New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-30
THE FUSION IN MAINE.

The Democratic party has ceased TO exist
in Maine But the Rebel Repudiators remain,
and are as active as ever. The last pIetcnce
of hard money Democracy has been aban-
doned in the coalition for Electors and for
Governor, and the party goes into the cam
paign with frank confession that it means
TO elect avowed regulators if it can. The
honest and loyal Republicans who have been
led 10 follow Scion Chase in his crusade
against the Republican party of Maine are
invited to cast votes which will count for the
Bourbon Democracy and the hardmOney
Democrats are asked to vote for Weaver and
his wild financial notions 1t is no injustice
to either faction, but ought to be a cOmpi
ment to each, to say that it would rather see
the Republican party succeed than its present
allies. If Mr.. Chase and his associates would
not prefer the triumph of the Republicans TO that
of the Bourbon Democracy, then Mr. Chase
has been trying to impose upon the people.
And if the Bourbon Democrats would not pre-
fer the success of the Republicans to that of
Mr.. Chase and his associates, then their
national platform is a deliberate and wilful
lie and the attempt to carry New York, New
jersey and Connecticut on that platform is a
cheat.
We give the Democrats either horn of the
dilemma. They are honest, or they are not (;
they state what they mean in their national
platform, or they do not. That they mean to
be honest in dealing with the public debt and
the currency, they are obliged TO insist, if they
want to carry either of the doubtful Eastern
States but in that case they are guilty of
dishonorable fraud in Maine. On the other
hand, if they assent to the views held by the
Greenbacl electors for whom they will vote in
Maine. they are guilty of the basest possible
dishonesty in presenting themselves to the
people of York, New-Jersey and
Connecticut as believers In honest
money, consisting Of gold. silver. and paper
convertible into coin on demand" 1t would
be better for the Democratic party to take
one position or the other for the honest in
stncts of the people will surely reject any
party which comes before them with lie in
its mouth.
The Republican party does not try to cheat
anybody. It's acts for the past four years are
its platform. 1t has restored and will main
tain specie payments. Men who want repudi-
alton in any form are frankly invited to vote
against the Republican party. Men who want
deprecated currency In any form are invited
to vote against that party. 1t has proved its
faith by Its works, and it appeals without hes
itation or fear to the people of this country,
believing that they will uphold party whose
honest pledges are matched by honorable
deeds, rather than a party whose public
pledges are self-evident lies.
The hard-mOney Democrats OF this State
do not seem to consider that they dishonor
themselves bv adhesion to party which
sends money to Maine to help tho Greenback
party. Yet the public contempt for the Demo
cratic party springs from just such acts of
indecent lnsincerity. The Republicans would
have. been kicked out of power long ago had
they been ready to take either side Of the
money question in order to succeed in local
elections. The course of that party has been
brave, manly and honest. Here and there Re-
publican members of Congress have been weak,
and they have been taught that Republican