Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-31
Artfnl pickering.

The management OF the Oiu Douroous
in the truck and-dicker business between
themselves and the greenbackers is
worthy Of admiration as sample OF
shrewdness and skill in that line. An i'm
partial observer will see in looking the
trade over that the democrats have Sc
cured all in the bargain that has any pro
spectiye value They have taken the
meat and left the bone for the green
hackers TO gnaw. What they consider OF
any good to them they have taken by
fraud or force and left the greenbackers
the worthless residue. The nominations
for Congress are made, the electors are
selected. and the democrats are happy
over the result. Well they may be. If
dickering with the greenbackers were all,
but the republicans are going to have
voice in the final result and will make
things even between Simple Simon and
Old Sly by defeating both at the polls in
September.
OF the fusion vote of this State two
thirds of it are furnished by the greenback
party, one-third by the democratic party
In an equitable division of the important
offices therefore the greenbackers should
have twice as much as the democrats.
Votes decide the battle; the division OF
the booty should be in proportion to votes.
Now let US see how the offices are di-
vided. The greenbackers have the candi-
date for Governor. The democrats did
not want it. There is not the slightest
hope of the election Of the candidate and
the nomination amounts to nothing. In
the choice of candidates for electors the
greenbsckers are kindly permitted to have
the odd number. Three electors are just
as good as four for the democrats, since
it is well settled fact that none but re-
publican electors will be chosen in this
State.
Coming to candidates for Congress the
democrats take three and allow the
greenbackers but two. Murch, Ladd and
Anderson are the peculiar property of the
democrats. The two first have never
failed to vote in Congress in humble ODE
dience to the wishes of the Solid South
the last, if me could be elected, would con
test the palm with the most devoted o
the Rebel Brigadiers in efforts to re-es
tablish the Lost Cause" Two of these
men were elected two years ago, and the
fusion hope and belief are that they ear
carry their districts this year. As fol
General Anderson, the bourbons will do
their very level best to elect him. The,
will bully and coax the greenbackers, ant
spare neither money nor work to cleo
him
OF the Congressional nominations only
two are lett for the greenbackers, those
in the Second and Third districts. Thes,
are both regarded by the cunning demo
Gratis as hopelessly republican, and these
they were entirely willing should b,
handed over to the greenbackers In boil
these districts the greenback candidate
will be buried beneath republican major
tiles of thousands aud the arttul old bour
bons know it.
So the result of the dickering between
the two parties is that the greenbackers
who furnish two thirds of the votes anC
have done about all the work, have no
got one place allotted to them that is o
any value, while the democrats have Sc
cured everything that they regarded
worth contending for. Two hunters Sc
cured by their joint efforts a skunk and {;
rabbit. When they came to divide then
the shrewder of the two said to the other
You take the skunk and I'll take the
rabbit; or if you like it better I'll take the
rabbit ana you may have the skunk. =
The democratic proposition. however they
changed the phraseology, has always
been to take the rabbit themselves
The greenbackers after all their talk have
taken the skunk and the democrats have
got the rabbit Uncle Scion fought hard
against the trick being played upon his
party. but he is beaten and the democrats
expect them steers to work as hard in
the election rs though the dicker had been
fair. square and equitable.
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