Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28
Political Orators Expounding
the Party Gospel.
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPEFUL
Condition of General Dissatisfaction
Noted Among Republicans.
FACTI0NAL STRIFE Is BITTER
Leaders Understand the Situation.
But Believe All Will Be Well
Election Day.

Eiect1on Day.
Special From a StafY Correspondent
YORK HARBOR, Me, August 27.-
Getting away from the political leaders
with their broad and general informa-
tion upon conditions. / have been potter
ing around among the plain people, try
ing 10 get line on political sentiment /
wanted to find out just what's the mat
ter In Maine. this republican state that
threatens to go democratic unless al
most superhuman efforts in the closing
days of the campaign prevail for the
republicans
There is nothing particular the matter.
You cannot pin anybody down TO a
specific bill of grievances. 1t seems to
be condition of general dissatisfaction
with conditions and with the party in
power. disgruntlement at individuals. bit
terness between factions and all that sort
Of thing.
Base of Republican Hope.
Out of this querulous state of public
mind and in the lack OF definite griev-
ances the republicans hope that in the
closing hours they may be able to bring
feat lest they drop their quarrels and
march up to the ballot box and vote the
straight ticket. It's a way with Maine
republicans. they say, very often to
squabble among themselves in this fash
ION right up TO voting time and then
90 and vote the old ticket, though may
nap with a sigh and mental vow to eat
up the opposition next time, sure.
Maybe they will do IL this time Ger
tainiy. 1t is the only hope. and a forlorn
one at that, of the republicans at this
writing.
The campaign is sizzling and the re-
puDhcans are working like beavers to-
get their people stirred up and TO infuse
ginger into them. The republican candi-
date Tor governor, Fernald, is on the
stump constantly. Likewise is he on the
defensive. which Is not the pleasantest
position to occupy in politics. The re-
publican party is being criticised for
extravaganza in expenditures. You know
what catchy thing with unthinkable
people an issue of that kind is, and what
an ungracious task IL is to explain it
away.
The expenditures have been big, but the
demands have been big and Maine is a
big and growing state. Gov. Fernald in
ngures. In painstaking explanation. the
while his audience is hungering for hot
stun and glowing speeches.
Democratic Candidate a Surprise.
Fred Plaisted. the democratic candidate
Tor governor. is surprising everybody with
the campaign he is making. He is a
pleasing talker. magnetic i'm personality.
and has the gift of the glad hand He
gallops all over the lot i'm his speeches
and lambasts the republicans from Dan
10 Beersheba- He holds them responsible
Tor the high cost OF living; says they i'm
pede reciprocity with Canada; taunts
them with Cannonism and standpatism.
or course. he does not particularize what
this crime OF Cannonism Is, but you can
see from the faces of his auditors that
they know it must be something AWFUL
almost as bad as the whisky traffic or
allowing ones self TO get worsted in a
horse trade.
Plaisted is the son OF former Governor
OF Maine and a great many of the old
timers are announcing their intention to
give the young fellow a chance Some
of the Grand Army men, 1 am told, are
cottoning up to him on his fathers ac-
count.
Liquor Question Bobs Up.
There is great deal OF talk about
resubmission of the liquor question, and,
oddly enough, 1t is being aided by nom
residents of Maine, the summer visitors
who throng the state this summer in
unusual numbers. No one can estimate
how much money is brought into Maine
every summer by these folk from the
south and west, but unquestionably the
total forms a considerable asset, and
the entertaining OF the summer tourists
Is becoming an important industry.
A great many OF these people chafe
against the restriction on their habits
Of life. and their constant grumbling
is like the constant dripping OF water
wearing away a stone. Ii is said to be
having effect upon the younger genera
mi IN .nkn..
and appreciation OF what the summer
trade NAV become. One hears a great
deal. too. about the hypocrisy OF the
liquor situation and the resentment OF
self. but they do say that there really
is no use In any one suffering for
stfmulants in Maine. If he goes about il
and uses the proper degree or circum-
locution and allows the landlord to de-
ceive himself little.
There Is Way.
II falls out something's like this. they
say: You go into a tavern to get a
lobster and hint that you would like a
cocktail WELL says the landlord, "you
know we don't carry liquor in this house.
but as you seem TO be a nice fellow and
need this here cocktail so bad I recall
now that my brother Jim, down Ports
mouth way who visited me the other
day, left a bottle OF cocktails i'm the
bureau drawer, and | don't know but |
might as well let you have one"
Then they say. when you have praised
the lobster and the cooking. and hint
for q bottle of ale, the host recalls that
he had caught the stable man smuggling
some ale into the haymow and b'gosh
for such appreciative guests he would 60
down to the barn and dig up q bottle
And. so. before taking the road again.
like as not the landlords old aunt. who
was suffering from tech OF rheu-
matics'' and had been presented with a
bottle OF Scotch, would scare up enough
for a high ball as stirrup cup. And
then. of course. there should be no COM
ment on the excessive price OF that
lobster.
But I find the old element and con-
servative Maine republicans are still dead
set against tampering with their con-
stitutionaI prohibitory clause, doggedly. n
YOU please. and willing to let the demo-
Gratis have the issue IL they want 1t.
n. o. NJ
PRIMARIES IN DELAWARE.
C.l~o<;ov, If nolaUofas fo RapuhI,nor