The Republican journal., 1871-09-21
The Whig Rises to an Unfortunate Ex.
planation

Smarting under the defeat of its Lepis
lative candidate in the class composed d
Winterport and Frankfort, the Bangor
Wing reviews the matter thus
Col. 7. H. Cushing, who was defeated "a,
Representative in the Winterport and Frank.
fort District, received very handsome sunnor
in his own town, Winterport, where he rar
twenty-one ahead of his ticket The strong
Democratic town of Frankfort threw nearly
three hundred votes from population of eleven
hundred and filty-two, nearly two hundred o.
which were legally and honestly thrown anC
the balance a la Tammany and the New York
Repeaters. If an investigation is had no doubt
it will be shown that the Colonel is elected by
seventy-fiye majority. What a lovely country
this would be under the present style OF Dem
ocratic rule.
What a lovely country this would be if
the Bangor Wing manufactured public
opinion. Its explanation of Cushngs
defeat is much like its usual style of ar
gument- Frankfort did not throw ''nearly
three hundred votes.' There were for
Governor, 253, for representative 25S-
| neither Of which is ''nearly three hundred. .
The average voting population of Maine,
as registered. is one in four The aver
age vote thrown this year is one in six
The representative contest in Frankfort
brought out nearly its full vote, 2.53 in a
population of 1852, being one voter to foul
and halt Of the population. But Frank
fort is not the only town in the county
| that threw rs large n proportion of its ful
vote.
In the town of Jackson, with popula
| ton of 107, the whole vote was 1872
which is a larger proportion than Frank
fort threw. Does the Wing say that the
Republican town officers of Jackson con
nived at repeating?
In Palermo, with population of 1924
| there We're thrown 2s2 votes, and q ma
| !jority for Perham of u. The per centag(
of votes to the population is here larger
| than in Frankfort Are the republican
officials in Palermo in league with re
peaters?
| If the Wing wants examples nearer
home, let it apply the test TO the towns 0
Newport, Garland, Eexter and Dixmont
in its own county.
II an investigation is had"-whicl
we venture to predict that Mr.. Gushing
will not as ask for-thc town officers o
| Frankfort will be able to show the names
| checked on the voting list, and to prove
| the voters present at the polls.
We don't blame the Wing for feeling
afflicted At its fall, nor for carcssine
| tenderly the sore place. But When il pro
| ceeds to Justification about the matter, an
exposure will certainly follow.
Since the above was in type, We notice
that the Wing repenls Of its hasty attack
on the integrity of Frankfort, and take:
| the back track as follows
\ statement in FRIDAYS Whig and Courier
was made without investigation. upon author
ity which we supposed at the time to be good
We have since received letters from Messrs
George A. Pierce and Upton Treat, compan
| ing that the paragraph did injustice to the town
and upon examining the returns we do not fine
the increase of votes so large stated to us mol
sufficient to warrant the inerenccs drawn, and
we take pleasure in so stating. We do not in
tend to be unjust to enemy or friend, and if We
inadvertently do injustice, we are ever ready
to make amends.