Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-12-24
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Communicating.
hFESTOA ELECTION.


| session, IN relation to tie contested election
| of Loen. Hobbs ESQ. of Weston, has never
been sufficiently, Investigated & exposed be-
| lore lie tribunal ofthe public II is much 10
be ismentcd that party feelings and passions
should induce men to violate The clesrest
| dictates OF conscience, and to 0vcrleap the
barriers OF law aad Constitution, which the
! wisdom Of our fathers erected ProteUt
the people f.om the encroachments Of arbi-
traly powers "a the one hand. and from the
rage and violence If faction On the Other.
Whetherthe Legislative history If a certain
| parry IN tLIs cOlnnon wealth, does not afford
! too many instances of such conduct, permit
| MT US 10 entertain single dluht of he fact,
I IS left 10 the reader 10 determine 1t is
: the writer's object TO make plan unvsr
! nished statement Of facts relative 10 the
Weston election and the proceedings OF the
| House thereon. He has drawn ms intor-
NATION from the most unques tionable source,
! from those who had the best opportunity
Of becoming acquainted with the facts.
Al The June Session of 1909 Mr., Hobbs
was returned as the member from Weston
| = klmOnstranoe from a number Of the
most respectable inhabitants Of the town,
representing his election as having been IL
legal and unconstitutional, WAS preferred
u the House, and af'er an impartial hear
( ing before the committee on elections, and
t4ir and candid discussion in the House it
was decided that Mr.. Hobbs waa not enti-
/ tied % sest-Ths circumstances attend
1 ing his election, IN May 1909, and in May,
| 1910, were almost prec.cely similar. In
the one &se, lie was justly deprived If
his sea-, while iG the other lie WAS permit
! ted to retain it, IS The writer believes, in
violation of the laws ard Constitution Of
| the COmmonwea lh.
may not be imp roper 10 S. ate that the
| Conhmittee Oh Elections, fur the present po-
1 lI:lCal year, consists Of fJgr Democrats ;, snd
oae teder4lst. If to this charge pre- ccdent
should be pleaded, answer that no proceed.
eut could justly such procedure. To This
Committee the RemOnstr4nce against the
| election Of Mr.. Hobbs vas committed.
After two or three hearings tie committee
reported a statement of facts ID The House
I, BY wigich it appeared that al the election
I, OF Representative f1r lie toxin uf Weston.
I the votes were 81 for Eben. Hobbs, ESQ,
! aud go for Isaac Fisk, ESD IL appears n
( evidence before Inc Coinnit,ue, as I AM
/ Informed, that Mr.. II IBIS was Chat. man
! OF the Selec men on the DAY Of the election.
/ and that he took out two votes from the
! box, and threw them s>yay, winch we've Tor
| Mr.. Fisk the federal candidate. These
votes we've given ia by Alpbeus Bigelow ir.
| and Woodbury. Hill.
/ 1. WILDE immediately perceived from the
! above statement, that as Mr.. Hobbs had 81
| Votes and Mr.. Fisk 80, If one vote for Mr..
FISK had been illegally rejected it would be
/ decisive OF the question, for III that case
| there would have been All equal number
| OF vaets tor each ofthe candidates, and Goa
sequentiy no choice.
| I was aiIedged by Mr.. Hobbs in justif-
/ c2tion u his conduct as chsirman ofthe Sc
J lectm:n, thal BegelIw and Hill were not
| legal voters ~ the ,0wn Of Weston.
! i VS. admitted that BIgelow had the
! conauta' ionrl quAiIH atoms of age and pro-
/ psrty to enttlc nin 10 vole for REPRESENTA-
| tive, Dat it wss asserted that he was not
! quauted in pom, OF IT Sl,ience. In relation
| 10 dis point l. speared IN evidedce, lhat
! Bigei0w was born III " estOn, that his father
| had Aiw~ys n-ue 1t The place OF hls resi-
| dence, and hAi rbtained legal settlement
| therein. After IN arrived at the age of
twenty nc, he resided nine months in
| Chare stown, four in Boston, and FIVE in
4
| Of Harvar-. University, where he has since
resided, except being occasionally at lis
fathers, during the vacations.
| The objections to Hill was like wise! want
ofresldence. X was proved that Hill came
tO reside IN Weston ln tine year 1907, was
twenty one in July 1903, and on the first Of
March following entered into contract to
work for a Mr.. Upham for The term Of ten
4 he
further contracted to work for Mr Uphan,
year after his return from an intended Wa
! It To his fathers in BROOKE. Id He was an
| sent from Weston on the above visit three
weeks. when he returned and worked for
Mr.. Urban according tOcOnlract. 1t fur
further appeared that Hills name was en-.
tered by the Selectmen on the list of voters
/ at the April Election proceeding and was
struck oft the list by M. Hobbs at the Rep
resentstIve election in My: There was
some evidence which went 10 prove THAT
| Hill when he left Weston on the above
| mentioned visit, had no intention Of X In, n
! ing 10 tJlhi lbs contract It appeared how
| ever, that he acJu4l!y returned, IN pursuance
| ofhIs promise.
There i another fact worthy Of notice
| II w.s proved thai cn5 Uriah Warren, who
| ~ f.r Mr. HOBBS, was permitted 20
vo.s bs tn Selc5,men, although he bad
been aosent from Weston tie year proceed
: ing ulwards 81 tour weeks, on Journey e
! tins District, With Al InlentioA OF eEasin.ng
acre, II Le court get imiAoyment TO has
| mild.
! 15le above are the nTeriai facts which
4 were suhstaaci4ted b. Eule tls G,iIl,i..tttee
/ La Substance tiIey are correct. uAjzss "a
! Iafog.nAn;s .TG greatly ae1pi'ta,