Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-03-18
HANCOCK PLANTATION. October Is 1855

VIM. h. Cunlide.-I am clerk OF Hancock plan
'ation. do not know who are voters in this plan
tation and VINO are not. | do not know ANYTHING
about the rules for receiving votes. Taere is no
regularly about them. | do not know whether
anv names are ever handed in to our assessors or
not, to be put on our voting list Al the last cleo
ton here, everything was in a hubbub. | could
not check the names on our list nor anvthin, else.
The F-enchmcn were all drunk election day. The
election was called at one O'Clock. cotto the polls
soon after Eat any rate, before the tilne-but
tae polls had been opened some time. The d.
critters were all drunk | tried 70 keep a cheek
list, bat II ght we'll have been thrown 10 tue
devil. There might have been many votes cast
before got there As after, hat may te not dom
know hickey came and got the plantation boo ks
from my wife while was gone awav some time
before the election and hqp, neu,r se,u fi,n s,n-e
They had checklist when | got 10 tAe polls; it
was kept by fr 'nshman, | forget his name, ana
Eaton, Diekey'- clerk. There was a great many
persons present whose names We're not on the list
OF voters. There were great many voters
here this year that last-whether they were all
legal or MT t, l don't know. Tae list OF voters was
posted before the election, The people voted so
fast 1t was impossible 10 check them. They piled
over one another like a flock of sheep. The new
names we're kept on separate pa per in a book by
tlc Frenc man. 1t was all hubbub, and the de il
to pay. Some names were added TO the regular
'pAihS ilst-d lew, 40 not know WDtTe the
bounds of this plantation are. All the inhabita nts
above come down to vote here. We had some vo.
ters down from Little Black river. There would
be ne difficulty with the check-Ii list if the voters
would let rum alone. | should like to see an elee-
to- without rum, once. Mr. Hunnewell and Mr..
Dckey rted tae votes and counted them and |
counted them after them. | have been here only
u year ana half or two years. | don't know hall
the voters. / don't think there is tenth OF them
can read writa. don't think hal the men OF -
years old. have ever been below the Grand Falls
don't think an, list of the voters can be kept
where every mans name is not checked as he
votes. They must guess at it, The leading mer
here have the rein. in their own hands and want
TO make things look well they can for their owr
side, Mr.. Page was the only repu blican about the
polls election day, and they drove him off. The
way they abused the old gentleman ridicu
ious it WE too Tad. He is a v, ~ nice man ant
/ u good citizen. | did not the names in tn,
FIR nchmans book added to the list. don't know
whnt was done with the list of voters; | do moi
know whether il was sent the Secretary Of Stat,
n rot; | did not it after the election The ac
count of the vote was sealed MP in meeting aftel
we had done voting aud the votes were counted
| -eAled up some Of them myself Dick. did mo.
If She work. He is lawyer, doctor, aud most any
thing lie knows more law aud gospel than most
anybody here. He toiu &c at the close My Coo
we have voted like. | have not worked s,
long for nothing" ! voted for Dickey
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