The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-31
Council, and exhortine his hearers to
stand by them and thus defend the rights

Council, and exhorting his hearers 10
stand by them and thus defend the rights
Of all citizens.
F. NJ. Fogg, OF the Governors Council,
was next introduced, In the absence OF the
Governor. He thanked the people OF
Portland on behalf OF the Council, and
said the Council may have made some
mistakes, but II he was 10 vote again he
would vote the same except in two cases.
He would throw out Auburn and An.
Rusta, For 32 years you have mot had an
honest count.
AUGUSTA, Nix, December 30.-The Gov.
etnor returned from Portland this even.
ing. accompanied by Hon. A. p. Gould,
B. T. Staples, Clerk Of the last House, Is
here. His duty will be to call TO order the
next House Of Representatives The Gov.
ernor is In consultation this evening with
A. p. Gould, and 1t Is reported that he Is
preparing a reply 10 Governor Morrill's
letter. The Governor wishes II stated that
he has given no authority for the state.
ment that he had refused to submit cer-
tain questions 10 the Supreme judiciary
Court. When We went 10 Augusta,
though we were aware OF the bulldozing
and fraud, we were determined TO give The
people Of Maine an honest count, and you
got tit
The Bangor Wing, leader Of the rebels,
said: We did not dareto count ANYBODY
out il We had thought OF it. II We had
followed the Republican precedents we
should have stolen everything we could
have laid our hands on, In five years
more your State would have been bank.
rupt. He described Senator Blaine seated
at Augusta drawing strings attached to the
party journals at Bangor, Belfast and
Portland with collars about their necks
marked ~. G. B." He was not here 10
defend Council, but to attack the Repub.
lians for twenty.three years of fraud.
He denounced the Republican party,
Senator Blaine and the Associated Press,
He said that Governor Garcelon had
never signed return in blank, but that
he had shown one signed IN
blank by Governor Connor. He
showed return from JOnesiord without
any writing inside, and from Carroll with
no votes against the names. II we had
been Republicans we should have counted
them in. He exhibited the Askowheean
double column vote, and said: "You can
bhNS NONO uGLQoo tu6 TOOIIl,
He read list OF the votes counted out,
showing that in fifteen counties in the
State 1888 opposition and l2,7S5 Repub.
lican votes have been counted out.
Take out the vote Of the cities which will
get their Representatives and you have
only 242 more Republican than The oppo.
sltion on the Representative ticket. On
the Senatorial vote there were counted out |
1904 opposition and $3.50 Republican,
only l,l56 difference. Take out the cities
and YOU have 524 more opposition Than
solon Chase eulogized the Governor
and Council and denounced the Repub.
liCans.
The resolutions adopted declare that
the votes having been honestly canyassed
in accordance with the Constitution, law
aud precedents, the decisions are binding
and to be obeyed by all good citizens;
demand that the Governor suppress all
disorders, and pledge support to every
measure necessary for that purpose.