Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-05-18

was.
| Now is this the true number of votes--one
hundred and thirty-tnree votes?
Yes, that is the highest.
What is the difference between that return
and the one you first made?
No difference. any more than the name.
| Whose name?
ga. R." instead of "Andrew R. G.. :" that
is mistake in me.
Was there anything in the letter which you
| received giving you that name!
No, sir.
DO you mean to say that that paper that
was sent to you didn't contain the name of
Andrew A. X. Smith?
No. sir.
Didn't contain that:
| No sir; that is a mistake of mine. Ifthere
| is anything wrong in this matter as far as
neglect or carelessncss is concerned, or mis-
| take-it is mine ! am sorry to say.
| What was the object of getting the second
| return?
| don't see.
| Haven't you any knowledge at all?
| No. sir, haven't.
| And did YOU intend to write that name cor
rectly?.
| Yes, sir; this is the first time that anything
ever came up but what was right with my
record.
BY Mr.. Cook:
The first mistake you ever NADER
Yes, sir.
BY Mr.. ingalls,:
Where was this return made?
| At my house, in my dining room.
! Where did you keep your clerks book?
| In a secretary have in my house.
| Have you known Mr.. Smith for years?
| Ihave seen him occasionally; never was
acquainted with him any more than l have
been with some other men who have lived six,
eight. ten or dozen miles from my place ; he
never was my family physician, but l have
seen him occasionally l went to him to get
one or two affidavits five or six years ago.
Within the past two years l have been quite
well acquainted with him; his name is An
drew X. G.. Smith l don't know what the
initials are for; my records are here now
there is the book. have been clerk,
don't know how many years since first chOs-
en- in 1856: have been clerk some four or
five years past always take pride in having
my records correct, and l had rather lose the
last hundred dollars l had in the world than
to have a mistake like this come up; feel
| bad about it, but cannot help it.; it is my
negligence or something Of that kind?
What are your politics?
/ have always been a republican; l have
been a republication l don't know how
many years, and may continue so and may
change,-I cannot tell.
BY Mr.. Cook:
You said you could not remember anything
there was in that letter?
don't seem to; l took the envelope off II
and took out the blank.
Now cannot you remember thing that was
in that letter. You say you never received q
| hlnuL koEc
remember anything about it,
| l didn't think it amounted to much any
way. thought there might be some clerical
error of mine between the clerks return and
some papers had sent that were sealed IN
and signed by the selectmen; didn't know
but there might be something wrong, and
they wrote to me to find ont-see whether
it was my mistake.
By Mr.. Strout:
This was only six weeks ago?
1t was some time In December.
DO you receive many letters.
Yes get as much mail ~ most ANYBODY.
BY Mr.. Cook:
/ Don't you remember that Glidden stood
right by your side when one of the select.
men was on the other side of you, and told
yOu that Mr.. Smith asked him to see tina,
his name was made right, A. he had sever.
al initials, and don't you remember that he
said to you that the G looked like &C.
ank asked you to correct it?
What I say I have got to answer posi-,
lively; and since you have spoken, It seems
to me as though he did speak to me something
about it; but the words he used CANNOT
tell you.
To satisfy him didn't You make . good G
right there!
never made q bad G very often; make
them in such way that.
You are pretty sure he spoke to you about
the G.?
1 won't say he did not; 1 don't want To
say he did not; if I was geing to say, l
have an impression that he did say something
but don't want to swear positively.
Would you be pretty sure that there was
G there, if he had spoken 70 you about
it?
think there must have been G in IL.
Wouldnt you be willing to take your oath
that there was G in there when you made
up that -?
should give my oath twice that there
was. where wouldn't once that there vas
not
With your recollection of what he said to
you about it, won you now be willing to
| swear there was q G in it:
Yes sir.