Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-17
The Maine Election.

We give below the news from Maine,
;he all absorbing topic with Democrats
and Republicans, Conservatives and Re-
adjusters. IA
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE following
Democratic Committee from Maine this
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Portland, Me-, Sept. A.-Paisred cleo
teddy probably 5000 majority. Fourth
and Fifth congressional districts sulel.
and probably First and Third Districts
carried by US and also Legislature.
EDMUND WILSON,
Member National Dem. Com. from Maine.
B. b. S,malley member of the National
Democratic Committee. has sent the fol-
lowing dispatch FROM this city to Mont
pelier. Vermont: We have elected Plaisted
by from 5000 to 5000; have four members
of Congress and both branches of the
Legislature. Have no fear Of Indiana.
The only dispatch received at Republic
can headquarters to-day from Maine was
one Indicating Reeds election to Congress
by small plurality, conceded BY the Flu
sionlstS.
/. A salute of 100 guns was fired tonight
in the City Hall Park in honor of the vic
tory over the Republicans in Maine.
The Baltimore American [Rep.] has
it in this way, and good enough at that:
PORTLAND, September 14.-There has
been great excitement in this city las well
as in Augusta and the other leading cities)
all day as the returns came in. Up to the
afternoon the figures given were very con-
flic5ing, sh' wing Republican gains In some
districts and Fusion gains IN others. In
Lincoln county Plaisted (Fusion), for gov
ernor, has a majority of 345-a gain of
243. Murch's (Fusion) majority for Con-
gress in the Fifth district is from 900 to
1900. The Temperance vote in the State
is trifing. The aggregate vote received
has increased about 5 per cent, which in
dictates an aggregate of 146 500. AS each
vote has increased about the same, the
Republicans should have 1880. the Flu
500-a Fusion plurality of 900 and ma
jority of zoo. ,
Blaine s explanation to Garfield:
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. IA, 1880.
To General james A. Garfield, Mentor,
Ohio-The net result OF yesterdays cleo
tion as nearly as can be stated at this hour
q P. n, Tuesday, is about as follows:
The Republicans have carried the First,
Second ard Third Congressional districts,
while the Fusionists have carried the
Fourth and Fifth. The Republicans have
carried both branches Of the legislature by
strong majority, reaching, perhaps, two
thirds OF each house. On the popular vote
for governor. Davis and Plaisted have each
over r. 900 votes, with probabilities in ia
v0r of Plaisted coming out few hundred,
perhaps a thousand, ahead. The result Is
undeniably a surprise to us, and equally so
to the mass Of the Democratic party in
Maine. Our canvass was never accurately
n,>l k0I,A Wndn " a
total vote for Davis of trif1e over 10000,
with an assured majority of 5000 as the
minimum. In the four days preceding
the election we lost over 5000 votes by
means well known to the managers of the
National Democratic campaign, and which
do not call for further specification from
me. The total cost is variously estimated
at from $4,000 to 100000, and the mo-
ney all came from beyond the state. Such
scenes were never before witnessed IN
Maine.
(Signed) ). u. BLAINE
The following extracts from the press
Will be found interesting:
from the Philadelphia ''Times," Dem.]
Since the Harrison whirlwind of 1910
startled the country by the election of
| Wing governor in Maine, at the Septem-
Der election, there has been no such sud-
| den political whirlwind in a presidential
year as that which Yesterday swept the
stalwart Republican Pine-tree State from
her politica! moorings. 1t is not repu lse
! or defeat; it is tn e utter overthrow OF a
party that has rule Maine for full quar-
| ter of a century, with the exception of a
single year of what was deemed the aecl-
dental triumph of faction in an unimpor-
tant struggle. fa -..
| From the Philadelphia 'sPress," Dem.]
With this reverse in Maine confronting
| them, Repu DlicanS will renew the fight
along the whole line with redoubled
energy. We know and understand all
| that it involves, but we mistake the tenn
per OF the country if it does not rise to the
high demand. 1t means stubborn battle
It means hard work.
| From the New York Tribune, Rep.]
1t is not too early, however, to draw an
excellent moral. The Republican party
has been growing too confident of late, and
has been enjoying its victories in advance.
| Work, and not confidence, wins elections.
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 par
ty, but that sentiment must be aroused to
a sense of the dangers which would lie in
a victory of party OF fraud, reputation
and disloyalty.
From the N. Y. Express, Dem.]
The effect of this unexpected success on
Ohio and Indiana will be great. Indeed,
| it will tell with immensely cheering effect
on the Democracy of every state in the
| Union. Its significance lies in the fact
that it is victory of the people Of a state
over powerful political organization skill
| fully managed and reinforced from abroad.
It shows what the people think and how
they feel. 1t reports what is in the air.
| It is an unmistakable premOnitiOn of the
great victory to be achieved by the Nation
al Democracy in November.
from the N. Y. Evening Post, Rep.]
| Nothing that we have yet seen suggested
fully explains what has happened.
| The results in Vermot, where it has ena-
| bled the Republicans to do little more than
| hold their own, and in Maine, where it
could not prevent a falling off, are proofs.
| The party. by its dresS-parades. is set back
and not helped forward. Indiana and
Ohio are much less certain for the right
cause than they were twenty-four hours
ago. t la .a 9-
[From the N. Y. Graphic. Ind.]
The Republicans have suffered defeat
which at this juncture they can i'll afford
! to bear. The Republicans were confident
Of victory, and they really seem to have
worked hard elbngh to deserve 1t. This
is what makes their defeat all the more de-
pressing. Had they abandoned the feld
or made lukewarm contest, the Fusion
success would not appear SO Important as
| it now does.
philadelphia Press, Rep.]
| With this reverse in Maine confronting
! them, Republicans will renew the fight
along the whole line with redoubled ener-
gy. We knoY and understand all that it
Involves, but we mistak <. the temper OF the