The Republican journal., 1888-08-30
Maine Politics and Politicians.

Maine Politics and Politicians.
\ Harrison and Morton club has been formed |
il Pennington.
WaterNile Republicans have formed three |
'ampaign companies which are to have uni |
forms at once.
\ prominent Republican of West Paris SAYS |
hat there is but six or seven Democrats in |
hat village and no third party temperance
men. The Republicans outnumber the Demo-
Gratis ten to one.
Among the political changes in Bluehill. is
hat OF Nahum Hinckly. member of the Legis-
atHre of ls.s. and chairman of municipal
ofhcer> Of Bluehill for the past four years. |
He rcpudiates free trade and comes out square
" for Harrison and Morton.
Colonel Carson Lake. who has recently been
made one Of the editors of the American Mag
azine. announces that he has secured from
James q. Blaine the promise Of an article
ON Grover Cleveland for the September num-
Der of his magazine.
The Knox county Prohibition ticket has been
Mr.. +. 5. NoSe, of Gushing, hav-
lng declined the nomination for clerk of courts,
Mr.. II. {. small. of Camden. the nominee for
treasurer. was made candidate for clerk. and
the vacancy on the ticket caused by the trans.
fer filled by making Mr.. \. l.. Richardson +
the nominee for treasurer.
Hon. James Il. Blaine. Hon. 5. l.. Mlliken,
Hon. John y. kas>on. of Iowa. and Gen. John
L. swift. of Boston. addressed big Republi-
can meeting in Wateryle Monday afternoon
and evening. \ torchlight parade formed a
Fart of the demonstration. Mr.. Blaine was
Very witty at the Presidents expense and
charged him with kicking up dust with his
huncombe message 10 blind wage earners
The number of political meetings to be held
III the state by the Republicans will he the
largest ever known in one campaign in the
history of the party. About two hundred
assignments have been made thus far. and they
will reach over four hundred by the end of the
campaign or nearly one to every city. town and
/ lantation in the state. The last week will be
an intensely active one and Il large part Of the
meetings are to occur then.
Mr.. Nanley has completed Mr.. Blaine's as
>ignment> in Maine with the exception. per-
hap>. of one meeting at Bath. which has not
been decided on. Mr.. Blaine speaks at Show
hegan Monday afternoon, Sept 3, with Hon.
K. +. Frazier. OF Michigan. and Gen. John l..
swift His next date will be at Farmington
speak with Mr.. Frazier and Gen. Adam +.
King. Then follows Old Orchard. Wednesday
afternoon. sept. j: South Berwick. Thursday
afternoon. sept. G; Rockand, saturday after
noon. sept. 5. These will make twelve speeches
which have been assigned to Mr.. Blaine in this
state. If the Bath meeting occurs he will
have spoken in II counties at the finish. twice
in only one-l DIRK. lie will leave Augusta on his
eastern trip Tuesday. stopping in Bangor that
night and ;oin- on to Calais the next day.
To get some idea of the strength of the Pro-
hihiiory party in Maine Boston journal re-
porter interviewed Mr.. Gushing of Bangor the
party candidate for Governor. said Mr.. Cu>h-
ing The Prohibtory party is quite well Or
ganz"d III most of the counties of the State.
Cumberland. Aroo>took and Penob>cot are
our strongest counties. In nearly every town
have visited the friends of our party expect
an increased vote. In only one county did !
hear doubts expressed as to the ability of the
party TO hold its vote of 1856. The Prohibition
vote in Maine for Governor in 1854 was no.
In lN>6 orr candidate received 1878. This year
we expect vote somewhere between 5000 and
900 Political estimates are rather uncertain
this wear. as YOU are aware, but the above
seems justified by the present outlook.
The rrc>que Isle Herald furnished these in
ttrr>till- bits of information in its local col
umn> last week: Geo. ii. Hatch. formerly
Democrat, is secretary of the Republican club
at >prague> MillS.....AleXander Ross. of Ma
pleton. says be has enough of free trade. will
vote for his own interests this year. and there
fore will vote the Republican ticket.....W illiam
Burns, OF Ea>ton. 4 lifelong Democrat posi-
lively and emphatically says he shall vote the
Republican ticket in the coming elections. He
says that when the Democrats 90 to monkey
Ing with free trade they can't have his vote.
......W. ;. Gould. of Sprague's Mills. hitherto
Democrat. openly declares that he shall vote
the Republican ticket this fall......A thrifty
farmer in a neighborns town, with his two in
t-lli-ent sons. have ALWAYS voted the Demo-
cratic ticket. but they produce wool to sell. and
now declare their purpose to vote the clean
Republican ticket this f all. They say they
cant swallow free WOOL
Mc>>r>. story y Wilbur. of Mon>on. are the
largest dealers in roofing slate in this country.
Their great trade was built up in the first in
stance by importing Wech slate. The tariff
on this important Maine product. which is
quarried chiefly in Pi>cataquis county. drove
the WEIGH article completely out of the Ameri-
can market. and yet American states are now
sold lower than the Welch states were under
free trade. Recently letter was addressed to
the above named firm. inquiring Of them as to
the facts relative to the slate trade. Although
their own interests have always been adverse
to Protective tariff. they very frankly admit
TT the truth IN letter from which the follow
Ing is taken: I'VE don't know much about
WOOL domestic or foreign free or tax
ed. but we do know little something about
slate. and the quarrie> and 4uarrymen can Of
fer thanks for 81 per cent. tariff for crowd
liz out the foreign states and giving the boys
IL
Tie News never prosecuted rum seller and
An"Ws nothing OF the Subterfuges by which they
escape the law. Gen. Dow i'll Portland Herald.
NO. but the editor of The News has-and a
GOOD many of them. too! And. if our memory
serves Us. when actively engaged in this prac-
tical work as liquor constable in a neighbor-
ing county in Maine. under the conStabularv
law of 1853. General Dow. was, a> usual.
stalking in his tent. and clamoring for ''more
law urging his favorite prescription ''im-
prisonment tnr the first offence" and wholly
out Of accord with the great body of Maine
temperance men.-who believed that the en-
forccmcnt of existing law was preferable to
Gen. BOWS policy of pinS up amendment
after amendment. only in turn to become 4
dead letter and worse than useless. The Gen
cral Their. Is now. knew ii all. and seemed
rather opposed to grog->hop suppression. UNI
less il could come about in his way. The Gen
e!al knows Il great deal-and his associates in
the temperance work are as a rule densely
Ignorant and Yet we think even he might
profit by the Josh Billings acknowledgements
better not to know so many things than to
know many things that amt So.' IBridg-
ton News.
The Press. of New York. publishes a Bos-
ton letter captioned 'Outlook in New England"
from which we quote rs follows: The Demo-
Gratis and mu@Wumps have been having great
sport, at least. in their own fashion up in Maine
for a month back. Putnam has been tlinging
about the state with his classical English dis
>ertations on law and the technicaities of the
treaty. rarely. if ever, getting right down to
the heart OF it. President Hyde of Bowdoin.
the Young cN-llarvard mugwump, has also had
his shout. The Democrats were in consider
able "lcc
suddenly home comes Blaine. with half the
strong men Maine has at Washington at his
side. There is logic for the Democrats, airy
rhetoric and hot retort of fact for their fabri-
Gated fancieS. Even the Democrats who have
been cheering the hearts of Arthur Sewall, the
Democratic shipman: Payson Tucker, the rail-
road magnate: Chairman Brown, who made
notoriety by peddling post office Endorsements
at Washington, turn aside from business and
pleasure to witness the great demonstration.
II is great change in the atmosphere. The
>cwa'l-Tuckcr-Brown syndicate feels the cool
air vibrating up its spinal column and asks the
latest returns from Louisiana.
The Democrats are going to do nothing in
Maine this year. This. l find. is admitted free
ly by men who are closely on the inside of their
when it comes to facing the realities. They
are merely going through the motions of a
campaign.
The following address has Just been issued to
the mechanics of Bath by seven of the most
prominent citizens, who have hitherto voted
the Democratic ticket.
To THE MECHANICS OF BATH:
Our city, famed all over the world as the great
ship building city is entirely dependent for its
future success and prosperity upon the revival of
American commerce.
The present situation In Commercial affairs ex-