The Portland daily press., 1879-12-15
BIZ TELEGRAPH.
THE CONSP|RATORS' WORK.
Portland and Lewiston to be
Counted Out.
ANDROSCOGGIN REPUBLI-
CAN SENATORS TO BE
GIVEN CERTIFICATES.
The Fusionists Trying Hard to
to Gobble the House
BUT FINDING 1T A PRETTY BIG
JOB.
Portland Republicans Ask an In
vestigation Of the Rounds
Charges.
The Fusionists Trying Hard to
to Gobble the House
BUT FINDING 1T A PRETTY BIG
JOB.

LEWISTON, Dec. 13.-An Augusta special
dispatch to the Journal says the Governor and
Council held session till 1 o'clock this morn
ing to conclude the hearing on the petition of
E. Y. Turner, S. L. HILL F. N. Mower and
Geo. T. Piper, to have the returns from Web
ster, Auburn and Lisbon rejected, and them
selves declared elected, when they knew that
they were defeated by from $50 to 467 majority
against them.
1t was too stiff dose for the Governor and
Council. and they consequently decided to
count Auburn, Webster and Lisbon, but reject
Lewiston, which gives certificates to all the
Republican candidates for county officers. 1t
is not known whether or not the Leeds county
return was rejected; but as it had defect in
signatures as the Lewiston return had, prob
ably it was.
1t was decided to reject the Lewiston return
for Senators. and not to count the Lisbon vote
for Dingley, Tebbetts or Lane; but to count
all the others. This will give the certificate
to the two Republican Senators-elect
1t was decided that the Lewiston return for
Representative is not return, and not to GER
tifcate any one from Lewiston. No vacancy
will be declared. The papers will be sent to
the House when organized, when that body
can declare whom they please elected. Certi-
ficates are to be issued to all the other Repre-
sentatives from Androscoggin elected in Sep
TENDER.
1t is reported that the Council have decided
to count out three Republican senators in
Cumberland, and one in franklin and per-
haps one or two elsewhere, and thus give the
Fusionists the control of the Senate. The
points on which these Senators are counted
out, are on errors which the law of 1877 allows
to be amended.
1t turns out that both the Hallowell and
Saco returns are correct, and therefore neither
of these Republican representatives can be
counted out The Republican representatives
from Bath, Portland, Lewiston, Rockland and
Calais are to be counted out. Various Repub-
lican Representatives from classed towns are
mentioned as marked to be counted out, and
fusionists counted in, including three from
Washington county. 1t is now thought that
enough Republicans cannot be counted out to
give the fusionists majority of the House.
The Augusta Journal publishes this morn
ing communication from Benton, which
says that the return from that town had
"fatal defect" which would defeat the fusion
representative; that the fusionists were in
formed of this fact by somebody; that return
was made out as if signed and sealed in open
town meeting and carried to Augusta to be
substituted for the defective one; and that
when the messenger returned he reported that
he was told by one of the Councillors that
stthe Republicans were counted out sure pop"
Tbo Ca1aic ra1co c+of hot
were ''fatal defects in the Democratic towns
of Jonesboro, Whiting, Addison, Marion and
other towns in that county; that the Demo
Gratis were informed of these defects and that
they had new and corrected returns made out
and forwarded to Augusta. How extensively
this was done at vital points, and whether the
new returns have been substituted for the old
ones, remains to be seen. This would not be
important if the Republicans were now al
lowed to correct their returns, as has been
done heretofore; but under the ruling that re-
turns cannot be corrected. it becomes vital
A Petition From the Portland Republi-
cans.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 14.-A petition from Port
land for the investigation of the charges made
by Charles B. Rounds was sent to the Cover
nor and Council Saturday. The signers say in
their petition:
'The undersigned, citizens of the State of
Maine, having heard a report that certain seri- |
GUS charges of the attorney for Washington
county, in respect to election returns or rec
ords in that county are not deemed of suffi- |
ciens Importance to be investigated by your |
honorable body, would respectfully suggest |
that a prompt investigation of the matter in |
question would seem to be justified alike by |
the gravity of the charges made and by the |
public interest in the questions and proceed |
ings involved. If these charges should turn |
out to be unfounded, existing fears and sus- |
picions would be removed, which, in itself, is |
an object well worthy of attainment while if |
they are true we are quite sure you will read |
lily agree with us that whatever of wrong do |
ing exists ought to be exposed. In either
event we will hope that the reports which
have come to us are unauthorized and untrue
and that a prompt and thorough investigation |
OF the charges will be made under your direc-
tion.''
The petition is signed by some of the most |
distinguished and best citizens of Portland,
their names being as follows: Lot M. Morrill,, |
Sidney Perham, Israel Washburn, Jr., w. W.
Thomas W. w. Brown, Neal Dow, William
Hammond, Ell. w. Hersey, J. T. McCobb, H. |
j. Libby, Geo. S. Hunt, Charles E. Jose,
Jacob Mcclellan, S. E. Spring, Fl. M. Hart, W.
W. Thomas, Jr., John O. Twitchell, Henry b.
Cleaves, Franklin j. Rollins, VIM. A. Good
win, w. S. Dana, J. S. Winslow, Henry Fox,
j. w. Deering.