The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-07-04
Campaign Notes.

Mr.. Blaine returned from the Commencement
exercises at Colby University, Waterville, Wednes-
day afternoon at $50 O'Clock by the Flying Yam
kee, and was driven to his home by his colored man
Mr.. Fred Brown, only to meet several callers who
we're waiting for his ear. Among them were Hon.
George A Mardea of Lowell, Mass, speaker of the
Massachusetts House and editor of the Lowell Cour-
Ter, George Butler of Boston and A. Brdsall of
New York.
Speaking of illiterate men running for public of
fee, look at Mcdonald of Indiana He Doesn't
know a Greek root from Little Neck clam; yet we
don't believe he would make bad President by
any means Congressman Lyman of Massachusetts
opposes Logan and calls him ian iliterate person"
because Logan says can't for "cawn't'' The fact
is, these fellows must cut loose from the notion that
man who doesn't gargle his words is ineligible to
ofice.@ Philadelphia Press.
Vermont clergyman writes to the Boston Jour
nal: 81 find it easy for to surrender my prefer
ences for Mr.. Edmunds and vote for the peoples
choice James G. Blaine. Upon the whole, am
now better pleased with the nomination of Mr..
Blaine than if Mr.. Edmunds had been chosen; for
regard the Chicago ticket as the spontaneous
choice of three-fourths of the Republican party.
That paper will be platform in itself; definite
enunciation of Republican doctrine and designs
supplementing and enlarging upon the platform,
and of even greater weight as a COMPENDIUM of the
party's national creed. MIR. Blaine has always been
distinguished for courage in the expression of his
convictions, and is not likely to disappsint the
hopes of his friends on this occasion He will give
abundant assurance to the ends that will be
sought by administration under his CONTROL
Troy Times.
Nasty called meeting at the Roads to consid-
er the situation. He began an explanation, but
was pushed aside by Joe Bigler, who denounced the
Democratic party closing with the following SEN
fences: 1.-The Dimekratic party is like retreetin'
armyit alluZ hez to look out for its It's big
gest enemy is its past. It's continOoally whitewas-
in its past. 1t bez to spend its entire time explain
in how 1t heznt been RELY to blame for bein' q
id fool It's
One of the things which must count in Mr..
Blane's favor with candid men is the fact that he
is nowhere else so popular as at home among his
Maine neighbors, who have summered and wintered
with him for third of century, and must by this
publicans OF the State know him through and
through, and they stand by him with wonderful te-
nacity and enthusiasm. There are no soreheads
there. Are they not as intelligent as honest and
as conscientious as the Republicans of Massachu-
sets? Are they not as wise?-Hampshire (NIass)
Gazette.
If the Democratic platform is British even by inn
plication it will be fatal 1t must be distinctly and
plainly American, or Blaine wins. The phraseolo-
gy, the precise form of words is of little impor-
tance; but the principle of SO adjusting duties
imports as to put the American laborer and produc
fully in situation to compete with the foreign
laborer and producer must be clearly and indisput
ably set forth, or the game is up the beginning
and playing it out will only be matter of cere-
mony. This is very great difficulty in the way of
Democratic success. We have often had occasion
to refer to it. 1t grows out of the antagonism of
opinion upon the subject which prevails within the
party.