Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-28
STATE HOUSE.
Council Will Give Hear
ing on Election Returns.
Corrections VIII Show no.
Majority Of About 700.
Several Pardon hearings Scheduled
haines Case Goes Over.

The session of the Governor and
council, Thursday, Will be an unusu-
| aiF busy one, for in addition to sew
| elal pardon hearings, which have
been assigned for that day. municipal
/ Ulcers of towns in which errors in
Election returns have been found will
be given an opportunity on that day
t. appear before the Governor and
! g pacil and make formal request
tor the change OF the official
&c 'irns of the vote upon the repeal
a the prohibitory amendment east at
The bye election of Sept. II. 1t is pos
sible that with these matters and the
ltepulaf routine business of the SEES
sion The Council meeting may last ev
er into Friday.
The town clerk of Limestone will
probably he present on this occasion.
a. he has written the secretary of
state in regard to the date OF the
! h '9ring before the Governor and
Council and has been informed that
Il would occur, Thursday. Municipal
officers of Athens, Matinicus Isle and
Ncstfield are also expected 10 present
formal request that changes be made
IL the recorded official votes from
those towns in accordance with the
| facts in the case. All of these towns are
recorded according 70 the official re-
turns eanvassed Monday. Sept. 1S, as
returning Yes" majorities, but it is
believed TO be fact that the returns
have been reversed in the case of each
of the four precincts. When the cor
| Il &
| recorded instead of a Yes major
lily Of &c. as eanvassea by the Coy
t.hor and Council, Sept H. NO
majority of about 700 will be shown
| Notice TO Interested parties, which in
1 this case would be to all the inhabitants
Of the towns named, win be given after
| the formal requests for change are pre-
scented and hearings ordered Ior a later
date The petitions that are to be for
Warded have been signed quite generally
hY the townspeople in some instances and
/ they will be presented by Melvin :. Ho!-
| way of Augusta and Scott Wilson of
| Portland members of the No-License
| Movement The Council meeting begins
at 70 T. NJ. and it is probable that these
petitions will be presented. as we'll as the
formal requests from the municipal Off
GERS, soon after the opening of the Coun-
Gil meeting. No intimation has been re-
Fceived as yet BY members OF the Maine
! Non-Partisan Self Government League.
| stating that they intend to ask for any
}corrections.
The returns from the Northern
Aroostook registry of deeds removal
referendum will probably not be in
LII II,
day. as some of the late returns, which
We're needed to complete the tabula
ltion, were incorrectly reported and had
to be returned for correction.
The petition for pardon of Samuel
d. Haines, who is serving a life sem
tence for the murder of Patrolman
Robbins at Rockland in 1879. which
was assigned for the September meet
l. ing of the Governor and Council, has
been continued to the October meet
ing, as has also the petition for par
| don OF Melvin BesseY, who is serv-
ling q life sentence for the murder of
his wife, Louise Bessey, in May,
l1S97. at Bowdoinham. a request was
lreceiyed, Wednesday,, at the office of
the secretary of State for the continu
ance of the pardon petition of James
IOConneH of Lewiston who is serving
a three year sentence at the State
prison at Thomaston for larceny, and
(which was in order for n hearing at
1.-THE September term.
| -Four pardon petitions will probab-
lily be taken up during the present
Council session. These are the pc
tition for the pardon of Domenico
Teti, who is serving life sentence
at Thomaston for the murder at Rock
| land in 1907 of Raphael Conforto; pc
tition for the pardon of Paul Castor,
who is serving five-year sentence in
State prison in connection with the
sensational Cashier diamond robbery
at Portland; petition for the pardon
Of George f. Benson, who was COM
mitted to prison in January. 1909,
from Waldo county for assault with
intent TO kill; and the petition for
pardon OF John f. Hackett of Etna,
who is serving a 10year sentence for
incest.
The petition for pardon of Donate
Orlandella who is serving an IL
months sentence in Cumberland coun-
ty Jail for liquor nuisance, was con-
tinued to this meeting from the Au-
gust meeting. The pardon case of
Frank j. Palmer, who is serving a
life sentence in States prison for the
murder of Betsey Hobbs OF Parsons
field, which was given a preliminary
hearing at the council meeting, Aug.
l6, was tabled for consideration, and
may come up ut the meeting Thurs
day.