The Republican journal., 1871-10-12
Mr.. Hale SfumbIes,
We find in the latest issue of the ELS
worth American the following

We lind in the latest issue of the ELS
worth American the following
Hon. Eugene Hale met with slight accident
at Bangor, Friday night, while trying to catch
the night train. His foot slipped and he fell
striking his head and knee.
We are sorry for the misfortune which
the above paragraph chronicles, and trust
that nothing serious ensued to our repre-
sentative from this unexpected falling
| upon his knees But we observe in the
same number of the American an article
upon the subject of the recent election in
that city which gives the impression de-
cidedly that Mr. Hale and his organ are
stumbling in much more grievous man.
ner, in the pursuit of q train which they
ought not to be able to overtake.
1t appears from all that we can gather
on the subject that the officials OF Ellis
worth, being new to the work of handling
the ponderous machinery of the city, have
not so strictly defined the ward bounds
and places OF voting as is customary and
lawful, The City Hall, within the limits
of Ward Two, has, as matter of con
vcnience, been used as the polling place
of Ward |. This has been the practice
in all elections since the adoption Of the
City Charter. No one questioned its
legality, no one doubted the votes there
had. no one proposed to throw them out
Our cbor,, COT an,noror,- of tI,o An,ar;can
whose eagle eve, like the care of Provi :
dence, is over all things, either didn't
! know that the voting was illegal, or know
ing, forbore to impart his knowledge.
Everything was beautiful, calm and Sc
rene.
| Suddenly the Waterman on the editorial
| tower sees 4 grevlous error and wrong
The people Of the first ward have put their
| votes into a ballot box held Il number G t
feet on the wrong side Of the ward line
| The American labors with u column
leader That sacred instrument the Con-
stitution is appealed to-prcceded by the
remark that Il Secretary of State once
made The City Charter is quoted, and
the ordinances eypounded And all for
purpose of proving that ward one has
gone wrong by several feet, more or less
| Every man has u motive in what he
does or says. When we come to sift this
matter and examine carefully the relations
of the several parts, we come at the mo-
tive of our brother of the American. II
The rotcs oj lEurR ono arc cou1tc1, Tie
DlmocrWic SheriF Ccrh 1M Con,ity
Commissioner mW h chcicd. Throw
ont the ward, and they are defeated.
| There is the milk is that cocoa nut. II is
only a pretcNt for defeating the will of
the people.
We do not propose to go into an argu-
ment upon the legal aspects Of this ques-
ton. 1t is only necessary 10 say that we
do not believe that the legal, rs we know
the fair and equitable view Of the matter
does not, Justify the extraordinary position
taken by the American. The fact that
the question slumbercd so long, and was
only raised after the return of Mr.. Hale
from an absence that had included the
day Of election, hegets the suspicion that
the plan for DISTINGUISHING 4 portion OF
Ellsworth is of his invention. In any
event. he is very likely to be held respon-
sible. 1t may ba found that while he
stumbled and fell at Bangor, the stumble
at Ellsworth will be likely to result in u
much more serious fall hereafter, in the
endeavor to ride successfully upon the
political train. Let our brother of the
American ponder well upon the sharp
practice proposed. before he insists upon
its adoption.