Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-14
Bangor Whig.
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In the Representative district com posed
OF the town OF Pennington aud Perkins
plantation in Franklin County last year
SIS votes were cast In Pennington, with i
Republican majority of 81. and % In Per
kins plantation with Democratic MAORI
" of. Both elected the Republican by
S6 majority. Garcelon and his Council
upon some pretence that the record was
not made In Opeu town meeting distran-
chised Pennington, contingent its vote
of SIS. and issued the certificate TO the
Democratic candidate upon the one ma
jority In Perkins, the vote standing there
Ia Democrats TO Is Republican This
year Pennington threw soy IN all, +SI he
publican, aud 49, Democratic, and Perkins
10 Republican, and 20 Democratic, elect
ing the latter 10y majority. Rejecting
Perkins the Republican would be elected
by majority. The Republican candidate
appeared by attorney before the Governor
and Council and asked that the vote OF
Perkins be rejected from the count, under
the provision ia substance IN our Statutes
chap. 4, sec. -: III II does not sppear by
the return OF its organization, duly signed
by the assessors and clerk, made TO the
ONCE OF the Secretary OF State that the
plantation has been duly organized the
votes shall be rejected and not counted by
the Governor and Council The planta-
ton was unque>tiouably organized IN lS1e,
but no return was ever made % the Secre-
tary's Office, signed by the officers as re
guested by law. The assessors had signed
what purpOrted 20 be a return, although
defective In form, but that was not signed
by the clerk. For that reason It was
claimed thai the vote should be rejected,
SO leaving the Republican elected by >
majority. Instead OF DISTINGUISHING the
plantation, however, the Governor anu
Council unanimously decided they would
admit the original record OF lo5s A. PROOF
OF the organization, and counted the vote
OF Perkins and issued the certificate TO the
Democratic candidate.
The case OF Judge Of Probate for Somer-
set county was a more marked one StilL
A Republican lawyer eminently fitted Tor
the place. ran for the Office against Albert
Moore. not a lawyer, but for twenty years
past editor OF most bitter partisan week
~ sheet published AZ Arson IN that county
Less able than PillSbury or Emery he was
the peer OF either In the malignity OF his
attacks upon every man or measure favor
ing the preservation of our Government
nom the attacks OF its enemies and his
paper was blatant In the defence OF the
grand larceny OF the State attempted by
Garcelon and his Council lsSt winter.
Upon 4 canvass OF the entire vote OF the
county Moore appeared 20 DC elected oy =
majority. The Republican candidate ap-
peared before the Governor and Council
and claimed the certificate on The ground
that Highland plantation. IN that county,
which threw ~ Democratic majority, al
never made any return, whatever. OF tae
record OF its organization, 10 the Secretary
OF State and hence IL vote could not he
counted. Here was a case that would not
only Justify, hut seemed 20 demand The re-
lection of the vote That would elect the
Republican Judge for four years, by a mt
iority OF =. Instead of COuntlu. II out,
however. the Governor and Council al
mitied the original record OF - years ago.
and the testimony OF the town clerk aud
one ofthe assessors who were present AMI
took part In the organization, 10 show the
fact and copy oi the original recon"
riird 81 Tie time of hearing iu the NeCrt-
t.lN'> office. Ia Hn>ntr the requirement o!
The law. and counted The vote and issued
the certificate OF election 90 the Demo
cratic candidate, Mr. Moore.
These are two leading eases out of the
many OF irregularities, mistakes and I'M
perfect returns that came up during thu
Official count. liz every instance parties
have been duly notified. proper corrections
have been made in accordance with the law
and the facts aud IN the eutirc counting
snd declaration OfvOtcs 10y the Republican
Governor and Council this year, not a
citizen OF Maine has bceu di>franchi>cd.
not candidate deprived OF any right, nor
the slightest partisan bias entertained ID
giving 10 every honest ballot is lcgitimstc
recognition and full effect.
In the whole work OF canyas>in. the
Governor aud Council have been earnestly
united in the desire TO deal with impartial
justice, and 20 the only two lawyers on the
Board, Governor Davis and Hon. Lewis
Barker, the Chairman of the Committee no
Elections. especial credit i due for the
patient investigation and broad and equl-
table decision OF all legal points involved.