The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-12-24
NUMBER 50.
Letter from Portland.


MAYOR DEERING's GUBERNAToRIAL AsPIRA-
TIONs. NEAL DOW AS 4 CONTRIBUTOR TO
THE ARGUS. YE ANCIENT BOURBON AS
FOUNDED. RUM IN PORTLAND. PosTMAs-
TER PALMER. BUYERS OF OFFICES.
Correspondence of the Journal
PORTLAND, Dec. 13. 1885. Our Mayor is
thinking of the ides of March. He has got to
try his chance for the Mayorship or be left out
in his Gubernatorial aspirations. | predict
that when it comes to choosing delegates to
nominate Il Governor the caucus will be rea-
sonably large and interesting. The richest
thing that has happened for years is the fact
that the Argus has Neal Dow for a regular
contributor. What must an old reader of that
paper think a> he adjusts his spectacles and
sees Dow's name attached to a letter in it: To
him the General has been 'Auld Hornie, Satan
Nick or Clootie," as Burns SAYS in his ad-
dress to the Dell. The ancient has set his bot
tie of New England rum and the Argus side by
side for year>-tWins in every way. One gave
sustenance to the other. Never in all these
years has he had from either anything but
unctuous comfort. He drank his Medford
dozed. id nigger>, and read the organ of his
sentiments. Now he hears that the three D's
are to be the trinity of his party viz: Dow,
Deering and Draught. Only think. Bass, Rust,
RawSon and DR.. Jordan all proclaiming the
new dispen>ation. Here is a party who for
thirty-four years have snecred at every move
ment looking to the downfall of rum. bowling
their heads to Hon. John W. Deering, who has
not been in their ranks long enough to be ac-
climated. If Mr.. Dcering does become Cover
nor Of Maine we guess somebody will get stir
red up. He has not closed all the rum shops
here, judging by the number of men in our
Jail. Not day goes over our head that drunk
en- men are not seen on our streets. 1t is not
his fault. He ha, tried his best and he is a
man of great energy and determinations The
truth is Il large majority Of our people drink
more or less, and a man that drinks, if honest.
cannot favor timing and failing one whose rum
he has drank.
our people would not vote for free rum but
there is Il majority for license in our city, In
the country the case is otherwise, though many
there drink. We hope to see the day when the
entire church will set it> face against this evil.
If SO it, days would be ut an end. But the po-
liteal partie, Will never stop its use We hope
Mr.. Decring will become the candidate Of his
party for Governor, on platform of enforce
ment of the law. If the Democratic party
take that position rum is doomed as far as law
can do it, Gen. Dow charges that .'the Re
publican bosses in Maine are in favor of the
rum traffic. This is news to us. We We're not
aware that there WAS any set OF men that as
suncd such position. We knew the other
b.t
As Mr.. Dow is in full fellowship with Brown
ct. ais it may have suggested such an idea to his
mind. Hon. Fred y. Dow his son, i, one of
the active leaders of the Republican party in
Western Maur. The General would hardly
lay under oath thai he favored rum selling, if
50. prohibition in the Generals family has
proved a failure, and if 50, how must it be with
outsiders who have not had such influences eN-
ertad upon them: The t,tneral'> talk is wild.
He has TWO new hobby horse, in his stable
Republican bosses and Bangor One WouIL
think to read his broad>,e> in the Portland
Herald that our good friends on the Penobsyot
were totally dcpraycd. We assure them. that
the people of Portland have no sympathy with
the Generals groWls.
TIL" prospect ot confirmation of some of tine
appontees appears slim. 1t is alleged that j. ;.
Palmer our new postmaster, was the gentle
man who procured the evidence against his
predecessor. II is said that his deputy is Il
brother oi the man who made oath against Mr.
Barker. 1t is to be hoped that the senate will
rdu for the WhOl, facts IN regard to this al
pontmrnt. Mr. Palmer was an enthusiastic
endor>er OF the state steal. There is Il letter