The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-20
GARCELON's GOUGING.
The Democratic Returning Board Of
Maine
Refuses to Allow the Returns to be
Examined.

AUGUSTA, Ne, November le.-Goyerno
Garcelon sat with the Council to-day botl
in the forenoon and afternoon session.
Hon. Andrew Lacy, Of Wiscasset, called
at the Council chamber in the forenoon tc
see the returns from Lincoln county. He
stated that he had been promised by the
Governor that he might see them. The
Governor stated that the conversation re.
lated to the returns Of the election for
county officers and not to those OF sena.
tors and Representatives. Lacy then
stated that his desire was to see the re.
turns ot tho County Commissioners and
Senator, but the Council declined 10 lei
him see the returns in either case.
Hon. E. G. harrington, OF Friesburg. A
member Of Governor Connor's Council for
two years, stated 10 the advisory commit.
tee to-day, that the uniform customs for
the two terms In which he was in Office.
was to advise parties In the interest Of de.
fective returns in all cases where their
rejection could possibly change the re-
suit Of an election, aud that the returns
we're in all cases freely exhibited. he cited
the Burlelgh.M .Madigan case, in which Hon.
Mr.. Madgian and Peter Charles Keerap,
OF Aristook, were permitted to spend a
long time in examining the returns from
every town and plantation in the county.
No communication having been re.
ceived from Council in response TO them
by the Senators elect, SIessrs. Baker 4
Baker, counsel, addressed them the fol.
lowing letter this afternoon.
AUGUSTA, Me-, November 10.
To he Honorable Gorernor and Council of
he State Of Maine:
We beg TO call the attention OF your
honorable body TO the communication we
laid before you yesterday. After its re-
ceipt you continued in session for some
hours, and to-day you held another session
lasting the entire forenoon and up, indeed,
10 l o'clock Pm. We cannot wait over
your adjournment Of this afternoons ses-
sion without endeavoring to impress on
your honorable boal d the great hardships
and wrong under which our clients are
suffering in consequence Of being exclud.
ed from the examinations OF election re-
turns. You have by official order, duly
recorded in the office OF the Secretary Of
State, declared that the twenty days
allowed by the statute for application for
corrections, should begin to run from
Monday, the 18th inst. We are now At
the close Of Wednesday, the 10th, and
have lost three days OF the legal period
According TO the terms OF said order. ex.
the three Sundays, November %
and 3Oand December I, we should only
have fourteen days for actual exam.
nation OF the returns, II We were
permitted access to them tomorrow. One
81 our clients has received suggestion
from q member of your honorable board
that he might get certified copies OF the
records from the town clerks OF all the
towns in this county. Putting out Of con.
sideration the labor and expense OF 90 do.
lngt we hereby submit to your honorable
board that, after the certified copies had
all been procured, our client would stand
where he stands to-day. What he
needs 10 know, and what the statute gives
him the right TO know, as we respect.
fully submit, is whether the returns before
your honorable body are in all respects
as regular as whether they are detective
IN those points for which tho statutes
provide mode Of correction. II regular,
there remains nothing to be done. II
irregular and defective on those points,
which are curable by a reference 10 the
town records, then the party interested
may procure the necessary certifcatious
from the Town Clerk. 1t surely cannot
be necessary to argue before your honor.
able Board that the Law giving the right
to correct errors carries with il
the necessity Of the right to ascertain
what these errors are. 1t could not pos
slbly have been in contemplation Of any
law making power 10 confer on parties ia.
teres;ed the right to correct errors in the
returns, and at the same time TO give To
the Government aud counsel the right To
say that these parties shall have no on
portunity to find out the nature and ex-
tent OF those errors. With great respect.
your obedient servants,
BAKER & BAKER, OF Counsel.
When the messenger bearing the letter
reached the State House at half.past four
Q clock he was informed that the council
had adjourned over to Friday. Itis now
understood that the question OF the right
OF Senators aud Representatives elect to
examine the election returns in their own
cases by themselves or counsel, will be
tested by the proceedings before the Su.
Preme Judicial Court. It ia said that
Chief Justice Appleton is the Judge he.
lore whom the proceedings will be taken.
ThIS:is Good.