The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-13

On the eleventh of March Mr.. Ingra-
ham publicly said: 81 don't know
whether the Democrats will nominate
somebody insmy place, or whether they
will concede the election of Mr.. Baxter
by putting no candidate in the field
against him. This was on the day
on which, according to the Argus of yes
terday, the Democratic party had been
chilled to it's very marrow. Apparently
the effect of chilling the Democratic
party to its marrow is to incline them to
be fair and sensible. When Mayor In
graham was chilled to this extent he
was inclined to concede, what everybody
then was inclined to concede, that Mr..
Baxter had been fairly elected, but
counted out by Warden Harper. When
his marrow got warmed up he accepted
the nomination with feelings of unusu-
al pride and satisfaction" If Grover
Cleveland is meditating appointing
Mr.. Ingraham to consulship,
he should select one in some northern
latitude when the climate is cold enough
to keep Mr.. Ingraham's marrow perma-
nently chilled.
Here are the successive stages through
which the Argus has passed during the
last month:
l. There wasn't any fraud. Republic
can talk of that kind is all bluff.
2. There is a considerable degree of
doubt about Ward l returns, SO the
Mayor has resigned in consequence.
8. 1t is now beyond doubt that Har-
per was guilty of fraud in Ward 1. Let
no guilty man escape.
4. Harper says his niscount was not
intentional, and his statement yet re-
mains to be proved false.
5. We will stake our reputation that
Harper will never be convicted.
g. Why shouldn't Harper attend Demo-
cratic conventions?
Z. The talk Of fraud is all nonsense.
It is simply an attempt to drummondize
the Democratic party.
Iia7e are Ingrahams successive
stages:
I. (After holding certificate three
days. | entertain doubt of the Ward
One figures, therefore resign.
.. / said when first saw them I
could not believe Ward figures
5. When fraud was suggested 1 had an
investigation made and when it showed
beyond doubt that / was not elect
ed resigned.
A. I won't be a candidate again.
5. don't know but the Democrats will
concede the election of Mr.. Baxter by
putting up no candidate.
6. am still firm. 1 won't be candi-
date.
7. am ready for the fight.
8. | accept the nomination with feel
ings of unusual pride and satisfaction"
The Argus INDUCED in column edi-
torial yesterday to prove that there was
no fraud in Ward One,-that Warden
Harpers error was unintentional-and
that all the fraud was committed in the
city clerks office. Among other things
it said:
On the contrary the fact that all of the amused
ballots were sealed and returned to the city
clerks offieeis the strongest presumptive evil
dence that no fraud was Intentionally commit
ed by Warden Harper The evidence that there
vas an intentional fraud attempted on the
voters of ward one rests wholly on what took
place in the city CLERKS office after the check
lists and the unused ballots had been returned
tothe custody of the city clerk. as the law di-
reeted 1t is known that the package of I'M
used ballots, returned intact from ward one,
was b oxen open in he city clerks office, and
100 ballots taken out and destroyed,
Let us see how the Argus talked on the