Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-01-08

our intentions. From those who are friend
/ In % them. We ask support.
GEO. W. MILLETT.
OCrAvlUS KING.
The frat number A. stated. was issued
Tuesday. August goth. 1898, and bean
the imprin, Of Mille,, a King. Term'
sl.75 per annam in advance. Two dol
lars a, the end Of the year.
In the second issue the editor says:
I'VE must take the liberty 20 remind
our readers that this paper was eslao'
llshod here % support the cause OF de-
mocracy 10 this county. We began With
out subscribers In cOmplilnco with wish
expressed nom an parts of the county
that such a paper shouli be- pat In opera
| tiOn here We cannot continue without
subscribers. ani shall not whatever may
d. our real In the cause. We cannot live upon
n. We Intend % make our paper worth
the price We ask Tor 10. and u our citizens
do not choose % sustain us. We shall Dis
continue. A few subscuhcs- rom each
town In The county, will give rs asuppor'
which Is all We ask"
Its presumed that this last plain talk
had the desired exc, fof no further al
lu,ion to the papers made IN rs columns
Tor several years The first and few
subsequent issues gave accounts Of Coun-
ty.Con,eniions in various pats Of the
State. Robert p Dunlap was candidate
for Governor. and Dr. Moses Mason %
Bethel, for Congress in this Dis
uict Both wcv elected. The other
Congressional candidates in the State
were: York. Rufus McIniiro; Cum
berland. Fnnc., o. j. Smith Kennebec.
benjamin White Lincoln, Edward kay-
anaugh Pcnob.co,. Gofham Parks Han
cock. Leonard Jarvis. and Waldo, Joseph
Hall. The Democratic party wa a, ,hi.
time. largely in the ascendant In Oxford
County. had been - since the organiza-
,ion of the State and 90 continued for
many ycar. The national politics were
also A. this time Dcmocraiic. President
Jackson having jus, entered upon his
second term Under ,he editorial charge
of Hon. Joseph q. Cole. a young and ar.
dent Democrat. a graduate Of Harvard
College and a vigorous yet poliihcd wrii-
cr. the OxroEn Drvoca,r Al once took
hish rank as an exponent q the princi'
pies Of ihc Administration party, no, only
in O1iord County. bu, Throughout, The
state. IL leading articles were eS,en'
.iyely copied into al the party organs.
Nr Cole had had some experience ia
journalism As editor of che J.fersosiaa,
before i,s removal o. rogianl lie con-
,inaed o.. editor Of ,he DFNocE,r for
seven fall yein. when be retired on &C.
count of pressure of other duties. Tie
va. succeeded by Col Milleii, the pub
Usher AMI news editor from ihe first. Ia
Numbor 3s of Volume l.. issued May q,
1884. thc rctifcmcni Of Mr. King j. an
nounced. and Mr.. Milleti became sole
proprietor.
With No OF Volume =, issued Au'
que, 20. 1889. Mr. Milleu drt an
nounc,s himself editor ani proprietor.
The number for October 27, isiO no
I'm. Vol. 81. /, very lively camPaign
document. fall of capitals and strong ap-
psals 90 the Democracy q o.d Oxford %
turn ou, and vote for VanBaFen and VIC
tory. Bat we look IN vain for the num-
Der for November 3 % announce the pro
missed victory. anl Coz several numbers
that should have succeeded IL. W mum
ber vas issued 10 give the result of ,h'
election for more than tx moaihi. The
trouble was. log Cabin" and " Hard
| Cider" hal carried the day. aad Tip
pecanoe was elected and " Tyler too.
The re.ul, mus, have been sumner
20 the proprietor u the DrNocRAr. from
which il took over .ix months % recover.
The nex, number was issued undei
date Of May II, lSil, rs Vol !, No. /,
new series. and a. Vol. 8, No. -, old
series. The eircums,ances which gave
encouragement, TO the proprietor Of the
DrNocRAT to start up again, will be well
remembered by those who were actively
engaged Ia pja,ics Al ihAi aA,e, and the
whole thing may be understood from
little uiplei which quote from memory
from a number II the Eaiern Argu
published al that time. /, was, As near
/ ly as | can recollec,, as follows
"uonor 10 whom l. honor due;
We forgive them for clccilng tippecAnoc,
Because they went for iyicr' too
/ The fact was, Gen. Harrison died soor
after his Inauguration and Vice President
Tyler on becoming President, vetoed The
national bank bill which had been an Is
sue in the campaign, and practically went
over to the Democracy This fully ae'
counts for the temperance Of the DEN
GRAFT after is pTo,rac,ed suspension. Ia
the first issue Of the new series the editor
says:
"Ater lapse Of something more than
ak months, the Democrat II again Issued
and the hope l. expressed that the democ
racy OF the county will sustain u In The
future"
The price was then reduced to $3.50 PEI
annum. Persons holding prOsPeeiuse'
were requested 10 return them with theil
lists Of names.
In Isl5, the editor in speaking Of the
paper. said /, had never been enlarged
nor much improved for lack Of means.
During these year.. the DENocRAI