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The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

recognized that it was their last chance of
organizing campaign against the Republic
can party with hope of success. They have
taken advantage of every circumstance with
out much scruple concerning its legitimacy
or its fairness. They have been aided by are
volt which those who have gone into it have
felt would hardly find any justification ex-
cept in success, and therefore they have been
the most active and bitter of all the assaiI-
ants of the party and its candidates. The
Independents rather than the Democrats
have forced personal issues into the canvass,
and contributed most to the features of it
which were peculiarly nasty and disagreea-
bic.
Mr.. Blaine and General Logan have dis
cussed only public issues. From the begin
ming to the end of the campaign there has
been no utterance of either of them by voice
or pen which was calculated to provoke per-
sonal animosity toward their antagonists.
General Logan has been speaking constantly
for four months and Nj. Blaine for weeks
past has made several speeches every day
except Sundays, and the sharpest critics
may be challenged to produce a sentence ut
tered by either of them which has tended to
degrade the campaign below an elevated and
honorable contest about the great questions
of public policy which are to be determined
by it in which all the citizens are vitality con-
cerned. This record is one of which the
party may well be ploud. 1t was a great
risk, or would have been with any ordinary
man for candidate, to have him 90 before
the people to talk with SO much freedom.
But who can say that Mr.. Blaine has uttered
a sentence in his hundreds of speeches
which has been otherwise than dignifed,
prudent, and helpful?
OF course there is great anxiety concern
ing the result; but Republicans can feel that
since the nominations were made, from the
beginning to the end of the campaign they
have fought good fight, made no grievous
mistakes, and done all that party could do
to deserve success. 1t is in the conscious
ness of this and the conviction of the wis
dom Of the principles of public policy sheir
party represents, that they await with calm
confidence the judgment of the nation at the
| polls.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
A Noted Duelist and His Last

OA4c14A0ASOs
(Ben Perley Poore in Boston Budget
Hon. James Watson Webb. who was for
many years editor of the New York Courier
and Enquirer, was the last avowed duelist at
the North. His last meeting" was at Will
mington, Del, with Tom Marshall, of Ken
lucky He was not only wounded in the
left kuee, but on his return to New York he
was tried and sentenced to two years. hard
labor in the penitentiary. Governor Seward
pardoned him, and he renounced dueling,
but when he was at Washington, at the time
of the assault on Sumner, he was challenged
again, as he thus told the story:
ST was at Washington at the time of
Brooks assault on Sumner. The Courier
and Enquirer came out denouncing Brooks
as coward General Quitman, northern
on me me and said, General, am sorry to
see you.' knew what it meant and handed
him chair. Il have message for you,' he
continued, sand an ashamed to bear it, but
if refused l couldn't live in the South
About the Courer-E Enquirer para.
graph?' | asked. Yes! he said We'll, said 1
Just keep it in your pocket till tonight
That paragraph was written in the office.
am responsible for it, and will fight for it,
but prefer to fight for what have written
myself. ! sent letter two days ago, pub
lished in the paper his morning. 1t will be
here tonight. II is four times as severe as
that paragraph; but when that gets here you
caH take your choice, and we will fight to-
morrow afternoon at o'clockP l added to
Quitman: L am now church commune
cant, and have changed my views on duel
ing. l would not now fight personal duel,
a duel for personal affront. Moreover, /
had no personal quarrel with Brooks. He
and dined together at Governor Atkins
only three days ago. But will fight for my
country and its institutions and principles
in private combat the same as armies do,
and ask the blessing of God upon the issue
| will fight Brooks tomorrow. Come to me
in the morning.
Ny offensive letter arrived. Next morning
General Quitman waited on me, and said the
South Carolinian, after two hours session
over my letter, had withdrawn the challenge
! / never was so astonished in my lifev'
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
The End of the Camnaign.

To-day ends the last working week of the
campaign. The work to be done after to-
day is chiefly the work of committees in
making final arrangements to get out the
vote, although Boston is to have on Monday
evening great Republican demonstration
at which Mr.. Blaine will be present, and
which under these circumstances will be one
of the most interesting, grand, and we may
trust, influential demonstrations of the cam
pagn in New England. The 1000 torches
which it is claimed were in the procession
Of Democrats and Independents few nights
since are likely to be far outnumbered by
the host of faithful and earnest Republicans
which will ON Monday night be lighted in
honor of the candidate for President, the
man of Maine. 1t is singularly appropriate
that after his unexamped and triumphant
progress through the Western and Central
States he should have a reception in the
metropolis of New England which shall tes-
tify that the East is not behind the West in
its zeal for the cause and the ardor of its
loyalty to the nominees Of the party.
But elsewhere there will be little march
ng and little speech-making after this even
ng. The great argument has been made.
The people have for the most part made up
their minds about how they will vote and
are waiting for the opportunity to record
their verdict. We have great confidence
that that verdict will be in favor of contin-
ued administration by the Republican party.
1t seems to us that the drift has been In its
favor all these last days and that the pros
pect of victory is brighter to-day than it was
when the week began. The contest has
been an ugly and desperate one on the part
our enemies, They have struggled as if they
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

The Cincinnati Gazette says that the re-
peal of the Scott law was undoubtedly III
tended to resuscitate the fallen fortunes Of
the Democratic party of Ohio. Instead of
having that effect, however, the Gazette has
no doubt that it ensures the State to the Re-
publicans next Tuesday by much larger
majority than could have been obtained be-
fore its repeal. The more respectable of the
saloon keepers were not opposed TO the law,
realizing the fact that the people are deter
mined to tax their traffic, and believing the
Scott law as moderate one as they were
likely to get. The Gazette has no doubt but
law designed to secure the same objects as
the Scott law will be passed by the next leg
islature. The people, it declares, are deter
mined that free trade in spirituous liquors
shall cease. The most disastrous effect of
the decision, in its opinion, will be the des-
truction of confidence in the Supreme
Court,
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

The State Executive Committee of the
Maine branch of the Peoples Party has is
sued an address to the voters. 1t is largely
q reputation of the charge that Butler has
sold out to Blaine, which the Democracy
trumped up 80 break the force of the So
called Peoples movement. The address
contains one of the most touching eulogies
of Butler which the campaign has produced.
He is described as an ''old man, devoting
the declining years of his generous life to
the formation OF a party designed to secure
equal and exact justice to all men, as lad
mi and idolized" by the toilers of the ma
ton, and as a public benefactor, whose
"work in behalf of the people will give his
name IA brighter immortality than could
come through the possession of any office. .
When the "old man" comes to read this, his
eyes will doubtless be suffused with tears or
with winks-which, will depend very much
on the character of the people present.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

Mr.. Timothy Shaw, Jr., of Biddeford,
chairman of the Democratic committee of
York county, has issued an address to the
Democratic voters. Mr.. Shaw was GER
tainly full of enthusiasm when he wrote it.
'The Solid South" he says, twill give its
1853 votes, while New York will roll up not
less than $4,000 majority for its favorite son,
and add SO more votes to Cleveand's col
umn." Connecticut, Indiana and New
jersey" adds Mr.. Shaw, "are ready to add
their strength to the triumphant column"
while 'even Maine can be redeemed with
sufficient effort" in his opinion. If Mr..
Shaw believes what he writes there is ter
rible shock to his feelings in store.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
New Publications.
LIFE AND LETTERS OF nAYARD TAYLOR.


This work was prefaced by loving hands,
and gives us the best view of the man and pc
ct which we have had thus far. With it in our
hands we can follow him from his simple
home in Chester County. Pennsylvania, along
his busy but triumphant career to the the clos
where in the winter of 1878 he finished his
course, being at the time our minister to Ger
many. Perhaps no American writer has made
a deeper impression upon his countrymen dur
ing his life than Bayard Taylor. He was a
manly man, full of noble enthusiasm which
attracted alike youth and age, and which gave
him popularity such as has been enjoyed by
few American writers Taylor was typical
American and did us credit wherever he went,
and his journeyings we're almost unlimited.
No notice of ordinary brevity can give the
reader a satisfactory idea of this book, which
must be read carefully to be appreciated, and
which will well repay the most careful read.
ing.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

The New Jersey Democrats are evidently
badly frightened at the discovery which they
have apparently only recently made that
Republican arguments on the tariff have
been making heavy inroads among the DEM
ocratic voters in the manufacturing towns
and cities. Their State committee is de-
scribed as at a loss what to do to stem the
tide which is setting strongly against C,eye,
land. While trying to agree upon the thing
to be done it is vigorously shouting fraud
and declaring that the Republicans are plan
ming to flood the State with sssoap.n
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

The Independent organs are good deal
troubled by the reception given to Mr..
Blaine by the New York cIergymen. The
New York Post attempts to break the force
of it by alleging that the ministers who
waited on Mr.. Blaine are practically I'M
known" In comparison with Mr.. Beecher
perhaps they are. None of them have been
the objects of public scandal.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

If Cleveland is elected one OF the most
prominent bosses by virtue of his services in
the campaign will be Hubert o. Thompson,
Commissioner of public works of New York.
Under his administration the department of
which he is the head has been nest of ex-
travagance and questionable practices. An
economical administration run by Hubert
o. Thompson would turn out as did the re-
form administration run by our own ex-
Gov Garcelon.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

Gov. Waller of Connecticut is the most
unselfsh Democrat who has yet risen to the
surface. He has serious doubts of his own
election, but if Cleveland is only elected,
even If he himself is defeated, he shall be
"as happy as king +" OF course pessimists
who believe that all mortals are totally de-
PRAYED, would explain Gov. Walters appar-
ent unselfishness by the suggestion that
Cleveland had promised him something, and
that his indifference as to the governorship
was accounted for by the fact that he had a
softer Job in prospect.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

The Argus talks about the ''tariff scare"
of four years ago, and says the workingmen
were deceived then. Assuming that they
were, were the Democrats less responsible
for the deception than the Republicans?
Instead of meeting the Republican argu-
ments on the subject and refuting them il
they could be refuted, the whole Democratic
party from Hancock down turned tail and
ran. This year, they have substituted dOdg-
ing for flight
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
Books Received.

LIFE AND LETTERS OF BAYARD TAYLOR. Edited
by Marie Hansen Taylor and Horace E. Scudder
In tive vols. Boston: Houghton, Miffiin & Co
(Loring. Short g. Harmony
SELECTIONS FROM THE POLITICAL WORKS OF A. c.
SwINBURNE. Edited by r. II. Stoddard. New
York: Thomas L. Crowen q Co. Qoring, ShorI
& Harmony
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
SELECTIONS FROM THE POLITICAL WORKS o!

Whatever may be thought or said of SWIM
burne, one thing is certain, he has secured a
niche in the temple of Fame which he will
hold for long time, and these selections,
made by poet with poets taste and skill,
will be sought by Swinburne's admirers and
should find ready welcome from those unac-
quainted with his writings, as they present
some of his best things in the compass of sim
gle volume of convenient size. The book is in
the usual excellent style of the publishers.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

The sporting men of Indiana and Illinois
are offering odds that Blaine will carry the
Hoosier State.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
Gems for Little SINGERS.
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE
CITY OF PORTLAND.

DURSUANT to warrants from the Mayer and AL
Il dermen of the City of Portland, hereby no.
tify and warn the duly qualified electors of said
city to meet al their respective Ward Rooms the
TUESDAY next after the first Monday in No
vember A: D 1884, being the fourth day of said
votes for Electors of President and Vice President
of the United States
The polls on such day of election to remain open
until four o'clock in the afternoon when they shall
be closed.
also give notice to said Inhabitants that the AL
dermen of said city will be in open session at the
Aldermen's Rooa, in City Building, from $ to IL
O'Clock in the forenoon, and from 2 to o'clock in
the afternoon, each of the four secular days
next preceding such day of election for the purpose
Of receiving evidence Of the qualification of voters
whose names have not been entered on the lists Of
qualified voters in and for the several wards, and
for correcting said lists
GEO, G. BURGESS, City Clerk.
October ~, 1854, oct27dtd
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
SATURDAY MORNING. NOV. /.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
al cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubica-
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
VS. cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
uunications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
(qttiicura
Mrs. Smiths Case. and what the Rev. MIR.
mcKimstry has TO say about IL.

ToTHE PUBLIC: have been fearful sufferer for
fifteen years, most of the time with what has been
called Eczema or Salt Rheum, PSI riasis and Lepra,
and t like and have always been told that there
was no cure for me, and have been so discouraged
that had as die as lire have been so badly
afflicted sometimes that there not the smallest
spot from the crown of my hea to the soles of my
feet that was not diseased and as red as crimson.
1t would commence in small white spots, which had
silvery appearance, but were not deep, but if at
tempted to heal them, or soon after their first ap-
pearance they would burn and run together until
there was complete dry red scale, which would
become so infamed as to crack and look fiery and
angry and the burning sensation would be almost
intolerable.
was at times so lame that could scarcely get
about, and could not dress myself without assist
ance. have tried many remedies, and have paid
500 in single instance to physician, but have
ever obtained only temporary relief. Although
helped for time soon relapsed again to be as
badly troubled as ever, and during the winter of
1881 and 1882 suffered SO much as to be entirely
discouraged Last June, however, / was advised by
Elder and Mrs. L. G. McKinstry, who are well
known in these regions, to try your CUTIoURA REM
EDIEs; and felt somehow little courage from
their adorable opinion of them try their virtue.
About the second week of July last commenced
taking the remedies, and within six weeks began
to permanent improvement, until now (Oct. y
am about as good as new, and my flesh is as the
MRS. BENZ SMITH.
/ certify that the above statement of my wife is
correct, and join with her in expressing my graft
tude for the great benefit she has received.
certify that the above statement is correct. Mr..
Smith Is prominent man in this community, where
he lives. He is a WelLknown dealer In stock, and
his statement with that CT his wife, is fully entitled
to credit.
Done at Stanstead. Province of Quebec, this
twenty-seventh day of October, 1882.
L. @. McKINSTRY,
Minister Of the Gospel.
LATER have seen Mrs. Smith recently and be-
lieve her to be thoroughly and permanently cured.
Sec'y AdUent Oh. Conf, p. mo. vt. and No. ~ II.
BOSTON, Sept 8, 1884.
CUTIoURA REsoLvENT the new blood purifier,
and CUTIoURA, and CUTICURA SOAP, the great skin
cures and beautihers are sold everywhere. Price,
CUTIcURA, 5Oc.; SOAP, 25c.; REsoLVENT. $1.00.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co, Roston.
oct29 WS&w2w
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

Consultation and Examination
Free from 8 "A. sD. 10 8 p. sls.
sep15 diff
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
Trust No Others.

Why endure the agonies of neuralgia, when Ben
son'sCapcine Porous Plasters will quickly relieve
it Zoe. oct29W&S&w
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01

Presidential Election Tuesday, Nov. 4.
FOR PRESIDENT,
. saaiES G.. BLAINE.
OF MAINE.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN A. l. OG A N.
OF ILLINOIS.
For Presidential Electors,
JOHN S. CASE, of Rockland.
~ WESTON f. MILLIKEN of Portland.
FIRST District-CHARLES M. MOSES of Biddeford
Second District-JOHN G. RICHARDSON,
Third District-ABNER COBURN.
Feurth District-CHARLES F. A. JOHNSON.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
CHILDREN'S and MISSES

School Boots speciality. We have childs' and
Misses School Boot which we warrant have sold
these school Boots for ten years. and know them to
be good solid goods.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
OVER STOCKED

Our store is full of Fine Stylish Goods for Fall
and Winter wear. We invest our money in goods
in preference to a large expensive store. We keep
our expenses down and give our customers the ben
eft. Rent only about one-third what our eompeti-
tors are paying.
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-01
M :: dunn

priced goods in all the leading styles. Immense
success attends our Special Sale on $500 Kid and
Goat Button.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-10-30
CRACKED FOR $4,000

John T. Blskemore is alter the scandal
mongers and defamatory h.wlers who
peddied the malicious and cowardiy M
paign lie to the effect that he shook dice
n salons tor drinks, To make this sort
OF charge against II minester Of the
eospie withoat foundation is outrageous.
hence Mr. Bakemore's attorney. has H.
Erice has filed complaint aga nss c. G
Clark vt the 1t. Lawrence Tribune. A..
Davis OF the Hurnite and other papers in
iae district 'gho have given publication I )
'ne aforesaid libelous article. each TO give
good sufficient reasons WHY he should
aotpa $4,000 or damage of character
Nfhs nextterm of court where they reside.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-10-30

J. z. Day, of Sphinx county, the nomi
nee for ths Council on the straight Re-
publican Legislative ticket, WAS also put
on the bolters' ticket with the hope oi
getting some support from him and his
county. AZ the meeting in Huron last
week Mr.. Day endorsed everything said
10y the regular candidates and said he did
not want the support Of the boilers. Mr.
Day and Mr.. Miller, another OF the regu-
lar nominees, are now stumping Beadls
and Spink counties together for the regular
ticket. We wish some one would present
this to VanDoren and see what he says.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-10-30
REPDU. ICANS

We wish TO speak few words to the
fair mind d Republicans OF Haud county
in regard to the legislative and county
tickets. To show that we ave consistent
and only ask fair unprecedented
consideration of the matter we acknoWl-
edge fatly that the mn nominated on the
coui ty ticket DEFEATED OUR FRIENDS.
b that is all right. because it was the
regular convention, because We are Repub-
licans to the back bone. and because we
don't believe in Democracy, and We will
SUPPORT the straight ticket. Is this
not fair view Of it, and can yol not
give us credit for our sacrifice Of personal
matters and advocacy of pure Republican
principles Now, on the same grounds
won't it be fair and consistent in you to
vote aud work for the straight Republican
legislative ticket as printed in tnis paper.
snd which was nominated ju { as Ialrly as
the county ticket? We make this tate
ment with the full appreciation of tae
fact that the success os our paper depends
on lis truthfnllaess. aud We say 10 you AS u
true republican you cannot afford To vote
but the STRAIGHT Republican
county ticket. and the straight Republican
iegisii I've ticket
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-10-30

While Mr.. Wes.ovor. the Republican
nominee for the Council, from Hughes
couLty, was speaking in Huron last wee
he aske ! Davis, of Huron, led the
bolt Mt Redtleld. why. if the report of the
committee on credentials was unjust. he
did not appeal to the convention. Davis
said he understood he had no right to
present his own claims. Mr.. We, tower
told him he had, az there had been no
ps rmanet organization Effected. But, .
said Mr.. Westover, "wh did you not get
some one of the many delegates present
your claims" Davis said: II TRIED TO
FOR HALF DAY, BUT COULD FIND NO
ONE WILLING TO DO IT." Hows that?
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-10-30

How do the people of Miller ike tbs
following compliment to our band from
Gums Huron Times: "The Miller brass
band filed orr streets with discordant mn
"'e Thursday" This Cain is the fellow
Who wishes 10 dictate to yon to vote for
his bolter's ticket. The reason Cain pub
lished the above was because the boys
played for the Huron meeting Of the reg
uiar Republican candidates lor the legis-
latnie. IL these boilers have TO resort to
such nngentlemauly thing their cause
must be desperate.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-10-30

The Huronite has furnished some OF
the papers OF this county with supple
ment in which il advocated the bolters
ncket. All We have to say Of this is, do
you voters of Hand county want two men
OF Huron, Cain and Davis to dictate to
you who you shall vote for? TIL ir m IN
'etiries who lives in Huron and who is ON
The bolters ticket with yanDoren, is u
railroad monopolist. and does not deny
that he gets the same rebate that yanDu-
sen does here.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-10-30

The Press has been informed OF nu.
merous rumors against the past life of one
of the boilers candidate for the legrsla-
ture, With requests to publish them We
have refused to do so in eyerv instance,
simply because We think the only proper
way to condnct canvass or campaign is tn
appeal 10 the reason and conscience of
voters, by the best presentation of fact,
at band. Men usually have enough trouble
in politics without having their private
life exposed to the merciless gaze of the
public.