Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-22

drOn. They had a right to do it by STICK
ers. The law says they should
be placed on and over the
printed name of the candidate. The
three Democrats who tried to do
that in these three ballots did not
succeed i'll getting their stickers COM
pletely down over the name of Winfield
S. Brown. One of them got his sticker
SO placed that it Gid not cut off any
thing of the winfield" and just Went
down through the very bottom of the
final letter ID" Another one put his
sucker at the top CT the letters so that
every single letter of the winfield 5.
Brown is plainly legible upon this
ballot and you can read on tine ballot
the name of Lafayette 3. Waldron and
the name of Winfield S. Brown. The
| tops of the letters are cut off, but every
letter is legible SO that anyone can
read both names. Those votes We're
counted for Mr.. WaldrOn. There Were
three more of Il similar character for
| Mr.. Brown. Three Republicans put
their cross in the Republican square
| and then attempted to put a sticker'
with Winfield S. Browns name upon
it over Lafayette B. Waldrons name.
| Two Of those the majority of the COM
| mittee accepted There was a partial
erasure of Mr.. Waldron's name. But
| the third one is discarded. The third
Dna was thus: There was a cross in the
| Republican square, q Sticker used for
| the Democratic candidate for sheriff
| over the Republican candidate, then
down here at the bottom was sticker
| for Winfield S. Brown on and over the
| names of the lafayette b. Waldron, as
| much so as another ballot which l will
| show you which has the Sticker of La
! fayette Il Waldron on and over the
| name of Mr. Brown. The learned coun-
| sci who appeared for the sitting MEM
| Der admitted that that sticker clips eff
the top OF some OF the letters Of La
| fayette Z. Waldron but does not go
| down far enough to cover up and en-
| tircly obscure the name. Therefore,
| that vote was not counted for Mr.
| Brown and neither for Mr.. Waldron
| the majority Of the committee fining
| that there were two candidates voted
| for.
| Now, the other ballOt to which I wish
to call attention. Here is one of those
counted for Waldron, a stiCker ballot.
| 1t did not obscure the name of Win
| field S. Brown That is counted for
| Waldron. | have no objection 10 its
being So counted. / think it should
| have been; but so should this ballot
| where the Stickcr with Mr. Browns
name upon it was placed on and over
that of Lafayette +. Waldron's, in all
| fairness. in all fair counting of those
| bll)ts 1t that were so then the con-
testant Mr.. Brown would have 42i
votes one more than Mr.. Waldron.
| There is another ballot t. which 7
| wish to call attention. We are told
| by the majority of the committee that
| couned which has q cross through the
! Christian name because they said they
| found one for Mr.. Brown where there
is q cross. That is the one they refer
red to (SnowinGj. There is cross
| there. in fact, there are crosses all over
| that ballot. Tho crosses were not taxi
| en- into consideration because the com
mittec, both majority and minority.
had agreed not to pay any attention
to distinguishing marks, and that cross
touches no part of the name of Winfield
S. Brown. it is beneath the name and
| no part of it touches the name of Win
| field s. Brown: ii does not go through
| ii. The Gloss in the case Of Lafayette
| Z. Waldron began above the 'Lafay-
ette' and went down through it. This
| voter for some reason made his cross
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