New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-09
MINE.

The aggressive campaign begins TO snow re-
sults. The Republicans have hoped TO gam
Eight or Ten Thousand i'll Maine, over 'he IT.,
sult in the Scptember before President Garheld
was elected The returns thus far received IN
dictate that they have gained at least 1"elNe
Thousand. and il is believed that full returns
from the back districts will raise the majority
TO Fifteen thousand. On a total vote OF l4"-
600 fouryears ago, this wouldbe gam oil more
than ten percent of the entire vote OF the Stale'
A like gain III New York would give ioO'oC0
majority for Mr.. Blaine a much smaller gam
would carry every Northern State, ana some
Southern States, by maorities too large 10 DC
overcome by fraud. .o..o. -,
II is most gratifying ieatureilI be heidllehoIu
victory that Mr. Reed has beenoocrats in the emplo
increased majority In Portl ai ha nam TEo T 1r.
worst work of the Demonstrating in dimension
D., lin, ,,o,-o,tbcloss have ,SUme
gains while in Bangor the utN my Us larger
than ever since 1865. The dispatches SHOW
that special and local causes appear III lhe
few towns where the Republican gains are
not extraordinary
Bnt this magnificent victory would yet have
been INCOMPLETE had not Augusta, the town m
which Mr.. Blaine lives, given the largest ma
ioIitv ever given to any candidate. In SIX
towns in that county the gain is LOO, and the
majority in the county appears to be unprece-
dentcd. This victory in Maine Will at once De
attributed by the opposition to MI Blaine ;
personal popularity. They Will say, lie
"runs well in Maine, as Is natural Dul
"no such gain can be expected elsewhere
Then Mr. Blaine has popularity where
he is best known. has ne ? Until yesterday we
were told that the people who knew hIm best,
thc voters of New-England and especially OF
Maine. were up in arms to rebuke ana
defeat him. But, in the State where the
neonle have known his whole public
and private life for thirty years, they
Give unprecedented gains because they KNOW
him. III Augusta the largest majority ever
given. and in Maine 1900 or l5,OOO more
than WAS gwen when the election of President
Garfield was thought to depend upon the result
VIII it not be found that the people elsewhere
like him and trust him
The verdict of Maine puts an end to the bug
hear of "Rcpublican Revolt" The RepUbl-
cans are there but not the revolt. After all
the boasts and efforts of the so-calied lhue-
ncndents tie distribution of vast numbers ot
elegant addresses by persons OF supeihu-
man excellence, the speeches by eminent
men, and the promise of an uprising
that should sweep Mr. Blaine and the
| Republican party ont of sight, 1t appears that
the independent recruits help the Democratic
party about Is, 900 votes less than nothing. 1t
NAV be inferred that in other States this move
ment will also be found to consist of wind and
not Of substance.
United as 1t has not been before for many
years. and more powerful i'll its cause and the
personal Dol ulality of its candidates, the Re
publican party goes forward with confidence
that will not lead TO the neglect OF any duty
| Victory in Maine was not won without effort.
Not without effort anywhere can the RepuO-
leans count upon defeating Prejudice and
| Ignorance, SANDER, Venom and Bribery al
the North, and South made solid by
the shotgun. Work must be done,
and Maine tells us that the Republicans are Ill
the mood TO do it. Work must be done in ONO
to which all eyes will now be turned, and as The
earnest butnot quite successful efforts OF Maine
in September, 1850, were answered by the crush
iug victory of October in Ohio, so, ifthe true men
of Garfelds State do as nc would have Them
the triumph in Maine will he answered in De-
tober by complete rOut of the party OF FOR
| gerry