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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

the generalship of Mr.. Barnum has produced
eight forgeries either of interviews which
never took place or of letters and dispatches
which were never written, and there is vet
month more for Barnum and his lieutenants
to operate in. Never before has Demo-
cratic campaign been conducted on SO low "a
plane. Abandoning the discussion of all pub
lie questions the Democratic editors have
gone on rowing commission in search of
filth and falsehood. No story provided it
uDfavorably affects the character of the Re-
publican candidate, no matter how worthless
the evidence which supports it. no matter
indeed If it be pure invention without any
evidence to support it, but they are willing
to blazon forth to the country; no alleged
letter or despatch which tends to impeach
Mr.. Blaine or the Republican party, no mat
ter how clear the internal evidence of its
forgery, but is spread out in their columns.
There seems to be rivalry among them to
see which one will get the most filth and
falsehood into the paper over which he
presides. For the purpose of offsettipg Grov-
ca SiOfOlohu . dShuOWiSuScu lIuHOrdliIy.
Mr.. Blaine's lite from childhood is raked oy
er and an indiscretion which he was guilty
OF when eighteen years of age is magnifed
and lied about until it assumes the proper
lions of heinous offence. A letter is forged
and attributed to Senator Edmunds to con-
Vict Mr.. Blaine of acting as the attorney of
Jay Gould in a matter pending before Con-
gress. Another is forged and attributed to
Neal Dow to injure him in the estimation of
the Germans of the West. a bogus inter
view with j. F. Joy of Michigan is manu-
featured to convict him of offering to sell his
influence while speaker of the House OF Rep
resentatives. Another is manufactured in
which Ex-Governor Carney of Kansas is
made 10 denuunce Mr.. Blaine as a swindler.
And these are only few of the many speci-
mems OF falsehoods employed by the Demo-
Gratis in this campaign the issues of which
were declared to be 'moral rather than po-
litical."
Up to the present the most conspicuous
| products OF this campaign have been can
d'date whose immortality is admitted; man
ager thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS; eight or ten
| forgeries and an innumerable number OF
falsehoods. No wonder the Independents
are taking to the woods to hide their cha
grin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06
Democratic Methods.

Those highly respectable gentlemen who a
while ago declared that the issues of the
campaign were "mora rather than politicap'
must vince good deal when they contem-
plate the men who have been put forward to
advance these Issues and the methods these
men are employing. We have no intention
Of reviewing the career of Grover Cleveland
and showing how he fits into campaign the
Issues of which are moral rather than po-
litical." The Independents themselves ad-
NIT that his selection was grievous mis-
take, but they seek to palliate it Oh the
ground of ignorance of his real character
when he was nominated. They can, how
ever, offer no such excuse for their consent
to train under William Fl. Barnum of Con-
necticut. Nobody was ignorant about him.
His career as manager of the Hancock cam
paien was well known. His "mule buying"
In Indiana and his conniVance at the Money
letter forgery had stamped him as a thor
oughly inscriptions politician, and when
he was selected to conduct the campaign
the Independents had every reason to be-
lIeve that the moral aspect of it would
quickly disappear-and it did.
So far this campaign, the issues of which
were "moral rather. than POLITICAL" under
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

The Toledo Blade publishes a chapter of
the secret political history of Ohio, vouched
for by reliable authority 1t states tina. at
the Chicago Convention John Mclean, of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, approached Dan
Manning with proposition to buy enough
delegates TO insure Cleveland's nomination,
on condition that the former was to control
the Federal patronage of Ohio. Manning
replied that the ropes were already laid, and
Cleveland's nomination assured, but that
McLean's feint with Hoadly had contributed
to Cleveland's success, and that Mclean
should be remembered. The bargain by
which Mclean was guaranteed the control
of the Federal patronage was afterward con-
summated, and Mclean demanded of the
Democratic State Committee that the Scott
law must be repealed by the Supreme Court,
and that John G. Thompson should be
thrown overheard. On the refusal of the
committee TO consent to the latter request,
Galh was allowed to make an attack on
Schurz, which neutralized all thai he had
accomplished by his speeches. The Blade
believes that the Democracy, in it's desper-
ate attempts to carry Ohio, will resort to col
onization on a scale never before attempted !;
will exact every possible cent from the liquor
dealers under pledge that the Supreme
Court shall declare the Scott law unconsti-
tutionsl, and that they will circulate Repub-
lcan tickets which have been tinctured with
a chemical preparation which becomes visi-
BILE only after several hours.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

The New York Post has finally succeeded
in getting the whole of Senator Edmunds's
letter in answer TO an inquiry SIS , whether
he ever declared that Mr. Blaine acted as
the attorney of Jay Gould. All these is in
the letter besides what has already been
published, namely, Mr.. Edmunds's denial
that he ever said this or thought it, is that
Mr.. Edmunds opposed Mr.. Blaine's nomina-
ton, and that Mr.. Blaine in 1882 was friend
ly to the UlioD Pacific railroad Every body
knew these things before. 1t is matter of
public record that Mr.. Blaine opposed Mr..
Edmunds's bill in regard to that railroad, as
good many others did, and it was also toll
elably we'll known that Mr.. Blaine was not
MI. Edmunds's first choice for Republican
candidate for the Presidency.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06
Another Falsehood Exnosed

For some time past the Democratic press
has been circulating the story that some years
ago Mr.. Blaine, while speaker of the House
of Representatives, offered to appoint on the
railroad committee OF the House certain men
favorable to a railroad scheme in which j. F.
Joy of Michigan was interested provided Mr..
Joy would pay him certain sum of money.
1t was further alleged that the arrangement
fell through because Mr.. Joy,considered Mr..
Blaine's price too high. The substance of
this story was cabed to Mr.. Joy,who is now
in Europe, and he promptly replied as fol-
lows:
LONDON, Sept. 80, 1884.
Blaine never made me any offer to appoint com
mittee to suit me in any manner FORM or for any
consideration OF any kind whatever. j. F. JOY.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

The latest falsehood about Mr.. Blaine
comes IN the shape of special despatch from
Nashville to the New York Times which
gives loug story about one Jake Poe, COL
ored man, who is claimed by Lieutenant w.
J. Williams, Fortieth Regiment U. S. col
ored troops, to have been the substitute OF
Mr.. Blaine 10 the army. 1t is related that
Poe was to have had 5000, ard rever re-
ceived but $35 or $40 The records of the
Adjutant Generals Office show this story to
be entire fiction. Mr.. Blaine's substitute
was Chas. H. Bradbury, who was not col
ored man. He was enlisted from Maine,
and not from Tennessee,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

The losses by fire in this country and
Canada during September amounted to
$9,200,0 900, the largest loss ever known in
this month. So far the fires of 1884 have
been at a rae which if kept up till the end
OF the year will make the years loss foot up
the enormous sum of Sill 100000
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

The New York reporters have finally sue
ceeded in catching up again with Miss
Morosini and the coachman Schelling with
whom she eloped. They are living over
stable in New Haven. 1t requires column
to give such Information in regard to them
as the reporters imagine the public wants.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

Gen Gordon's recent successes around
Khartoum seem to indicate that he will be
able to escape without assistance. He has
already recaptured Berber and from there
communication with Dongola will not be
difficult. Under the circumstances it is
highly probable that the expedition for his
relief which ID about ready to start will lie
recalled. Indet d It is rumored that orders
for Its recall have already been issued.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06
MAINE General HOspttaI.

FEvHE Annual Meeting of the Corporation will be
a held at four O'Clock in the afternoon of Tues
day, the 14th day of October 1873 in the reception
room in the City Hail. in Portland, for the purpose
of eecting officers for the ensuing year, and of
transacting such other business may legally be
presented. By order of the Directors
T. r. BARRETT, Secretary.
Portland, Sept. 20, 1884. sep22dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

The Republicans of Ohio have just un-
earthed one of the most ingenious and dan :
gerous election frauds ever devised. 1t is
called "the chemical Scratch" With a pc
culiar composition invented by distin-
guished chemist, the secret of which has
been purchased and is held by Democrat,
straight Republican ticket is scratched,
and the scratch is perfectly invisible and in
sensible to any tee, microscopical or chemi-
cal, until after about four hours, when the
marking comes up black and distinct. Thou
sands of these votes were found to be con-
templated and the whole plan spied out
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

A very large proportion of the ''old friends
and neighbors" who greeted Gov. Cleveland
at Buffalo the other night were brought in
on excursion trains from distant towns aud
cities.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06
CANAL NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND, ME-,
AT THE
Close of Business sept so, 1854.

STATE OF MAINE, CUMBERLAND, SIS.
1, B. @. SOMERBY Cashier of the "Canal Nation
al Bank of Portland" do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of nv knowl
edge and belief b. @. SOMERBY, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Sd
day of october, 1884.
GEO. c. PETERS, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
Wv. THOMAS,
JOHN N. LORD, Directors.
ELIAS THOMAS
oct4 DIT
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-06

special Meeting of stockholders.

To Charles F. Wood, President of the Boston Elec-
trio Time Company.
THE undersigned, two of the directors of said
IL Company, hereby request you In writing TO
call special meeting of the stockholders OF said
corporation to be held at the office OF Strout q
Holmes, Number 1873 Middle Street, Portland,
Maine on Saturday, the eleventh day of October, A.
d. 1884 at two O'Clock in the afternoon, to act up
on the following matters:-
First. To choose associate corporators.
Second. To choose eight directors of said Compa-
ny in addition to the three elected at the meeting Of
August 20, 1884, making eleven in all.
Third. To see what action the stockholders will
take in relation to calling for the capital stock
subscribed any part thereof.
Fourth To see what change the stockholders will
make in the provisions of the bylaws in relation to
designation of offices of the corporation and clerk.
Filth. To transact any other business that may
come before said meeting
Dated at Portland the first day of October, A. D.
1854 JOIN SdfS7 " p D anibGf Directors,
To Charles D. Livermore Clerk of said corporation
Pursuant to the foregoing application, l hereby
call a special meeting of the Stockholders of the
Boston Electric Time Company, to be held at the
time, and place, and for the purpose named in the
foregoing application. and you are hereby directed
to give the proper notice thereof.
CHARLES f. WOOD President.
To the Stockholders of said Corporation.
You are hereby notified of the call for special
meeting of Stockholders of the said corporation
of two directors and call of the President therefor
set forth above, the same being made part of this
notice.
oct3d7t CHAS. D. LIVERMORE, Clerk.
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1.-THE Portland Daily PRESS is the largest daily
paper published In the State, and has the largest
circulation. AT the special rates it is also the
cheapest,
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To new subscribers, during the campaign,
the price of the WEEKLY PRESS, an s page
paper containing a digest of all the contents
of the Daily. will be
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-02

clamored for. With them then, logically,
should rest the responsibility for the
n-on-enactment of these laws.
1t is the Republicans that hold the
KEY. They will, of course, as all pre-
cedent indicates, continue to hold it for
political effect. For purely partisan pur-
poses they will ignore all questions OF
important State policy.
If Californians can't see this, they
oupbt to give the State over to the Re-
publicans, for, in such a case, being fools,
thew will be fifty governed by an FIRE.
sponsible" minority.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-02

NEW YORK, May 1.-The inability OF
Keene to meet his contracts did not affect
the market to-day. Keene this morning
refused to see any person. 1t is believed
that he can pay a hundred cents on the
dollar. He had several offers OF assistance
TO-DAY. but refuses until he finds his exact
position. 1t is said he met two or three
small demands this morning.
Sullivan stopped.
CINCINNATI, May Mayor Stephens
autographed this morning from V~incennes'
Indiana, to his secretary to permit NO
sparring or smuggling matches on the Sab
bath. This is intended to prohibit the
proposed exhibition of John l.. Sullivan.
Parson Davies and Sullivan.
CHICAGO, May 1.-Parson Davies has
accepted Sullivan's challenge, offering to
give any man 81, 900 and the receipts Of
the exhibition who will stand before him
four rounds, and he will put Jem Good
against the Boston mauler.
Minnesota Republicans.
ST.. PAUL, MIMI, May 1.-The State
Republican Convention met at 1901 to-
0AV, Ucus bOnn u Wo6 CACStoN
temporary Chairman, which was q decided
Blaine victory as the lines were drawn on
temporary organization.
North Carolina Republicans.
RALEIGH, N. c., May There was a
full attendance at the Republican State
Convention. The indications point to the
nomination Of York, a liberal, for Gov
ernor, and the election Of Arthur delegates
to Chicago.
Kellogg Not Guilty"
WASHINGTON. May Judge Wylie sus-
tanned the motion to exclude the testimony
OF Price in the Kellogg case, holding that
the offence was barred by the statute Of
limitations. The jury gave a verdict OF
not guilty.
Insurrectien of Slaves.
Rro JASEIRo. May LA rising OF the
slaves has taken place in yargan. They
assassinated a rich proprietor and commit
ted many crimes.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-02

A. Booth & Co.'s celebrated Baltimore
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-29
DOES IT MEAN ANNEXATTON7

The New Orleans Picayune seems in pos
session of information not accessible to other
newspapers. 1t says:
'"The country is ripe for an entirely new de-
partuTe, one worthy Of our great Nation, and
one that will stamp itself upon the whole his
tory of North America. We must adopt a
policy of acquisition, of territorial aggran
dizenent to the southwark. 1t need not be
accomplished by armed invasion or inaugu-
rated in blood. The Nicaragua treaty is the
opening wedge. Let us drive that home, and
by investing a hundred millions in q ship-canal
there secure the country. American enter
prise will soon annex the whole of Central
America from that base line"
1t will be news, we think, to a very great
number of people Of this Nation that the cOun-
try has even seriously thought of such an alb
surdity, to say nothing of being ripe" for it.
There are several insuperable reasons why the
annexation of Mexico and the Central Ameri
can states is not desirable. That entire region is
populated by people speaking different Ian
guages from ours, The prejudice that would
exist would be an insurmountable barrier
against amalgamation and that fraternity
essential to national unity Then,
too our country is already large
enough. Embracing in the heart
of the western continent a territory
eight times as large as France, Germany and
Austria rolled into one, and thirty three times
as large as the kingdom of Great Britain, it is
large enough. There is infinitely more reason
for the annexation Of Canada, or Manitoba,
and few care to do that When Spain is
added to France, Italy to Austria, Belgium to
Germany, and all these are affiliated into one
homogeneous people, then may the inhabit
ants of the countries south Of the United
States be brought into the American Union.
Let it be admitted that they may become in
telligent that their territory is rich in mineral
and vegetable resources, they are more val
liable to us as friendly powers, with their own
interests and ambitions in their own hands,
than as an incongruous part of the Union.
The idea Of annexation is not yet 'ripe"
enough to pluck
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-29

petent and trained dramatic artist His theater be-
came college of actors who lived upon its traditions
and he was their instructor and intelligent critic.
supercensorious before the wits of the town got
chance at his artists The stage has departed far
from this condition to-day that even the groundngs
have weared of having their split. That is why
the brokers are broke" and why before very long,
the modern actor without any knowledge of his art is
about to be seedy and in his aspect and tone Of
voce.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The fact is that the railroad managers are their own
worst enemies They labor night and day, for years
in succession, to convince the public that railroads
can make great profits by carrying grain at less than
cent per ton per mile, and then wonder that the
farmers really believe it, They spend years in fight
ing with each other desperately for each small frac-
ton of the through traffic, at these low rates.
and then wonder when people believe that the prize
is really valuable for which they contend reckess
and with such present sacrifices. They manage a
great many of their roads with eye single to the
price OF stocks, and then feel indignant when egsla
lures remind them that railroads ought to be managed
primarily for the faithful and reasonable service of
the public. All the sound argument in tho world
fails to outweigh, in the minds of men, their
wise behavior.-New York Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-29

Hon. SAMUEL J. RANDALL starts from
Washington to-day for his Southern trip, and
will likely reach the State of Kentucky of
which Mr.. Henri Watterson is editor and pro-
prietor, about tomorrow 1t will be interest
ing to note the warmth and extent of the re-
ception accorded the Pennsylvania, for it
will be both a measure of rebuke to the
Courier Journal man and fair expression of
the revulsion in slow-going conservative,
tobacco-and- whisky-soaked Southern city,
against the old slavery free-trade views which
were inimical to the nineteenth century ideas
of trade and industry.