Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-08-08
POLITICAL.

Worcester Spg: Having denounced
national banks a. monopolics, and those
managing them a. monopOliSts, the Green
back Democratic party in Maine has head
ed it, congressional ticket with the name
of a president OF q national bank, Mr. Jo-
Sepc Dane OF henuebunk.
Mr.. ID. II. Thing regards his nomiua-
ton for Congress Is " equivalent To an
election" Glad he j. 81 easily satisfied (;
and rs Mr.. Dinglcy will be reelected the
people Will be satisfied, too. Belfast Jour
nal
Senator FRYE made very able speech
in the Svuatc, Tuesday, on the pnlariscope
test for sugar. lie opposed Senator Sher-
mans proposition, aud carried the Senate
with him. This result gives satisfaction
% importers OF sugar, who complain that
the polari>cope test gives one result at
Boston aud another at New York.
-ApropoS 10 Mr.. Danes remark that he
was alwsy>. proud - stand 10y the side OF
Geenbackcrs. Scion Chase says q" i Demo
crat never was horn who would not stand
beside Grc,uAdcker> - grt their votes.
Congress has At last mace an appTopria-
ton % revive the work OF the civil service
commission Mr. Dingley. though his
name does not appear in the report print
cd in another column, spoke briefly and
effectively in favor of the appropriation.
-Puiiidni IdcerttSsr.
-After bowling about failure OF Repub-
licauS in Congress 20 take of some of the
burdens. like so many boys with green ap-
plr collie the Democrstid Senators de-
clare against the Republican proposition
% reduce the sugar tariff % per cent.
This j. world OF shamS. Somerset Re-
porter.
The extremely bourbon Charleston
N..-s aEd Courier says that q" the Demo
cratic calculation j. that the Legitimate
colored majority in South Carolina does
not exceed 100" But how is 1t that
the Democrats defeat that majority; The
N,,-, does rot explain. To do ~ would
REQUIRE a history of tissue ballot frauds
and OF the shotgun policy.
Senator Peudleton, ex-Gov. Curtin,
and Gen. sam Cary are expected 10 take the
stump for the FuSioni>tS OF Maine and
possibly Representative 5. :. Cox and,
senator VOORHEES, will be added. These
ought To give variety To satisfy even the
heterogeneous compound known As the
| FusiouistS OF Mainc.-N. !. Times.
-Iu North Carolina 4 jury composed OF
seven colore,t Ineu. aud 1--we white Demo
Gratis. has convicted two election officers
/ for cheating in the counting OF votes.
Their offence was rejecting. Grsudently
/ about 900 votes for a member OF Con
yress. and they were fined $500 each.
Seven men were indicted by the Grand
Jury for this offence. but only two were
convicted The effect OF their conviction
is thought 10 be salutary.
The unreconstructed editor of the Ner
c,u-y. published at Meriden, Miss, allude'
10 the Fourth ofJuly in the following style
Fourth of July Is day for the ankees an'
Negroes in the South To celebrate, but II
has lost its significance for Us. To US the
ibuzzard is 4 filter emblem of the hlthy
Government that makes fe low citizens o
neoDIs of African descent and 10 the utmos
ior its power now puts them above the
white man.
-Creonbackism does not appear 10
he very rampant in Eastern Maine thu
season. In the convention II Rockland u
nominate a candidate for Congress only e
towns of the ljj towns and plantations II
the district were represented, and Mr.
Nnrch carried of the nomination whlci
Mr. Rust had set his heart on. Mr.. Mnrcl
: had the convention called in his own city
Mr. Rust can console himself that he has
beeu saved from defeat ut the polls by The
carer friends of Mr.. Murch.-B0StoR Jour
nal.
Passion YrareiieY: When the Demo
crafts talk of reform they mean to reform
,Le Rqpublicans out OF Office, AMI reiorr
themselves in. From Jackson to Bu
, cbanan inclusive they preached exactl
that gospel OF reform and practiced II
loo They would have no other COS
. mel of reform in 1854 or leos, II the
sbould be recalled 10 national power
. genublicans who are disposed to ioilo'
\ The iga!. f,iuuS OF an independent NOV,
= ment this year, will in sodoins, merei
e act As Democratic decoy-ducks.
D The only National Bank Presider
j nominated upon either State ticket,
: Iosenh Dane, the fusion candidate &c
conGress nominated last week by the Den
j ocraiic and GreeE6acs conventions
o portland. Mr. Dane Is President OF n
I National Bank at kennebunk. AccordiG
/; - Gov Plaisted he is one of race
u i'nors miSers and towards, who will me-
: - any chances with labor in the pr
! t,ctive industries" so long as they ca
inrset in untaxed bonds aud loan none
J. lions interest Nice man for Gree
: h,ckers 10 vote for.-heRRetef 'i0frhdf'
y - nr Alfred G.. Ladd,