National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-15
The Maine state Convention.

The Republican State Convention of
Maine adopted the following resolution:
In the untimcly death of our late beloved Presl.
dent. James A. Garfield, we recognize great ma
tionol calamity, and VIC rejoice that his Admins
traiion during It's brief existence gave assurance
TITS success. We tender to President Chester A.
Arthur our assurance of confidence in his Admin
istrCtion and our approval of the moderate and
patriotic course pursued by him amid the cmbar-
rassiug circumstances inevitably attending such
national crisis.
There is no mistaking the meaning
of these positive words. They ten
der to President Arthur an assur-
ance Of confidence in his administra-
tion. The question of whether he has
appointed more or less Of his former
friends or enemies to office cut no figure
with the Republicans of Maine Like
their brethrenin Ohio, they expressed UNI
reserved conficnce Like them, too they're
ferred to the embarrassing circumstances
inevitably attending the great crisis
brought on the nation by the assassin's
crime. Coarse and brutal attacks are being
daily made upon the President in some
INSCRIPTIONS newspapers which represent
| little more than the malice and stupidity
of their conductors. These attacks repre-
sent the President rs u factionist, bent
upon rcwarding immediate friends and
Furnishing old enemies. The Ohio and
Maine Republicans administer crush
ing rcbule 10 these pestilent fellows, by
declaring in their respective platforms
that the President has pursued "a mode
rate and patriotic course" The Garfield
Republicans of this country will con-
slider what their brethren in Ohio
tell them. The Blaine Republicans
will heed the voice of the Republicans of
Maine. The Administration of President
Arthur has been on trial for nine months.
1t has been furiously assailed by the New
York Tribune and by the newspaper ring
of which that reckless and untruthful
journal is the head-centcr. The Ohio
Republicans are certainly genuine Gar
field Republicans. They have spoken.
They give the President their con-
iidence, approval and praise. They re-
pei the ISLANDERS of his enemies. The
Maine Republicans have now added
their strong approval of what the
President has done. From this time be
it remembered that Ohio and Maine re-
pudiate the bogus Garfield Republicans
who abuse President Arthur
If Senator Hale had waited until after
the convention in Maine had spoken its
opinion he would have seen that his
well-intendcd defense of the President
against the charge of factional favoritism
was all unnecessary. Perhaps he felt q
little strange in his new association, and
thoughta personal explanation necessary.
1t did the President no harm, and if it
causes the Senator to be better under
stood at home, none can object. 1t is
proper to remind the Senator that there
was no majority element at the Chicago
Convention. The President acted with
the plurality on that occasion; Senator
Hale acted with the next faction in
strength. The element weakest in num-
bers finally prevailed. But that is all an
old story, and signifies nothing. The
President is not trying to put any one
element of the party on top of any other
He is trying to harmonize all, and Maine
and Ohio testify that he has progressed
we'll