New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-22
TIE TRUTH ABOUT MIME.

The Democratic papers are so perslstentiy
disappearing the results OF the electlon III
Maine, that the facts must be set right before
the country The sole ground upon which they
base their claims is, that while the Republican
vote is increased only 691 over the september
vote four years ago, the Democratic vote is In
creased 2, O47. They entirely ignore the TACT
that four years ago the Republican party was at
ifs hest in Maine and the Democratic party in
state of apathy, while in this election the
Democrats had sources of strength they never
enioyed before and the Republicans might
naturally have been expected not to do so well
as they did in 1884. The amazing assertion is
constantly made that the Democrats made no
campaign in Maine this year. This began with
Chairman Brices amusing telegram to Arthur
Sewall ave can now see that if our National
Committee had aided you, and undertaken to
make fight for your State, we could have made
substantial reduction in the Republican ma
iorityn The fact is that the Democrats never
have made, in the whole history of the party, so
vigorous a canvass in Maine as that of this
year. They never spent so much money and
never before, since 1860, have they had the
Federal ofice-holders. -Four years ago they
made practically no effort to dispute the State
with Mr.. Blaine. They knew his great popu-
arity and did not waste time or effort fighting
it, Yet, with this radical change in the stua-
ton, they increased their vote only 2,047. On
the other hand the Republicans did not have
this year the magic of Blaines name to con-
lure with, and yet they increased their vote
over that of 1884
The average Republican plurality ON Gov
ernor in Maine for the last twenty years. be-
ginning with 1868, has been 1929. The
present plurality of 18,495 is gain of $3.50
over that average The present plurality has
been exceeded only twice in the vote on Gov
ernor during these twenty years-in 1858, when
it was 1916, and in 1884, when it was
1881. The tariff issue was more directly
involved in the vote on Congressman than in
the vote on Governor and the total Of Repub-
lican Congressional pluraliteS is l9,262. In
addition to this the Republicans have elected
every member of the Senate, 125 out of 151
members of the House, and SO out of 80 county
officers voted for. And yet the Democratic
papers are trying TO figure out Democratic
" victory" few more of that kind wouldn't
leave much of the Democratic party.
"The Philadelphia Press' makes good
point by showing the relative increase in the
votes of the two parties in the three Northern
States which have voted since the campaign
opened. The Republican vote in Oregon is
increased from 25,699 in 1884 to 80 800 in
1888 in Vermont, from AZ, 524 to 4S,5 in
Maine, from rs, 912 to 1868. The total
Republican vote in these three States In
1884 was 147, 135; in 1888, 100, 934-a Re-
publican gain over 1884 of 1899 Now, let
us see what the Democrats have done in these
same States. In Oregon they increased their
vote from 1852 to 25,413; in Vermont it
dropped from 1890 to 1857; and in
Maine it increased from 59,061 to 61,108.
The total Democratic vote in these three States
at the same elections four years ago was
1 OF ,533; this year it was 10607 showing
a Democratic gain of 3545. This gives net
Republican gain of O,254 in three States cast
ing in all only 267 ,012 votes. This is gain
of only fraction less than per cent on the
total vote, and that average maintained In all
the States that enjoy republican form of
government meaning thereby the Northern
States, would give every one of them to Har-
nson and Morton by round majority.