The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-08-23
Mr.. Blaines Increasing Popularity.


The undiminished enthusiasm that
greets Mr.. Blaine in all sections of
his own state is one of the greatest
compliments to his personal worth
and public standing that could be
imagined. The people of Maine are
not naturally a demonstrative class
they have the reserve and apathy
that belong to the residents of
northern cline, and while they may
feel deeply, they very seldom express
themselves in way that approaches
fervid enthusiasm. But the nOmina-
tion Of Mr.. Blaine seems to have
sent heated pulsatiOnS through the
coolest veins and warmed the people
of the whole state into degree of
zeal that is almost phenomenal for a
Maine population. From the day
the tidings of the action at Chicago
were received until the present there
has been no diminutiOn in the amount
and heartiness of public and private
applause oyer the Plumed Knight.
On the contrary, it has immensely in
creased. Day before yesterday the
crowd that assembled at the Lake
MaranacOok mass meeting numbered
over $4,000 people, and the ablest or
ators of the country We'd with one
another in eXtolling the Republican
nominee. Mr.. Blaine'S speech, or
rather his brief acknowledgement,
was model of felicitious good sense,
aud, like all his addresses during the
present campaign, was marked with
happy thought and appropriateness.
The demonstration that his appear
adce called forth, as well as those
which every mention of his name
evoked, attested the tremendous pop
ularity of the man who is to lead the
Republicans to victory.
The admiration for Mr.. Blame in
his own state is significant feature
of the campaign. The people among
whom he has lived know his public
and private life. They are acquaint-
ed with his career better than strang-
ers, for they have a personal know
ledge of all its events, and their opin-
ions are not to be changed by the
mere say so of campaign SANDERS
AS a result we see them rallying al
most unanimously to his support.
plainly showing the country the use
lessness of trying to shake their faith
by a repetition of charges satisfactOr-
lily explained eight years ago. We
find, too, that the men who repeat
those ISLANDERS against Mr.. Blaine,
that the boilers who declare that he
is not fit to be president. are residents
of other states, and are without an
acquaIntanceship with the man they
abuse. 1t is not hard to decide which
of these two classes is the more worthy
of credence. A man universally es-
teemed and extoIled by all his neigh
bors is not a corrupt person. The
friendship of his own people is an as
surance of his good standing. This
is why the 9ction of Maine is giving
Mr.. Blaine such an excellent certiti-
cate of character-a certificate, in
fact, that should pass current in every
state of the Union,
The contrast between the feelings
over the two candidates in their re-
spective homes brings Mr.. Blaine
out more cOnspicuOusly than ever.
In Buffalo Mr.. CleYeland is hardly
holding his own, while throughout
the state he is daily losing ground.
In Augusta the whole city is ardent
in its admiration of Blaine, and in
Maine too much cannot be done to
show the depth and cordiallty of the
Blaine feeling. These facts will ex-
ercise telling weight in the CAM
paign. .-BGLto. american.