The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-04
The Election Returns.

Inc New Age OF this week contains an
article on the tabulation and counting of the
vote for county officers at the recent election,
the gist of which is contained in this para
graph:
The Governor anC Council have completed
the canvass of the returns for county officers
and members of the Legislature with no va
Ration, we understand, in the result as here
t0fore announced, except in Cumberland
where Democrat appears to be elected
County Commissioner and in Aroostook
where the Democratic candidate, Mr.. Rob
erts, appears to be elected County Attorney.
Councillor Locke's attention being called
to the article last night he said:
In the first place the committee on election
returns decided after making up the tabula-
uon that In every case where the ultimate
result could possibly be affected, and there
was any apparent error in the spelling of
names in the returns, in each of such cases
10 call for an atte,ted copy of the town
records relating to such cases. Taking the
returns as they were without any correction
made from town records, if remember cor
Fectiy, one Democratic Senator and one
Democratic Representative would have been
counted out in York county, one Republican
Representative in Cumberland county. one
ortwo Democratic Representatives in Penob-
scot county. The only county offices in
winch there were apparent defects were in
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land county, and County Attorney in Aroos-
took county. In Ward 2, in the city of Port
land, the returns made to the City Clerk by
the Ward Clerk, instead of giving the
name OF James Il. Tolman for County Com
missioner, gave the name of Joseph H. Toll
man. Mr.. Iolman appeared before the Gov
ernor and Council, having previously fled
his petition to rectify said return from Port
land. and given notice to Mr.. Hammond and
produced the affidavit Of the Ward Clerk Of
m fha fook -.
cast for County Commissioner in said ward
were for James III. Tolman and not joseph
II. T0lman; that in the haste of making nm
his record instead of writing the name out
IN full he wrote it JAS, and that afterwards
In making up the return to the City Clerk by
some blunder in extending the name he
wrote 1t Joseph. A copy of the record of
ward so FAR as relates to the County Com
missioner, with this affidavit of the clerk
that the name as written on his record as
James IL. Tolman, JAS, being intended by
MN as a contraction for James, with the
affidavit also of Thomas Pennen, and MIR
GUNNER, that the vote thrown for County
commissioner was for James Ii.
Iolman, one of the said afidayits
having. attached to it a ballot Similar to
the ballot thrown, and that after the vote
was counted the vote was declared for James
III. roman. were received Dy the Council in
conclusive evidence that James FL. Tolman
was tne person voted for, and the votes re-
Joseph ii. Tolman were, under this evidence
aqdnced, passed to the account of James
ID. Tolman, which gives him the long term.
and the other Republican Commissioner the
short term. 'i-S
:. In Aroostook county the name of the Repub-
llcan candidate voted for for County Attor-
ney was Morrill, n. Drew. The returns from
one or TWO towns gave the name of Merrill
n. Drew. The returns from another town
gave the name of M. Newman Drew, Mr..
Drews middle name being Newman. At
tested copies of the record in each of these
eases were called, and using these in place
Of the returns, Morrill, n Drew had a major
Ivy OF one OF the votes cast, without counting
tne votes OF one town cast for Merrill N.
Drew, OF the vote of another town cast for
Morrlll nj. Drew. No evidence has been
taken by the Governor and Council as to
now the ballot was printed but they have
only taken cognizance of the returns and
the attested copies of the record, as they
nave power to do by Section s. Chapter Is,