New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-11
OPINIONS OF CONGRESSMAN BOUTELLE.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HANDSOME REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY
iBY TELEGRAPH To TIE rRBUvz.l


BANGOR, Sept. 1O.-The returns for Mondays
election continue TO show astonishing Republican
gains until the aggregates now indicate 1900 to
/ 900 majority in the State. The full significance
of these figures will be found by recalling the facts
that prior to the last election the Republicans were
III n minority in Maine at the elections for Gov
ernor IN 1850, 1879 and ISIS. the opposition
majority against Governor ConnOr for this latter
year reaching more than 1900. 10 1877 the Re
publican majority was only 5000. In the Presi-
Dental election of 1916 IT was about l. 1000, and
in 1875 only 1000. In 1874 Governor Dinsey had
only 1000, in S73 he had 10000. Governor Per
ham had 10000 in 1872. 10000 in 1871, a little
over 5000 in 1870 and Governor Chamberain's )
last majority. in 1879 was only 900.
The majority this year is therefore the largest
since ls6s and the Republican vote is the largest
ever cast in the state. Another phenomenal feat
ure is the carrying of every of the sixteen
counties by the Republicans 80 that the state
Senate will be unanimously Republican, and only
handful of Democrats will find seats III the other
branch of the legislature For the Democrats TO
seek to disparage or break the force of this remark
able uprising of the people of Mr.. Bane's state in
his behalf will be as IDLE trying to check Niagara
with feather. The voice oe Maine has not found
such earnest expression before since the days of
Abraham Lincoln. and it gives an Impetus and en-
ergy to the National campaign ihat VIII bc lncsflm-
able 4 specially notable and gratifying feature Of
this election is the entire failure TO organize any
anti Blaine Independent movement in the state.
The feeble efforts in that direction only excited
ridicule from both parties, and aside from a scat
tering Greenback aud Prohibition vote which is
verv small, the contest directly between the
Penublcans AMI the Democrats. More important
than the absence of any distinctive independent
faction has been the unmlstakable and heavy break
in fha Ir1G III III
cratic party. In this city the movement has been
led by Mr.. kelleher one of the most prominent and
popular of IRISH American citizens and the re-
markable victory of Monday will add largely tO the
number of his followers who are full of eNutatlon
over the result
The gains in this section have been remarkably
large. the returns indicating that Pcnobscot
COUNTY which was Democratic IN 1870, has this
year given more than 1000 Republican majority.
WASHINGTON County reports 800; PlsCataquls
700 and ArostoolI 700 to 1000 My majority has
been growing as the returns come IN, until II bids
fair to exceed $500 nearly double that of two
years ago and gain of over 1000 since my first
gratifying as the district IS hard one 70 canvass
comprising as it does than one-thrd the area of
the state and owing 10 Mr BlaInes illness two
weeks age this district alone failed tO have the
benefit of his inspiring presence at mass meetnra
NV three colleagues are all reelected hv large
mniuritips. The Maine victory cannot fail to have
a decisive effect upon the National campaign ana
# ohio and West Virginia respond nm fair propor-
tun iu October the ballot of 1851 will ho ptact-
cally over. The Cleveland campaign will utterly
hrrnk down. and tho November states viii elect
Baiuc aud Logan hy an "vcrvhrlm'ng majority ot
the electoral votes 4. \, hot ttttt.
Member of Congress Tor lVth District