Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-02
The Maine Case.

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IN impartial statement Of the facts on both
sides relative to the Maine outrage;
The House, which in the coming election
Of u Governor is a more important body than
the Senate, consists in Maine of l5l repre-
sentatives On tabulating the original re-
turns. il appeared that tho Republican can
didates had received majority Of 5000 on
the popular vote, although the Republican
candidate for Governor had but plurality,
and that 90 Republican against 81 Fusionist
representatives had been elected. Out of the
80 Republicans ~ were rejected altogether
by the Governor and Council, and no certih-
Gates were issued to representatives from
these districts, and in II cases certificates
were denied TO Republicans and given to Flu
sionists by excluding part of the returns
from certain districts, which accordingly are
represented not as the voters expected and
intended by Republicans, but as the voters
did not intend and never expected, by Flu
sonists. These changes give the Republi-
cans 81 representatives, the Fusionists 7S, and
leave IL districts wholly unrepresented, so
that the lower branch when it meets is not
merely Fusionist instead Of Republican as the
people willod but il consists of 1870 members
instead of 15l as the constitution commands.
The IL districts unrepresented are Port
land, Saco Lewiston, Bath and Rockland, all
Republican. In Portland part of the votes,
not enough to change the result were re-
turned as scattering" The constitution re-
qures that the names of all persons receiving
votes shall be stated. In previous years, and
no later than last year, when Democratic rep
resentatiyes received their seats under the
ruling, the Governor and Council have held
that the fact that part of the votes were not
properly given should not prevent counting
the votes which were. This year the Cover
nor and Council reversed this practice estab-
lished by precedent In Saco, lewiston
Bath and Rockand, only three aldermen
signed the return, instead Of the entire body.
| This failure was owing to the fact that from
the office of the Fusionist secretary Of state,
where it was well known that all the alder
men must sign an election blank, sample
| return was sent out to these cities, with blank
| spaces for but three aldermen. Only three
aldermen signed accordingly, and the Cover
nor and council, of which the secretary of
state is a member threw out these returns al
! together. This is one of those traps which
the supreme court may not be able to I'M
close, but the Legislature certainly can.
In the II cases where Republican repre-
sentatives were rejected and Fusionsts seat
| ed, five changes arose from the canvassing
board counting separately votes cast for the
same man, but under different naming, as
| for Francis w. Hill and +. w. Hill. This de-
feats the will of the people plainly expressed,
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