The San Francisco call., 1896-09-23
THE VOICE FROM MAINE.

Speaking of. Maine. Hello, what's your
hurry Huntington Hawkeye.
Maine has hung wet blanket upon the al
ready limp and bedraggled Bryan canvass
Philadelphia Record.
Maine voices the verdict Of the voters OF the
United States. Itis all over but the shouting
Springfield Qll.) Republican.
The Maine victory is a straw of large dimen-
sions, indicating unmistaksbly the drift OF the
political current-Chicago Tribune.
Maine has been a hard hitter ever since
1910, and has given it to Mr.. Bryan this time
on the point OF the jaw.-st. Louis Globe Dem
oerat.
Messrs. Reed, Dingley. Boutelle and Milliken
were triumphantly reelected to Congress.
Somehow their names sound familiar.-Bos ton
Herald.
Now let the business men take heart. They
can read their title clear TO safety. They have
no need of worry. The end is assured.-Cleve-
land Leader.
Never before did q million Democratic
voters and 200 influential Democratic papers
derive satisfaction from the report of great
Republican plurality in Maine.-Detroit Free
Press.
Corrected returns from the State where the
pine trees give out their healthful perfume
are to the effect that something dropped hard
and that Sewall was under it when it FELL
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The logic of this situation is that Sewall
must 60, and that quickly, and then Watson
will be for a week or two a truly great man,
and then he will be bowling terror to his
own party.-Brooklyn Standard Union.
Chairman Jones arouses ones admiration
for his nerve when he says that his confidence
in Bryans election has been literally forced
upon him. He didn't want to believe il, but
he simply had to.-springfeld Republican.
The Vermont election showed plainly enough
that the tide had turned In the right direction,
and with the astonishing figures from Maine
every one can see how the tide is running now.
All hail the State of Blaine and Reed.-Chicago
1nter-Ocean.
Maine reiterates with unexpected emphasis
the verdict of Vermont against the free coin
age of silver and the Chicago platform. There
is room for doubt that all the remaining
States of the East will in November concur in
the judgment OF these typical Eastern States.-
Boston Globe.
What education and organization have
effected in Maine they will effect elsewhere.
The Middle Western States can be carried for
Mckinley and honest money by the same thor
oughness and aggresslveness. Maine is the
model for the grand National campaign.-New
York Advertiser.
We take of our hat to you, Mr.. Joseph H.
Manley. We knew you would do 1t, and do it
well; but we did not know 1t could be done SO
well as you have done it. Our congratulations
to glorious old Maine. Our distinguished con-
sideration TO her brilliant and valiant SON.
New York Press.
Along in the early days following the st.
Louis convention somebody said that the State
of Thomas B. Reed would be q sulker. In
view of the result in Maine the anonymous
prophet OF evil should call on the political
fool-k1ller and receive his proper reward-New
York Mail and Express.
All things considered the result in Maine is
most satisfactory and inspiring. A State in
farmers has declared against Organism, re-
which indicates the drift of popular sentiment
in the country and what its verdict will be in
November.-Indianapol Journal.
Maine and Vermont are mere showers
pressging the coming deluge. At no time
since the adjournment of the Chicago conven-
ton has there been possibility of any other
result. The recreant Democrats who sought
to betray their party did not even have a
gamblers chance OF winning. They pub
lished their treachery without the possibility
of reWard.-Chicago Chronicle.