Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-21
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THOSE MAINE RETURNS. Not All the Towns Yet Heard
 From. HOW THE LATEST FIGURES LOOK. Both Parties CIainfng a
 Small Plurality. Ministerial Changes in France The Result of De Freycinet's Resig-
 nation.
POLITICAL.

q. Those Returns-yvhat tfe Latest Figures
 IndIcate-Both Parties StiII Claiming
 the Victory.
 PORTLAND, Me, Sept. 20.-The returns from Fort Kent give Davis 13, Plaisted 163 Long Island, Davis 8, Plaisted 23; a not Fusion gain of 47. There are four more Aroostook towns to hear from, which last year gave Davis 3S, Fusion 1O7 The votes from 399 towns stands as follows: Davis 73,- 437, Plaisted 73, ,186, Davis plurality 257. In the Princeton district in Washington county, Joel Foss, Fusionist is elected Representative instead of John Pollege' Republican This is Fusion gain and it is claimed that Charles M. Cummins, Fusionist. is elected in Jonesport district, previously claimed as Republican gain. The delegation therefore is Republi- can to instead of to as last year. The Fusionists claim that Plaisted is elected by over 200 plurality. Governor Davis tele- graphs from Augusta, Me, to Boston the following:
 q shall be elected by 300 or 400 plurality without doubt"
 NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-The latest dispatches received at the headquarters of the National Republican Committee from Maine this even ing elect Davis by 800 majority The fol lowing dispatch has been received at Demo- cratic headquarters:
 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 20. To WsI5sGae fl. B0r7ouna, Cltdi7mad1l Of tue l. National DenocratSc Committee.
 The only additional returns are from Fort Kent, which gives 160 majority for Plaisted, making his majority over Davis in 497 towns 174. The five towns to be heard from voted in 1876 Talbot Dem. 62, Conner (Rep.) 27; in 1879, Opposition 9S, Davis Rep.) 39. Plaisted's majority in the State over Davis is about 200.
 BosToN, Sept. 2O-The GAo6e's Augusta, Me, correspondent visited the State House to-day and made careful examination of the clerks returns there, and found that Plaisted has clear plurality of 66, with four towns to hear from. If they vote as they did last year it will swell his plurality to 114.
 The Republican deputy Secretary of State comedies Plaisted's election. The Republi- cans generally give up. The plurality amend ment to the constitution is adopted by 20, 900 majority. Yves vote amounts to 313 and scattering 167. Total vote in the State 147,- 800.
 A Great Republican Mass Meeting-Dfs-
 tingutshed Men to be Present.
 CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 2O.-General Grant, Senator Conkling, General Arthur, and few of the prominent members of the Republican National committee, are expected to be at Mentor, the guests of General Garfield, on Monday, the 27th of this month. These gen. tlemen will be in attendance at the great mass meeting to be held in Warren on the 2Sth, and will spend day with General Gar field on their way there. The meeting of so many distinguished men at Mentor, especially so many members of the Ma tional committee, has a two-fold object first courtesy to the statesman on whom they will call, and the other to hold consultation relative to the campaign. Nothing has been settled yet in regard to the arrangements but it is expected that they will spend tho day and night of the 27th at Mentor,- leaving there on the morning of the 28th at 7:45 o'clock, arriving at the Cleveland depot in a special car at 8:45. They will not remain in the city, but will be immediately transferred to special train, which will take them to Warren. At that place the most complete arrangements are in progress for mass meet ing of Republicans such as Northern Ohio has seldom seen. An immense wigwam, capable of seating O,OOO people, is being erected.