The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-16
A Greenback Organs Statement OF the
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out and has counted out until finally
Il l. caught IN the trap ii 90 skillfnlly
CONSTRUCTED for Others. few partisan
papers call the present action 81 the
Governor and Council "a steal" But
we consider II a rather magnificent
piece II business for a .~.blatherskite
Council To perform.
WHY should not the Republican party
be willing 10 stand by the Council!
They have followed the law and h
Constitution in every particular. II
any blame attaches to any one II at
fachest to the Republican own officers
Neither hiss the contingent been con-
tined to Republican towns alone light
Greenhack and Democratic towns were
counted ont in Pcnobscot County alone
and every one gave a large Greenbaek
majority Those towns were Carmel.
Prcntiss. Vim, Greenfield. Eddington,
Newburg- C0rinth and Medway- The
Council confined themselves strictly TO
the face Of the returns They clearly
had the right to attack the validity of
any returns which would have given the
G~reenbackers several additional mem
bers in the House. and o%yerthrown the
result in Auburn and the entire county
Of Androscoggin- But the only change
made in Androscoggin j. in the Lisbon
district. where fraud Is 80 plain on the
face Of every return that il was impos-
sible to count those places
Beside all these. many afiidayits
were sent in 10 the Governor and Coun-
eli proving beyond doubt that neither
Lisbon nor Webster had any record Of
the election proceedings Of any kind
This vas admitted before the Council
By the Town Clerk Of Webster. and by
one Of the SeIectmen Of Lisbon, in evil
dence. At the examination on Ardros-
coggin County officers il further APP
peared that iitty-fiye names were added
10 the check lit in Lisbon on election
day. and AL those men or nearly all Of
them. we're bought To vote the Republic
can ticket Probably there never was
a more fraudulent election than the one
in Lisbon Auburn has not had q legal
! meeting This year and should BE- thor
oughly investigated and probably will
Ire when the matter comes up before
the next Legislature.
Eagle Lake. a Democratic plantation
in ArOosrook. was thrown out because
! no number " votes was stated opposite
the names Of one Of the candidates
4 The Democratic -Grcenback plantation
I. ~ Wallagrass Was thrown out because
: the whole number of ballots did not
agree with the several numbers of bal
(: lots FIR persons voted for. This planta-
tion. with several others in Dickey's
di~fric; that we're strongly Democratic
Greenlnck. came 20 near defeating him
that his majority Of several hundred
last Z was cut down TO seven votes
this a Alfred Cushman was seated
instead Of John Durham because a list
II votes was not sent IN with he re-
: turns from the several plantations.
Y which l. especially required by the
: Constitution. The same was true in
: another case. that II John H. Brown.
: who secured the largest number of
= votes from places where tire returns
Z were legal. The returns from Little
: ton. q strong Fusion town. did not give
the whole number II votes and II had
' ia be thrown out under the strict pro
: visions of the Constitution. Portage
Y Lake plantation was thrown out be-
= cause signed by clerk pro tenn
Z In Cumberland County the own Of
: Harrison which cast = large opposition
: majority was thrown out because ths
u whole number ~ votes was not in con
y formitv TO law The Portland case Ia.
\ been discussed nj length in the papers
= The Constitution declares that the Sc
! lectmcn shall make = list Of the mum
q her u persons voted for, with the mum
y her II votes for each person against hi
!. name: shall make q fair record therec
= in open town meeting. etc., and shin
= transmit a copy Of the list TO the >ecre
: tarv's Office. etc. and the Council
= from the list If returns. shnH determine
Z who l. elected In Portland they Iii
. not make up a Constitutional return
and the Council could not recog
Y nfxe II. therefore. A. n return NJ all Tn
- action 81 the Board Of Mayor and Alder
Y men in Portland. after they ha'
M a-cer,ained that their return Dor
Y on it, face tine word scattering.
- j. conclusive proof that they di'
|. not believe the return was Constitu
y tf0nal. for they met in extra sesslo
- and corrected their record a. tina
y agreed precisely with the return. an
: then sent A. "A. Strout 10 August
II with a y Of the amended recor
= with instructions that he have author
"a ity a. substitute a copy Of this amende
= record for the original return whic
!, agreed exactly with the original rcccrs
y The Council could DO nothing but I
= reject this Intended imposition on tn
Z people Of the State. The Council. !
- canyas~inC the returns cannot 20 out
y side IL them 10 establish equities an
Is correct the face Of the returns b
z rarol evidence. They can only ~
4 ceive evidence 10 show returns M
= ~forgeric~. except in the case a count
y officers who are not Constitutional .
u iIcer-. II the Mayor and Aldermen (
s pnrtfarI can correct their record Am