Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-07
Thebe Produces Evidence Of
His Election and CarliSle'S
Defeat.
Dinsley CriticiSeS the Decrease Of the Gus.
toms Official Force in Maine.
Postal Telegraph Bills in Abundance
The Boston Decorative Company
Denied Postal Privileges.

treasury department sent to Maine to inves-
tigate the proposed reduction in the custom
service, Congressman Dingley says:
The treasury department seems to have
made its reduction on the mere face of tn e
figures, without understanding the facts and
apparently without practical knowledge of
the operations of the different custom
houses. They have apparently proceeded
upon the basis of the cost of collection of
revenues, which is very misleading. In
some of the ports the officials have to go
through a large amount of work and get not
penny of revenue, while others doing the
same work will get paid for it, The vessels
for which they make out full sets of papers
are loaded with goods on the free list, or
again only with passengers. That is partic-
ularly the case with Damariscotta, Thomas
ton and St. George.
The treasury department, in response to
the declaration of the collector that the or
der necessitated the abolition of the three
sub ports, say that it is not necessarily so
that he can readjust his salaries SO as to
make continuance of the ports possible.
But the special agent is liable to find that the
cutting down has been done on the basis of
the figures and without an actual knowledge
of the duties of the officials or kind of busi-
ness done at the port If any cut should be
made, it could be be made to more advan-
tage at one of the larger ports In the small
Maine ports there is but one man to do all
the work, while in the New York office for
instance each man has a brief routine of
small duties When these are done his day
is over.
The Thube Carlisle contested election
case was before the committee, on Friday
serious charges being made against the
friends of Carlisle. Th9be's attorney, Gen.
Sypher, said he had an affidavit in support
of his charges and claimed that it was the
manifest duty of the committee to do one of
three things: Forty days additional. time
must be allowed for Thpbe to collect evil
dence or the committee must go to the dis
trict and investigate or summon witnesses to
Washington to testify.
Gen. Sypher is loaded with affidavits and
such that ought to damage Carlisle's case be-
yond doubt. He makes the statement that
Carlisle was never elected to Congress, and
beyond his assertion stands great wall of
facts.
The most striking athdavits are the new
ones which Gen. Sypher, discovering how
he had been treated by Wood, got for him
self in kentucky. They tell a remarkable
story. Here is Covington on the night of
the election The returns came in until
A. NJ, from Covington, Newport and the
suburbs-two whole counties.
The vote stood Thpbe, 497l; Carlisle
2902. There was a conference of seven of
Carlisle's friends and mild query, What
is to be done?" After consultation the tele-
graph called to confidential friends in the
mountain towns ''Hold back the returns y
Men ON horseback carry the same message
Speaker Carlisle saw man the next day
and admitted openly that he was defeated.
He said he was glad of it. At another con-
sultation G.. ii. Nelson of the Kentucky bar
was called in and asked to help. He indig-
nantly refused. Gwyder was sent to manipu-
late the ballot boxes. His work was most
clumsy.
1t will be shown by afidavits that in stuff
fling he used ballots of the Congressional
election of 1884, different in size from those
of 1886, when Carlisle ran against Judge
Landrawn. The work was SO clumsy, in
fact that. some of the Landrawn ballots were
actually inserted.
In one whole county, Galatine, the editor
of the Wersaw Independent, makes oath that
not Carlisle ballot was printed, but 81 in
one whole precinct were all counted for him.
In secret session the proceedings were
confined to the reading of several atfidavits
without any attempt to come to an agree
ment upon the propositions submitted by
Thrbe's counsel. The committee adjourned
until tomorrow, when some action is likely
to be taken.
The postmaster general has issued an or
der directing the postmaster at Boston to
withhold the payment of money orders and
return the registered mail sent to the New
England Decorative Works, of Boston, the
proprietors having been arrested and pleaded
guilty to the charge of using the mails for
the furtherance of scheme to defraud.
Isaac n. Randall has been appointed post
master at Bakersfield, VT, and ID. F. Mil
lington at Halifax, VT.
Mr. Aldrich, Chairman of the Senate
committee on rules, proposes such amend
ments of the rules as will, if adopted, meet
the wishes of the most moderate among the
advocates for open executive sessions.
Postal telegraph bills are all the rage.
They bid fair to become as numerous as
pension bills. The whole subject must soon
come up for exhaustive discussion and that
will doubtless reveal such wide differences
of opinion as will preclude the possibility OF
agreement upon postal telegraph measures
during the present session.