New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
THE MAINE FRAU LAID BARE.

WHAT THE CoNsPrRAroRs HAVE AcCOuPLIsHFD--
A NET CHANGE OF sIXTY-rwo EFfECTED.
AUGUSTA. Me-, Dec. I7.-Full details of the count
made by the Governor and Council show the follow
ing results:
In the Senate the Fusionsts are given 20 mem-
bcrs, the Republicans IL.
In the House the Fusionists have 7S Representa-
tives the Republicans Gl, and five cities with Ia
Republican Observation-Disclosures Bath, Lew.
iston Rockland and Saco-are disfranchised. The
House will thus be IL members short a the organ
ization.
The actual result of the election. according t<
the official returns before they were changed 10y
the method of counting applied by the Council
was "a follows: In the Senate the Republicani
had 10 members and the FuslOnsts ~. In
the House the Republicans had 90 Representative
and the Fusionists 01 The Governor and Council
counted out eight Senators and counted in eight
Fusion candidates. as follows: Two Senators in
York County three In Cumberland, one in Frank.
n one in Lincoln, aud one in Washington. Thh
makes net change of sixteen In the Senate.
In the House they counted out seventeen Repub-
cans and counted In seventeen Fusion candidates
in the following districts Durham. Hayncsyille
Sherman Newcastle, Pennington, New->haron.
Wilson. Goudsboro. Norway, Exeter, Lebanon,
Skowhegan Smthfeld, Princeton. Cherryfeld.
Perry and Seaport.
The House as elected gave 20 majority to the
Republicans. The House as counted gives IL ma
iorty To the Fusionists, making a net change OF i6
Bv the election returns the Republicans had a
majority of SO or joint ballot; rs counted by the
Governor and Council the FusouIsts have 26 ma
ority on Joint ballot. Tho Governor and Council
have thus. by their mode of counting. made a net
change of 81 in the two branches.
There is no instance either in the Senate OF
House. where they have counted out a Fnsonist
and counted in a Republican, or where they have
declared Fuslonist not elected who was reported
as chosen on the morning after the election.
The Council state that they found no errors in
any of the fusion districts either of House or Sem
ate, of sufficient note to cause their rejection.
SOME OF IHE PEKrEXrs.
The difficulty of securing access 10 the returns.
ever since the result was announced, renders ID
difficult 10 give the cause Of rejection In
all the cases The cause in four cities is
set forth IN a letter addressed TO the Republican
Advisory Committee by Mr. James W. Wakefield,
WHO asserts substantially, that the printing of the
blanks, upon which TO send the returns, was diff
fcrcnt from that of the previous year. aud was in
tended as share to bring abont the present con-
dition of affairs. Portland was thrown Out
because the word '' scattering" was uSci in the
return from a single ward 10 cover few votes and
was thus embodied IN the returns. In
skowhegan the Republican ballot had the
names printed in two coinmns instead oi one.
and for this 505 votes were thrown out. The stat
ute forbds the Council 10 take any notice Of the
character of ballot after the cillccrs receive IT,
but the Council set the law aside uucOnstitu-
iional.
I'm The Pennington district the entire vote was
thrown out because the total nunibrr cf votes was
inaccurately stated by an error in adding.
The town gave the Republican cand-
dates i37 votes. aud the Fusion candidates 401
votes The little plantation OF Perkins. caSsed with
Pennington gave the Republican candidates Is
and the Fusion candidate IA votes. Throw
ing out Farmingt the Council declared II Fusion
ist elected by one majority.
tfaul la In IN, 1eia ffa
reasons assigned for counting ont IN all
the seventeen districts hut member of the
Rep blcan Advisory sComm.tee desiress 10
have il stated that in no single
instance has il appeared before the Governor and
Council that false or fraudulent Republican vote
was clst in any city OF town, or that any
vote was returned differently from the intention
the whole aud in detail. represent the precise result
as it was counted aud declared IN open town meet
ing throu yhont the state. lhe reJections and
changes were wholly on technical grounds.
Some inquiry having been made as TO how
the Governor aud Council are divided between the
Democrats and Greenbackers, II Is proper To state
that Governor Garcelon ran as a Democrat, and
that two members of his Counci-MessIs Brown
aud Monroe-have been Democrats. The remaining
five members of his Council are Greeubnckers.
The certificates To Senators aud Representatives
were sent out 10y mail to-day. The canvass
OF county officers IL about completed. COM
mittee of the Council Is engaged in pre-
pairing statement TO Justify the count which
| they have made. An indignation meeting Is to be
| held on Friday evening.
In mis- letter Mr.. Wakefield asserts that the count
ing out process was evidently planned before the
| election vas held.