Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-03-02

ley was the hepubllcan canuiuate fieanry
G. Walker. the Fusion candidate. AT
that time Walkers name was written
Henry c. Now it is &C. formed
since December by adding line to the
&C. in different kind of ink. The orig
inal &C. can be distinguished without
the aid of glass. l called the attention
of the fact that Walkers name was writ
ten "Henry c. instead of "Henry g..
and that he was the Fusion candidate.
Ii the return had been thrown out it
would have made difference of ~ votes.
think Messrs. Brown, Monroe and per-
haps Chase were in the Council Cham
Der. have no knowledge by whom the
change was made.
Ialsoexamined the returns from Brown
field, Dec. 8. Name of the town and
county have been written in since. |
made minute of the omission and spoke
of it to Mr.. Foster. Holding the r>turn
on the table so he could not tuin It over,
asked him if he could tell me. where 1t
was from. He said he could not. On
the back ofthe return the name appeared.
The name Alfred S. Kimball. the Fusion
ist County Attorney, also has the APP
pearancc of having been changed from Al
ford to Alfred. The erasure may have
been there then without my noticing 1t.
TESTIMONY OF hon. gro. c. WIG.
Hon. Geo. c. Wing testified: ! live
in Auburn. and am one OF the Rcpubh
can State Committee. came to Angus
ia to see the returns about Nov .. Do
not know whether made application
then or not. but did soon afterwards.
Dec. |. went to the Council Chamber
with Mr.. Savage to see the returns, as
had received assurance 70 that effect irom
Mr.. Brown, Capt. Chase, and perhaps
Fogg. Saw the returns for county officers
and took memorandums OF them. When
requested to see the representative re-
turns Mr.. Chase was willing, hut Mr..
Foster wished us to wait I'LL morning.
About $3.50 l was present at the ante
room and waited till about y O'Clock.
without receiving any reply 20 verbal
messages had sent into the Council
Chamber. Finally wrote this note to
Mr.. Fogg:-
DEAR Mn. FoGG II sincerely hope that
YOU will cudcavcr IL have IL HccOmmo-
dated by completing our examination, so
that we can leave town, - my business at
hpmc Is extremely urgent. II Cannot ne
accommodated will YOU obtain au appoint
meut at day and time certain, In the fu-
turc, when can be- permitted To examine,
when | will return. This VIII seriously
embarraSs me, besides causing expense
when n few minutes indulgence would I'M
ally dispose Of Androscoggiu. VIII you
/ kindly attend 10 this FOR me and acquaint
me with the result:
Sincerely yours, GEo. {. WING.
That this message was delivered TO the
Council appears from the following lndorse-
meut on It's back, in Foeg writing:
"Tha; the messenger be instructed TO
inform Mcssrs Wing, Savage aud B'soec'
that the Council have decided no, to sub
nit to an inspection Of returns Tor S>na-
tors and Representatives. as 10 defects IN
the returns can be changed.
"prNE PROVIDENCE" IN OXFORD.
By counting Buckdeld and Byownfeld
the Council succeeded in counting in the
whole Fusion board Of county officers. by
from 10 to 1873 majority. BY counting
on, Buekfeld the Republican County
Commissioner and Judge Of Probate would
/ have been elected, but the Fusion Coun-
Ity Attorney and County Treasurer would
/ also have been elected by a small MAORI.
Itv. BY counting out Bncktield and
| Brownfeld. as was done in all other eases
where the name of the town and county
were omitted from the return, the whole
Republican board would have been elect
ed. He.e then was one of the instances
where F6gg's divine Providence en-
ployed assiduously to pencil and paper,
and finally eliminated Fusion board OF
county officers. Great Is L knowledge OF
mathematics.
Perhaps there never was a time among
Maine politicians when the foundations
has been more tottering under the pillars
Of the Fusion party than now. No one
can tell where the lightning will strike.
As an instance, we have in mind the
present Fusion County Attorney Of Oxford
County. lie has Repeatedly stated that
he was not in Augusta or heard from here
during the counting out period, and also
made such a statement to Judge Virgin.
| But upon certain atfidayits of his are found
traces of his presence, while the register
at the Augusta House also shows that he
was here Dec 9.