Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-09-05

he took no exception to the language which char
acterized the fraud charged in the second resou-
ton, and admitted that fraud might have existed
somewhere as alleged nevertheless as it could not
be jLdiciay Investigated by the Electoral Com
mission, under the view of their powers taken by
a majority Of that tribunal he regarded their de-
cision on the disputed certificates ref rred to
them-ratificd as Il was in each case hv the subsc
qucnt action Of the two branches Of Congress in
conformity to the law establishing that tribunal,
as giving Rutherford H. Hayes right under the
iotms of law TO pass tie Executive Chair. Tue
fraud denounced in the resolution referred, 10 nv
view Of IT, to transactions at a sa9;e OF proceed
ngs prior to the organization of the Electoral
Commission, and be thought it might well be laid
at the door Of the Louisiana Returning Board-a
secret one sided, irlgmentary couClavo-whose
canvass Of the woe Of that State has been 50 gen
orally and Justly suspected OF being vtaed by the
gravest frauds. Inc resolution says that the fraud
"must not be repeated" How could it be Iepeat-
ed by the Electoral Commission then dissolved
The convention propose to guard against the "rep.
etltion of the fraud they speak of by an amend
ment to the Constitution. But how can a consti-
tutlonal amendment affect body that will not be
in existence Or if by any chance it should ever
be revived 1t would exist only as court of arbl-
tfaiOn, " Tllh no power to handle in any wsy, much
less to falsily, the original evidence of election. I
lie was confirmed in his position by the language
used IN the third resolution, which is devoted to
virtual and most significant approval of the official
acts OF an adversary administration III 1t had
been the intention to denouuCe President Hayes
10 the second resolution as "a usurper," by what
law of mental processes could that high toned
convention have derived satisfaction from any
conceivable acts of an official nature which that
usurper might perioiml To be pleased with his
recognition of the W lsdom of democratic princl-
pies, shameless interoper as in that case he would
be, were an instance of complscency Of which be
did not feel at liberty to regard that convention,
or either of the gentlemen composing the com
mttee who drafted the resolutions, to be capab le.
Mr.. S. c. Andrews of Portland responded for
the Iouaves. in spread-eagle speech, speaking
OF the ancient glory of the democratic party.
They had elected their President fairly, but mad
been cheated out of him. Bot what were they
going TO do about it Submit calmly, for the sake
of peace lie confessed great admiration for
President Hayes. and bid him God speed, he
was engaged in the noble work of carrying out
the pronounced policy of the democratic party.
After music by the Band, the company in
vlted to the richly laden tables set on the green
near Mr.. Williams mansion, where the hungry
/Ouaves aud large number Of invited guests did
ample justice to the good things provided.
The eXcursiOnists returned home about mid
night, on special train. The affair very
deIlv, to all appearances, in marked contrast to
the lowd ism that has too often disgraced the
town on occasions OF democratic demonstrations.
Trensactions In Real Esaie.
The following the sales of real estate in
Kennebec county, for the month ending August
3lst:
AUGUSTA --(ireenlief Haskell to J. y Gasin
land, $3.50; S +. Barton to Gideon Barton, ,Jr. land
$500; Jos. T.. Howard TO Rhoda G.. Pearson, land
and building, $1,000; i. w. Patterson to jos. II.
Ellis, land. $500; Seth Gay to Z. b. Gay, land
aud buildings. $1,000;
IlALLowELL.-J. L. Dudley to f. Z. Allen
land, $500; +. r. A lien to g. w. Choate, land
S22j, Caroline Smith to c. N smith, land and
building, $500; Catharine Moore to w illiam VII
son. land, $500; Benz. Fowles to Rufus Bean, land
5000; Rufus Bean to J. NJ. Paine, land, $500
Minard Roberts to PM. Paine, land and build
ings, $1,000.
WArERvILLE.-N. G. II. Pulsifr ct al to Reu-
ben Foster land, $500; \. W. Smith to Sanboru
Brann, land aud bu ildng, $500; Reuben Foster
to \. G.. III. Pulsifer ct al land, S2l00; &. +. Gray
ct al to Augustus Labby, land, $3.50; L. +. Thayer
ct al to NJ ii. Ilendrl lcks On, land, 81 Reuben Fos
ter 10 L. X. Drummond. land, 500; Reuben Foster
to Fred Poolcr Jr., land, Slj0; W. NJ. Buck to
II. L. Ellem,, land, S,j25; NJ. c. Foster TO NJ. A.
smith, laud, $1,000; Reuben Allen to l.. +. Al lien,
land, $50.
WEST WATERviLLE.-Sanborn Brann to j. s.
Dyer, land and building, $500; w. X. Dar1au to
Joseph Stevens, land, $500; j. II. Morse TO q. ;.
Wheeler, land, Sllj0; o. >. Wheeler to +. NJ
Siurtevant land, Sl050.
GARDINER.-J. ii. Lawrence to \. c. Law
renee, land 500; " Illiam Spear to A. NJ. Dudley,
land, $50; Augustus Camard ct al. TO -. B.
Dodge land, SO Elenor Camard ct al to o. B.
Dodge, land, Sl0o Eliza Tozer to j. b. Tozier,
land, $1,000; Thomas Cusack to Thomas Magow-
an land and building, $3.50.
WEST GARDINER,-Maria Knox TO Edgecoub b
x Knox, land. S2j; 5. I. Merrill to Jacob Peasee,
land, Sll0.
WINrHRoP.-J. D. Packard to Reuben Pack
ard, land 81 400; J. L. * y. W Brainetd TO WIN.
Mace, land 500.
CHELsEA.-F. l.. Hamen to II. w. Clark. land,
$500; stephen Cobb to Flank Cooper, land and
building, 500
PIrTsToN.-Nancy Doyle to Peter Doyle, ID,
land Sl2j Peres Overlook to Albion john land
S13j; Lee Moody to W. Ii. Moody, land, SIS.
MI. NERNON.-C B. Williams to \athI Gil.
man, land and building, SlO0; +. 5. Hartwell to
Jos. B. Lowe, land, $500; b. F. Butler to Elijah
Morse, land, $50; b. +. Butler to j. IL. Morse,
land, $50; l.. NJ. Brown TO L. NJ. Tracy, land,
500.
WAYNE.-W. Ii. Erskne to j. b. Gordan,
land. $3.50
NAssALBoEo'.- Elijah Pope to Kate NJ. Pope,
land, 500; G.. Ill. Homans ct al TO {. +. Burgess,
land, 500; C.. l.. Hathaway to n. W. Hathaway,
land, 5000; Jedediah Jepson to Geo. Jepson, land,
5000; Hezekiah Pope 10 {. Il. Gates, land and
buildings, $1,000.
CLrNToN.-W. p. Roundy to ]. j. Nelson,
land, 5000; Chas. Jaqulth to Abner Dodge, land,
$50; J. W. White to NJ. j. White, land, 500 I;
w. II. Brown to Nathan Brown land, 800 4;
Henry Ross to NJ. +. Watt, land, $500; c. W.
Powers to Gideon Wells, Sl67l; Asa White to
Gideon Wells land, $50; j. j. Nelson to 5 W.
Lewis, lanu, Sdub.
READPIELD.-F. A. Robinson to T. J. Abbott,
land, $40.
VIENNA.-P. B. Folsom to J. A. Folsom, land,
5000 l.. j. Trask TO J.. f. Trask, land, S75; r.
IL. Folsom to Sarah Dolley, land 5000. X. IL.
Folsom TO Sarah Dolley, land, $500
FAYETTS.-Ii. W. White to ii. A. Lowell land
and buildings, 1920; 4. ID. Chase to 5. w. John
son, land, sl7l
MoNMoUTn-L. L. Wing to G. W. Pease,
land, SIPS; Wing x Moody to &. w. Pease,
land slgO; 5. r. King to j. Il. King, land, $3.50 !;
William Arnold to Mary Cullinan. land and
illpgs, $1,000; J. MAXWELL to A. G.. Lothrop,
land, So +. $ 4 +. Preble to f. A. Weymouth,
2 lots OF land $500.
WINsLow.-J. ii. Simpson to NJ Burgess, land
and building, $500; Olve Phillips to Daniel
Phillips, land, 81.
CHINA. B. Clark to Woodbury. Emerson,
land $50; A. 7. Freeman to A. F. Gerald, land,
Sl4OO; &. W. Wright to Samuel Tiobetts, land
and building $500.
SlDNEY.-A A. Is. Spaulding to Joel Hsllowell,
land and buildings $1,000.
ALBIoN.-lliram Mardcn to J. T. IIussey, land
$3.50.