The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-06
THE sEBAGo DEMOCRATIC ROW.
Mr.. e. L. Poor Makes Statement and
Issues Challenge

Mr.. E. l.. Poor, of Sebago, who claims
to be the regular Democratic nominee
for the representative district of Sebago,
has issued the following:
To the Democratic Voters of Seosgo,
Naples and Raymond:
You are doubtless, one and all, the
| recipients of an anonymous circular.
pre- uded by " A plain statement OF facts. ;"
Il considerable portion of which state
ment is false and misleading, intended
| to convince you that have taken fraud
ulent advantage of Loren Bachelor, in
securing the placing of my name in the
Democratic column of the official ballot.
| do not deign to make further reply
| or reference to the above mentioned
| circular than will he necessary in order
| to give you true statement of facts.
AT the caucus held June 30th we
| balloted twelve times. On the first bal
lot the vote stood as follows: Ell. Poor,
| ~; Loren Bachelor, 81; W. G. Poor, 81.
| On two of the ballots l had 43 of the
| &c votes cast, tying the other two candi-
dates. On one of the ballots E. l.. Bach
eldor. son of Loren Bachelor, was de-
tected In casting two votes, and on the
| succeeding ballot Bachledor's support
| was lessened by ten votes.
| A the adjourned caucus, held July
| 2Sth, we ballOted seven times for the
same candidates rs at the former one,
receiving 46 votes, the highest number
cast for any candidate. This caucus
was adjourned without date by motion
and vote of Bachelors friends.
! Immediately after this caucus was
called from home by the dangerous
| illness Of my son, and during my alb
sence Bachelor got out nomination
papers by the counsel and under the
! guidance of his advisor, a young sprig
who has recently cast his lot with The
| political bosses in Portland.
On my return home, / with a petition
| signed ny sixty of the Democratic yot-
ers of Sebago, and sworn TO as the law
requires, and with nomination papers,
duly certified to by the chairman OF the
| caucus, stating that was nominated by
| plurality, called on Hon. M. P. Frank,
| of Portland, for advice, and he decided
! that the papers were correct and proper,
and advised me to go to Augusta and
| present them in person to the Hon. Sec
rotary of State, which / did on the 9th
| OF August, and he pronounced them
correct, and ordered my name placed in
the Democratic group on the official bal
| lot. He also distinctly stated to me that
| since I had presented the papers in per-
| son, no notice to the Secretary of the
! Democratic State Committee was neces-
| sary.
| Later Mr.. Bachelor, accompanied and
| guided by his advisor, proceeded to Au-
| gusta. being reinforced on the way by
| The Joker. On arriving at the office of
| the Secretary of State, and finding mat
| to mollify their chagrin by circulating,
| as forlorn hope, the false circulars Of
| which you are the recipients, and to
which the Trainer had not the coulage or
| manhood to append his signature.
Now all ask of the voters of Sebago,
Nr,~1 4, d., ~ /
| dldly and lmpartially compare the state
ments made in the two circulars (the
| anonymous one and this one), while they
| take into consideration, and compare nv
own past political record and that of Mr..
| Bachelor, who, as many, if not all of
you know, has been Oh both sides of and
astride the political fence, and that his
| vote at the caucuses was augmented by
| Misrepresentation and two Repu plican
votes, and that you then ask yourselves,
| as true and loyal Democrats, which of
| us is entitled to your suffrage, and that
you vote accordingly.
EDWIN L. POOR.
Sebago, Sept. 3rd, 1894
Mr.. Poor has also issued the following
| challenge to his Democratic rival:
Whereas, Loren Bachelor of Sebago.
the minority candid ate for representative
has circulated false and anony nlous cir
culars in the towns of Sebago,g Naples
and Raymond, intended to iniure me In
the next election, l hereby challenge
the said Loren Bachelor to meet me
in the town of Raymond Saturday, Sept.
Sth, 1894, for public discussion of ali
| matters pertaining to the election of
representative in the above named towns.
EDWIN L.POOR.
Sebago, Sept.3, 1894.