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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04
The Returning Board Methods in
Maine


The testimony which is being taken at Au-
gusta Me-, shows that the Fusonists had two
very different ways of dealing with what they
described as "fatally defective returns. Ii
the returns in question were those of Republ-
can towns, the action Of Governor Garcelon
and his Council was short sharp, and decisive.
The returns were thrown into the waste-paper
basket, and their convenient absence from he
tabulation elected the Fusion member. But
"fatally defective" returns from Fusion towns
were treated with extreme tenderness and con-
sderation. No one can have forgotten the
Spartan frmness with which the Governor and
his Council threw out those Republican re-
turns i'll which the clerk had carried out the
votes of candidates by the use !of ditto marks.
1t might have been supposed that the signif-
canoe of ditto marks was unknown to those
watchful guardians of p >pular rights, and that
they looked upon them as strange and cabalis-
tic characters But the Fusion clerk of the
Fusion town of Jonesboro used ditto marks in
his return, and he was waited upon, informed
of his error, and given second return to fill
out.
Again, the returns from the heavy Green
back town Of Brownteld were "fatally defec-
tive" in that they lacked the name of town and
county-an important omission which con-
ueniueu d1 ohoo any lSoPupiciu return III
which it occurred. But the words wanting
were kindly written in after the return. was
sent to the Governor, and someone also conSid-
erately corrected the spelling of the name of
the Fusion candidate Moreover, in the Flu
sion town of Addison a mistake was made in
adding the votes of two candidates which
should have been kept distinct. The clerk
was visited and requested to make out a new
return, and upon his hesitating to do so he
was threatened with the loss of his office. The
town was counted and tabulated, although the
return was not tcorrected.-BoSton Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04
The March Anniversaries.

The anniversaries of March are less warlike
than its stormy character might suggest; but
it has tolerably full list of prominent events,
especially as regards Russia and America. The
1st witnessed the opening of the negotiations
which terminated the Grim ean war. On the
I'd the present czar succeeded his father Ncho-
Jas, and General Sheridan defeated Early at
Waynesborough. The San Stefano treaty
marks the 3D. The 4th is memorable for
Washington's seizure of Dorchester Heights,
which made the English position in Boston un-
tenable. The Boston Massacre" of 1770 oc-
CURED on the 5th. The 9th and 7th witnessed
Napoleons victory at Craonne and his defeat
at Laon, in 1914. On the Sth occurred the
Merrimac'S attack upon the Federal squadron
in Hampton Roads, on the 9th her famous
combat with the Ericsson Monitor. The latter
day is likewise notable for the marriage of
Napoleon with Josephine. The 10th is the
birthday of the Grand Duke Alexander Alex
androvitch, heir-apparent of Russia and the
day upon which the Revolutionary Tribunal
was established at Paris, in 1892. On the 11th,
Prince Henry of England, afterward Henry
", defeated the Welsh rebels at Grosmont
the first of his many victories. On the 14th
his namesake, Henry of Navarro, gained the
battle of Ivry, celebrated by Macaulay in one
of his finest ballads. The Due d'Enghien was
kidnapped by Napoleon on the 18th, his mid
night execution at Vincennes coming six
days later. The same day witnessed General
Sherman's encounter with Johnston at
Averysborough, their final struggle at Ben
tonville following on the 18th. On the
10th occurred the birth of the late prince i'm
perial of France; on the 18th the British
evacuation of Boston. The Goth marks Ma
poleon's triumphal entry into Paris on his re-
turn from Elba, as well as the birthday of mis-
sou, the king of Rome. The present emperor
of Germany was born on the 22nd. The 9th
witnessed one of the hardest fights of MODERN
history, the famous Combat Of Thirty be-
tween an equal number of Englishmen and
Bretons, the latter being victorious. On the
same day France declared war against Russia
QSJ4) and England followed her example on
the 18th. The bloodiest battle of the wars of
the Roses, that of Towton, was fought the
2Sth, which also saw the first bloodshed of the
Sepoy Mutiny. The capture of Paris in 1914,
and the signature of the treaty of 1886 between
England France, Russia and Turkey mark the
30th, and the 3lst has the twofod distinction
of Napoleon's abdication and the death OF
Charlotte Bronte.-N. Y. Times.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

NEW YORK Times: The town and city
elections in Maine have resulted in great
Republican gains. 1t is evident that the
people, at this first election since the expos
ure of the Garcelon conspiracy, have taken
the opportunity to manifest their indigna-
ton for the party which is responsible for
one of the most shameful political plots Of
modern times. In an almost unbroken
series of Republican victories, it is notice
able that the cities and towns disfranchised
by the Garcelon gang have given largely-in-
creased Republican majorities. In Port
land, for example, where the combined
Democrats and Greenbackers had majority
of 40, in a total 5,S44, last year, the Repub-
licans have majority of 1924, in total
vote of $50, this year. The same result
has been reached in Bath, another disfran-
chised city, many Democrats joining to give
emphasis to the rebuke thus administered
to their dishonest leaders.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04
THE BLACK LIST.

Here is the list in black letters of the men
who, by an unhappy accident being in
important official positions, deliberately
abused their trust, perverted the laws which
it was their sworn duty to execute justly and
impartially according to their spirit and in
tent, who sought by wicked trickery to
thwart the will of the people as expressed at
the polls and who not only brought dis
grace upon themselves but smirched the
fair fame of the State whose officials they
unfortunately were. Their names and places
should be known of all men that they
may receive the just punishment of being
regarded as infamous by all good citizens
and that the rising generation may learn by
Their example the folly of being wicked.
To this, list is appended the names of such
other men as have taken Offices to which
they knew they were not elected, and who
become equally guilty by taking advantage
of the vile conduct of the original malefac-
tors:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04
THIS is the way the Springfield Republic
nnn lonlkS at the Sfpal

THIS is the way the Springfield Republic
can looks at the steal:
''The extraordinary run of bad luck by
which so many technical errors and omissions
arose in the certificates of Republican men,
bers of the Maine Legislature is now we'll ex-
planned by good evidence that when such er-
rors occurred in Fusionist towns they were
clandestinely sent home for repairs. In fact,
the testimony so far given before Eugene
Hale'S committee at Augusta conclusively
shows that the whole Fusionist scheme was
conspiracy of the most INSCRIPTIONS charac-
ter Gov. Garcelon perhaps did not know of
the extent to which he was played upon by the
other conspirators, though this is hardly prob
able, for letters are found, addressed to him as
early as November Is and II, by one B. Emery
Pratt, enclosing affidavits on which to throw
out returns. Now Gov. Garcelon at the latter
date professed great surprise that there should
be any suspicion as to the integrity of the
count, and denied that the returns had yet
been opened. Town clerks now come forward
and swear that returns which were made out
by them electing Fusionist members and which
were inadvertently defective, were returned
to them for correction or new blanks were sent
them on which to make out new returns. In
some cases the original and defective returns
have been found tucked away in out-of-the-
way places in the State House. The intent of
the Fusionists to steal State by fair means or
foul was sufficiently apparent last January,
but the unmasking of the whole scheme will
have great interest locally. The Republican
papers print the evidence pretty fully, while
the other side suppress it."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

Boston Transcript: The city and town
elections in Maine indicate that the
Fusion proceedings in the State sup
piled all that was needed to restore the old
Republican supremacy. The disfranchised
places speak overwhelmingly against the
men who attempted to deprive them of their
just share of political power. Garcelonism
and Greenbackism are both dead Hdown
Fast -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

DID Garcelon ever hear the story OF the
young man who took his sweetheart to the
bank of Echo Lake or some like place, and
went OF to illustrate its peculiar acoustic
properties by shouting with the full strength
of hls lungs, ''What are you doing there?"
To the young mans profound astonishment
and chagrin the echo came promptly rolling
back, Looking for you, you confounded
thief
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

Nor content with suppressing all the tes-
timony relating to the conspiracy the Argus
goes to the extent of suppressing the testi-
mony for the defense in the bribery investi-
CATION. 1t will make the Republican major
ity in Portland two thousand yet.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

THERE seems to be throughout the State
quite number of what Mr.. Church of
Cherryfield calls Republican Democrats"
A Republican Democrat is man who con-
demns theft and hates the thief
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

THE Hartford Courant gives this advice
gratis: Unless you have personal knowledge
of a positive character concerning the value
of mining property, don't risk your money.
1t is gambling operation which offers less
chance than a faro-bank or Il lottery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

Boston Journal: The Maine Fusionist as
he glances at the reports Of the town and
city elections in that State will come to the
sudden conclusion that the contingent
villainy did not pay as party investment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 4.

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munIcations that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Gard certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor. All railway, steamboat and hote managers
will confer favor upon by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

GARCELoN has heard the echo of which
he spoke Friday night, and it bears an ap-
pallingly close resemblance to "defeat''
What tricksy echo!
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

The Biddeford Fusion paper, The Peo-
ple's Defamer, is rivalling the Maine Stan
dard in bitterness and scurrility. Evil COM
munications at Augusta have corrupted the
editors good manners.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

DEMOCRATS are beginning to ask who
Hugh Jewett is. He is the darkest horse in
the whole stable.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

The Argus boom for Tilden has come to
sudden standstill. Is the Argus waiting
for reinforcements? a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

The Fusion party has fallen into leth-
argy. The count-out is a famous sleeping
potion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04
WORCESTER Spy: A general drift toward

WORCESTER Spy: A general drift toward
Republicanism indicates that some cause,
operating throughout the State, tends to
make the people of Maine better satisfied
with the Republican party, or to disgust
them with the Greenback and Democratic
parties. The history of the last three
months tells what that cause is, and there.is
a reasonable and sufficient cause The peo-
pie everywhere prefer honesty to fraud, fair
dealing to trickery, the frank and cheerful
acceptance of the choice of the people as de-
clared by their ballots to deprayed ingenui-
ty displayed in counting out men who were
elected, and counting in men who were not,
common sense and common justice to tech
nical constructions OF the law, and techni-
cal distractions of the popular Judgment
and choice, even if those technicalities are
not supplemented by fraud and forgery, as
they are now proved to have been in Maine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

THE resalt of the town elections so far
held in the State are as gratifying as the
city elections. Everywhere the forces of
Fusion and Fraud are put to rout. One of
the most significant signs of the Spring
campaign is the adherence of young men,
many of them of Democratic birth and
brought up in Democratic traditions, to the
Republican party. In not few instances
these young voters followed the advice of
their elders who though unable themselves
to break away from the party attachments
of a lifetime, counselled their SONS to take
the better way.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04
PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.

The undersigned have this day formed a copart-
nership under the firm name and style of W. F.
CAMERON g. co. for the prosecution of the Plow
and Cultivator business at the old stand No. 81
Preble st. Feb 26, 1880.
WE CAMERON.
JAMES II. WHITNEY.
feb2S DIV
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

In the course of the correspondence be-
tween Mr.. c. E. Church of Cherryfeld and
E. K. Smart, esq, Mr.. Church complained
that the Fusion Ticket in Washington coun-
ty was defeated ''for the reason that some
Republican Democrats worked against it,"
and asserted that eff justice or anything
like is done us, we shall have the county,"
That is, Mr.. Church proposed to count the
votes, not as hey were, but as he thought
they should be cast. The rule of interple-
tation which found favor in his eyes was
that advanced by Tabulator Fogg. Oh
you Rounds, we'll count you out anyway"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04

THE Gardiner Home Journal, which has
been inclined to believe in the honesty of
Garcelon and his Council, frankly confesses
its mistake in the following words:
We gave Governor Garcelon and his Coun-
Gil the credit of honesty in doing what they
supposed was their duty in strict technical
ruling in the examination of returns and issu-
ing Of certificates, but the result OF the present
investigation seems to warrant different con-
clusion. 1t seems to us now that there was
deliberate rmination-amounting almost,
if not quite, to conspiracy-to get control of
the State, by any means, fair or foul. Had
there been, as they contended, a strict con-
struction of law, even though a wrong might
have been done thereby, we think the people
might have overlooked the thing, and changed
the law, or been more careful hereafter; but
the investigation seems to prove that the old
fashioned rule Of "what is sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gander," was not that of the
Governor and Council, for the Fusionists were
allowed to correct, alter or change returns,
while no such privileges were allowed the Re
publicans.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-04
COPARTNERSHIP.
Dissolution of Co.partnership.

Dissolution OF CO-partnerShip.
VIHE firm of SMITH, LEWIS g. WRITTEN, is
Il this day dissolved by mutual agreement.
SMITH, LEWIS s. WHITTEN.
NOTICE.
William II. Chase, formerly of the firm of Chase
q Thomes) I. G. Lewis s. o. b. Whitten, have this
day formed copartnership under the firm name
and style of LEWIS, CHASE & WRITTEN, for
the prosecution of general fishing business viz:
Dealers in Ships Stores and Fishermen's
Outfits, Inspectors of Mackerel and Gu
rers of shore and bank fish,
All business of the late firm of Smith, Lewis g.
Whitten will be settled by the new firm.
T. G. LEWIS, r.a cf uor,u,.5 u,;.,
W. II. CHASE, Ell" VI or'As"" Hiei'
o. B. WHITTEN PORTLAND.
feb21 d3m
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-31
GENERAL FOREIGN.

MADRID, March 90.-The rivers Jucar and Sc
CARA and their tributaries overfiowed, and the
towns of .Alicara and Orihuela have been inun-
dated.
DARMsrADT, March 30.-Queen Victoria and
Princess Beatrice have arrived here.
BERLIN, March 30.-Herr Oppenheim former
member Of the reichstag, leader of the nation
al liberals and free traders, is dead.
LONDON, March 30.-A dispatch from Canda-
har to the Times says General Stewart has
marched for Khelat Ghelzai. An advance of the
whole force from Khelat Ghelzai and Ghuznee
will be made the 9Th of April.
The journal De ST. Petersburg says the mes
sages which have been exchanged between Emperor
William and the car tend to dsspate all recent APP
prehensions of trouble between Germany and Russia.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-31
The House.

WASHINGTON, March 30.-Mr. Morton presented
the memorial of mercantile and banking houses of
New York, praying the duties on sugar be assessed
upon the quantity delivered from instead of upon the
quantity entered into bonded warehouses. Re
ferrea.
F. Wood gave notice when the diplomatic and In
dian appropriations bills have been disposed of he
would call up his funding bills. The morning hour
having been dispensed with the House went into
ON the consular and diplomatic bill, which passed
without amendment.
MIR. Cymer reported the army appropriation bill
ard it was referred to the committee of the whole.
The report states that after deliberate study of
the estimates and full inquiry of various officers of
the war department, the committee had concluded
that the estimates could be reduced CTS, eav
ing the sum of S26, 800, which is recommended
in this bill and which is S3 700 less than the amount
appropriated for the present fiscal year. The bill
the report concludes, contains nothing but the abso
lutte regular appropriations for supplies of the army
Mr.. Blackburn reported back the star service def
cheney ill with Senate an endments and it re-
ferred to the committee of the WHOLE Mr.. Blackburn
stating he would call the bill up tomorrow.
After reading the journal the contested election
case of Bradley Simmons from the Second district
of Arkansas was then taken up.
J. H. Bradley, contestant in the case was permit
ted to take the floor and made argument in his
own behalf Mr.. Slemons, contestee, followed with
speech in support of his claims and Mr. Weaver
spoke in support of the claims of contestant Sawyer
sustained the majority report. 1t was concurred in
by all members of the committee but Weaver in IA
of the right of Semons sitting member to retain
his seat. During the speeches of Weaver and Saw
yer the House occasionally manifested its impatience
by shouts of "vote, vote" Neither of the speakers
however, abridged his remarks on that account but
cidents. Finally Sawyer yielded for motion to adj
journ and the House adjourned
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-31
THE PARTISAN EXAMINER.
Ho,r Ia Shielded His Political Friends II.
Martin County.
Fairmont Sentiuel-Rep,l

Martin County.
Fairmont Sentinel-Rep.l
The st. Paul Pioneer Press devotes nearly q
column of its space to labored and illogical
editorial in reply to the Seattneps structures on
the State Examiner Knox's non performance of
duty in connection with the Martin county
reasury defalcation. The Pioneer Press, it
should be understood. has undertaken general
defense of the State examiner and his official
acts, and unless appearances are deceiving it
has an all summers job on hand. In
order to shield its pet and explain away his
derclictions of duty, it shifts the response
bility on our excellent governors
shoulders, and blames him for not suspending
Hackett at an earlier day. There is no pos
sible doubt but that Gov. PIllsbury was con-
trolled by Knox's recOmmer' iations. He was
ignorant of the then existi,l; state of affairs
and Knox himself did not make such an ex-
animation of the treasurer books rs enabled
him to come within hundreds of dollars of the
amount of the defalcation. We are still fur
Their confirmed in this opinion from the fact
that MIR. Knox recommended the board of audit
to give Hackett q little tins TO make good the
deficiency. If, instead o. pursuing this
course, Knox had promptly occurred Hackett 8
suspension from Offices he no doubt could
have done-the defalcation would not have
men would have been able t. It least partially
secura themselves. hnoxs visit To fairmont
| in April gave the people confidence in Hackett's
financial soundness. He conveyed the idea
that the treasurer was all right, and the feeling
of insecurity which the bondsmen were begin
ming to be troubled with, at once vanished.
But the examiners responsibility does not
end here. When the board of audit
discovered that Hackett's defalcation was
much larger than it was supposed to be- Auditor
Lounsberry at cnce telegraphed the fact to Mr..
Knox and urged him to come and assist in I'M
raveling the mysteries of the treasurer's books.
The Pioneer Press says when Knox received the
telegram the work for which he was wanted
had already been performed by the board of
audit and his presence was no longer required.
This is untrue. Mr.. Knox we'll knows that
the treasurer's books were in such shape that
it required an expert to carefully go through
them, and there has not been time
since the defalcation when his services were
not required.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-31
THE GLOBE HOROSCOPE.
As It Casts its Light on the Chicago Mar
ketg.
Especial Telegram to the GIL,

Special Telegram to the Globe.
( CHICAGO, March 30.-To-day is the first in
three days we have had any foreign news. 1t
came dull and lower. Our market opened
lower with liberal offerings and prices declined
sharply to $1.13a4 for May. At this point
| there were considerable buying orders on the
market. 1t was strange maiket. No levity;
| no apparent excitement; every man buckling
! down to his work to get out, hoping anu pray
ing there would be no panicky feeling and
| wonderfully relieved when he was out of the
woods. The market improved somewhat.
Enormous bundles have gone into the market,
never to be replaced-no, never. Twas terri
BILE to think of. Many a poor fellow
gets drunk tonight and curses the
clique, famine-stricken Ireland and
everything connected with The wheat deal.
Tho fact is small crop of bears and good
deal of providence whips everything. Sun
shine and the feeling that crop prospects are
good breaks the bulls heart The closing was
April, S1.l215 May, $1.141f to $1.143S.
Corn-Larqe lines of long or crib corn were
thrown on tothe market at the decline. This
cereal ID now making considerable activity in
options and good healthy demand for ship
ping. The only thing that operates against
this cereal is the upward tendency of ocean
freight. Closing a trife higher, bIay $3.50,
June the usual premium.
Oats-The speculation the last week has been
very large indeed, and prices have suffered
severe decline, closing 301sc May, June the
same.
Provisions sympathized to some extent with
the decline in cereals. Outside of this influence
this product would have ruled higher. There
seems to be good demand for shipment of
lard and certainly there is consumptive in
quiry for meats. The general undertone is one
of great strength and left alone would I'M
doubtediy seek higher range of prices. April.
$i0.5715; May, $10.75.
Lard uuiet: 81 O2lL Nav Ribs S6 40 Nav