Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-14

and that said Levite V. Thibodeau re-
ceived 1853 votes. and that therefore the
said Fortunat O. Michaud OF said Van
Buren, was legally elected a representa-
tive from said district to the nth legis-
lature of Maine and shall be seated as
said representative and from henceforth
be and become the duly accredited repre-
sentative from said class district; also re-
porting a resolve. that 1t is the judgment
of this House that Levite V. Thibodeau,
the sitting member from the class dis
trict composed OF the towns of Van Bu-
rem and Grand Isle and the plantations
of Cyr and Hamlin in the county of
Arcostook was not legally elected and
shall not longer act the representative
from said class district and that For
tunat o. Michaud of said Van Buren,
was legally elected as representative
from said class district to the 18th leg
islature of Maine, and shall be seated as
said representative and from henceforth
be and become the duly accredited rep
resentative from said class district. Sign
ed by Messrs. Pierce, Connors, Edwards,
Campbell and mccarthy of the committee
Mr.. Hanson of Sanford presented the
minority report of the same committee
in the case of Fortunat o. Michaud,
contestant, against Levite v. Thibodeau,
reporting that said Levite V. Thibodeau
| received 353 votes and that said Fortunat
| Q. Michaud received $50 votes and that
| therefore the said Levite V. Thibodeau
received a plurality of votes for the Of
| fee of representative in the 18th leg
| islature of Maine from the class towns
| Of Van Buren, and Grand Isle and the
MIA atiopS a,,,lin nd
| is entitled to retain his seat in the House
! of Representatives of the 18th legisla-
| ture of Maine, in accordance with the
certificate issued to him by the governor
and council. Signed by Messrs. Besse
and Hanson of the committee.
Mr.. PIERCE of Houlton: Mr.
Speaker and gentlemen of the House,
| the question before the House in this
election case resolves itself into two
different and distinct phases. Upon
| one of them the gentleman from Lew
iston, Mr.. McCarty, is prepared to
| speak and is prepared to deal with
that. That deals with a question which
you have all seen mentioned in the
newspapers, the alleged lost ballot,
| wherein the return did not agree with
the record. The other question which
| arises in this case, and which is ne
cessarily involved in the making up
and acceptance Of the majority re-
port and the accompanying resolve,
| has to do with the so-called sticker.
You all understand probably just how
| this question comes up. The name of
Levite V. Thibodeau was printed upon
| the Republican ballot as candidate for
representative from this class district.
| In thta town Of Van Buren, three men
who voted with a cross in the Repub-
| lican ticket attempted, SO your COM
| mittee believed and SO we think you
| will all be satisfied, to vote for Mr..
Michaud for representative instead
of for Mr.. Thibodeau; they attempted
to do so by that common practice
which we do at all elections in this
State, by the use of a sticker, but
| wher they put those stickers upon
| the ballot they did not cover the name
| Of Mr. Thibodeau. The sticker, you
understand is in the square where
| the representatives. name comes, at
! the bottom in the left hand or Re-
publican column on the ballot, but
| the sticker is placed there perhaps
| LEA of an inch below the name Of Mr..
1ulDOUSdU 50 tIt1t III IdCt II uO6S
| cover the name of Mr.. Thibodeau upon
the ballot; and will say further that
| there is no pencil mark, ink mark or
! any other mark drawn through the
! name Of Mr. Thibodeau.
SO, gentlemen, the question as to
| those three ballots presents itself
| equarely to this effect: Is this House
J Of Representatives to decide that those