New-York tribune., 1880-01-13
vpxy vopK DsIGy TRIBUNE TUESDAY JANUARY l3 1880.

Won. when the citizens of Maine, indignant ut
the contemplated outrage, began to hold meet
ings and talk earnestly about w. all these
Democrats were prompt to denounce them for
se6itious utterances, and to especially condemn
the clergy Of the State for unseemly inteiier-
eDce III politics.
They we're slow to learn that Garcelon had
made arrangements to install his fraudulent
Legislature by force and was Transporting
arms and ammunition to Augusta for that
puInosc But when they heard that the
citizens of Bangor had gathered by common
impulse to protest against step that so
threatened the public peace, they broke ou'
in bitter dcnmciation Of the mob spirit shown
by the people, for which they said there WAS
no excuse whatever. The gathering at Au-
eusta of legally elected members OF the Legs
laturc was denounced by Democratic news
papcrs as q proy0cation to disorder bnt fer the
disrepu;able scamps who came there TO seize
Offices TO which they were not elected
and knew they were not elected, there was not
4 word OF blame When Garcelon submitted
the questions invented by bis pettifoggng coun-
sci to the Supreme Court they all applRudcd
his honesty Of purpose, and, supposing-as Gar
other than favorable, they sad he would ABIDE
by it. and that would settle the difficulty. lie
did not accept it, but flew in the face OF II
ard treated il with contempt. and not Dem
ocrat of any prominence has uttered syiia-
BILE of condemnation for his baseness. W hen
n pretended Legislature, made up largely
of men who had no more right TO seats
than Eben +. Pilsbury has TO place among
honest men, undertook to complete It's iraudU-
lent organization by claiming quorum which
if never had, not Il Democrat saw anything
wrong in it but the whole press and party
were outraged and indignant because Eugene
Hale stood UP in the place to which he was
legally elected ana obstuctcd the conspiracy
with a protest against the whole proceeding.
But they lacked one thing after all TO hd
full the cup OF their Indignation. IL they
could only get Republican to offer brbe
to some one of the frauds in either
House They claim TO have done II. One
of the fellows who WAS not elected, but
counted in, claims to have trapped Rcpub-
Hcan lawyer 10y offering to absent himself
from the organization for $1,000. lie makes
affidavit thcreto-thc affidavit Of n man who
was engaged in trying 10 steal an Office to
which he was not clectod-that he himself
made a proposition TO refrain from committing
the offence for consideration, and that
he found one Republican vino fell before
The temptation. And as ths would be
of little consequence in itself they en-
dcavor TO connect Senator Blaine with
the ALLEGED transaction, by the state
mont that the Republican referred TO
was. with scores OF other citizens, at
senator Blaincs residence about thc time
IL occurred or soon after. And now the
Democratic pes, of the country is putting up
IT, palas ami rolling upi.s eyes oyer-what =
orcs lhc fact that % ganguf political thieves has
abolished the ballot-box, rendered uugatoIy the
will OF the people, and stolen State Oh
10 What sets them hoWing is the fact that
n dishonest scamp, who was trying to steal nm
Office hc wa, defeated for, swears chat Repub-
lican attempted TO bIibe him not " go
ON with the theft, aud that /fhe im-
plicaf,d Republican is suspected Of having
done it on tAc advice OF Senator Blaine. The
whole paok Of howlur deryi hes are tearing
their hair over this state Of things in the hope
OF diycrting public attention from the CRIME
of the party--the Rape Of Maine