Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-27
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rnE nAlsE oARcsLONY.
The bold. brassn-fsced attempt on the
part Of Governor Gsroslon and his
equally unsczupulous Council. to dslib-
sraisly steal the State OF Maine for the
Democracy. rivals Boss Tweed and Tam
many In their palmisst days. The ai-
tsmptsd stealing Of the srms and ammu-
milton from tbs State Arsenal at Bangor
on Christmas day for removal to Au-
eusta In order to deprive all opposition
from any available Weapons Of defense
or o~fIsnss. ~ simply . part Of the ras-
cally programme. which Il II satisfactory
to know was promptly checkmatsd BY
the indignant people. Such an abuse OF
power - has been exhibited BY Governor
Gsrocslon and his s~ccomplicss has new
before been seen In that State or probs-
bly, any other State In the Union. The
fast was well established and has been
fairly undsntood sver sincs the election
In September that . large majority OF
Republicans had been elected to each
House. Bot. In controlling the next
Presidential election. II II highly i'm
portant on the part Of the Dsmoc-
r,cy that - many Republicans -
possibls should DO kept out Of the
Legislature by fair means or foul.
Gareslon and his accomplices stud
led the matter closely and found that
BY . rigid application and enforce
msnt Of petty and unimportant tschni-
calidss enough Of the really elected
Republicans could b counted out to lot
in . majority Of actually defeated DEM
oczats.
Al long - they could thus practically
ssizs the advantage. they cared precious
little for the will Of the people In the
matter. They were obliged, however.
to make some sort Of . showing Of
authority. some sort Of Ecu for this
hish.hsndsd. unprecedented rascality.
therefore they concoct report
Of . Committee on Returns. which
presents long string OF friv.
olous legal techniealidss regarding
the returns Of public elections in that
State, which were never strictly enforced
before. and would not have been in the
present instance had the State gone
Democratic. Among these are that some
Of the Town Clerks did not sign.
seal and deliver their respective re-
turns according to regulation some
OF the municipal officers did not sign
fhs returns exactly according to legal
regulation ; on some ballots the full
Christian name Of :hs candidate vss
written and oth,fs only the initials (this
would vitiAts pretty much all the elec-
lions held In the United Statss); In
one case. for instance. . candidate
for the State Senate was voted
FOR In some towns Of his county
~ John T. Wallace. Jr.. and in others
without the Jr.; in the town Of Skowhs-
gan the warrant or notice OF election was
not legally posted; in the Portland re-
turns Q large number Of votes were 70
turned a. ''scatteriug." yet IL was not
designated for whom such votes were
thrown. Numerous other frivolous and
really uninportant points were brought
up and gravsly considered As excuses for
throwing out returns and defeating the
real will OF the people. ANYTHING for
an excuse.
The plainly expressed intention Of the
people. regardless Of all these unimpor-
liant tschnicalitiss. was deliberately ig.
norsd - far ss possible or e1psdisnt,
and every honest man. Be he Democrat
or Republican cannot fall to 20 regard
IL. Here in Nevada everybody know
that voting for J. p. Jones or John
p. Jones mean precisely the same
thing whom there are NO two
candidates Of 80 similar . name
for the same Office. The conclusion ID
plain and cannot b otherwise. the
Democracy have made . bold stroke to
defeat the photographed will Of the
honest voters Of Maine and steal the
State. and by also trying to
steal the State arms they de-
Glare their intention to back up
their rsscality BY revolutionary measures
II Necessary. They had better leave that
part out. for they would only bs fighting
for what they know to bs wrong. and
they would not b unanimously sus-
tsinsd even by their wi party.
which ID in the minority. Their
only legitimate course Is to refer
the whole matter to the Supreme Court
and peacefully await and abide Its de-
cision.
81. Louis Rspublican: And now Cam
NON. the Delegate in Congress from
Utah. e in . bad az. The Ladies' Anti
Polyeamy Society Of Salt Lake ID after
him with the sharpsst kind Of . stick.