Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-05-11
LOGAN.
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BOWLER OF SUMEkgIILE.

We lind in an article by +. NJ. fogg, In
the GreenbGck-Labor Chronicle, the follow
Ing affidavit;
/ 10 all lrhom II may concern
This certities that we, David Chadwick
and Henry II. Clark, selectmen or the town
OF Someryille. Lincoln County, Maine, for
the wear A. II. 1879, were present AZ the
annual State election In said Somerville on
the Sth day OF September, 1879; aud that
when the polls were closed and votes or
ballots cast were counted and declared,
Mr. 4. b. Bowler, town clerk OF said Som
erviile. took the ballo:-box aud the returns,
which he said he had in his possession, and
we gave said Bowler authority 10 use our
names 10 said returns a. selectmen on his
arrival home. We were about the last that
LEFT the place OF election. Mr.. Bowler
made no returns Of said election on said
sth day OF September, neither did he have
a pen in his hand that day to our knowl-
edge. he checked the list OF voters rs
the ballots were cast IL said Bowler
had made any return or part OF return OF
said election on said sth day OF September
we should have known OF that fact. We
LEFT the place OF said election soon As the
polls closed and the votes or ballots were
declared, and no returns were made by us
or Mr. Bowler that day.
ID. CHADWICK,
HENRI ID. CLARK,
selectmen OF Somerville.
Somerville, April I'd, 1850.
STATE or MAINE, LINCOLN ss.-April I'd,
A. u. 1880.
Personally appeared ID. Chadwick and
Henry ID. Clark, Selectmen OF Somerville,
and made oath to the truth of the forego-
ing statement by them subscribed. Before
me, y. Il. BOWLER, THAI Justice
Now il Fogg, and the editor OF the
Argus, who has republished Fogg's article
containing the above affidavit, will exam
inc the affidavit below, they will see that
they have not proved the Hale report false,
but instead have proved If they have
proved anything-that A. b. Bowler is a
liar and perjurer The following is copy
of an affidavit made last December by this
same Bowler, in his own handwriting, the
original of which is now in the possession
OF the Hale committee
/, Arson Is. Bowler, town clerk or SON.
erville, Lincoln County, State of Maine,
hereby certify that at the State election
held in said Somerville, on the sth day Of
September, A. d. 1879, for the election OF
State and county officers, in making the
official returns of said election, returned
the name Of the Senator, Andrew X. G.
Smith, as it appeared upon all the ballots
cast for said Smith, that said return ,ods
made up, dRd signed by n.yseif aud Select
men in open tO,cn meeting, and delivered by
myself. in person, TO the Secretary Of State,
at Augusta, Maine, on the ninth day of
said September. And il said Senator's
name appears with different initial letter
or letters, in said return, they were changed
after leaving my hands.
(Signed) ANsoN B. BOWLER,
Town Clerk OF Somerville.
LINCOLN ss.-December 81, \. y. 1870.
Personally appeared Arson B. Bowler,
and made oath that the foregoing affidavit
by him signed is true. Before me,
(Signed) ALBERT L. SoULE,
Justice of the Peace.
Now let Fogg and the Argus try again
to prove the Hale report false, by lying
and perjury, if they like it.