The daily gazette., 1880-09-15
Search for Grains Of Comfort by
the vanquished.
SENATOR BLAINE EXPLAINS,

BOTH PARTIES CLAIMING A MAJORITY
OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGA-
TIoN-EFFECT UPON THE OCTOBER
STATES - REPUBLICAN MANAGERS
ANA - DEMOCRATS PREDICTING A
wALK-ovER.
PORTLAND, Sept. III talked to-day
with more than dozen prominent re-
publican politicians in Maine on the ex-
traordinary results Of yesterdays voting
and discovered but one opiniou, that the
prospects of General Garfield's election
have been materially lessened if not
| wholly demolished by the defeat of the
State ticket. A gentleman who has for
years enjoyed the confidence of Senator
Blade admitted to me on the train this
afternoon that it would be next TO I'm
possible to carry the electoral vote OF the
State for the republican ticket next No
vember if the fusionsts kept together
"Hancock," he said, sis a good dea
stronger in Maine than Plaisted, and
there are hundreds of men who voted
for Davis who will not vote for Garfield
| unless we can get up some excitement
which will solidify the party and prevent
| detection"
THE DEFEAT EXPLAINED.
"To what do you attribute Yesterdays
de1eaJr' asked.
"Well, there were sever al causes. In
| the first place, there was good deal of
money sent here. Tilden contributed
| 81 600 to defeat Reed in the First dis
twtoA Al g.. 1t,
in consequence. Then we had to con-
tend against the foolish personal and
senseless attacks made against the fusion
candidate for Governor by Captain
Boutelle, of the Bangor Wing. He
charged General Plaisted with cowardice
and ,incompetency as a soldier, with
dishonesty as politician and with lack
of ability as a lawyer, after the republ-
can party had honored him by making
him brigadier general for bravery, elect
ing him to Congress and choosing him
as Attorney General of the State. These
| charges reacted on us with terrible effect,
and although we knew that this would
| be the result we were unable to control
Boutelle's action. With any other re-
| publican of good standing who would
make decent campaign we could have
carried the Fourth district and helped
the State ticket. Then there is good
deal Of apathy among ardent republicans,
caused by the failure to nominate Blaine
at Chicago. We redeemed the st ate
last year after desperate struggle, and
| by the personal efforts of Mr.. Blaine
We thought he deserved recognition by
the party for that and his other brilliant
| services, but he was slaughtered in the
| interest of the gentleman from Ohio.
Had he been nominated he could have
carried the State by $4,000 majority"
THE ELECTORAL QUESTION.
The question to be settled next is
whether the greenbackers and demo-
| Gratis will fuse on the electoral ticket.
The SoIon Chase wing of the green
back party will undoubtedly advocate
the nomination of straight electoral
ticket, but if they succeed they will
| find themselves in a hopeless minority.
A leading greenbacker from Augusta
says that, should this course be pur-
sued, large portion of the party
would go over to the democrats and
support Hancock. General Plaisted,
he said, would in that event take the
stump for the democratic ticket and
send the malcontents to the rear.
RESULT IN THE STATE.
The result in the First district shows
that Reed has pulled through by a
very small majority, % or 80. Few
people expect that he can hold his seat
in Congress as there will undoubtedly
be contest and cases of bribery and
undue influence will be brought to the
attention of the House and is sufficient
quantities to justify his rejection and
the seating of Anderson.
RETURNS FROM THE TOWNS.
Three hundred towns give Davis,
60,6S1 Plaisted, 5S,123; scattering,
315 total, 119, 116. The same towns |
last year gave Davis 81, 1929 Smith,
37,518 Garcelon, II, 421 scattering,
255; total, 1851. Davis majority, |
2,243, against 2, 1873 last year, arepub-
lican gain for the first time of 110.
The towns to hear from gave Davis
II, ,791 fusionists, IA, 885-fusion ma
jority, 3,097. Deduct the republican
majority thus far heard from and the
republicans lack 954 of majority.
BELFAST, Sept. IA, 1880. !
Murch's friends claim 1900 majori-
ty, which may be reduced to 1, 200 or
1000.
Waldo county complete, except one
town, gives Plaisted $50 majority.
LEWISTON, Sept. IA, 1880.
The full returns of Androscoggin
county give Congressman Frye 500 |
majority. His majority in the district |
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