Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-25
GLOBE FALSEHOODS.
The Lies about issiit.ry and uulldOz I'm z
AT vassafSoro' Refuied.

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The Boston Globe of Nov. 20, has an arti-
Gle on how Kennebec county was Thought
and buldozcd" Vassaboro', this time, is
one of the localities of terrible republican de-
pravity and stupendous fraud.
at is related" SAYS the Globes correspon-
dent that Nahum Lawrence was discharged
from his employment for voting the green
back ticket" The impression which this
statement gives is that the agent or some
officer of the Vassalboro' Wooden MILL where
| Lawrence was employed used their influence
| it'll him to induce him to vote the republic
| can ticket, and discharged him because he
would not follow their dictates. Mr.. Law
rence's attention has been called to this state
ment. and he has since made an affidavit,
| sworn to before a Justice of the Peace, in
| which he declares that he has been employed
in the mill as a spare hand. a hand liable to
be With ut work at any time; that ''nothing
" hatever was said to me by the agent or any
officer of the mill or by any one connected
with the MILL about my voting the republic
can ticket at the election in September last"
The affidavit goes on TO say that ''of my own
free will and accord, told the overseer of
the yard on the morning of said election that
was going to the town meeting and should
vote the republican ticket and went for the
purpose of doing so. ard should have so vot-
ed had not been dragged to the polls" to
vote the greenback ticket. lie also states
that he has been employed in the mill since
the election as he was before. This affidavit
and also another, sworn to and witnessed,
can be produced whenever it may be neces-
sary to substantiate the above statements.
But there are other items in this affidavit
which are of similar drift with what has al
ready been quoted. The ever recurring ''pair
of boots" also come in. He seems to have
had them in prospect, but failed to get them.
Like so many other fair promises in this cleo
ton they proved delusion and snare.
Who was to have the next pair?
Another affidavit from Vassalboro', in this
column of the Globe, headed Corruption"
is one made by John ii. Preble. in which he
states that Reuel C. Burgess said to him that
IF he would go up to the polls and vote the
republican ticket he would pay him for his
DAYS work"
Both Mr.. Preble and Mr.. Burgess have
made affidavits, giving a full statement of the
matter; and as they win probably appear in
full in another form the statements in them
which relate to the statement above quoted,
only will be quoted here. Mr.. Preble de-
clares under oath, that he has always voted
the republican ticket and never had any in
clination to vote any other ticket. "T told
Burgess" says Preble. .that | was always a
republican, and that if 1 went TO the polls)
I should vote the republican ticket. He said
that if felt that could not lose my time and
wanted to go, he would see that | should not
lose anything by going. / told him that /
thought l would not go; and he then went
along. That was all that ever passed between
us in relation to voting or going the polls"
Mr.. Burgess, in his sworn statement, says
II asked him, (Preble) if he was going TO
town meeting. He said he thought he should
not go. / asked him what the trouble was
if he was not republican? lie said he was,
and had always voted the republican ticket.
and should vote it to-day if he went to town
meeting. told him that / would not hire
any one to vote but if he was a
republican and wanted to vote that ticket /
would see that he should not lose his days work.
He said he thought he should not go. had
no more conversation with HIM in relation to
going to the polls or voting. | next saw
him at the polls, but did hot know how he
happened to come, or how he voted, until l
saw his affidavit in the Boston Globe" Mr..
Burgess is a gentleman of unquestioned ver-
acty. Mr.. Preble is dependent upon his daily
labor and could not lose his DAYS work. which
fact gave rise to the conversation. As he was
a strong republican there was no possible &C.
casion for attempting to purchase his vote
for the republicans. The impression
given by the Globes affidavit of Preb-
lie, as the statements are there put is
utterly untrue. There was not the slightest
attempt to influence Preble as TO rhat rote he
should cast, nor will any man in Vassalboro'
state that Mr.. Burgess made such an attempt.
1t NAV not be difficult to procure cunningly
worded statements, such as appear in this
column of the Globe; but that paper and any
and all its correspondents are challenged TO
prove that single individual in Vassalboro'
was brbed or inundated to vote the repub-
lican ticket at the September election.