New-York tribune., 1886-07-11
MAINE DEMOCRATS AT ODDS.
THE PARTY SPLIT on PATRONAGE.

UNION AND ENTHUSIASM IN THE REPUBihCAN
RANKs-MR. BoDwELL AND his FELLow-woRA-
INGMKN
trRox Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRrBUNE]
HALLowELL, Me-, June 22.-Mane politics
are always hot this year tho heat and fre are con-
fined principally to the Democratic household and tnen
old gods are getting we'll scorched The Demo
crats have promising an aggressive campaign ou
now that the time has como the party 80 prostraeo
and dsorsanzsc by its dsafectons that the aggressive
campalgn cannot begun until the patient gets on MS
leg. again and can think OF making sort u run at
the polls The history OF tho partys troubles Is Short bu
there are not enough barls to hold the bad blood
Chairman s. s. Brown Of the Democratic State Com
mttee has the party machinery In his srir' ana MS
enemies want rather wanted TO got him OUT ana Ia
retaliation Brown declared and waged war IN tnen
suceessfulv. Brown has out pi ointment hgure In
Maine politics far as notorety gos First nc was
Repubcan but ne dssrnntled and won't over to
ths Democrats and their hearts and devotion by
taking a prominent part IN the State se. OF 1s79sc
Til, action made him at once eaier In the Democratic
ranks and he Is chairman OF the State COMMITTED.
Last winter he to Washington as the authorized
conservative OF his party to get patronage for tho
boys" He soon got the OF the Administration and
:or a time Mr. Brown as dispenser OF patronage was
looked on as their Moses by the Maine Democrats But
on II WAS noticed that he getting ali hts 'ayorite'
into once ard tina. the other fellows were getting 1911
out n the cold The Bangor contingent headed by Editor
Bass OF The Bangor COMMERCIAL went to washington 70
have thcir say. They had put Brown into oice AMI
naturally objected to the unreasonable course OF their
unnatural child sighting them altogether But tue
Administration gave them q deat ear and Chairman
Brown reioccd. Pretty soon were circulated
around that Bro smothods o. dsrosn2 OF the
Offices were not strictly honest and 1t was alleged that
he had set up Office broker and charging so Tor
fourth class The Bangor Commercial howed
Justify for his dethronemen;, and openly charged him
"a. atatn q
ing and Brown claimei that he charged successful
arplcants FOR post oitces small per cent only to cover
his expenses Washington and that he had been author
lied to do by tho state Committee The Bangor con-
tngent denied that the Committee had authorized any
suoh thing and big row followed In which they were
beaten and Brown KEEP: In Office The Brown men
also CHARGED in retaliation that tor Bass was In the
habit of promising patronage to those who wonld can
vsss for he Commercial, and Browns papou are
keeping up these charges.
The aght w.s decided at tho state Convention. when
Brown punished his enemies hy forcing the nomination
for Governor OF Colonel Clark s. Edwards. OF Bethel
known at least to family. and setting aside their last
years uoniree Jndge Redman, who represented the
Bangor contingent and entitled TO a denomination
for aking this nomination was to catch the
votes OF the Grand Army Republicans whom the Demo q
press AMI tneir free trad" allies Iohdy peeVe 70
he dissrunsd over the nomination OF Mr Bodwell Ia
preforcnce to their candidate Or. amlin The story
that there is such feeling among the Granh Army
men wDud nj have been noticed II the AngomAnl'c
pres. attempted to circulate the lie that Slr
blaine hs forced Mr. BOIwclFs nnminsiinn In defiance
OF the soldier Republicans II tho Democratic lress hal
taken tne irOlbe study the Labor question and treat II
with any sort intelligence and fairness would have
been Why tie Malue Kepu"lIc.n- we're ooilsed TO
set this year the custom OF rotation ana five the
nomination Mr.. Budwell instead or An Eastern man.
The labor question with It's many phases has already
entered the tate and at the snring elections WAS hn
important factor. Mr. BOdw-ll selected for the
reason OF his we'll known synpaihies with tue laboer
and tne r-prrse tative the party could choose
He has been IN fact Aborer all hls lie ami began 10
support himself wheu he WAS ony eght wears OIL he Is
LARGO granite contractor, aud has largo boiy OF men
under b m. In all the years he has been here dont
know that he had serious differences with OF his
men He ia enthusi .stic believer IN tho ten hour
LABOR and known all over the state among
la oring rnrn as IA who is good master An pays
good wages fo- "a looi days work No arbitration Is
necessary with Mr.. Bodweil." said OF hi.
recently he Was laborer himself ana remembers
it,"
Relatively, .his being " OF yosr, the Republican
mturty will probably be as large as 1t was in 1884 Dr.
Haul friends have ch~er'uS acquicsced IN the
nomination and will IN to and nelp io up biz major
fty The the Democrats have vot 80 far viii
do the IN re harm good. Tue Democrats oirrlsd
theIr e. AMI Army tactics ad Ibsurdum in nominating
for In lid District tuat poor Old gnpst
Governor Garceon. He surgeon in the army, but
Gran ARMY will not to support his viablo
record III tie count-out fraud