The Portland daily press., 1898-03-10
DEERING.
Courts Will Be Asked to Rectify
DIunder in Ward Two.
MAYOR-ELECT MOULTON SAYS Pc
Triton WILL BE FILED.

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City Clerk Jones Ready Made Corrections
| Will Not BE Allowed to Stand-Taik
| of Recount in Ward One-Defective
Ballots To Be Examined.
| The Deering annexationists are to ap-
point committee who will demand OF
City Clerk Jones the right to examine
the ballots thrown at Mondays election.
If on examination it appears to the COM
mittee that enough defective ballots ap-
pear to be in favor of annexation to
change the result then the court will be
appealed to as to the question of an
official recount and the legality of some
of the votes which may have been cast
For example, it is known, that in several
instances, the word "yes'' was written
inside of the square where the cross
should have been made, and the annexa-
tionists claim that such ballots should be
counted as they clearly manifest the de-
! sire of the voter to have his ballot counted
| in favor of annexation. The court may,
therefore, be called upon to decide
whether or not such ballots should be
thrown out under the distinguishing
mark rule.
If on examination, the committee finds
that the defective ballots Will not affect
the result as given out by the board of
aldermen, the matter will probably be
dropped, but the annexationists will have
had the opportunity of finding out their
real strength.
The committee will probably make Its
examination sometime before Friday
night, although the law states that the
ballots shall not be destroyed for sixty
days after the election. Up to the present
time no action has been taken relative to
asking the Supreme court to rectify the
error in the returns from ward two.
Mayor-elect Moulton, however, stated
yesterday to PRESS representative that
the matter would doubtless be properly
adjusted by petition to the Supreme court
at an early date.
1t is said that Mr.. Frank e. True the
Republican nominee for alderman in
ward one, who was defeated by John j.
Frye, Republican, who was running on
citizens ticket endorsed by the Demo
Gratis, will demand a recount as the vote
stood SO to 81, having a margin of only
two votes. City Clerk Jones was asked
relative to the statement that Mr.. True
was to ask for recount, but declined to
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| ter. Mayor elect Moulton who was in the
company of the city clerk at the time the
question was asked, informed the PRESS
representative that Mr.. True had not
asked for recount, but that something
to that effect had been said by his friends.
The North Deering Busy Bees will meet
| this afternoon with Mrs. William N.
Howe, Pearl street, Portland.
| The Thursday afternoon meeting of the
Martha Washington society will be held
with Mrs Walker, 80 Pearl street.
On Friday, March Ii, at z. 80 p. M, the
board of mayor and aldermen will meet
to draw one traverse juror for the April
term of the Supreme court.
Mayor Davis hos appointed Hon. Eben
E. Rand as committee from the city of
Deering to confer with G. w. Goddard,
secretary of thesboard of fire underwriters
in regard to the insurance rates in the
city of Deering. Mr.. Rand will probably
go to Boston upon this mission the last
of this week.
| The increase in the number of votes
over last year is about 200. About 1875
votes were cast on the annexation ques-
ton Monday, showing that very large
percentage of the voters visited the polls.
Theitotal registration of the city as given
| by the board of registration after its re-
cent sessions by wards is as follows:
Ward one, 2l7; ward two, 275; ward
three, 2s9; ward four, 1858; ward five, 312;
ward six. 225; ward seven, 1913. Total,
1862
OFFICE SEEKERS AT WORK.
| The asrirants for political honors in
city office are earnestly at work in the
direction of securing Epositions under the
new city government. The most Of the
appointments will doubtless be made on
Monday evening in connection with the
mayor-elect's inauguration. The one
topic of interest centres in the appoint
ment of city marshal. Mayor-elect
Moulton is not at present in position to
declare his intentions, but it is generally
understood among his friends that it is
the intention to appoint to this berth the
present deputy marshal and police officer,
e r. Brown. Mr.. Brown is a man of
wide acquaintance and of rare detective
qualities that go to make up an efficient
official, and If the appointment is made
it will meet the appreciation of all. The
hoard of aldermen will be called upon to
select the remaining officials and judg-
ing from the present indications there
will be no lack of aspirants for the sew
eral officers. For street commissioners
there are at the present time seven can
didates at follows: Walter Hawkes., Nor
rilIs corner; John Barrett, Abner Smith,
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