Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1888 — DEMOCRATIC GAIN IN MAINE. [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATIC GAIN IN MAINE.

Representative Springer Cannot Sec Any Cause for Republican Rejoicing—Democrats Serene and Confident. [Washington special to Chicago News, Ind.] Representative Springer is very enthusiastic over the Maine election. He says : “Maine is a stronghold of protection, and while the Republicans are • bamboozing themselves into the belief or feigning the belief that they have won a great victory, a comparison with the vote of September, 1884, will show that while the Republican vote has increased 2.3 per cent., the Democratic vote has increased 5.2 per cent. Such a proportion of increase would give the Democrats an immense majority in the State of New York. And when we can do this in a protection State like Maine, think what we shall be able to do when we come to those Western States —lowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois—whose interests lie in low tariff. ”

in view of tire decreased Republican plurality in Maine and the dissatisfaction expressed over the refusal of the Republicans to take action upon the tariff, there is a renewal of Democratic confidence. The betiing on Cleveland, which had almost ceased, has now begun again, with few takers and none who will bet even. A wellknown government contractor at the Ebbitt House recently offered to bet any sum, 2to 1, that Cleveland and Thurman would be elected. There were a few takers, in all aggregating about $1,200. Some Republicans bustled around town lively for an hour or two to get men to take these bets, and they were not a little chagrined to Isom that there was but little confidence on the part of the Republicans. The betting exhibits quite a peculiar evidence of the idiosyncrasies of those who wager their money on their opinions. Bets are made quite freely without odds on Cleveland’s election, and with’ odds against Harrison on Cleveland’s carrying New York, and then again with odds against Harrison on Indiana.