve counties,
held our own in two counties and in two other
counties we have made slight losses. Our net
gain in the whole sixteen counties is reckoned
at l,300as minimum with possible maximum
of 1000, making Gov. Davis reelection GER
tainty no longer denied by his opponents.
His majority over Plaisted will probably not
vary much from 400. We have chosen three
fourths, of the county officers, more than two
thirds of the State Senate and a large majority
ofthe House Of Representatives, giving us COM
plete control of the State government in all its
branches. Our only regret is the failure to re-
gain the Fourth and Fifth Congressional dis
tries. We succeeded in reducing the majority
in 81 h to about one-third of the Fusion ma
jority two years ago, but the Democratic alarm
over the result in Vermont caused the applica-
tion of arguments in both districts during the
last week. which we could not meet.
[Sigued1 j. G. BLAINE.
THE STYLE OF DoCTORING.
PORTLAND, Sept. IA dispatch from Fort
Fairfield reports the vote Of Pearman stands:
Davis SO, Plaisted "a. Last year Davis, 8,
fusion, 81. 1t is found that in compiling last
years book that 80 of the scattering of last
year 81 was stated, but not specified then. The
missing 80 we may have in present returns.
If so this gain of 26 would overcome the differ
ence between DAVIS plurality and the scatter
ing, and give him majority of five. But this
is subject to all errors made in this way of re-
ceiving returns