Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-04-03
TINS COUNTY BUILDINGS.


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Norway week before Last, and after two
days. work Was saspeuded until Tuesday
of last week.
Jessie N. Warren. who had charge OF
the pay roll at the shoe factory, kas
asked to furnish llsta Of the employees OF
thu factory during the hrst four months
Of isaJ, and furnlsh~i ~ completn llsts
nc shc could. Mr.. Gum, the superln-
teudeut Of the factory, vas ssked as To
the number employed In the factory dur.
Ing those months, but could not give
definite Information.
CT. Lord, collector of Norway, was
asked as to attachments of taxes and the
whereabouts of certain parties who were
taxed In is93.
Chss. q. Mason, town clerk of Nor
way, produced the check lets for sep
tsmber aud November, 1891, aud March,
lsai. The March list numbered elo.
Nlnety-two names had been added after
the November election, while some had
been stricken OF. Che total vote cast
on the question of removal VAS 500
| II. y. Sanborn, who has served on the
hoard Of selcctmen and ~ lts chairman,
mentioned some over forty persons who
were not present At the meeting or Who
had residences elsewhere. lie never
knew any such persons AZ some on the
check list for that year. lie Was pres
cnt at the meeting aud voted M. Trici
To find q printed no ballot but could not
,, The check list was examined when b.
voted, and be- had no Idea but that u Was
being used. lie had called upon the
town clerk for copy OF the MArcl,
check list, also for the september check
list, but had been refused.
The testimony Of the officers Was that
the check llst Was not used except Ia
Identify some voters.
Several testified that they saw plenty
of printed yes votes but M no votes,
and come Who voted no testified that
they could find no no ballots and had Ia
write them.
Harry Holden testified that be VA.
twenty -one In February last, and that he
voted yes at the Marrh meeting In ls95.
lie thought he Was Of age At the time
hut afterwards learned FROM his parents
that he was not.
The other testimony VAS by Norway
voters, Who testified most ~ them that
they we're not present st the meeting. or
\ that N present they did not vote upon
the question ot removal, ar that other
voters we're not present. One man iestr
tled that ,wc voters Who left on the train
told him they had got their votes In BE-
fore the hour when the meeting was
called.
Horace =. Ferry, John York, John w,
Carter, isssc n. Lord, George II. Jack
.on, samuel Foster. Samuel II. Lsgrow,
Alfred shsttuck and Darius y. Ssnboru
nine In all-testlficd thst they vot~'
40 at the Norway meeting. (Only 81,
no votes were rcturped.)
Thursday aud Friday the hearing ws'
continued at Paris Ilill. Clerk OF Courts
Austin Was examined ss To the matters
Of record In connection With the ~sr,
rants aud returns, etc. The municipal
officers of Paris were examined In reis'
ton To the Paris meeting.
Captain n. v. Holster of south Paris
va. one Of the south Paris committee Ia
the Interest IL removal. They raised q
fund 10 work With. lie did not know
IN. exact amount of the fund. but under
stood " To bc something over i've hun
dr,d dollars. IL Was the understanding
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an equal amount. lie kne~ nothing
about any understanding that " lS
.lgners TO the petition we're secured, the
commissioners would submit the ques-
tlon Ia the people. lie had nothln. u
do with the disbursement of the fund
and made no visits to other towns 10 be
half 81 the matter, except Que trip u
p.ru IA see County Commissioner Wood
sum.
j. n. stuart of south Paris Was slss
q membsr of the committee, aud Sislte,
other town. In the interest of removal
lie named several towns where be made
A arrangements With certain men to carr
for the lnterrst of removal In their .ec
tion., and left with some ~ them sum
Of money, from ten dollars down, to ~,
expen.e. of making q canvass aud get
ting the voter. out. II WAS hts under
standing that " = sufficient number (n'
definite number) 90 signers 20 the peti
ton we're obtained. the commissioner
would submit the question To the people
q. II. Porter re.ides In South Pari.
but Va. not q member of the committee
Had made no visits 10 other towns In tn
Interest % removal, but on the sunda!
before town meeting went Ia SumneI
after John Csu~ell and talked with |
fr~ about the question. Saw only q few
men and di.bur.ed no money or otheI
matter.
Considerable of the testimony Of tn
south Psri. men IL objected 10 by ih'
counsel for defence.
seward =. stearns Was examined as Il
the work he did In the removal cam
paign. Visited q number of towns, most
iy Ia the western part of the county
Named q number Of persons whom b.
put la charge of work la the difieren
towns, aud With whom he left none,
for expenses. Attended the sdiourneC
town meeting at Hartford. Met Mr.
Swasey there and had = conversation Will
him regarding the time of opening tn
Norway meeting. DID not tell him thu
the Norway meeting didn't open till trr
minute. of ten. Questioned ss to tn
facts regarding the opening at the meet
Ing, Mr.. ste,rns stated that the meeting
had been organized before he enterc,
the hall that be had team waiting al
the door 10 take some voters Ia thu
lO:la train, and As be WAS anxious the,
should vote before leaving, he stood =,
the end of the table With his watch out
that according To HE recollection " wa'
six minutes past ten when the box wa'
opened 10 receive ballots on the count,
buildings question; he supposed th'
warrant had been read and the moders
tor had been chosen before that time
Mr.. stearns Was examined at some
length regarding affairs at the meeting
lie saw plenty OF no ballots on The tsbl'
when the polls opened; later he saw
plenty Of no ballots on the foor but
none on the table. On cross-examln
alton he stated that II was q very large
meeting, and he considered u very or
deriy one. Mr.. Swasey went through
a list Of names added to the voting lisI
Just before the March meeting. MI
stearns could not tell positively which
ones he had presented to the officers
some Of the men he knew, some he did
not.
Mr.. Stearns' examination Was of COZ
siderable length. aud Included many
matters Of detail not given above.
william A. FrothInghsm, who acted
a. treasurer Of the south Paris cam
psigu committee, testified ne tn the die.
bursement of some over eco which
passed through his hands.
Az. Andrews Of the Norway cam
paign committee told Of the work done
and the disbursements made by him
which he said 10 all amounted TO twenty
five dollars. Thought the total amour,
Of the campaign fund raised In Norway
might have been three or four hundret
dollars. Asked on cross-examlnati0r
| nhout the yoFWav town meeting. hs