New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-06

ION between his old party and the Democrats,
and Mr.. Weaver is telling some plain truths
which will not help the fusion. General But
ler has entered the campaign. and pretends
that he is not without hope.
PGOGRESS OF THE CANVASS.
HOW cAECrICN l. DEFENDING THE STEAL on THE
srUuP-A GOOD STORY or TuE STAR CHAMBER
car-<cu-rHr OPPOSITION OF sOLON CHASE
AyD GryERM WEAVER 10 TIE FU,IoN-THE
I,rr,f-, r .RrLAND sP E"H-CAMPAIGN GOSSIP.
,rRau 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT or THE TBI8UNE
LEWISTON Me-. sept. 2.-Inese two sister manu-
f,ctnr1ug cities oI Lewiston and Auburn joined by
long bridge across the Androscoggin RIVER, form
one of the Greenhacaers StTonghods. Auburn Is
,r.rs a .cted by the soft money deluson than Lew
i,t.n for the reason that her shoe factories sus-
pended lor q time, while tie cotton mills over the
rver kept work during the whole period of lndGS-
ma .t4.ua,iau. But the Aldroscosgin is not wide
enough 10 keep the ianccs which got possession OF
fne wcroilgnens brains confined to one side OF
tbe stream. Fusion banners are II anything rather
more conspicuous !or siz' and number IN both places
than Republican banners. Last week a Republican
procession was stoned. and several torch-bearers
received usiy bruises. The fgh ing spirit Of close
and angry contest is fully aroused.
DrFENDiNG THE STEAL
Two of the most notei participants in the plot 10
stsal the state Government last year live here-ex-
Governor O. .rcelon in Lewiston and ex-CouncilIor
Fog ID Auburn. Fosg Is Frye's competitor Tor Con-
gress. Both the stump. attempting 20 explain
away that Infamous performance. IheY are great on
technicahties. and they pail long faces and talk to
Their audiences about the solemn duty they were ul-
der to obey the Constitution and the rulings Of The
Supreme Court. They say they threw out number
O, Fusion towns as well as Republican towns, but
they not explain the remarkable coincidences oil
results which made their tabuaung unseat thirty
seven Republican members returned as elected and
n,ta single FlsOnist and which gave them Just
c, ru,1 no M lre and less, IN both branches OF
the legislature. That these men are oa the stump
az all. however. and dare face public audiences
after I'M. exposure o. the most outrageous crime
r,,p.t tbe ballot ever attempted outside OF the
Sold south. startling evidence OF the corruption
Of the pubi. conscience in Maine brought about by
the unpruciqlod uuiou of the Greenback and Demo-
cranc parties. ! suspect the Republicans have
forced GarcDlon and his "taDulat0rs" 10 60
before tie people and attempt a defence, by the
sharp and well-sustained attack they are making
mon them. To STAY IN retirement was 10 damage
the Fusion movem ent by tacit confession that
thew have nothing to say Tor themselves So after
some h4sitlrion. they came forward with good
excuses as their lawyers could fix up fcr them, and
err DOW filing a series of appointments.
tfirCelOn "a QGl sulltn. man, Dul OSS I'stuti
= bright fellow, and probably invented more ta5u-
latiug tricks than any other man during The ten
Gavs when the Council was sitting behind locked
doors manipulating the returns. He edits the live
lest Greenback paper in the State, The Greeab1ck
LABOR Tribune, an elght-page sheet printed IN Au-
burn Ii was formerly sOlOn Chases paper and
was sold by the old man about eighteen months
aro solon Is not satisfied with the course Of the
p.psr he built up and has started new one at his
horn. at Chase's Mills, called Cha89s Enquirer.
F,ea's partner IS Colonel Blood, late Of New-York
and the firm name OF Fogg Il Blood Is very neDu-
lons Al one end and very sanGrinaTy at the other.
HOW FOGG GOT PLACE FOR FRIEND.
Apropos of Fogs Is a story Mr. Blaine tells in his
s,aeobes of the doings Of Garcelon's Council last
fail After they had counted ont thirty-sx RcpGb-
licaus FoCg spoke up and SAID that they had not
given a seat 10 4 single one OF his personal trends
Now want place for friend of mine who ran
IN the Lisbon and Webster District" Why, good
Cod Fogg.7 exclaimed one Of the Councillors, some
what profaney, that friend Of yours was beaten
by lOl majority" Fogg was rather staggered at
first but after studying the returns for while he
declared that the names Of the seectnen IN the two
Republican towns the district were signed IL the
same handwriting. The rest Of the Council exam
ned the signatures but could not the similarity
g l'se q microscope" sad FOgg. They looked
through a microscope and were convinced, put
ros;poned their final decision until next day. Mean
while the Republicans got WIND OF what was up
and by hard nights drive ID the bleak November
weather their messengers got the SIX seectmen
flom Lisbon and Webster into Augusta next morn
inC Tea DIV 10 face the tabulators. The seiec'men
svore that the signatures were written by theni'
and individually they wrote their names before the
Council 10 prove their statements; but the Council
counted out the Republican member Just the same
o,d I'.,,rs friend cor the certificates.
Scion Chase appears 70 have lost the prominence
he enioyed III the campaigns Of ISIS and 1879. HIS
name does not appear any Inst OF GreenDacA
stump speakers nave seen. l have not met MIN
YET but hls friends say he is dissatisfied with the
fusion aud does want it to SUCCEED lie Is using
bis influence 10 pull the two parties apart AFTER the
September election. and advocates separation at
the Greenback State Convention. to be held on
September u. and the nomination of straight
out electoral ticket III place OF the mixed one MADE
up by the state COMMITTEES of the two parties
WEAVER SPEAKS OUT AGAIN.
yv.oyer &c another source of trouble TO the Fu-
slonists. They thought they could rely upon him
u hold his tongue while in the State about the
election frauds in Alabama. At Biddeiord. where
be made his first speech. he said not WORD on the
subject but AZ Portland last night, before arge
audience made up about equally of Democrats and
Greenbackers, he talked IN the plainest manner |
about the way the Democrats wiped OUT Oreeh- |
back majority of 4O, 900. When he began on this |
theme some leading Democrats on the platform |
started to 20 out. Turning 10 them. he said:
NY Democratic friends do hear the TRUTH simple |
truth you should all recognize. DO you thnE thOse
men ID the south who chased negroes WITH Doodhounds
think II wrong 10 keep negroes from VOng Dy IoIcei
That's he condition II the GreenDhcK party hau
Da lot and fair count. we have got %oooo MAJOR
ity in Alabama, 100000 ia mississippi
Then he went on to develop his panacea for |
what he called the great cancer eating at the South
1t was for honest independent men to JON the |
Greenback party in that section and hight the |
Democrats This is not the sort of talk to make |
votes for the Fusion alliance in Name. General |