The Portland daily press., 1881-02-04

greSs from said First district, and their ballot:
so cast for you were received, counted and al
lowed, and thereby the plurality of the votes
for me was greatly diminished, to wit:
In the town of Gorham the following named
persons, no one of whom had such residence IN
said town OF Gorham as was required by the
statutes OF Maine to qualify him as an electol
for the most numerous branch of the Legisa
ture of Maine:-Frederick G. Tucker, q. ii
Milliken, Isaac Hubbard, Frank Pearson, Ed
ward f. Mayo William e. Thomas, Frank f.
Pearson and Edward FL. Mayo
In the town of Deering the following persons,
neither of whom had such residence in the SAID
town, as was requisite to qualify him as an
elector for the most numerous branch OF the
State Legislature, to wit:-Nelson Leighton,
Jr., and Lester Leighton.
In the town of Yarmouth Horace .. DAVIS,
who, at the date of said election, had no such
residence in said town as would qualify hlm as
an eector for the most numerous branch OF the
State Legislature of Maine.
In the town of Baldwin, Frank T. Cram,
James M. Dow, David Fl. Elliott, Frank M.
Lombard, Samuel r. Murch, Charles Il. Murch,
John Hanscom and James Stanton, no one OF
whom, at the date of said election, had such
residence in said town as was requisite to quail
ify him for an elector for the most numerous
branch of the State Legislature of Maine.
In the town of Limington, Samuel Bredeen,
Frank NJ. Bradbury, George III. Graffam, Ben
amin Harmon and George B. Watson voted
dence in the town of Limington requisite to
qualify him as an elector for the most numer-
GUS branch of the State Legislature.
In the city of Portland, in Ward 1, Mark
owen, who had removed from the city to the
town OF Deering, on or about the 18th of Aug
ust, voted for you; in Ward 2, John J. Crow
ley, James Curtis and William Coyle, without
legal right, voted for you, no one of them at
said election, having such residence in that
ward as authorized him to vote then and there
in Ward 4, Robert Walsh ard j. Grant Reed
voted for you, neither of whom had such resi-
dence in the city of Portland as legally au-
thorlzed him to then vote in said Ward; in
Ward 3, William L. Ewing and Frank Libby
voted for you, while neither was in fact legal
ly qualified, by sufficient residence, to vote
then and there; in Ward 6, Burleigh Webber
voted for you, and his residence in the
city was not such as legally qualified him 70
vote then and there; in Ward 7, William J.
Kicker, jan alien never naturaliZed, ivoted for
you. Joseph Graham, d citizen of the state of
Massachusetts,. and resident of Boston in
that.state, unlawfnlly voted for .you
In the town of WeStbroOk, one Pierce,
whose given name is unknown to me, voted for
you, without having resided in said town long
enough to legally qualify him then and there
to vote; in the same town l. d. Moulton voted
1or you, although disqualified by the fact that
his wife and child had become chargeable as
paupers and remained so chargeable at time of
said election.
In the town of North Berwick Simon Sta
pies, Daniel j. Twombly and Samuel Stewart
voted for you, although neither had any resi-
dence in said town sufficient TO qualify him
then and there to vote.
In the town of Naples, George Chute who
did not then and there have the necessary
qualification of residence, voted for you.
In the town of Brunswick, J. III. Marshall,
whose full Christian name is unknown to me.
and James Causland, persons of foreign birth,
and who had never been naturalized, voted for
you.
claim that all the votes above specified as
unlawfully cast for you should be deducted
from the total of votes for you.
shall also claim the right to add other
cases OF illegal voting for you, which may
come to my knowledge at any time before the
expiration OF the time allowed you by law for
taking your evidence in chief, and of which
may serve notice on you
AND further answering, and showing the
grounds upon which / assert the validity of
my election, and deny your right to be declared
elected, L say that at the said election for Rep
reSentatlve to Congress from the first district
OF Maine, persons duly qualified to vote at
SAID election, and intending and desiring to
vote Tor me, were deprived of the right and
privilege to vote as they wished and Intended
6y improper influences and intimidations, as
follows, VIZ: Charles Brown, a lawful voter
IN the town OF Freeport who was deferred and
lntimidated by the threats of a creditor, who
held mortgage on the farm of said Brown,
and gave him to understand that if he voted
Tor me at the said election, the mortgage debt
would be pressed. The name of said creditor
Is unknown to me. and, through fear of op-
preston by his said creditor, said Brown was
deferred from voting.
jeremiah OBrion of Portland, a legally
qualified voter of said Portland, intended and
wished to vote for me, but was in the employ
ment OF Benjamin Webster, and on the morn
NJ a nj fIn,, Au1A l.
employers family to drive the carriage to Var
moutli-an order which he feared to disobey
lest he should be discharged, and he was kept
IN that way absent from the city and deprived
of his vote.
Frank A. Cary, then and there entitled to
vote IN Ward in Portland, and who would
have voted for me, was intimidated by hints
from his employer, one Mr.. Lucy, that if he
voted for me he would be discharged from en-
ployment.
George W. Babb and Frank P. Patch, both
lawful voters in Ward in said Portland, at
said election, employed as engineer and fire.
men on the Portland & Ogdensburg railroad,
and Intending and wishing to vote for me- on
thu morning of election day had arranged to
return to the city in season to vote, by ex-
changing duty and work with the engineer
and firemen of an inward bound train, which
their train would meet in time for them to
reach the city and vote, but upon meeting the
inward train, were forbidden to make the ex-
change, and fearing to lose their employment
II they disregarded the prohibition, they were
deprived of the right to vote for me, and their
votes.
Charles Berry, a legally qualified voted in
Ward Z, in Portland, was unduly influenced
to vote for you by one A. W. Berry, when
otherwise he would have voted for me.
William III. Coffin, lawful voter at said
election in the town of Yarmouth, who wished
and intended to vote for me, was intimidated
and induced to vote for you by his landlord,
whose name is unknown to me, but who took
said Coffin from his house to the place of elec.
ton, held him by his arm and would allow no
one to speak with him until he had cast his
ballot for you.
And in further support of the validity of my
said election, answer and assert that Simon
B.agdon, VIM. B1agdon, Edwin B. Morse.
VIM. Trefethen, Joseph M. johnson, Edward
Mitchell and George Durham, all of Freeport,
Charles A. Plummer, Stewart r. Hall aud
j. Wiley of North Berwick, VIM Metcalf and
VIM: Guptili OF Gorham, who severally voted
at SAID election for you, were severaly induced
and bribed by money or promises of valuable
benefit to vote as they did.
Eugene Annis duly and lawfully qualified
TO vote In the town of North Berwick at said
election, offered and requested permission
then and there to vote, and would have cast
his ballot fCr me, but was then and there un
lawfully denied and refused the right to vote.
ana his ballot for me was wrongfully rejected
by the selectmen of said TOW H.
And further answering, say that at said
election many gross frauds were committed,
with the end and purpose of securing your
election and defeating the election of myself,
by the fraudulent and unjustifiable casting OF
ballots by persons not lawfully qualified and
and entitled to vote at said election; by inn
proper and unlawful intimidation of voters
who would have voted for me; by influencing
the votes OF many voters by means that inter
fered with and prevented a free, pure and in
dependent exercise of their elective franchise
by the voters, by bribery of voters; by un-
lawful refusal of the rights of lawful voters to
vote and the rejection of their ballots of any
and ali which, as notice of the same may be
served on You before you complete your evil
dence in chief, claim the right to produce
evidence.
further say, that in the town of Bridgton,
William j. Trumble, not qualified by suffi-
cient residence in said town, voted for you.
L. S. Berry, an insane man, and so disquali-
fed, voted for you.
E. H. McAllaster, minor under the age of
'wenty-one years, voted for you, and Thomas
B. Redlon, having no legal right to vote in
said town, voted for you.
hereby notify you, in addition to the ans
wer already given. to your grounds of contest
of my election as Representative to Congress
from the first district of Maine, that L shall
rely on the following reason why your contest
should not be allowed, to wit: In the town of