Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-03

! CAMPAIGN MOTIFS.

| lot u1rhth tut IfcSiuent. NM
1t WIN be funny to see the Maine Green.
hackers voting for that bloated bond hold
er, William ii. English, Next November.
In Gen. Garfield the laboring classes,
the poor aud those who lave 10 struggle
To live, have a true friend. lie has been
there himself.
The Grant leaders," rs they are
called, are thorough Republicans and will
in 1880, rs n'the past, be found in the front
line OF efficient lighting men. Those who
predict the opposite do hot fully under
stand these men.
u. 5. Treasurer Gifilin, in answer tn
inquiries, says that Gen. Garfield never
drew the back pay due him under the salary
grab BILL and was the third man who NJ
Tucstcd il 10 be covered back into the
Treasury, 80 that neither he nor his heirs
could draw il.
There i more trouble in Indiana.
Tie Democrats or the Seventh Cong rcss-
ional District have refused 10 inlorSe De
Ia Matyr. This makes the Grccnblck man
ayers wroth, and their organ says that
such action defeats the Democracy in that
's''Nt ''H' ''' NhN 'es'b'.
Among the visitors at the rooms of
the Republican Natlonll Committee Tues
day was Judge J. $. Thompson OF Los
Angeles, Cal. The judge has long been a
Democrat, supporting Tildcn IN 1876,
Greeley in 1872, Seymour IN 1868. But he
now declares that he has had enough of
Democracy and will vote and work for
Garfield and Arthur. o.
During the last fifteen years of Repub-
lican administration, 1897, l0i, s23 OF the
principal OF the National debt has been
paid of, and tue annual charge for interest
has been reduced $4,000, 600. And all the
time Democrats, In Congress and out oft,
have been bowling that the Republican
party was running the country. 1t is
sort of ruin which the country takes kindly
to. s.4+ .'''t '.-.
Gen. Grant hasn't lost his knack OF
packing great deal OF meaning into few
words, In note TO the editor of the Id
rance he says: II have nothing TO say
against Gen. Hancock. Ihave known him
for forty years. His personal, official, and
military record Is good. The record of
the party which has put him in nomination
Is bad"
Mr.. Dixon, brother Of the man muir
dercd by Barksdale In Yazoo (Miss.) last
year, recently visited his native place, and
while there expressed the opinion and the
hope that Garfield would be elected. He
was at once notified that men will not be
tolerated in that place who express such
sentiments. The Yazoo Herald notified
Mr.. Dixon editorially that such opinions
were not wanted there. The Herald is
very enthusiastic for Gen. Hancock.
AT the organization ofthe Garfield and
Arthur Club ut New Albany, Ind, on
Wednesday, nine men, who have hitherto
acted with the Democratic party, signed
the roll. Their names are published and
they are well known. In the west end OF
the city on the same night Republican
club was organized, and six heretofore
straight-out Democrats Joined il. That
partisan decision OF the Democratic Su-
preme Court may yet prove the worst sort
OF a boomerang for the party which ex-
pected to profit by II.
--Elhu Smith is now in town on visit.
Although formerly dyed-in- the-wood
Democrat, he now comes among Us an
enthusiastic Garfield mau. He says while
South he saw a man shot in cold blood
Just for opinions sake, and don't care
longer to continue his connection with
party upholding such outrages as he daily
witnessed in that section. He closed the
mouths OF some OF our loudest Democrats
here by Offering 10 bet $1,000 against ST.
500 on Garfields election.-LaRcdster, (N.
H. Republican
This extract isn't from Gen. Garfield's
letter Of acceptance, but from a recent
speech OF HIS in Congress: 'The man who
attempts to get up political excitement
In this country on the old sectional issues
will find himself without party aud with
out support. The man who wants to serve
his country must put himself in the line OF
its leading thought, and that Is the resto-
ration OF business, trade, commerce, in-
dustry, sound political economy, hard
money and honest payment of all obliga-
tons" An excellent keynote May he
be able to keep his party up TO it,
Golden Rule.
Bob Ingersoll, when in Maine, claimed
the credit of having solldi6ed the Demo
cratic party in favor OF the Bible aud the
Christian Religion. IL this was marvel
lous, it is no more so than the transforma-
ton which has taken place in the attitude
of that party in reference to the war, a. an
incident Of Hancock's nomination. Even
the eloquent militia general S. j. Ander-
sou gushes about the war and Gen. Han
cocks exploits ut Gettysburg as generous
ly and as eloquently as IL he had been
brigade commander in the war rather than
n murmuring stay-at-home. Bnt We are
glad to see these gentlemen on the side Of
right and Of patriotism, even at this late
date.-Bridgton Neles.
Congressman Acklen (dem.) of Louisi-
ana, does not feel inclined to retire to
private life, although his party has nomi-
mated Mr.. Billiu as his successor.
Acklen has written Billiu letter in which
he magnanimously offers to wave the
action OF the convention and submit their
respective claims to the arbitrament OF
twelve representative men," or TO a new
convention. The most curious part ofthe
letter Is Mr.. Acklen's statement that "the
district, as you know, has a republican
majority OF nearly five thousand, and can
only be carried BY the most indefatigible
work" BY ''lndefatisable work" In 1878.
the republican majority OF 5000 was set
aside and a majority for Acklen OF 1874
was announced. 1t requires great deal
Of 'indefatigable work" TO count out re-
publican majoritles In the South.
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