The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
The Exodus of Mcclellan.


Missouri, his future place of residence
In this connection it is pertinent to en-
| Quire what is to become of the Democrat
lie and Greenback cohorts of Waldo coun-
| ty who were wont to cling to the coat
tails Of the distinguished eXoduSter In
| deed his desertion seems almost cruel and
hercetorth the burden OF the song of the
! Mcclellan party of Waldo must be
Willie we have missed thee
We say Mcclellan party, because the
curious combination Of hardmoncy Dem
ocrats and disgruntled Republicans, soft
money men, and the Rust party Of one, be
longs to no national party and has no
principles to speak Of, save opposition 10
the Republican party. Before the Dem
ocratic organization in this county was
surrendered. or sold ont it matters not
which Mcclellan in his buoyant moments
used tc boast that he had the Democrats
of Waldo county in his pocket. 1t must
| be admitted that if not in his pocket he
at least had them under his thumb. He
even triumphed finally over the veteran
| Jettersonian hurdmOney WarhorSe, Hon.
| I. VI. Morrow of Searsmont, and last
| year committed him to the support Of the
| Fusion ticket, State and county. This
was McI.ellans last and perhaps his
| greatest triumph. With the majority Of
| his followers he had no trouble. Their
! subsection was complete; their ItNotio
| touching. He controlled his county ma
! chine with as sure u hand and guided it
as ccurately as the man who stands at
| the lever Of an engine and regulates its
| speed. In conventions, the proceedings
OF which had been carefully mapped out
! betorehand-a ''too preyious' speaker or
ill-tmed applause would be shut off by /,
wave of the hand. When he gave the
signal for applause, why everybody ap-
plauded. 1t was certainly a great thing
| for these contiding McLellanites to have
~ man " Wv tlitll "
or their votes, around III his pockets. to
| put up candidates for them to vote for
| and to tell them when to hold their
| tongues and when to cheer and howl and
| stamp their feet. What pitiable condl-
| ton they now find themselves in. Their
| leader has shaken the dust of Waldo
county from his feet and gone to seek
| fresh fields and pastures new. Does not
| his conduct SAVIOR some what Of ing1ati-
tude? Is not his desertion cruel What
| is to become of his orphaned followers
| Who will lead them. The bell Wether
Of the flock is gone.
| Boston is evidently in earnest about
| her Worlds Fair in 1855, and we may as
we'll think of engaging our state-rooms
on the Sanford steamers for the trip to
the Hub. j. II. Osgood and Co. have
| published in a neat pamphlet form a report
OF the second meeting held in turthcrance
OF this project, from which it appears that
| Boston journalists have taken hold Of the
matter in earnest. The Pilot asked to be
put down for Il thousand dollar subscrip-
ton. Hon. J. X. BodWell of Hallowell,
writes to the projectors that ''he is con
tident Maine will give it wide awake
send off, and so she will.
In the course of an interview with the
members OF the Republican State Execu-
tive Committee Of Virginia, President
! Garfield declared squarely against repu-
party that is tainted with Reputation.
Further than this he would not 90 In
| effect he said to the committee: on
are better able than to Judge whether
or not a straight out Republican ticket
| should be nominated in Virginia. | shall
be glad to encourage any movement that
promises to accomplish the overthrow OF
Bourbonism but you cannot afford to
countenance repudation."
The Debt Payer is the significant name
of a new weekly journal published in
Richmond, Va. 1t is a Republican paper,
| of course, and a straight out one ut that
| 1t not only advocates the payment Of hon
est debts but demands free ballot and
Il fair count; and it will furthermore do
re TO al
OF Virginia and the South. The editorials
| in the first number Of the Debt Payer are
conservative and able, and the paper bids
| fair in all respects to be q worthy expo
nent of Republican principles.
Secretary Blaine is said to be on the
| war path and to have instigated Il mys-
| ferrous investigation, now III progress in
| Boston, concerning the Halifax award.
The allegations of Prof Hind, as to the
fraudulent character of the statistics pre-
| sented on the British side to the Com
mission form the basis of the investiga-
| ton, to which Prof. Hind is giving his
services.
1t is not probable Mr. Conkling will be
able to air his cloquence in the Senate
for some time to come, if ever again, but
an opportunity has been afforded him of
saying something on the 4th of July. He
has been invited to deliver an Grafton at
Peekskill, New York, on that day.
ExCongressman Ben Willis Of New
York says: "When Roscoe Conkling is in
New York among his own fry he is a giant