Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-09

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The republican majority In Maine, according TO
accounts thus far received, VIII Fest somewhere
between twelve and sixteen thousand The repub
neaIs carry ali the Congressional districts also. To-
eleJtiGg Nr. Reed b. in increased majority This
result must be accepted Is refutatioA OF the
charge tuat MI B..iac Is unpopular in his own
Ss4lt, and that the republican party Is mOr2buNd
there. The majority Maine Is truly 'Oid-idsh-
tOaed IN size it IS much larger than any secured
since 1876.
OF course the democratic newspapers are glad
the H. oFity Is large. a. 4 shows that Blaine
represents prohibition Had the majority been
small. however it would have been equally accept
able, As il would then have demonstrated Biaiues
appropriately. For this organs. Mr. Blaine
Himself, il his speech last night. openly refused TO
accept the democratic Interpretation Oh the victory
He announced that he had not voted either way on
the prohibition issue, because .'if therc De any
questions that belong solely 10 the police power Of
The state ii Is the control OF the liquor traffic. and,
a. the candidate a.Id representative OF a national
party, he did not wish TO intrude state questions
into a national canvass. SO tar these more gen
eral ISSUES were al STAKE ia the state eectiOn he
Claimed that the canvass had been conducted on
the great issue of protection TO American labor.
MI Blaine thus notifies the country that, US he
understands IL. republican success involves IN
reference, one way or the other. with the liquor
traffic IL Is for each state decide what policy
shall prevail in It's borders II Maine WISHES proh-
bti0n very well; ii Wisconsin prefers free beer,
Kentucky unlimited whisky, So be H. II the pro-
hihtionstS accept this standard the liquor interest
can afford to do 50.
That the prohibition and republican causes are
not identical in Maine appears fror; IN" vote The
majority for Robbie Is, stated, from Is 90.
while The constitutional amendment forever pro-
hlhjins the sale OF intoxicating liquor 4 hever-
as@ IS carried by fifty thousand majority. 1t
Is 70 be noted that exception is made favor Of
cider. Vow, man can get very drunk On hard
cider, but apples plentiful in Maine, While
grapes. corn and barley do hot grow so well.
And now comes the real tug Of war. Everybody
expected the republicans gCUd carry Vermont and
Maine and just in the manner they were carried
that is, by decreased majority IN the state
and an increased majority in the other. But In
Ohio /. will be Ta1i battle. That state, by the
confession OF both plrtieS, hangs In doubt. III 4
total vote C1 over 100000 The majority either way
VIII not be more than few thousands. Hence, the
political balances are in almost state Of cQilib-
nun, and the slightest cause viii turn the scale.
Here, therefore, we may now expect TO see j most
spirited and careful canvass.
The more sangu;ne republicans are expressing
their EoTe % October Success In West Virginia Also
but the cool observers do not count on victory in
that quarter.
The remains of the late Secretary Folger are to-
day consigned 10 their resting place with all the
pageantry of honor that genuine respect ana sOr-
row can beStow- President Arthur, Governor
Cleveland. Senator's Laphan AMI Miller. Judges
Andrews and Biatchford. aud others high in
UJndl and state position, are cong those who fol-
low Che bier In this city the routine OF care and
hustle Is arrested 70 pay respect 10 the absent
As 1t has been freely said that Nh. FOIgar's death
yC1 hast B..
feat in New York. Nh george Bliss, who knew the
late Secretary intimately. and was much in his So
ciety. Is moved TO in the TTle that this con-
mon belief is erroneous. According, To Mr. Bliss
Judge TOler expected. to be elected and took
his defeat with philosophical good NATURE Such
testimony deserves weight. but it is Well known
that Mr. Folger was much chagrined at the over
whelm1ng Size OF the ajority against him. and
that he attributed the result rs due in no small
part 10 the treacnery of professed friends
The New Brunswick tragedies carry their own
moral 1t is the cid story OF speculation ruin and
despair. A bank OF the peoples money was Quilted
by thieves. who robbed the safe at leisure and lived
al ease and in honor Till turn in gamblers luck
exposed their yilialny. and filled the streets with
Cries OF vengeance, TO escape which the robbers
ADDED a last cOwaTdIy crime 10 their others by
felOniously taking their own lives
There is no drama like that OF real life, and all
that ART 90 i 10 follow actual facts with ttmfd
care The suicide Of President Runyon, for IN
stance. OutStrpS IN sensational features while In
many respects II stTikinEy follows that OF MerI!p
Depicted by Dickens in Little Dorrit Both PLAYED
false with money Trusts. ana both, when The cl5uf
burst. cU5 their Threats with pen-kniyes In the
bath-roOEl
The 1amrldny SdchemS net last niCht in fun
and solemn c0nc.aFe. John X =l'y presiding. The
biz inji1i were rOt quit ready TO fO-latlly burr
III Ratchet and com" out for Cleveland but action
WIS taken looking tn that saG. The irrepre,SiDIe
Grady. however. refused t. tpa pl1cated and ex-
cited his colleagues by the bo.J declaration taat
he had proof that bribery had ~alked STRAIGHT 10
thr door Of The executive manslon ana COM out
with all that corruption sought. This charge W.,
vague IN te-i.s b.ic touches tse speciality OF repuo-
Ecal indcper Tents rather nearly