Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-27
ON THE STEAL.

II ne uSuTItTs III Maiut nave SonS-<.,ee>s
that their man Lamson can become acting
Governor Inow that they can proceed no
further without quorum in the House.
-Dstroit Pox: The Fusionists OF Maine
| seem % be In the predieament OF the horse
thief who sadly complained that This
Internal beast kicks and balks so that I'm
almost sorry stole her."
Springfield RspabiicaR: IL Is quite
Job TO burglarize State. Down In Maine,
they drugged the executive. watch dogs,
and sapped, mined and blew up the legis-
lative stronghold, but when they got to the
inner safe of the Judiciary, tproved to have
a time-lock ON it aud foiled the robbers.
1t seems that two members of the late
Council of Ex-Governor Garcelon have as
serted that an attempt was made to bride
him. The Ex-Governor denies the truth
falness of the statement The trouble with
these sscoanting- i'm" knaves Is that they do
not consult each other before issuing their
| falsehoods.
The Charleston, South Carolina, Nscs
and Courier remarks that ''the best thing
that can happen, for the Democratic party,
Is that the Maine Legislature shah I'LL the
vacant seats and drop everything savoring
of Mexicanization." Fraud that turns the
stomach of South Carolina. Democrat
must be something out of the common.
-Garcelon says he is glad To get out or
Office, and finds the relief very pleasant.
The relief may be only temporary. III the
Supreme Court gets n chance 10 pass iudg-
mcnt on his operations he Will discover
that il is one thing to do piece OF dirty
work, and quite another thing TO escape
the responsibility for it.-N. j. fricrne.
Did the Fusion Committee on Gnber-
Material Votes throw ont the returns or
Cherryfeld because one Sclectnnan was an
alien, of vanceboro' because the return
was attcsted by a pro tcm Town Clerk, OF
Skowhegan because the Republican ballot
was held by Garcelon ct al. to have desig-
mating marks
A Democrat in Detroit, Mich, writes
TO the Free Press of that city that the great
national Democratic party cannot afford TO
endorse sharp practice and trickery In
Maine, aud that 1t is time the Democrats
In every section of the country entered
their protest against constituting the Maine
Legislature OF members not honestly
elected
Evidently there i public virtue enough
lcft in Maine, since the Judgment OF the
Supreme Court against the so-called Legs
lature made up of the fG>ioniSts Is so lar
respected n, 10 have thrown into CONFUSION
aud decentralization the whole camp OF
those who were counted upon Ia give effect
10 this attempt 10 use the forms Of law to
defeat the spirit Of the law.-N,le York
Herald.
Speaking OF the Maine difficulty the
Herald SAYS: There j. oni. one law
ful and regular solution Of the question,
and that Is for the men elected 10 the Leg
islature. according 10 the opinion "r the
Supreme Court, 10 take their seats. The
men who are holding the seats TO which
they were not elected are the present
usurpers who stand in The wav IL law,
order and peace.
The author of that remarkable political
novel. ~ Fools Errand, who i South
ern Republican, writes n letter Ia the
Tribune, in which he declares tha; tue
Northern Democratic method of destroy
luz popular government j. vastly more
clever and less brutal than the Southern
STYLE. The Democracy of the North have
been able To do this without shedding
drop OF blood, without stripping back Tor
The lash, without n shot gun being fired,
aud without even Ku klrx parade,
The Boston Herald (lnd. DEM says
IL there i ANYTHING IN constitutions and
laws, IL there Is any sacred principle In
self-soyernmont by representatives whom
the people select, If there Is anything worth
preserving in The right OF State To gov
ern itself In its domestic affairs, Governor
Davis and the Legislature acting with him
form the only and genuine government OF
Maine, and GOV. Smith and his Legislature
are utterly without authority, and, The
sooner the latter recognize the fact, the
better II will be for them.
The trouble in Maine, it now seems
likely. has ended where IL should have be-
gun, with the retirement OF the fusion
Legislators from seats TO which they were
not elected. There are many things To be
said against the conduct OF the Repuoli-
cans in this business, from Mr.. Blaine
down To the street preachers and back
again to the Judges. If say ing these things
against the Republicans were saying any
thing in favor OF the Democrats, the World
would be glad TO say them. IS the Repub-
lican misdeeds do not tend 10 justify the
fusionists, il IL not fruitful 10 dwell or
them. |, was clear from the tirst what
were the intentions OF the voters. IL Is
only by enforcing that intention, wherever
il is made clearly apparent, no matter
which party is helped or hurt by IL, that
republican government can be preserved.
-.Netc York World Dem.)
The arms and munitions which were
so unwisely brought into the State Honse
by Governor Garcelon have been returned
10 the Bangor arsenal by General Cham
berlain. This incident wildly illustrates
the situation ut Augusta. Governor Car
celon felt that he had committed an act
which the people of Maine could not APP
prove. The sense of security which ordi-
nariiy supports chief magistrate was
lost: he was compelled 10 surround him-
self with guards and weapons. General
Chamberlain, performing his simple duty
without fear or favor, depends calmly upon
the projection afforded by the sheriff OF
Kennebec aud the mayor Of Augusta Tor
he knows that behind those officers is the
whole power of the State. 1t was con-
frssion and sign OF weakness when the
arms were ordered TO Augusta; 1t is the
hes, evidence Of strength and security that
they are nov remoyed.-P Portions Aoref-
tiser.