New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-24
MAINE POLITICS.

THE OUTLOOK FOR NEXT PALL-THE DEMOCRATS
READY FOR OPEN UNION WITH THE GREEN-
BACKERs-soLoN cHAsE's wRATH-soSIE OF TIE
PROBABLE CANDIDATES.
IFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT THE TRIRUEE.l
BELFAST, Me-, April 19.-This viii be very
exciting year In Maine politics The municipal cleo
tons, which have taken place during the past ve
weeks were more closely contested than usual and now
attention turned the Congressional and State cleo
tons to be held in September next probable that
this year will witness the direct union OF the Democratic
party Of Mano with the Greenbackers. IL poed last
year only twenty odd thousand votes against 10000
four ago. and moreover, has lost its only leader
OF ability capacity by the removal from tho State Of
Eben F. Pillsbury, Of Augusta. True, Mr. Pilsbury's
methods not such as to command success in the
long run, but his abilities speaker and organizer
and his personal respeotablty place him far above his
late associates who engaged in selling out 10
on the best terms they can secure for
themselves. what 10 left Of tho Democratic party OF
Mane To say that there is not in this State to-day an
active Democratic politician who entitled TO conf
denoe or respect would but mildly express generally
recognized fact Many OF the class Of Democrats
refused follow the leaders further last year. and cast
their votes for the Republican nominees while hun
dred or two who could not bring themselves
to vote the Republican ticket, and who would not
vote for GaroelOn Smith, cast their ballots
for BOn Bradbury Of Portland whom they regarded as
Democrat OF the old SCHOOL Fancy the disgust Of
q
Portland in defence Of the steal Of Garceon Co.,
and their further disgust when Garcoon testified before
the Hale Committee that Bradbury had been OF his
LEGAL advisers Scion Chase. whom his admirers call the
father Of the Greenback party OF Malne and who GER
tanly has O good claim to that title, left Augusta in
disgust while the steal was IN progress. and has
since condemned 1t in his recently established paper
The Enquirer.
But the Democratic press Of Maine has descended to
even lower depth in becoming sub5ervient to ex-
Councillor FOgg the representative OF little clique OF
Communists and FreeLOvers within the Greenback
party whose organ is The Greenbaek Labor Chronicle
edited by FOgG and Colonel Blood Why Governor Gar
eelon should have given FOgg seat in his Council one
is loss to imagine. He is in no sense ealer in the
the Greenback party and sat upon most decidedly
at their State Convention held IN Portland last June.
IT'S not at all probable that tho Democrats will go
through the farce OF holding q State Convention and
nominating candidate for Governor this year Their
press unanimously silent on the subject, while OF the
alone oppose fusion Scion Chase says thar fuse with
fsbt the RepaDlicans tied to corpse that has got
record baekor than the OF spades" But soOn pop
o o ne T s se noT he be- to
It this year And II nc could there IL nothing TO
later than the GrceDbackers hold theirs, and adopting
the Greenoackers nominee or what Is more likely,
holding State Convention and adopting IN their COun-
Conventions the Greenback candidates Tor the Legs
The Governor aud Legislature TO be elected next Fall
hold Office for two years the people heying voted with
ana elections Then tho next Legislature 10 TO elect
successor Senator Hamn, whose term expires March
g. 1881 The Republicans will undoub' edlY carry lie
State unless they repeat tho folly OF 1878, by underest
mating the strength Of their Opp0nenls and negecung
10 make thorough canvass. The Greenback party ~
Name Is by means dead It has not lost much
s,rcnRh apparently, by tho exposure OF the frauds
committed in It's behalf at Augusta Inst Winter. Men
vino engaged IN tho countlngOut conspiracy were
elected TO office at the town elections this Spring
which, while indicating remarkable degree OF CONE
sion on tho OF the 0reenbaokers does not speak
vol for their morality. Within the past month or Two
three or Groenback papers have been estsO-
shed or rather started and others are talked or so
that IL In plain that the Republicans Will not have an
undspuied field next Fail.
As TO Congressional elections tho present tndloa-
tOns are that the sitting meuoers for the I lI1 anu
IId Districts, Messrs. Reed Frye and Lindsay Will BIO
renomnnted and reelected. Mr. Frye VIII hardly have
journal predicts that the in The ISt District
viii be very very tame; there Will be no half
why business about II, ME- Reed IL n candidate, or
course OF the seat counts for nice points
talked ait Ia still uncertain whether any
OF them will enter the Held earnest" In the WITH
Disirot 1t represented by Ladd GreenDacKcr
who defeated the Hon. L. Powers, o. A. Boutele EDITOR
OF The bangor Wig aud Courier is 0lready in tho field
and his friends he fairly entitled 10 the Tecogni
ton OF tho services no has rendered his party. ARGOS
took has put ~ CLAIM, however, for naming the candi
date and II this is conceded Will present the name or
Mr. Powers who served the district faithfully In tho
XLVth Congress- With District there Is no lack
OF good material The candidate will undoubtedly De
taken this side OF the PenObsc0t but WHO'S 10 DO
chosen cannot yet be determined. g. L. Mllken OF this
CITY, who stumpcd NewYOrk last FAN and Dr. j. u:
Brooks who represented Belfast In the Legislature lust
Winter perhaps the most talked OF IN TINS connec
ton According 10 party usage congressman i IN no
Murch. the sitting members for the WITH and Vth Dis
ricts entitled to denomination, ana are nkey 70
get IT, They would probably feel happy II they were as
certain OF reelection