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cOrePenisaee cra< .f-ries.L
.losk. Dec. II, 1893
by the stage from Harrisburg this
morning. We learn that the Senate have
passed q resolution declaring the Hop
kins" or Van Buren, House Of Represe n-
taiives illegally oryanized. without how
ever recognising the "Cvnniogham" or
Whig House.
The Hopkins House subsequently
passed . resolution declaring the n,seIves
to be a, legally organized ~ the Senate.
and sPpo'nfisg Conmiffes 10 draft an
.fe,Irsss 10 the people of Psnnsyirsais. re-.
qaesfing them 10 call a Conrsniioa TO take
Ire Government Of fae State isto their ova
hands! The existing condition Of things
hae created great excitement at Harris-
burg yesterday"
In the Van buren, division OF the House
on the 10Th. q resolution was passed, ask
ing the President OF the y. s. to commu.
nicste any correspondence which may
have taken place between HIM and Gov.
Iii,ner. on the subject oil the late d,iEcul.
ties.
On The Goth. the Resolution Of The Sc
nate declaring the illegal organization of
tho Hopkins or Van Buren, House was
adopted by the following vote
Yeas 20-Nsys -
In tho Van Buren, House on the Alter
noon Of the both. the following Rssolu-
ton was offered by Mr.. Brodhead and
unanimously adopted:
Whereas. This House wa, duly organ
i'ed CO the 4,h instant. December eth,
1881 and gave notice TO the Senate Of
such organization. and has held its ses-
sions every day since :ha, period. in this
Hall. and has not received an Official COM
municaiion. that the Senate. a coordinate
branch Of the government. is organized
and ready TO Cooperate with il in the du-
ties devolving on the Legislature Of Penn
syivania: And whereas, the public good
requires that the Legislature should pro-
coed IN the discharge OF its official dunes.
promptly and efficiently. according TO the
Constitution and the laws; And whereas.
IL appears. by the journals Of the proceed.
ings Of the Senate, that that body has
passed upon the constitutional organiza-
ton Of :he House Of Representatives.. and
decided thereon And wherea., by Ibis
decision the Legislative departments OF
the Government have become inopera-
tive .-Thereiore,
Resoired. That committee be appoint
ed TO report for the consideration and A.
doPiion Of this House, an Address To the
frsemen of the Commonwealth. calling
upon them to take immediate measures
for the restoration OF the government.
The committee Wa. ordered to consist
Of Messrs. Brodhead, Fienniken, Hill OF
Westmoreland, Field. Fogely, Pray,
Woodburn, Higgins and Butler.
U. s OFFICE HOLDERS AT HARRIS
BURG.
The following letter from member OF Con-
frrss from Pennsylvania. We copy from the Ma
ional lnielligencer;
WASHINGTON. Dec 90, 1893.
Gentlemen Just before the adjourn
meat OF the House TO day, there was a
message from the President transmitting
additional Information in answer 10 the
resolution OF inquiry relative TO the dis
turbances in Harrisburg. He communi-
Gated two letters. one from the Collector
OF the port OF Philadelphia, in which the
Collector states that he was in error in his
former letter in saying that no officer of
the customs was participant in the distur-
o,uSo ~ haphVWR suu tDat one OF MS
officers, JAMES III. HUTCHINSON. was at
Harrisburg for three days, in defiance Of
his Mr. wolc') general order to his off
GERS, requiring them NOT to go there. The
other letter IL from Samuel d. Patterson,
Marshal OF the Eastern District Of Penn.
sylvsnia. in which he states that Mr..
Muench, mentioned in the Governor
letter, Is deputy Marshal. and vas and
Is ct Harrisburg. But MIR. Marshal Pat
ierson, however. forgot, I suppose, 10
state that he himself was PnEsIDExT Of q
meeting in the district Of Kensing ton.
held on the 10th inst, in which en- exec
uiive committee for the said district as
sppointed. authorized to sccepi the ser
vices Of two thousand minute men, 10 be
ready at q moments notice." TO assist the
dIsturbers at Harrisburg If need be and
that the same Dir. Patterson was himself
one Of the executive committee So
much for the interference Of the officers
Of the United States in tae disgraeefuI
scenes al Harrisburg.
CHARLES NAYLOR.