The Portland daily press., 1886-09-03

Globe reporter that Augusta was formerly a
Democratic city, and that it was made Re-
publican by trade between the Republican
"bosses" and the rumsellers. The record
shows that the city has elected Democratic
mayor every year but two since the formation
of the Republican party, and hence that such
transaction as he narrated could not have
occurred. Were we out of temper it would
be easy to characterize this statement as
a deliberate falsehood, but the fact is, no
doubt, that it was mistake, resulting from
the General neglect to look up the facts.
Again, on Tuesday evening in City Hall,
before 1900 people, Gen. Dow asserted that
three murderers were now at large, and
added the insinuation that their escape was
due to the connivance of Republican officials.
As a matter of fact one of the murderers has
been in Jail for some months, another is not
known, while it is true that the third is at
large. Were we angry we might character
ize this statement Of the Generals as one
third truth and two-thirds deliberate false
hood; but undoubtedly it was simply anoth-
er mistake, resulting like the first, from the
Generals neglect to lock up the facts.
Again, the General has frequently said
lately that the County Attorney has practi-
cally nullifed the prohibitory law. The rec
ord of the Clerk Of Courts shows that that
law has been as well enforced as any other
law, and the General does not claim that the
other laws have been nullifed. By person
in the Generals frame of mind this, too,
might be pronounced deliberate falseheod,
but it is no doubt simply mistake original
ing in too close reliance on the figures of the
distinguished friend of prohibition who has
been sending communications to the Argus
of late.
Now here is the General shown to have
been egregiously mistaken within few days
concerning three matters of public record.
Is it not possible, in the light of this exhibit
ton, that he may be mistaken in regard to
the costume which he is wearing? He avows
| that he wants the Republican party killed,
and is doing all he can to kill it. That GER
| tainly sounds very much like Democrat.
He sends day after day communications to
the Argus stabbing the Republican party.
That certainly is a Democratic performance.
He sits upon the platform and bosses a pub
lie meeting at which the chief speaker not
only accuses the Republican party of n.y.
pocrisy in the rum business, but also assaults
the Republican doctrine of protection. That
would seem to be suggestive of Democrat
He says he is as much a Republican as he ever
was but his every political actis calculated to
| give aid and comfort to the Democratic par
ty. Under these circumstances is it DELHI
crate falsehood to accuse him of masquerade
| in Democratic costume? Is is a mistake
even?
The impression that the General is masquer-
aiding in Democratic costume is not confined
to this locality. We find in the Belfast Jour
nal the following account OF recent per-
Torrance of his at Northport
Neal Dow's address at the Northport camp
ground Sunday is described by those who heard
It as demagogical TRADE, Astounding in msstate
ments and uncalled for dcnunciations. It was
evidently intended as stump speech in behalf o.
the Democratic party, and was altogether out Of
place in temperance meeting. Mr.: BOWS mem
DRY and temper were equally at fault He locat
ed in Belfast incidents that occurred elsewhere
and in other respects his assertions were largely
inaccurate. Among other things he said that 'the
Republican party caters to the lowest: meanesl
| and most degraded portion of humanity"