The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-03-17
The Yarmouth Election or, how Some

The Yarmouth Elections or, how Some
Things may be done as wsll al Osl
The electionin Yarmouth came OIL on Mon
day last, March 18Th. The result Is oelng
crowed over as a copperhead triumph 1nef
were some shameful disclosures made In the
early part of the meeting, as we SHAH sno"
basors WA close. and the copperheads them,
selves feel conscience-smitten or asname~ -
their cbicauery, or they would scarcely az
tomnt to shift the responsibility as tney 40 III
,he following paragraph cut from the reDei
organ in this city:
YARMoUrH.-At the election on the 18th
mat. atter choosing the Moderator, the Repub-
Iicans finding themselves ia a minority, ac-
cused the Democrats of fraud, and voted to
,,se the check list, which resulted in inerea-
sing the Democratic majority min eteeen more
They the Republicans, then finding tn en-
selves in the condition that the man was who
fired at the squirrel with kicking gun, moved
to dispense with the check list, which mo-
ton was put and carried by two-thirds
vote. Our readers can judge who committed
fraud, Ii fraud there was. The officers were
elected by majorities from IL to ~.
On Monday night the town house was bro
ken omen. and the check list and other papers
belonging to the town carried OH. The Sc
lectmen offer reward of ONE HUNDRED
| DOLLARS for the recovery OF the stolen prop
erty and aresst and conviction of the thieves.
We are mistaken in our judgement il full
knowledge of the facts does not justify the
suspicion, that the above was prompted by
the same spirits which actuated the little girl
who when finding her mother-a fish woman
disputing and bandying epithets with one Of
her peers, in the natural desire to aid her
maternal relative, exclaimed, Mother, cal
her a thief before she does COUP The mean
intimation is made in the above paragraph that
the Republicans COMMITTEES fraud, and then
broke open the town honse and stole the
| check list to hide the evidence of their guilt
| The facts are these, and as we are assured
| by Yarmouth gentlemen, can be proved be
yond all controversy.
The clerk and selectmen of Yarmouth las
year were Democrats, so If the check list wa
fraudulently made up, the guilt rests upoI
them. They had the cooking of the Who'll
thing, and the clerk who presided in the choic'
of a moderator was in their interest. Il
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Monday, the ballot box was shut and the pol
closed as soon as the count commenced, AM
no more votes were received, although seuerl
teen Union uoters, who resided at long an,
announcement distance from the town house
came up and offered their ballots while th'
count was progressing, and before the result
was announced. Seventeen Union voter
were thus DISTINGUISHED, contrary to the uni
form past usage of the toacn. The copper
head candidate for moderator, S. G. B anchard
was declared elected by twelve majority
showing that had those who desired to vot
been allowed to do SO, Mr.. Blanchard woul
scarcely have been permitted to preside at tn
subsequent proceedings.
The votes for Town Clerk were brought il
and counted, and the moderator made the fol
| Ioviu o. announcpunanfs