The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-25
THE THIEVES I'm MAINE.
How They Steal the state OM-
GERS and Legislature.
The most BarelaCed, Outrage
Gus Fraud on Record.

a dispatch from Augusta, Me-, as
.serts that a count has been made by
the Governor and Council which will
result in the delivery of certificates to
"a sufficient number of Democrats to
give that party a majority in both
branches OF the Legislature. There is
q great feeling among the Republicans
owing to the condition Of affairs. The
.AdUTtiser's special from Augusta says:
The Republican majority in both bran
eehes has been counted out. The Re-
gpublicln members are counted down
from 90 to So, and the Democrats coun
ted up from 81 to IS. It is claimed that
this was done oil technicality and in
formality IN the returns. The Senate
under this count will have a Democrat
&c majority Of nine. The Governor and
Council count out three Senators from
Cumberland, one each from York, Lin
coin and Washington, and two from
Androscoggin. The Democrats will
have a majority large enough in the
House to give a quorum if none il the
Republicans take their seS,s. They
have thrown out Republican represen-
tatives from Portland, Batch, Saco,
Rockland and Lewiston and other
towns enough to make vacancies in
5 fourteen representative districts. Full
details of the eOHnt made by the Gov
.ernOr and Council show the following
results: In the Senate the Fusionists
are given 20 members and the Repub.
licans IL. In the House the Fusionist:
have rs Representatives, the Republi.
cans 81, and five cities, with II Repub.
licans Representatives, Portland, Bath
5ewistown, Rockland and Saco are dis
franchised. The House will thus b,
twelve members short at its organiza
ton.
This measure completes the measure
of Democratic stupidity. Had the cleo
tion been close, had each of the candi
dates for Governor received a compar
,atively equal number Of votes, had til,
Legislature depended on the countin,
out of one or two districts it mightb eel
possible for th EN- to carry out the plan
and by specious arguments and wei
planned public speeches to make I'll
people believe they were in the right
But such was not the case, and the,
Svill soon discover that they threN
away a knight to save a pawn. On tn
face of the returns, Mr.. Davis, the Re
publican candidate for Governor, ha
IS, 4G2 votes; Mr.. Smith had 1910, an
Mr.. Garcelon had @ ,l76. Thus Davi
had a plurality of 20 ,952 over the neS
candidate, and lacked only 224 votes {
having a clear majority. On the fac
Of the returns the Republicans electe
81 members Of the House, and the Den
ocrats so, or a Republican majority {
81. in the Senate also, the Republi
cam had a majority. Here then wa
the problem. "How to count out a ma
who had received 20,952 votes MOI
than the Greenbacker, and A, 1856 moi
than DemocratP" The only way ws
to count out the large Republican mi
jority in the Legislature, and this hG
been done. The will of the people hs
been set aside and men put in Office
who never did get them by the conser
of the people. Time will work OF
Sevcnge for this, and our party can a
ford to wait. For the control of a stat
for n year and a United States Sci
ator, the Maine Democrats have cor
plctely shattered what few pospecI
they did have for elccting a PresIder
Rext gear.