Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-21
Tie Phillips Case Heard Before The Committee
Friday.

Tire so-ealltsi Phillips elreison case WIS
beard before The eosl.iBlstes on elections
Frisx afternoon and evening. Z y.
Gre sislcaf Esq 81 Pennington opened the
ease for lhs. contestant. He eisia,sl that
Na,hauiel i. Reai was nominated Icy the
class convention OF the towns of that class
III hiei I'laiiips is.
He described the saannes in wii...i Mr..
Zeal sas voted fJak sir. Beal nos tonnes
before tia committee ard claims that he
was elected by the representative class
composed of the tawiIs OF plaihps, Avon.
Strong Wel.i. Salem, Tempt, an'l Perkins
anil Letter + plantaiioris. lie claimed ,ll;at
FOR Phillips TO elect 4 representative and the
o.her towns being deprived of the figis, OF
voting MAS contrary 10 all constitutional
PRINCIPLES.
Hon. II. NJ Heath Then spoke briefly for
the constant and read from chap, rs Of
The Resolves of 1891 in rsgar.i TO the sp
portioument of the CoGuty of Franklin
The last sentence of that which allows or
purpor,s to allow the town OF Phillips To
elect representative on certain years, he
considered lnopsra'iye and Void. Deposi-
tions Of the town clerks and clerks of plan-
t..tions ia that class we're pat il, to SHOW
tia, the towns in the tlass,sa the town Of
Phillips, never vot.d to ask the Legislature
TO grant tihiilps TIE Pri'itPSe OF choosing
representative on esttain wears. Mr.,
Heat, then read ifrm art. =. SEQ >, OF The
constitution \, u. k!sStli, clerk IN tine
secretary "f STATE oi!itc WAS Called to read
The returns for representative made by the
| several towns in the class.
/ 4. +. tmlbtrl3k" l>f-- asked Mr.. Rus
H. n
I hcAn majority for Goyernur. Nr. Heath
objected hi,i Mr. Russell was asked by the
committee TO state an'! 'lli 80.
[ +. T. i'mhcrlakr, f>I'' Tor IN" deienl-
I ant stated tile facts connected with the ap-
poriiunment and the election held under it,
! The town of Phillips ftlt that they hadn't
received a just arroriicnment under that of
! ISsl. In 1871, these several towns having
been clasScd together, Phillips petitoned
! that such representation might he granted
as Womb give ihcm separate representation
amber tie provisions IF the constitution and
Mr.. Nathaniel Il. Beal, the present contes-
tant, was on" of the Signers Of that petition
| lie himself appeared before the committee
! in favor of the petition of Phillips. The
committee inchidcl some OF the ahlest at
/ tarncys in the State. That committee re-
cognisca Phillips constitutional right 10
SIP ,rafe representation AMI granted their
I petition.
/ Ii is not the inli,idu bu. the town that
is to he represented in the Legislature and
! the constitution provides for the class
/ ticati0n of towns.
4 The town of Philips acted in good faith ,
I it was not hounl to look ont for the other
/ towns. bat simply for the town of Phillips,
which was done under tho constitutional
4 right conferred Ia looking over this case
4 yon will find from The nomination papers
! flied here tliat the town of Phillips acted
! Independently.
{ \ petition TO the court at that time to
giNe tlnsc other towns the right TO vote for
! representative would have been the proper
thing To do, and if the court had possibly
taken the grounds of the contestants, the
| Republicans i'll those~towns would have
( been entitled to vote and MIR. iiinkley
/ would have been sent down here with u
majority of 700. That would have been
| the fair thing to do. bat it would not have
given tine minority in that class the privi-
/ lcgc to conn down here and make a con-
/ test.
I lie ihcn described the manner in which
4 tile Bcal stamps had been used on the Off
| cal ballot
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