Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-02-14
L. gisiailye Proceedings.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

Burle gh, and ia he did not know them and
their wants. In rcpy to the ahes alton, that The
n ai1iuy report was a re III ot M. BCr,elgh ;
cuu sci ne N,is1ed It undersl ood there enough
legai ahidv ~ the ms O ity of the cOuim ttee 10
prepare such report aad.n would lnqaiTe II re-
gari TO the minority report, whose hnger
marks could he plainly seeni The
contestant las been here constant V
lobb, il and button holng members. and Is here
to-day ting AID looking up autho' ties. lht n
the syt akef touched upon the ques ion of inten-
ton, sly NJ that 1t WAS The mere matter OF iuten-
TOO 10 return TO place which has been left tenn
poratiy, that MAKES a nau a resident OF TIE
pl ace. Au absence of five yeas ON place wuuli
not lo-e him re idence there, II there had been
an luteLton to Ietlfn.
MIR MORRISON replied to the argument advanc-
ed the fleet that the check list AID attested
envelope they came in made a lawful return.
With requisite wanting, de ed is not good, aud
The law Is not stronger IN lbs case tnan IN the
case OF election returns. Aud he believed that
the spot on The earth where t1e law shou d
be app led in al its iOrce, that spot was NADIA
wa.ki. lie thought there Was the greatest reason
for discaTdng illegal returns, and # this wa, not
done what would they come 10 HIS stand was that
the law and The constitution should he regarded IN
preference to anything else. 1t had been stated by
f lend of the contestant that there was fraud IN
every part OF the stare, anu If this was fact. II
WAS the stlons est Argument for living up to the
law OF the land.
Mr. IIoBsoN said that till to day he had not in
tended 10 say anything upoa this question, al
thous b he had thJus ht much about II. IL seemed
as though old York's VOICE should be heard. A
10 enacted last wiuter so that honest voters
should not be DISTINGUISHED after, perhaps, gong
many miles To vote Aud this law would apply
now Ia some Of the Ar1os'oOk cases. IL Was a
small matter 10 resort to qulDbles IN law. Ii II
wa. the visa of the legal residents OF Van Buten
that Mr.. Madgau should he their Senator, that
wish should he regarded. lie had thought over
the mater OF Intention IN fixing residence, but
he had found the chain OF intentions in Mr.. Bur
| leIghs case broken. lie regarded him as cnained
As 7, sldent OF Bangor and not OF Llnneus On
ether The point Of eiigibinty or Of having rcceiv
ed the greatest number OF votes, he sad that he
touUd lack of evidence, 80 that he could not vote
| to give him a seat al the senatorial board.
MIR. DAVIS OF Penuhscot sand thai he could not
allow some ints touched upon by previous
speakers 10 pass without speaking of tuem. The
! last speaker seemed to place little weight a
mans intsLt on, nut 1t seemed to HIN that they
stronger than acts, they are the fathers OF acts.
| A man does nothing without lutentl, II, ana II you
wish T. tin1 out what man is 90 TO hs heart ald
fad out bis intentions. Ihey are the fountain
head OF all. The Senator then went on to speak
| OF the ihteniiln of Mr.. Burl-igh to make Linueus
III, home AMI ., IA, Is whIch would confirm the
| carry my Out OF such an intention. Leaving Ban
gor IN May, 1876 he was allowed to vote that aud
the following year aud -lso To pay taxes IN Lin
Ieus.
| The Van Buren, return was not legal, it bad no
life. Thu speaker then explained the Old aud tne
| new syslem of sending returns, aud said that a
a matter OF convenience the prnIed envelope Is
now used, but this envelope, which bore the
Ia ues u the assessors and clerks upoR il instead
If upon the paper the insde, Cannot be con-
neeI,d ~itn tue ,eurn' The name', TOO upon
tJi ci "a aca,e # Senatorial comm tee shicl had
gr4ye doubts Of accepting au eltct gu ittuIu be
cause If iHotualily, tue only thing that did VI
1t nit beng au endorsement The door for fraud,
should not De eit optu, bull purity OF elections
shuuld be sought, fIl tue sta5iity Of the govern
meDt dcpended upon II.
Mr.. FRINGE sand there had been 50 much
Jaw. ia lie had got mudilcd. lie dwelt en- tue
lact OF Ihten lou, ~hich had been said to be
sironZ,r than acts, and thought that # the inten-
uon hal - mucn weIgut IN hxGg tsideucr,
tat 1t also ou-ht u mold good IN The case OF cleo
tons ami IeturHt. He believed tnat the vote Of
Van Buren decided the case. / he intentions oi
tue inhabitants o! Van Buien ia voting we've
lrobab good, AID they also inteaded 10 make
/, gal I,tuiu-, al least II looked 50 because they
la ister made another return. The peaker
Guided IL tue uatIer of the mandatory and d.
Iectory stdutes, that tue former applied in tie
aces where Nj. Madlgan had maj nifty, am
tue latter where Nh. Buflelgh had a ualJrty.
Nj. PHILLIPS inquired what would have been
The Ie.ull II the envelope which enclosed the Van
Buren, returns, had happent To have been cast
mo the waste ba ket III tie Secretary of states
Office, instead oil hayiug been pIeservedi lie un-
utlstODu II Was not the pfaC ice 10 preserve the
envelopes But # t. ey are a part of the retui n
how could il be legal without the envelope That
Was "a wonderful rendering Of law which made
The III pant tf the return. This envelope # 50
considered might become cloak Tor
maud, and to prevent fraud the
law is made aud is right.
lie II ad from the Statutes to show what was re
quned Of town officers, a1d that the towns were
to he htl responsible for errors if they elected
| officers WHO were ucapa le of fulfil lug the du-
ties required vi tn, III at elections The towns
must Le held to sirct accountability, then they
vii elect CONF, teut officers ana there viii be 10
trouble about I,turns, but IT infornahtles are
overlooked contrary 10 Jaw then fraud may come
IA and the law become a dedd letter. An the re-
Turns of AIous'ouk Which we've legally ameLda-
| ole had been 50 amended and accepted by the
con mitioe, and the statement to tue contrary Is
~rouz. But the returns from Van Buren, and
Eagle Lake Plantations were not al endaDle by
law
Mr.. RoGERs smoke of the system of sending
enveloy.s, aud argued that the enyel De was a
pait Of the retarp
Mir DnAKt r,llad "a, the nrcvions oue.tion
Mr.. BoAnDMAN sugge.teI a dillon Of the