Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10
Chr oxford democrat.
SUPPLEMENT.
THE ISSUE.

IHE ISSUE
: The three paramount issues
hat are To he fought out I'm the
campaign ,u Muiue this year are,
irst, whether the revotuttonized
state Government shall stand or
mIi second, whether the banks
must 70 or stay and. third. wheth-
err the bonds shall he paid, or
made over into N perpetual
debt. F0qq'S Chroniele.
BY forgeries in three towns the Council
certified full board Of Fusioh County
Officers in Oxford County. the forger-
les were in the returns from Hebron,
Brownfeld, and Buekheld.
The Hale Committee report as follows,
on the Hebron Case.
In the return of the town OF Hebron for
county officers of Oxford County, the name
of Henry g.. Walker. Fusion candidate ior
Commissioner. Was originally written
Henry c. Walker. but IL appears that the
letter c has been changed 10 u, oy the
addition OF a curved line or stem passing
down through the G., and below the me-
and en-. bling the Seventy-two votes thrown
for Henry q. Walker 70 he counted Tor
him. and they were SO tabulated by the
Governor and Council IL is evident upon
inspection that this addition has been mace
bv a different hand and with different INK
from the original letter. A. late as Decem-
Der sth. 1879, the county being very close,
the returns were examined by prominent
gentlemen from oxford County, and " was
discovered that the return was Tor Henry
c. Walker. and the attention OF joan D.
Foster one OF the Council, was called 20
H. n also appeared that soon after the
fact was published in the tII'ord DeI""cfa''
After this date il was changed from { 70
e.. the vote tabulated for Henry u. W alNer
instead OF Henry &. Walker. The trehoI
OF the hand Of the person making the
change i plainly visible under the mag
nifying glass, and diSclo>es the agitation
which would naturally attend such a gar
ing forgery. The certificate OF election
was given 10 Henry g. Walker, the r u>'oh
candidate.
The Council in their defense offer
the following explanation of the case;
The return for county officers nom the
town Of Hebron furnishes a rich field Tor
the Hale Committee. ltappearS that Henry
q. Walker was the Fusion candidate IN
Oxford County for County Commissioner.
Bur il is claimed that the Republican town
clark OF Hebron saw tit 10 write his name
Henry &. Walker. What reason this clerk
assigned for sending in 4 .ai>c ireturn ana
thus depriving Mr.. Walker Of the benefit
OF the votes thrown for him in that town
does not appear But the claim = made
that for some reason satisfactory Ca him-
self he saw III 20 il. The report Informs
the public that This wicked attempt ol TINS
Republican clerk 70 cheat Walker out oi
hi. votes in that town has hccn deicated
nv some one who has adcrd a line, 'n
ssdintrent ink" % the mendaclou> L, anu
CHANGED IL 10 a truthful c. lt this be -.
then the attempted fraud has been Geiyilteu,
and this clerk must feel very badly about
II. The question i. who wrote that diff
fareut ink" on that letter. The fact about
that Hebron return i this When iHe
return was opened for tabulaton tine Attcn-
ticn of several persons was called 10 lhI>
very middle initial. Then the letter WAS ADJ
in the same hand writing and the same
shade Of ink hut the popularity about %
was that the last downward stroke in the
curve Of the &. 10 e il was 10 be- called,
passed down acro>S the lower portion OF
the curve. - that il was difficult 20 deter
mine whether IL was intended for 4 { or
aG.
The name OF the candidate was not
known 10 any member of the Council ami
for the purpose of determining what the
letter was intended for, resort was had 20
the returns from other towns IN the county
where il clearly appeared 60 be Il g. The
Council therefore entertained no DOUBT
that IL was intended for a G., and 80 tanu-
lated H. They made no change In the
letter but Jet 10 remain - IL was when they
first saw il. or course the different INK
now visible covers up the original line,
and al that can now be seen i the 'diher-
ent ink and the different hand - much
utilized by the Hale Committee.
As first evidence 10 show the falsity Of
of this defense and the correctness OF the
Hale Report. We offer the following cut;