The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-03

Inc above is a fac smile of the name
OF the Fusion candidate for commissio ner
IN oxford county last fall as it now APP
pears ON the return from the town of Hebron
IL is evident that the middle initial of Mr..
walkers name has been changed from G to
a u. The alteration is so clumsily made that
IL IS OBVIOUS to the most casual inspection
The question arises therefore who made the
change? Was the alteration made before the
return reached Augusta or was it made sub
sequently? And in determining this point let
us look first at the return itself. In the ORR
glnal return it can be plainly seen that the
line which is added to the c to form the G is
in different colored ink OF course it is i'm
possible to make this difference apparent in
newspaper printing, but it is plain enough in
the original return. Had the change been
made by the clerk or the selectmen would
such have been the case? Certainly not, for
the return was sealed up in open town meet
ing and of course had any alteration been
made it would have been made in the same
ink in which the return was made. Select
mems desks at town meetings are not furnished
with several different shades of ink. This one
fact alone would be conclusive proof that the
change was not made by the clerk Or anybody
else who had the right to make it. But this
fact does not stand alone There is conclusive
and unimpeachable testimony from person
who saw the return soon after it was opened by
the Tabulators that it was then clear and dis
tinct with no part of the line which is now
attached to it. That testimony comes from the
Hon. E. c. harrington of FrYeburg. When be-
fore the Hale committee in answer to questions
he testified as follows:
Q-When you examined that return-ex-
amining the name of Henry G. Walker
calling your attention particularly to that-at
that time how did you find it written?
Al found it written Henry c. Walker"
By Mr.. ingalls,:
Q-December Sth.
Ayes; the evening of December Sth.
By Mr.. lStrou.
g. Did you make memorandum at the
time?
Q.-And know the party perfectly?
Ayes.
Q.-How do YOU find that written now?
A.-"Henry G. Walker it would be called
1 should think.
Q.-Has or has not the CO.. been changed
to sc, by adding line to it?
Alt has.
Q.-Whether or not you find the original
"C' still upon the paper, so it can be clearly
seen and identified without the aid of a
glass?
Alt looks so to me.
GLOW was it changed?
Al should suppose it was changed by MAX
ing an additional pen mark down.
Q.-Does it or not appear upon its face clear
ly?
Alt does.
Q.-Whether or not you communicated this
fact (of the error in the middle initiaD to any
person OF to the "Oxford Democratic
Al sent it to the Oxford Democrat.
Q.-Read to the committee the article in
that paper which refers to the name of Henry
G. Walker?
A.-"The town of Hebron gives Henry G.
Walker, candidate for commissioner, Y votes,
instead of Henry G. Walker"
Q.-I understood you to say you called the
attention of John B. Foster, one of the Coun-
Gil, to the condition of that return at that
time?
Al did.
Odd he make any remark about it that
you remember?
Ale asked me whether it was the Repub-
lican or Fusion candidate, saying that he had
not examined the returns and did not know
the parties
Odd you tell him?
Al told him that it was for the Fusion
candidate-that he was the Fusion candidate
Q.-So that fact was understood after that
by him?
Al told him.