The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-16

II NOT The reader suppose that the latest
rsw. from Maine will change In any man.
~ he moral results which were expected
a. dow nom such Republican defer.t in
thst state as was announced Yesterday. IL
4 the failure Of abe Republicans 20 carry
the state BY good majority that 'apsets az
their calculations and puts them Into SICK
cloth and ashes. To use slang phrase.
vet very expressive one. " The Democrats
have nut the grins on shew." The more
the Republicans endeavcr to explain away
their defeat in Maine, the Palmer WIN 1t be
that II was Waterloo. Mr.. BkxrSE de-
c,.res that the result was accomplished by
efforts made In the last few days btfore the
election, He does net say In 80 mvoy words
thai his ~young bar'snrians" we're bribed,
but he adds Immediately that Che result
cos, the Democrats outside 81 the State
some seventy-fye or huu&rel thousand
dollars. Bat Let him speak for himself:
AUaUsTA, September II, 1880.
TO Gt~wel ,Joxes A. GagsSl6, Mentor, 0. :
The net result OF yesterdays election, as
nearly a. can be stated ct this hour 10 4. NJ.
Tursasy). 4 scout as follows: The Repue-
Sleaps baye carried the FIRST, second, ana
third congressional districts, while the fu-
sionjsts haze carried the fourth and pIth.
The Republicans have carried both branches
Of The Legislature by strong majority,
reaching, perbsps, twotbirdso Of eacn house.
ON the popular vote for Governor, Davis
and PIafsed have each over 72,0O0 votes,
with the probabilities in favor OF Plaisted
A..> ~
ahead. The results undeniably surprise
10 US. and equally so to The mass OF
the Democratic party in Maine. Our
canvass was never accurately taken, aud IL
showed on wednesday last total vote for
Davis OF trile over 10000, with 40 as
sured majority Of $1,000 OF the minimum.
In the four days preceding the election we
lost ever 1900 votes by means well known
to the managers OF the national Democratic
campaign, and which do not call Tor further
specisicafiou from me. The total cost Is va
riously estimated at from $4,000 TO $780,
900, and the money all came from beyond
the State. Such scenes were never before
witnessed In Maine. j. u. BLAINE.
Plainly that Is charge OF bribing voters ;
end as the Democrats did not need to be
bribed, and ne Maine is a Republican State
It is a charge that good many thousand
Republicans were bribed. We give Mr..
BLANE,s telegram for another reason. We
Judge that later news will confirm his
guesses as TO the specific results In Maine.
Let not the reader forget Governor GAR
CELoy. The result In Maine is vindica-
tion OF his course last winter. The battle
was fought upon that question almost as
much as upon any other. He and his aiders
and abettors were held up by the Republic
can orators TO the scorn and detestalion OF
the voters; but these do not seem to have
sympathized with the wise men outside OF
Maine who last winter heaped SO much
abuse upon the gallant Governor. The To-
cal social prescription OF the old hero has
been resented by the people at large. He
stands to-day thoroughly vindicated.
We conclude, as we began, that Maine
has "cooked" Gen. GARFIELD's "goose,"
(and General MAHoNE's too, we might add
There Is no hope for the Republicans.
CoyKLING and CAMERON and LOGAN, the
noble triumvirate Of stalwarts, don't feel
particularly anxious TO elect GARFIELD, nor
does the northern Methodist Church. The
triumvirate and that Church would rather
convince the northern people that success
can be achieved by no other Republican
than General GRANT. The defeat Of GAR
PIsLD means the nomination Of GRANT four
years hence; and, we fear, his election.
Be sure, then, the results OF the Maine
election truly foreshadow the results
OF the November. election. HANCOCK
is already elected. As JOHN MINOR
Boris once sand, "The child is born and bis
name Is HANCOCK" We in Virginia can
only play a 'dummy's part, we fear. But
we write this article before we know aughi
as TO the results Of the conference between
the committees Of the two parties.