The Portland daily press., 1880-03-10
Torrey Of Bath.
Bath Times


Portland Argus of the 4th.
The Bath special correspondent of the Port
land Press sent despatch to that paper giving
an account of the election, in which he said 20
F. B. Torrey, Esq, chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, voted a full Republic
can ticket.
The result of the city election is a complete
rebuke to the great Garcelon steal which dis
franchised this city on technicalities.
Mr.. Torrey sends US circular issued by the
Republican city committee in which the COM
mittee say
Let the Republicans of this city maintain
the honor and integrity OF their party, and re-
sent the vile ISLANDERS of Frank Torrey and
William Lord (of Birch Point notoriety) by
electing Names gallant defender by rou sing
majority!
Remember General Hyde is the Republican
nominee for Mayor.
With these extracts our readers will see the
points OF Mr.. Torrey's stirring reply:
BATH, March 8, 1880.
To the Editor Of the argus:
enclose in this special despatch taken from the
columns of the Press which is absolutely false in
cry particular. also enclose a circular issued by
the Republican city committee which shows on the
face that was not thought to be acting with the
Republicans by their city committee
Now then, inasmuch as both documents came from
the same source it plainly proves that the person
that dictated the despatch knew that it was false at
the time. The citizens of Bath called caucus to
nominate temperance candidate for Mayor: they
nominated Reuben S. Hunt, ESQ.,. who is one of our
best citizens The Republicans called caucus and
nominated General 7. W. Hyde. The Democrats
and Greenbackers called caucus and by request of
a large portion of the caucus, / advised that we
make no nomination, but give our support to the
citizens candidate. l voted for Reuben S. Hunt
the citizens candidate; he needed only one hundred
and forty votes to elect him Mayor over the
strongest candidate that the Republicans could put
in the field Thus it is evident that instead of Gov
ernor Garcelon and his Council being rebuked in
Bath the Republican party has been rebuked for
their corrupt management in the strongest hold
they have in the State. Respectfully yours,
FRANCIS B. ToRREY,
Chairman of the Democratic State Committee.
No one could possibly raise any objections to
Mr.. Torrey making an explanation to his
Democratic friends of his political actions, but
we do most seriously object to his character
izing the PRESS despatch as 'false in every
particular" and we object to his misrepresen-
tation of the matter, as he certainly misleads
his friends in his attempt to show that he only
voted fer Mr.. Hunt for Mayor.
Possibly Mr.. Torrey may not know how he
voted, or possibly he feels aggrieved at making
such an egregious blunder, for no one supposes
that he voted the Republican ticket in good
faith, and he little thought that the same
would be published throughout the State on
the following morning.
We claim, however, that his political action
on Monday last was strictly consistent with all
of his political actions since 1876. The PRESS
despatch referred to was true in every particu-
lar, and for the information of the Democratic
State Committee and their party friends, we
would say that Mr.. Tcrrey voted for Reuben
5. Hunt, Esq, an answering Republican, for
Mayor, and for the Republican nominee for
Alderman, three Counclmen, Warden, Ward
Clerk and Constable for Ward five.
Mr.. Torrey says, "Thus it is evident that
instead of Governor Garcelon and his Council
being rebuked in Bath, the Republican party
has been rebuked for their corrupt manage
ment in the strongest hold they have in the
State"
Let us analyze the vote of Bath on Monday
last. There were but two candidates for May
or, Gen. Thos. w. Hyde, regular Republican
nominee, and Reuben S. Hunt, ESQ.,, temper
ance Republican, and the two received 1884
votes, of which number 937 were Republican,
and 257 Fusopists, showing Republican ma
jority of $50. AS the Fusion vote was about
equally divided between the two candidates,
by deducting their vote it would show Re-
publican majority Of S37 against Republican
majority last spring of 1876, and Republican
majority last fall of COZ.
Gen. Thos w. Hyde rendered most valu-
able service in rescuing the State from the
villains who attempted to steal it, and R. S.
Hunt, Esq, condemned most emphatically the
infamous crime, therefore it is right and just
to assume that Bath has spoken in unmistak-
able terms of condemnation of the great crime,
and has most severely censured the present
chairman of the Democratic State Committee
for the part he took in the great conspiracy,
and he who would claim the result of our cleo
ton last Monday, as a rebuke of the Republic
can party for their corrupt management in
the strongest hold they have in the State, is
willing to publicly acknowledge himself an
ass. REPUBLICAN, Cry COMMITTEE