The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-22
D1scordant Democrats.

There is trouble in the camp of the Maine
observation-disclosures of trouble manifestations
Of which were seen in Augusta last week. Tue
kennebec Journal says:
The bone of contention is the craftsmanship of
the State Democratic committee and the offices.
| W. A. Cromwell is itching for a reelection as
chairman. and to forward his design has been
promising the offices. EX-Gov. flaisted and
his followers, if he has any, have been totally
ignored, and are making things lively, and the
air sulphurous with their threats of vengeance.
Cromwell, finding his plan not likely to sue
coed, is now playing the tilibuster and proposes
by the usual trick of cheap politician to pre-
vent the new Democratic State committee from
organizing, by refusing to call them together
until 1856 1t begins 10 look as though the
spols would he an elephant on the hands of the
victors.
Then Ben Bunker, the unterrifed editor of
the Fairfield journal, and Democratic war
horse of mettle, has lately thrown a few bricks
at the mossbacks, who are manifestng a dis
position to gather in all the spoils to the eXcu-
sion of the new lights in the party. Speaking of
the Jackson dinner of the Massachusetts Dem
ocracy on the Sth, Mr. Bunker says:
Through the chairman of the Democratic
State committee of Maine, 'Bill" Cromwell, a
few old mossback Democrats and their sympa-
committee to parcel out the Federal patronage
of Maine, were invited to attend the banquet
but with contemplate meanness, prominent pol
ltlclans like GOV. Z aisted, who have heretofore
had the pleasure of accepting an Invitation to
meet the Jacksonian Democracy, and who have
led the party to victory and borne the burdens
in the hard fought contests in this State (when
The old played-out politicians who refc invited
did not show their heads were sighted, and in
fact, all of the prominent politicians who did
bpl to ba ~ in II
vidihg up the offices, were purposely left out.
1t is no longer subject of discussion as to why
the opposition in Maine has dwindled from
fair m ilority, five years ago, to hopeless mi
nority in the last campaign. The Democratic
organization of the State has passed into the
hands of men who have no political principles,
but seek only their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and
who, when called upon in the last campaign to
make an effort to carry the State, hid themselves
and allowed The campaign to go by default.
Mrs. J. E. Foster, the earnest and able advo-
cate OF prohibition, when in Augusta last week
remarked in conversation that she was very
free to declare that the St. John movement
was ''unwise, i-timed and calculated to defer
national Prohibition" The men who voted
the temperance ticket had been blinded by
party frenzy to the real interests of temper
ance few ladies have favored the move
ment. but Mrs. Foster affirmed that She could
say from her own knowledge that the majority
of the temperance women of the country, and
especially those of the Womans Christian
Union, are panied and grieved at the action of
last November. Her plan, as she explained, is
to make Prohibition State issue until foot
hold has been gained from which the question
may be launched successfully upon national
politics. That is, until three-fourths of the
States, or enough to ratify national constitu-
tional amendment shall be pledged to prohi-
bition.