Ellsworth American., 1880-03-25

thr expression OF the wish that eysrG member
Of the legislature should, before the session
ends. visit tbe committee rooms AMI insna,t
those evidences OF the crockeluess OF the late
Governor and Council for himself " thi.
I shat br done. half the wort ~ your cognlnii-
tee In exposing the coatuci of prneea,sinr.
taken by the late Governor and Cuuu "a will
b.. done.
From the beginning Ia The end az the t.h,,.
.atton~ they arr marke1 tv erls.tlr,,, sna ~ttl,-
-liiuiion OF figures, both - iha columns ail IN
the fooIngs. and also Of uames in the margin
aud this - made startling 10 IT, forre rs a trs,
- evidepcr by the fict~. which hyc i,seu
shown ~ testimony. That the "tabulagjous" for
senators and Representatives are not the tir.t
ani formal ones made. aud upon which cor
r'ctt N might fur4liv b. expected Ia b.
| found. hu' ilFe final records upon which thu
| reports sR'l li>'s Wrrc madr up.
The ~ st~' fonud iu Tire reports Of the Com
mitire on Election krtmrns. show the same
rem1rk able it.atur,-.. the hrSt r,port draw,
! up By the committee shows repeated ca~e- of
I crstsurr-. inir riiuea'i9as aul substitution.
Z which were na3' before the lists" woulL
snit. and - fhat q wouid show The requisite
| numi,cr or kopr,.~a rtati,r. ~ the .rlrht
/ stsnp'-to use Governor Gsr~rlon's phrase
/ In the ieft-hdnd tp4raiu &C.. fho r.port ON Tho
Representative lit. rsad a.. .H u the right
/ stamp L marked wi-h letter "a" and Il /.
Noticeable that ia ilir rs-H % Oliver T.. -a.,I,u
! oi t'ould-bnro hi naue Wa. 'irsi wri f.ii Il,
nid then erased aud hi. grecuback comp. ltus
4 James flyc. substituted. hut 50 Asggs,nt W.
the case That iu company with tn letter &c,
" ihe margin indicating MIR " & ,uti-.t
| j. an interrogation mark "r' =, 4. y. that
I whoever ws- making up the '.iis au dua.
! nciion he-iiaind aud had question wh .rr ih.
ca,c wss not too bad To stand upon.
sCrFREssIuSs ASD suHoIlrtu mons.
In ~" examination 'of fhr eases ~ here th,
/ original returns have been suppressed ard o,,,
! returns substituted tn their placr. for the t,,r
4 lu~e Of en'bling the Governor and Canucii T..
HzEfN al sfF aaHk A..
4 nf fusion mrmhcT.. your committee have t.e-,t
4 embarrassed Us the fact that sucn ncw return.
/ have been made upon official blanks identical
with those issued by the SECRETARY OF >tat. q,
the clerks of the several ciIieS towns and r.i.n.
Z tatons. prior to the election. In a.nta.l every
Instance the official envelope 10 which tbr.,,
new and substituted returns were tnrv.gtlrd
( 81 the >"crctary Il state and which NUT haN,
! bptuc In II" io.t marx, thr datr of mailing
have brcn destroyed leaving ~ "A rule the new
return 10 BE- filled Ia place o( the onr suppress.
ed. without any evidence To the return Itself
. which would b. likely 10 lead tn the tl.fr.ii.u
oi the fraud. The rxpen.~ of sutufnarinr ti,.
. municipal oliirer- wb" made up the cction rs-
iurnst- - large. and the time lpr invest rzaiine
80 >b"ri tht the com litiar have i--r. oblts- ia
examine Ouiy those eases to n hon tH.tr .fgru-
tinn tA- been called either bN th. appearance
Of The urn it, n, tho alteration l4 iho iahu-
. latou., or Information rsrr',si ftssn sut-plr
tarilr. sufficient ruWlrr ug ta-r. have
hrrn examined - establish iAe t,.t beyond
controversy ihst M. practise IT sulpry~ .ius
defective returns from pip-rs gistns Nlslou
~ '' t''. 'H'''. i'' '' "'h.F- Wh''h
,""'"' I'''n @ : n, ~, "A''' y. :" e'iaht'-h"l
rcf'tiiUE &. raiu T'guru.. dis lp-itg Teputltgsu
. "a jnriiis-. Has rr-"rtri 10 when K wa. guuf
a. o. n"crs.'Tv 60 The c,rciilu of FUSION nom
. l.r~
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"' 'H,s' 'A''' p "N''++'fd ht fhr testimony
which argutDu aIilss tht# tttuF.
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