The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-23
philadelphia Press.j
Fusion and Confusion.

The Democratic managers would do we'll to
come to some general understanding as to the
proper course of treating the Greenback party
Their present practice of fraternizing with
the Greenbackers in the North and bulldozing
them in the South shows that somebody lacks
the proper cue. The press and politicians of
the South see little cause for congratulation in
the partial defeat of the Republicans in Maine,
purchased by the almost complete obliteration
of the Democratic party in that State. Gen.
eral Hancock, on the contrary, does not view
it in that light, and on the first announcement
of the Fusion success sent his despatch of con-
graduation to General Plaisted, the Green
back candidate for Governor. After his nom-
ination by the Gree back State Convention,
General Plaisted appeared before it and made
q speech He addressed them as "Fellow-
Greenbackers" and said: 81 accept this nom.
ination because believe that stand in full
accord with the Greenback party" Yet it
was on the supposed success of this man, who
never voted Democratic ticket in his life,
that General Hancock found encouragement
for his own success and fastened to send con-
gratulations.
In the South, ON the other hand, the sup
porters of General Hancock cannot see that
the Greenback party is entitled to any more
rights or any better consideration than the Re-
publican. Mr.. De La Matyr Is promised the
support of the Democracy of his district on the
condition of Greenback support to the Demo
Gratis in other Indiana districts. The whole
Democratic influence will be thrown in favor
of his election. In Alabama, however, during
the recent Greenback campaign in that State,
his appearance in behalf of his party was the
signal for Kisses from the assembled Bourhons,
who termed him 'the Indiana Buffalo," Mr..
Randall of Iowa, while endeavoring to pre-
sent the claims OF the Greenback ticket In
this same State of Alabama, the only Southern
State in which that party has yet made a seri-
GUS general contest, was advised by his friends
to stop, as his life was in danger General
Weaver the Greenback candidate for Presi-
dent, has not yet recovered from the indigna-
ton which his Alabama experience aroused in
him. While the Democrats were last week
rejoicing over the news OF Greenback success
in Maine, General Weaver announced to
Cooper Institute audience how his party and
the Republicans alike were treated in Alaba-
ma He said: why, when man votes
down there the Judges of Election, who sit be-
hind a screen SO no one can see them, look at
his ballot, and if it suits them, they put it in
the box; but if it doesn't suit they tear it up
and put another that does suit them in the
box. Such is the South to-day" Mr.. Bragg,
large, finds Greenbackers and Republicans
equally obnoxious. "Greenbackism is," he
says, he says, "a Northern animal' and every
nam who votes against the Democratic party
is, in his opinion, an enemy to his country and
worse than q negro.
Here is certainly what Mark Twain would
call discrepancy" The Greenbackers find
the Democratic party giving them blessings in
the North and curses in the South. In the one
section they receive the gentlest and most as
suring pats upon the back; in the other their
chances are more favorable for bullets in the
back if they presume to trespass uponiBourbon