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The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
POrtlaud'S Fight.

The city .of Portland suffered a grievous
wrong at the hands of the Tabulators. She
was disfranchised, her votes thrown into
the waste-basket where so many election
returns were contemptuously tost, and her
Representatives, chosen by great and un-
questioned majority, shut out from the
Legislative chambers. She was not per-
mitted to take part in the organization of
the Legislature on the day of its meeting,
and she was refused voice in the determin-
alton Of matters in which she had most
material and vital interest.
Her Representatives did get to the seats
which they were chosen to fill-but only
after long and vexatious delay. The con-
spiracy against them failed-but through no
will of the conspirators. These same men.
the men to whom Portland gave so great
vote year ago, are in nomination to-day.
Their election by a majority as large as they
got before will be a condemnation of the
chicanery and fraud of the Tabuators last
Winter The election of the opposing ticket
Will be conformation of that fraud an
admission that Portland likes to be cheated,
that it is Indifferent to representation in the
Legislature, that its rights can be safely
trifed with, that it prefers dishonor to the
arduous and honorable task of maintaining
its liberties and its privileges. If this city
be so indolent as that, if it is too careless or
too lazy to maintain its self-respect and as
sert its rights, it ought forever to be dis.
franchisee. 1t must accept the lot of the
cringer and the co ard. 1t will be unwor-
thy of self-government because unable to
Sustain IT,
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
CONFEDERATE X ROADS,
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky
August 27. 1880.


sigh ez did the late Henry A. Wise. NV
Virginny, for kentry in wich thar aint no
noosepapers. Noosepapers hev ben the cuss NV
Dimocrisy, and the one thing that stands in
our way. Newspapers and free skools are
wat kills the Dimekratic party. They cant git
along together nohow. Wat the Dimocrisy
wants is seckshun in wich thar amt no
noosepapers, ceptin them wich is publisht by
authority, and whose contents are soopervised
by committy before publicashun.
Two weeks ago we he'd meetin at the Cross
Roads to reconcile a difference thet he'd unfor-
toonately sprung up in the ranks NV the Dim
ocrisy. The trubble wuz this:
The Corners he'd ishood its bonds to bid a
Court House and Markit House and other
improvements, wich Bascom he'd took, he be-
IN the principal capitalist. He bot EN- up at
about 10 cents on the dollar, and he holds EN-
today.
Now comes the trubble. The citizens NV the
Corners don't want to pay the bonds at all
They hold thet they hev the biddings, but thet
thar is sum legal flaw in the contrack, wich
don't compel EN- to pay, and they perpose to
take advantage Nv it.
Immeiitly thar wuz a split among the citi.
zens. Them wich hold the bonds insists thet
suthin should be paid onto EN-, and them
wich don't hold EN-. but wich hev to pay taxes,
insists thet they shAn't pay anything.
The question hez gone into politix, and the
result is two tikkets liable to be nominated, and
the Dimekratic party divided,
1t wus my dooty to prevent this, and l called
the Corners together and made speech to em.
I he'd the meetin house decorated the same ez
1 alluz do on important occashuns. 1 he'd on
the pulpit the skulls Nv the Fedrel soljers from
Bull Run, the thigh bones NV the Fedrel SOL
jers starved at Andersonville, and the skeleton
NV the ngger killed at Fort Piller.
.'Frends," sed 1, sin the presunce NV these
reliks, / impore you to pause. Wat is bonds,
wat is taxes, compared to Dimekratic tri-
umf? You are quarrelin ever purely lokle
ishoos. Before yoo divide and endanger a
Dimekratic triumf, consider wat Lee wood hev
done, wat Jackson wood hev done he'd they
bin in your places. Remember that the prin :
ciples they fit fur, the idees underlyin the
Confederacy did not die with the surrender Nv
Lee, but that they are in eggsistence now, and
that this eleckshun decides whether the South
or the North triumfs."
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
The Parting Of the Ways.

| IL is proverbial that charity begins at
home. That is the first field for the exer-
else OF all the other virtues, and especia lily
OF the one which is next to godliness. Let
US purify our own household before we set
about criticism of cur neighbors.
political crime was attempted last Win
ter which has made the name of our State
a by-word, which has cast dishonor upon
Maine. All over the country the spectacle
OF our shame is jeered at by the dishonest
and the careless, and CONTEMPLATED with
wonder and grave apprehension by thought
full and honorable men. We are expected
by the moral sentiment of the country to
wipe that foul stain from an escutcheon
hitherto untarnished, to re-establisb our
honor by prompt and emphatic condema-
tion OF the men who sullied it,
Those men are proclaimng that the peo
pie OF Maine will, next Monday, approve
their course by returning a majority at the
ballot box for the candidates they have
named. 1t is for us to put them to the lie.
Their victory would be hailed with delight
by every State in this land whose record is
bad. We should be welcomed to the COM
panionship of infamy, and greeted by cheers
from the throats of the repeaters of Tam
many, the ballot-box suffers of Cincinnati.
the bull-dozers of South Carolina, and the
White Leaguers of Louisiana. All over the
South the ''Invisible Empire" would rise up
and do us reverence, because our vote iusti
fed their violence. Maine would be gladly
welcomed as companion in crime. The
high stand We maintained until the Fusion
lists got control of our State, would empha-
size our downfall and degradation, and
make our lapse from virtue the more con-
spicuous. The corrupt and the evil-minded
would gloat over the headlines announcing
Plaisted's election as they gloat over the
newspaper caption, "Another Good Man
Gone Wrong," which heralds the news that
one heretofore held upright has gone astray.
A Fusion victory in Maine will be looked at
like the defalcation of bank president-as
an encouragement to wreng-doing and a
Encouragement to right-doing.
On the other hand a great majority for
Davis will be everywhere read as triumph
for self-government, as an encouragement in
the hour of peril to the friends of popular
government everywhere, as rebuke to the
rascals who sought to destroy freedom of
elections, and to do away with free vote
and fair count. 1t would be more than a |
party triumph. 1t would be a victory for
honest governmental victory to be reioiced
in by all honest men,
Unless Maine redeems herself next Mon
day, unless she puts to utter rout and |
shame the men who strove to debauch her. |
she can hereafter make no claim to virtue. |
and is forever debarred from condemning
political wrong or criticising political error
in any other part of the Union. ANY en-
deavor on her part to correct the mistaken,
or chide the erring, or condemn the wrong
doing, will be laughed to scorn She stands |
now as one whose virtue has been unsuc |
cessfully assailed. By electing the Fusion
ticket she will put herself in the ranks of
the prostitute.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
DEMOCRATIC OPINION OF THE
COUNT.OUT.


COUNT-OUT.
There is no possible way i'm which Alon.
70 Gareelon can be prevented from maxi
ing himself Governor as long as he lives,
and keeping his precious set of vii
lains in this State in Council for
life, provided they can secure nom
inati Ons for the places, and can find
courage to throw ont Republican returns
enough each year to seat their own tools
in the legislative chamber. Popular liber-
ty thus far has had its throat cut i'm liberty
loving New England by a scaIpel of n Down.
East doctor, and nothing but the hope
that the infinite Justice of heaven will over
take him, stands between this and the fu-
ture subjecfion-0f the State of Maine to his
dictatorship, if he is brazen enough to con-
tinue this kind of work. There is but one
thing that wOuld meet the case with per.
feet Justice, and that would be the short
sEirift of this man with n great cord from
one of the elms of Augusta. But New Eng
land takes the more tardy, but equally sure
way through the ballOs box, and even pup
pet Garcelon and maestro PiIlsbury will
not have assurance to their power
against Onc more verdict by the sturdy sons
Of Maine, which they will get next Sep
teniber.-DEMoCRATIC LOUISVILLE COURIER
JOURNAL ON THE CoUNT-OUT LAST WINTER.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
Ananias Nye Again.

1t seems that Mr.. Nye, undaunted by the
flat breakdown of his bribery fables, has
started out in new direction with equal
mendacity. The following dispatch indi-
Gates that he has been dreaming dreams
about Rev. DR.. Hamlin of Bangor. The
dispatch tells its own story and is as fol-
lows:
To Portland Daily Press:
The statement made by Joshua Nye that DR..
Hamlin lost his position in the Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary on account of his stand on
the temperance question, is absolutely false.
j. S. WHEELwRIGHT,
Secretary of Trustees.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
R FAD THIS.

Whatever may be thought of the politi-
cal campaign elsewhere, every lover of
good governments and common honesty
should hope for the defeat of the unhoIy
political continuation i'm Maine which
brought disgrace upon that reputable State
last year. We have heard prominent Dem
Ocruts express the same sentiment, their
disgust for the folly of the Garcel0n crowd
overcoming all party feeling. If the peo-
pie of Maine do not rise up and rebuke the
political cut-thrOnts whose infamous rec
ord caused every son Of Maine to blush we
snail lose our faith in natural Iaw.-BosToN
HERALD QND) AUG.7.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

TIIDEN, still smarting from the rigorous
cross examination to which Mr.. Reed, as
one of the Potter committee, subjected him,
has knocked out the head of barrel and is
pouring the dollars into this District in aid
of the Hancock Veteran, Anderson. He is
wasting his money The First District is
not in the market. We don't sell our votes
down here.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

WIN. B. SKILLIN asks for an endorsement
from the people of this county. Here it is:
Office of County Commissioner and kept it
until elected upon the toe of the Supreme
Court He took it and held it, knowing
that the Office belonged to VIM. L. Prince.
Every voter who loves larceny will aid
Sl,illin
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

New YORK Mail: A question for intelli-
gent, self-respecting and reflective young
men who have become voters since 1876:
Will you enlist as private in the army of
Republican voters who have rallied so nobly
in Vermont, or in the voting army whose
centre and right wing is made up of the un-
reconciled recipients of Grants magnanimi-
ty at Appomattox, and whose left wing has
its strongest battalions in the slums of New
York
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

IT was only four years ago that General
Butler characterized the Democratic party
as the Solid South, as the political associa-
tion which would, if chance offered, achieve
by the ballot what it failed to gain by the
bullet. Has the South changed since then,
or has Butler changed? Is not the South
still solid? Read the answer to that ques-
ton in the Alabama majority. Is it not
Butler who has liquified? Read the answer
to that question in his Maine speech.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

CYRUS W. FIELD is one of the many who
prefer the certainty of continuing our pres
ent prosperity under Garfeld's Presidency,
to gambling on the chances that Hancock
may learn business to which he has given
neither time nor attention-the business of
statesmanship-and with Mr.. Field are the
intelligent business men of the country.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

IT is brazen impudence for the Copper
head party to bring Rebel Brigadiers into
Maine and Vermont to teach our people
how to vote. Vermont has told them what
she thinks of it. What will Maine say next
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

The Democrats talk about the Vermont
election as the Maine farmer did about the
disappointing pig. 1t didn't weigh as much
as he expected, and he never thought it
would. Ditto marks for Maine can safely
be placed after this story.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

d. w. TRUE and VIM. r. Field ask you to
endorse their reception of stolen goods las
Winter. All who admire Fogg and Chase
and the other five Tabulators, will vote for
these beauties and the handcuff ticket.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

If had been candidate and received
a certificate Of election TO the legislature
when was certain that my opponent oh.
tanned more votes than myself, would
sooner cut my hand off than take the prof
fered seat. L should feel that was taking
what did not belong o me.-JoHN QUINCY
ADAMS ON THE MAINE CoUNi-OUT
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

YES, the question of color does come into
this campaign. The choice is between the
blue and the butternut. Which shall we
run up at the masthead?
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

BIDDEFoRD Union: A Greenbacker
signs letter in Chase's Enquirer, ''Yours
till DEATH" Yours till the 18th. would have
answered the same purpose and not sounded
half so bloody
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

BEYOND drawing their rations those
much-advertised Democratic detectives are
doing nothing. They cannot detect, for the
simple reason there is nothing to find out.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

THEpe pie are behind the Democracy in
Vermont. Join in the procession with Wig
or next Monday, boys, and follow them up
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Puilen,
Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
Of every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

WONDER how much profit there is to the
Democracy in the Nye investment? 1t has
no doubt cost them many dishonest penny.
How they will grumble as the result of their
investment
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

ANY Portland Republican who doesn't go
to the polls next Monday, mad as hornet
at the Tabulators, is unworthy of the name.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

WHY should not the Englishmen like the
Democratic party? Its policy is just what
John Bull wants, free trade and pauper la
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

The money the Democrats threw away in
Vermont would come in handy here now
though they have no reason to complain of
the size of their corruption fund in this
District
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

REPUBLICANS of Portland, let us an
ticipate the season and snow them under
this time.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

WONDER if d. w. True and VIM. r
FIELD expect us to count them in this year.
we have suspicion that these gentlemen
VIII have to pay for their own stationery
and year books
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

THE Pioneers can do yeoman's service at
the polls next Monday. So can the Garfield
Guards. Up, Guards, and at them.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
THF, PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. II.

We do no read anonymous letters and communl-
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for pubiica-
ton but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munlcations tnat are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

A. A. STROUT ESQ,
WILL SPEAK AT
BRIDGT)N, Saturday, Sept ] 1.
HON. HENRY II. CLEAvEs
WILL SPEAK AT
NORTH WINDHAM, Saturday evening, Sept. IL.
HON. w. F. LUNT
WILL SPEAK AT
so. W1NDHAM, Saturday Evening, Sept. il.
WEST BALDWIN, Saturday Afternoon, Sep. IL,
at o'clock.
CLARENCE HALE, ESQ,
WILL SPEAK AT
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND, Saturday Evening,
Sept. IL.
HON. e. HI. COVE
WILL SPEAK AT
NORTH WIND MWINDHAM, Saturday evening Sept. IL.
RAYMOND HILL, Saturday Afternoon, Sept. IL, !,
at O'Clock.
CAPT. O'FARRELL
WILL SPEAK AT
VINALHAVEN, Saturday Evening Sept. IL.
VT H. LOONEY, ESQ,
WILL SPEAK AT
yIiyALHAyEN, Saturday Evening" Sept. IL
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
TOURISTS AND STRANGERS

Coming to Portland should visit the Observatory
Munjoy Hill. From the cupola may be seen the en-
tire city, the Oc an to the horizon, Casco Bay,
and with the powerful Telescope mounted in the
cupola the hotels on Mts. Washin gtOu. IA Kear-
surge and Pleasant NAV be distinctly seen.
The views here said to be unsurpassed beau
ty and variety By any in the world Congress street
cars pass every ten minutes. au10 diff
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

REPUBLICANS, cut this out and read it
every meal time until Monday morning and
note the advice:' Vote before afternoon
sure. You can save lots of trouble to the
committee BY so doing
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

WE are making gains even in Democratic
Delaware. Wilmington has gone Republi-
can by over two hundred majority. AT the
previous election it gave four hundred
against us.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

HANCOCK was nominated by Vermont,
and Hiram Atkins was his sponsor. Ver-
mont's opinion is expressed by her vote.
She likes and respects the man but distrusts
his following.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

ITmay be the Hancock ticket the Demo-
Gratis will support in November. 1t is the
hand-cuff ticket they offer to us Monday
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

VERMONT makes them hunt grass. Finish
them up on Monday.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

So it rained in Vermont Tuesday The
Democrats thought it hail storm.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
Nasty in Trouble.

He Initiates Wade Hampton and Makes
Speech for Southern Consumption,
Which is Unfortunately Heard by q
Northern Reporter.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

EVERY Republican can do something, and
all should do their best.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
CHESTER A. ARTHUR,
OF NEW YORK.
For Governor,
DANIEL r. DAVIS.

FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
For Electors at Large.
JOSEPH S. .WHEELWRIGHT, of Bangor.
IRA H. FOSS, of Saco.
First DiStrict--ELISHA II. JEWETT.
Second DiSt77ct-OTIS HAYFORD.
Third Dishict--EDWIN FIVE.
Fourth District-LEWIS B. JOHNSON.
Fifth DistTict-SEWARD B. HUME.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS.
First Distaict-THONIAS B. REED,
Second Dastrict-WILLIAM ?. FRYE.
Third DistT,ict-STEPHEND D. LINDSEY.
Fourth District-CHARLES A. BOUTELLE,
Fifth District-SETH L. MILIIKEN.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
Third Day, Friday, Sept. 17th.

No. 7. Glass 2.4o, .s3oO.-s1so 1st, $50 I'd,
F. o. Woodbury. Portland, ms. b John Morrill,
John P. Gibbs, East Bangor, ...cg Yellow Dog.
l. l.. Farrar, M'ch Falls, ns..blk Maine Jefferson.
Geo; Bowen, Bangor, ns ..br g j. T. Morris
+. Is. Heselton, Skow hegan, ns blk m Princess.
formerly Black Betsy.
w. b. Nutter, Cape Elizabeth, ns.. blk Wanderer
w. w. Wood, Michigan, MS ...........g Hendrick.
E.C Hall, Portland, ns..... 49,. LIB Arthur.
Chas. Records, Portland ns....... b Knox Chief
w. III. Warren, Cornish. blk Black Diamond.
c. r. Moulton. Portland, ms. b s Wellington
T. ID. Marsh, Great Falls, ms .ch nj Purity.
SAME DAY.
No. 8. Glass free for all, S500.-S300 1st, $3.50
I'd, $50 3d.
John Prentice, Boston, ns &c Thomas L. Young
f. b. Heseltop, Skowhegan, ns.b Tom b. Patchen.
Edward Ware Skowhegan ms .., -. blk Ino
w. B. Smith, Gardner, ms. .br Knox Boy
G. +. Mosher, Lawrence ms. ...... b Joe Ripley
ID. L. Applebury, Boston, ms g m Golden Girl.
James keenan, Boston, ms. e IN Emma B.
Jas Dustin Boston, ns...bg Deck Wright.
V. G. Hall, Portland, ms ............e Anodyne.
j. p. Woodbury. Portland, ms. ........ b msMaud O.
John f. Haines, Biddeford, MS ......b G Camors
CONDITIONS.
Above races to be mile heats excepting No. 6
which will be half mile heats, best in 81, best 3
in in harness, and governed by the rules of the
National Association.
will receive but one premium.
Entrance fee 10 per cent of purse, which must
accompany nomination.
Purses payable at the close of each days
races.
Entries may be made at Hall, on Tuesday; prior
to that timo with A. l.. DENNISON, Sec'y, Preble
ang27dtf
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
FLOUR.


hfrm5
gtheeF
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
ST. LOUIS AND MICHIGAN FLouRs.

guarantee every barrel of Flour give perfect s
and the money refunded All grades of Flour by the
Flour at depot within so miles of Portland FREE OF CT
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11

SAME DAY.
No. 6. Three year old class, s1o0.-S6o 1st, $50
I'd, $40 Sd.
w. Barbour, Saccarappa, ms. m Ayilocky.
Jerry Creeden, Portland, IT Royal Blackwood.
j. NJ. Pollister, New Gloucester, ns............
blk Nightshade.
The Portland daily press., 1880-09-11
NEW CROP TEAS.

more como f5censa ndwnlbe
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-18
N. M. Johnson's Burglars.

The men, two in number, who broke
into Mr.. JOhnson's store a few DAYS
since, were arrested in Boston last
week, and brought to this place and
lodged in Jail last Saturday morning.
It appears that MI. Robert Laird of this
place was in Boston, and noticed in the
papers that parties had been arrested
there on suspicion of disposing of stolen
goods. Mr.. johnson was notified of the
occurrence last Wednesday morning,
and Immediately started for Boston. A
part of the goods were found and ident-
flied by Mr.. johnson, but they were in
a very damaged condition. The origi-
nal marks were still on the goods
some of which were brought back. Mr..
johnson sent for George Walker of this
place to meet him at Plymouth, N. H.,
and together they brought their prison.
ers In. One gave his name as John
Sullivan, and the other as John Ro-
ehelle, both young men. As the grand
jury has been dismissed, these men will
nave to lie in Jail some time, unless
they should plead guilty and take a
sentence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-18
Death in the Drain.

The article on the fourth page upon
the ventilation of sewers, ETC., will be
carefully read, not only because of the
source from which it emenates, but be-
cause there is widespread and grow
ing impression that much fatal disease
in these days is caused by sewer gas
from lack of proper plumbing and ven-
tilation, the non-use of traps, and the
use of improper soil-pipes, etc. 1t is
freely stated for fact that in several in
stances in our own town where there
has been the greatest mortality during
the last few months, drains have been
either newly opened, or stopped up, in
or about the houses where the sickness
occurred. If these things are so, it is an
additional reason why the greatest care
should be taken to see first, that every
house has drains, and second, that these
drains are properly ventilated. We
believe there is great neglect in these
matters, and who can tell but the fatal
sickness of the last few months is large
ly due this neglect.