Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-09-23
NadOlal Election, Tuesday, Nov. 4
nm PETSTpENTIAL CAMPAIGN

THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
Gar state campaign has ended In tn
umphAnt victory Cor The Republican party.
While NE election was that OF STATE on.
GERS and Congrcssmen, The campaign Vas
fought out on national issues. state A..
nirs were Dot diseased ~ either party,
20 our knowledge To fact, there are no
STATE lssucs. A. present AL are agreed
upon state policy oar Republican speAk'
ers Diseased he question o. protective
ur.r largely. AMI lnoidentAny referred
10 he unfortunate Administrative record
o. their opponents. The Democratic side
% the canvass consisted largely 10 oAlnng
Republicans thieves AMI their candidate
FOR President. Mr.. Blaine. rAscA
Ofoourse. The Argus i The leading Dem
ocratc PAPER In Maine We remarked,
soou aner M Blaine wAs nominated. that
MS iournN seemed determined % repeat
The hiunder % ~ AMI make The campaign
one o. mud slnglng Il early begAn %
abu.e Mr. Blaine. ant hNs eoneoctsd the
most mercuess ISLANDERS concerning him.
The result hAs been iasi What We pre-
dicted. NJ. Blaine received = hearty-sn
overwheiming-end ron The peo-
pie % Maine.
The campaign ISLANDERS sgAins, GArneld
helped elect hin.
Auy nan with hAlf an eve can see hat
excessive abase OF candidate. creates
popular sympathy and aids 70 bis vote.
when Mr.. riAlstcd was . candidate FOR
Governor In Maine. some Republicans
adopted his plan Of campaigning Pals
teds political and army record were Dis
eussed. much 70 bis Disadvantage. In PEP
souAl view. bot be wAs elected Governor.
We had he best % evidence that many o.
the charges against PiAlstei's army career
were true. bui no word concerning them
APPEARED In his paper Il was evident 70
the etitor hat This style OF campaigning
wo1ld result. a. Il did. 10 creating 4 syn
pathy for The exposed mar, and Win votes
Cor him.
No candidate for orce can BE- defeated
BY personal abuse.
Notwithstanding tAls patent fact, ulas-
tra,ed BY the election o. PiAisted, AMI Of
GAresld. ana The splendid Republican VIC
tory o. his month In Maine, The Demo
cratic organs eontlnue 70 heap abuse upon
NJ BAne. This policy l. adopted not
Nons by The small inconssqaen;iAl poiti-
ca iouruais OF Maine. BAT u seems A. n
he whole Democrats party were run mai
on The topic. All We see In The opposition
Journals i abuse o. Blaine. The chief
points nade In Democratic speeches l.
abuse % Blaine. The MaligAn letters,
Mr.. Blalne's couaection with certain rail-
roAds and even an Attsmpt % en- blame
upou him Cor mining riots 10 eoai districts
where he las a fnAnclA Interest 10 b. In
JARED By such riots. are The chief Items %
campaign thunder-
m his i a. the material The opposition
has. Il might A. vel save its money, time,
ana energy and make no contest Al al.
Ift hAs DOT live national issues 20 present,
Il can never b. restored 70 power.
Last wesk. a batch OF M BlAnes pri-
vsts letters written 10 Mr. Fisher, In r.
lstion 20 certain railroad TRANSACTIONS were
given % ne pablle. These are The famous
MulIxAn letters. an9 profess 10 b. the bal
ance OF TIE correspondence between these
parties. We have read The letters care
auy and 90 not nnd one word In them
which can b. construed any more 70 MI
Blane's Disadvantage than the letters
which Mr.. Blaine obtained ron MalligAn
and read In the House o. Representa-
tives when The matter Vas under LegislA-
tive Investigation IL seems very plain
that Nj Blaine assisted Fisher and CAid-
vel In procuring fands for building the
railroad. NJ. Blaine sold stock and bonds
70 his Maine friends lie borrowed some
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars 10 addition
70 the amount obtained nom sale OF bonds,
and pot that Into the railroad. Aner-
wards he and Fisher disagreed about The
matter. Fisher claimed that Mr.. Blaine
had Jared better In the enterprise than be
had, and Mr. Blaine claimed that certain
suns we're due him twas aparsly basil
ness transaction. Of no interest % The gen
era public. and such disagreement A.
has Ofsn before occurred between oasi-
ness men. Mr.. Fisher has parsaed very
mean course By publishing these private
and confidential letters. II looks Ike per-
sousl spite. for IL seems that Mr.. Blaine
sued for the amount o. $4,000 which be
claimed Vas due him. and recovered judg-
men, for the same. SO Mr.. Blaine was
r,xht IN his business and Mr.. Fisher Was
wrong. Being beaten In the eosrts be
tales this contemplate method Of rsveng-
ing himself
Mr.. Blaine requested all Republican pa
psrs 70 re-pabush the letters saying As
ws willlnx 70 stand BY them, and Il has
been gsssrxlly done
In al the letters there Il b.: one thing
which can b distorted Into charge
against Mr.. BlAns's ofieih int<griiy,-
hat u where be calls Fishers attention 70
shs fse; hat As made railing While be