The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-09-18
The Great Maine Victory.

The Portland correspondent of the New
\ DIRK Tribune, under date of Sept. 18th.
gives the following satisfactory account of
the great victory in Maine. achieved on
the Sth
The full proportions of the magnificent
Republican victory won i'll this State on
last Monday are only now becoming fully
known. Returns have been received from,
479 towns and plantations which swell
Robes majority over Redman to 20, ISL.
There are only seventeen small towns and
plantations yet to hear fromand .as their
total vote amounts to only a few hundred,
it is absolutely certain that the Republic
can majority over the Democratic candi-
date will exceed 10000, if it does not reach
$1,000. The total vote cast exceeds l42.-
900. 1.-The 4S7 towns heard from give Robe
1908, and Redman So, 1862, with scatter
ing vote for the Prohibition and Green
back candidates. Some interesting de-
velopments are promised which will go to
show the extraordinary efforts of the DEM
ocrats to save themselves from the tie rrible
defeat which has been brought upon them
by Mr.. Blaine nomination. They are so
much surprised by the result that they
have ceased to invent excuses. At first
they said it would not be considered a
tidal wave unless the Republican majority
over Redman reached $4,000. Afterward
they increased their figures to 20 900; and
now that the Republican majority exceeds
that figure the Democrats have ceased to
offer explanations.
The aggregate vote is the largest ever
cast with one exception, and the Republic
can majority is the largest given in a
Presidential year in the history of the
party in this State. The Republican vote
is 5000 larger than ever before, which is
the strongest evidence possible of the
faith OF the people of Maine in the Re-
publican party and its candidates. 1t is
also significant that where there was the
fullest discussion the Republicans gained
their heaviest vote. This is true of Lew
iston, although the Democrats carried
that city by II small plurality. With one
exception the Republicans never before
cast so many votes for Governor in Lewis
ton rs on Monday. There has not been an
election in this State since the war when
the Democrats were more active or better
equipped I'd bring out their full vote than
OH Monday. And their is not the least
doubt that they expect to decrease the
Republican majority of 5000, obtained two
years ago. They we're instructed from
headquarters in New York that it was of
the greatest possible Importance not to
allow Mr.. Blaine to have great victory
in his own State. That was the cry all
along the line. and no stone was left I'M
turned that would assist the leaders in
complying with the urgent request to keep
down the Republican majority.
Perhaps the most significant thing in
the returns is the large and steady ill.,
crease in the Republican majority in the
wholly agricultural towns. Those dis
tricts. remote from the citizens, make u
splendid showing for the Republican
ticket, which explains why the majority
continues to increase us the returns come
in. This result is attributed largely to
the tariff discussion. the Republican man
ayers having sent speakers into all these
remote districts. The independents are
greatly disguised over the collapse of the
campaign of SANDER, and the relations be-
tween them and the Democratic mana
gers are apparently not so cordial as be-
fore. At last Ill effort is being made by
the Democrats to dissociate themselves
from the Independents. The former have
given public notice that they have no con-
nection with the Independent Committee.
This is perhaps due to the fact that
wherever the Independent Committee
labored the Republican vote increased.
An especial adverse influence followed
the efforts of Josiah Quincy and George
F. Williams, from Boston. Wherever
they spoke they created disgust and re-
action, somewhat similar to that which
followed the efforts of the Plaisted scan-
dal-mongers at Augusta.