Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-22
TELEGRAPHIC.
MAINE.

Jewell, CDAlI mdn Vi TIC u1llOAoA A0
publican Committee: left Maine on
Tuesday last. Intelligence reaches me
here to-day indicating that the tele
graphic report of woes, as puOlisneo
nv the associated press, is in some
Casrs moultleu Uy cAe4ES 4~tu11-s, =. I
thew reached the Office of secretary OF
state. where they Ale open to the in
.nLc, ion of the public. These mOdlf-
cations are of such q character as to
render a contest between Davis an0
PlaIsted extremely close, possibly
recurring the official returns TO deter
milne which is elected. The official
returns can not be counted or even
opened until the meeting of legisla~
ture IN January. The cry of fraud In
the count, as put forth by Mr.. Chair
man BarDum, is sufficiently answered
by the fact that both parties IN Maine
have recourse TO precisely the same
authority for their figures. First, the
telegram OF the associated press, and
second. the clerks returns rom the
several towns, and the agent or the
associated press at Portland, MI
SieOhen Berry, is implicitly trusted oy
All nar,i.s. aud is Incapable of wIilIul
mi.stalemeuL or evasion. HIS ex-
perience Iu SUNNI rI2iDg The election
returns is ali along as varied rs any
man III the county. Up TO this hour
there is not particle Of dispute be
tween parties IN Maine TOUCHING the
relurus from elUgIe town. The ouly
possible oppUrtuLi y for frauds in the
elecIInn Te,urus under our laws Is III
the FieL ch plantations VI AToostook,
where the assessors sign leturus ex-
pressed in language with which they
are entirely uuacquainted. Tue dem
Ocratic Eug ish-s spe aklng agent, VINO
makes out the returns, has
abundant opportunity for misstatIUg
fac 3. l do not assert that the roturbs
from these plantatIOns aTe fraudulent,
for I do DOt know 1t; but do assert
and do know LGaS frauds have been
committed there III past years by the
Democrats agents. l repeat, that no.
where else III Maine is fraud practica-
be. The fraud of last year WAS rot in
the returns at &ll, but consisted wholly
in Gov Garcelon aud bis council re-
j-cting returns that We're honestly
and regularly maue. Mr.. Cnairman
Barnum Is also ia pal able error when
he assumes he eiecal"n returns should
be at Augusta the day alter Ghe ele c,ion
He fOrgeLs That Maine 10 iarger In ter
ritOTy than the other five New Bug
land states together, and that the
SOU hWt sternmOst town in Maine Is
nearer to any point in the state OF
Delaware. Nearer, indeed, the city Of
BaltImOre than IL Is the French plan
tatIOns, on The upper st. Johns, by
any practicable route. In thIs
8 atement / speak of actual dis
tances. Ia point of ume ,he
cumt ArisUn would be- still more
striking aud sigblticani, for a man eau
go from Augusta to Chicago as quick
ly as be Can go from Augusta 10 Fort
Kent. The LaIk of BarDum about the
fueiOnists of Maine being counted out
is mere rant There is not demo-
cTat or green hacker in Maine who
has the slightest fear of euch re
suit. The late CIV. Clifford, of Mas
sachusetts, used 10 boast IL at the whig
party was The only Que then in eX>
isteUce that wO1ld count itself out of
power and surrender to its opponents
on an adverse majority Of Que vote.
Alluding to the case of Marcus Morton,
as governor, the republicans of Maine,
when beateu in 1878. could have re
tanned pDWer on two or three points iB
the count. Those who planned Gar
ceIou's count out of year later ex-
pected the repubIi 'aDs to do it AID
suggested a fear If it, but there was
no. single mem Der Of the party that
ever haT aTb0red such q though. II
Gen. P aisted shall have q single vote
more than Gov. Davis, the executive
Chair OF Maine for the next two years
i a. we'll assured t0 him as though his
msjori'y were 10000.
[~ig"td] JAS G. BLAINE.
New YORK, Sept. 21.-A dispatch
was received at the headquarters of
the democratic national committee
last night from Fort Kent, Me, Civ
ing Plaisted 100 majority, making
his majority in 497 towns 174. Five
towns still to be heard from gave in
1876, Talbot (dem.), 81; Conner
(rep.), 27.
PORTLAND, Me, Sept. 21-The re-
turns of all but one town, Sheridan
have been received, proving a plu-
rality of 179 for Davis, less 20, which
Sheridan gave the fusionists last
year But partial comparison made
with the returns to the secretary-of
state shows errors enough in the tel
egraphic returns to give c'ean plu-
rality to Plaisted. These returns
will have to be compared with the
returns to the secretary-of-state il
order to establish their correctness
and as soon as the secretary is hearc
from the comparison will. be tele.
graphed.
After a spirited debate unon The
question whether the greenbackerl
of Maine should fuse with the demo
Gratis in the forthcoming presidential
contest, resolution to fuse wa
carried, in spite of considerable OF
position. The following is a tex
of the resolution:
Resolved, That the election c
General Harris NJ. Plaisted to th
office OF governor by vote is unpre
cedented in the history of the state
and the reelection of our representa-
tlon IN congress is an unquestionabl
endorsement of our PRINCIPLES b
the state of Maine. We feel assure,
that when party prejudice shall n,
longer control our republican bretb
rem we will show an overwhelmin,
majority in favor of national prin'
ciples which will be responded to b
evatory state in the union that th
scuon of the state committe