Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-08
More Boston Globe Forgery.

| Martin of Barring, and Joseph y Farrar %
Princeton, both in Washington county, IN
relation to the charges OF bribery maze
AGAINST them in the Boston Globe. Martins
statement is ia the effect that q man calling
himself Y. Tarbox, of Lisbon, had some
conversation with him about the election, and
represented himself as an agent of the repub-
lican State committee 10 obtain statistics
about doubtful voters and men who had been
bought to vote the republican ticket. Martin
saws he gave Tarbox no information that he
would not freely give to any person, and that
his report in the Globe concerning him is ut
terly false. The statement of Farrar is as
follows
Mr.. FARRARs SWORN STATEMENT.
Mr.. Joseph S. Farrar, of Princeton, here
bv certifes that on Oct. 18th last man call
| ing himself Tarbox of Lisbon, came into the
store where l am employed and entered into
conversation. Have since seen his statement
in the Boston Globe, which is largely false.
He was not introduced to me by Mr.. Martin,
as he states, and did not see Martin that
| dav nor two days after. TarbOx came in with
Mr.. Dresser, who introduced him. They
| were talklnR ABOUT tnt TcCtht SiNtt"" WIN
they came in. He made to me the same rep
reservations concerning his business that he
did to Martin and wanted to know how many
voters were bought and who they were.
| told him bought no votes, did not be-
lieve in it, and knew of none being bought or
sold. He made q good deal Of talk about
buying votes in Cumberland county, and en-
deavored to get me to say knew of votes be-
ing bought insisted that did not. Then
he wanted to know how much money was
spent for election purposes told him that
there were rumors about large amounts beinc
spent in our district, but they were false and
knew they were. told him how our votes
were scattered, that many were in the woods
getting bark and many others had to travei
far to get to the polls, and explained to him
how we had to hire teams and drivers to goat
ter the voters and get them to the polls. Dur
ing the whole conversation never mentioned
the names of King, Cross or Downes. He
then wanted to know how much money was
spent. and | gave him a statement of the
amount. I left in the various towns. Ny
statement was as follows rer6afim
waIte-siOoo left with Jas. Ripley and WIN.
Topsfeld-sio,oo left with y. c. Dearborn.
Eaton-ti0OO left with Brsnnin.
Danforth-t Is. 90 left with Tim McGraw
CodyyilleISs. 90 left with II. +. smith.
Plantation No. 21-el6,00 contributed.
These were all the names or figures in the
statement / gave him. l explicitly stated to
him that these sums were for the purpose OF
getting out voters, and not to buy votes, and
the smallness of the amounts shows that to
be fact, for it was distributed over terri
tory twenty by thirty-fve miles in extent,
and think in view of the runiors about large
sums spent in our district it is well for peO-
pie to know how little was really used. ex-
planned to Tarbox that most democrats were
dissatisfied with the coalition and that made
our success very easy after getting out all our
votes.
1t is apparent that the statement he pub
fishes is not the one gave him. Over half
of the published statement was made up by
him and nterlined in lead pencil on my state
ment, and have the original now, with his
interlineat0ns and additions on it. l never
signed the statement, but wrote my address
on the back of the papeI at his request.
The only things in his publication indicat-
ing bribery are the statements concerning
Jerry Merrill receiving hat and Nelson W.
Scribner Neither of these names were in ny
statement but are written in by him in lead
pencil, probably from some sheet report he
got The reference to the Codyville order for
boots is in lead pencil on the edge Of the
sheet and does not contain Dearborns name.
Any one who will compare my statement as
herein copied, with the statement he pub
lished, will see there is a very great difference
Even adding to my statement his own addi-
tons, as they are now on the original in my
possession. there Is still so great difference
from his published state ment that no one
could fail to see it at a glance. Yet the edi-
tor of the Calais Times, and his uncle, Judge
Whidden, certify that they saw the original
OF which the publication was copy, and
they so certify TO give the impression that it
was in my writing. In SO doing they must
have wilfully resorted to deception to help
out a self-confessed liar, who had been de-
tected and deprived of my statement; for any
one who saw the original could see at a
glance that it had been greatly altered and
added to, and even then was widely different
from the published statement.
Mr. Tarbox, or whoever he may be, got no
information from me showing anything ini-
proper or unlawful, for the simple reason that
knew nothing Of the kind to tell him. The
money distributed was for legitimate ex-
penses which must always be incurred to get
out full vote in these sparsely settled towns
j. s. FARRAR.
WASHINGTON, S., Nov. 4, 70. Subscribed
and sworn to before me,
G. +. GRANGER. Justice Of the Peace.
The FORCED PAPER.
The following 10 the document attributed
to Mr.. Farrar in the Globe:
Towns.
waite-Ieft with James Ripley and william
Tops6eld-I.eft with B. c. Dearborn, trader. 10
Eaton-Left with Brannon foreman In shaw's
n.c,..h .o 18th T;,,o.hv Mc<,,>~ co.