The Republican journal., 1886-03-11
The Political Panorama.


AND DEMOCRATIC STANDPOINTS.
The kennebec journal (Rep.) says The town
and city elections of Monday, as far AS heard
FROM are highly satisfactory to Republicans.
They show the party to be strong and united
In few instances local causes have mixed mat
tiers somewhat. but when the fall elections take
| place the Republicans will stand Solidly togeth-
er everywhere for their principles and ticket.
| The prospects for a sweeping Republican sue
cess at the fall elections has not been brighter
for many wears. The Democratic party is in a
demoraized condition with its fractional fights
and soreness over the appointments of the adj
mnistratlon, and has no stomach for lighting a
| hopeless battle.
The Fairfield journal CDem.) says: The re-
suits of the spring election in Maine have been
! overwhelming victories for the Republicans in
the cities. the diSheartencd and tired Democrats
/ STAYING away from the polls. IN Portland the
! Republicans made a clean sweep. over 1000
| Democrats refusing to vote. In Lewiston, the
| Republicans had their own way, although nat
| urally Democratic city. ana last year elected
a Democratic MAYOR. In the larger towns the
| Democrats refused to make party fight. the
| spring campaign simply going by default. Tie
! dissatisfaction over the parccng out of offices
| by the SWeats and Andersons. with the foolish
/ performances of ''Wrcckcr Bass all had their
| effect. The Portland Syndicate failed to cnthuse
| the dissatisfied Democrats. The gentlemen
| whom wrecker Bass st, les as, TRADERS and
! dlckcrer>" We're quite willing TO see how the
! ludtcr> We're going to do the business, and it
looks A. though they will not display the MINI
bcneSS in the fall campaign. exhibited by them
/ When @faSpng the offices, to the exclusion of
those who do the work and pay the bills.
PIILsBURY AND CHASE REJECTED.
A special to the Boston journal under date
| Washington March 1>t says: The answer of
| the Senate to the message of the President was
| the rejection of Eben +. PiIlsbury. nominated
to be collector of internal revenue of Boston,
and Of Capt. (has ii. Chase, nominated to be
! collector of internal revenue in Maine. The
/ vote By which this was done was OyerWhelm-
| n@. The solid republican vote was cast against
! these nominees. together with some democrats.
! There for while some doubt about a few
1 republicans. but after the Presidents message
/ was read the republicans were in no humOr TO
! confirm a nomination against which all the
! republican Senators from New England pro-
! tested. The opposition to Chase and Eili>bury
/ was Of a two-fuld character. 1t relates TO
| their joint connection with the Garcelon count
! out in Maine. and. a> 10 P~hury, to his war
record. in his speeches. which We're explained
with much earnc>tue>S and at great length.
/ 1hc report made by Mr.. Hale member of
the Maine Legislature which Investigated the
| coun-out the basis OF the serious charges
against both Chase and Pilisbury. The excuse
/ OF Chase that he only acted in accordance with
| the advice Of his lawyer was not accepted as a
! Justification. The statement of Piil>bury that
/ he had no connection with the count-out was
| denied. One of the most forcible points made
/ was that none of the democrats who were con-
nectcd with the G;rcelon movement have ever
received any local recognition from the Maine
democrats The ease of Fogg was cited. 1t
I was shown that although he ran for Congress
| against both FRYE and Dingley. he failed in
/ both Instances to have full party vote. 1t
/ was shown thai Maine democrats have given
| no support to any one connected with the
/ colni-0ut. Vet Pil>bury and Chase and Mark
/ Harden. who was for three months the meS>en-
! Ger Of Governor Garccon. have secured offices
4 from the Administration. Az TO the latter it
was shown that only recently he was obliged
! 10 ask a former treasury agent to 90 with him
To The custom house and show him what the
/ difference was between an invoice and bill of
I I,nI... In IL. ,nu,,.tin h ,,.,s ~
| ~ th, dr,nnrr,ti,. In,,,tnr. 5h.t thnre 1yern
/ democrats nf char.,.t,.r AMI 9IiIitt- in Nainn
NH Nas.,clusntt. who vtn,,IJ w. cnntir,nnJ
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az ,yn. tL,. ,s,, Nm IIn,.,,,,,,, ~ ,I;,itoi
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VEN few la,S .,ft4r he wa. no,i;iat,.l
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| lhh BLAINE li'E7 b' kNlN"'
! The denomination of Blaine is hardly mat
| ter Of uncertainty in ISIS, if he is alive then.
! | have just returned from an extended West
| crn trip. and as a democrat have had fair
! chance to find, by imquring how the republic
| cans feel. There are Blaine clubs in every State
| OF the Mon to-day actively AT work. and the
| lVung Mems Blaine Club of Cincinnati il the