The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-09-24
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER "a, 1880.
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE MAINE
ELECTION.

| EhECIAONs
tGlobe- Democrat, Hep, l4ti,.l
The result of the Maine election fall.
short Of Republican expectations.
IN. Y. Times, September l4th.l
Whether the returns from the remot,
towns shall give the Governorship t.
the Republicans or not, 1t is plain tha
they have not made the gains they con
tidently expected, and If the victory
should prove to be theirs, it will be al
most a barren one.
cr-Jonrnal, l5th.l
"It is generally supposed" said the
New York Tribune, Monday, ssthe at
Maine will give about 5000 Republican
majority" And what do you think Is
ssgenerally supposed'' now? We ex-
pect that you will tell us what has be-
come of that majority; whether the
Republicans remained at home or were
"massacred.' The latter is your usual
theory as to the disappearance of q Re-
publican majority.
(Atlanta Constitution. l6th.l
1t does not much matter whether
General Plaisted has been elected by
500 majority, or is defeated by that
figure. IT is sufficient that the Repub-
licans are no longer able to carry a
State that down to 1878 cast Republi-
can majorities running all the way
from $4,000 up to $4,000. In losing
Maine they have lost the country.
That is enough, and we need not trouble
ourselves over returns from plantations
in far away Aristook county.
rNew York Tribune, 14tI,.l
The Republican party has been grow
ing too confident of late, aud has been
enjoying its victories in advance.
Work and not confidence wins cleo
tions. IF this disappointment should
excite the party to greater exertions it
will be piece of good fortune. The
sober sentiment of the country is with
the Republican party, but that senti-
ment must be aroused to sense of the
dangers which would lie in a victory
of party of fraud, reputation and
disloyalty.
GCincinnati Gazette, Rep. l4th.l
The Maine election is a disappoint-
ment to Republicans, and it is disap-
pointment because it was believed
fusion would not fuse: but the Green
hackers and Democrats seem to have
come together pretty generally. The
Republican managers had predicted q
majority of 5000 or over, but at the
present writing the Indications are that
they have no majority at all, or If any
it is small. The Democrats will claim
this as victory, and it is; but meas.
ured by figures it is not q formidable
one, nor such as cannot be overcome in
November, when the Greenbackers
will be in the field with their own elec-
toral ticket.
tNew York Herald, iith.1
All of the Government clerks in
Washington who arc citizens of Maine
got leave of absence and reduced rail-
road fares to participate in the election.
The arrangements for conveying aged
or infirm voters to the polls were more
complete than they have ever been be-
fore, and the weather favored their at
tendance. Moreover, Mr.. Weaver, the
Greenback candidate for the Presid-
ency, was induced to go to Maine and
attempt to divide and demoralize the
Fusionists, and yet, in spite of all these
efforts and advantages, the Republicans
have either lost the State or have come
SO near losing it as to make their recent
boasts ridiculous. Theye stimated their
majority at not less than five thousand,
and some of the more sanguine put it
as high us ten thousand. 1t is a falling
Oh iIoH1 STeaC expectations 10 nnu IL
doubtful whether they have n majority
at all, and not improbable that the
Fusion ticket is elected.
IN. y. Sun, 16th.l
THEY ARE RUINED.
The Garfield party are trying to con-
sole themselves with the reflection that
the result in Maine is not as bad for
them as it might have been. This is
undoubtedly true. They might have
lost their Governor under 10000 Demo-
cratic majority, and all five of the
members of Congress.
But when we remember that 10000
has been the average Republican maj
orfty on Governor in the off years since
the party was organized, and that the
leaders have claimed q majority of