Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-29
RANISEY'S YOUTH.
That He Kno,rs ab0,tt Early Var Times
in Pennsylvania.

That He Kno,cs aboat Early Var Times
in Pennsylvania.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune says: Sensational stor-
ries respecting the critical condition of affairs
IN Maine continue to spring up in Washing
ton. There was a rumor afloat to- day that
news had come to Gen. Sherman that four
teen thousand rifles had been sent to Maine
for the purpose of arming political clubs.
Gen. Sherman had not returned from New
New York, but members of his staff said
that no such news had been received at his
Headquarters.
/ Tribune correspondent called upon Sec
rotary Ramsey to-day. The secretary said
he had heard no news from Maine besides
that contained in the morning papers. Sec
rotary Ramsey happens to have been an
eager eyewitness of the "buckshot" war in
Pennsylvania, although not participant in
it's exciting events. AS soon as the subject
of the attempt to steal the Maine legislature
| and governorship was introduced to-day, the
secretary said: "a very close parallel might
be drawn between this Maine trouble and
the difficulties connected with the organiza-
ton OF the Pennsylvania legislature in De-
cember, 1888. The Wing governor and ad-
! ministration in Pennsylvania undertook to
control the organization of the legislature, to
| which majority of Democrats had been
elected. Public sympathy ran strongly in
favor of the Democrats in that case. as it
was young man of twenty three then, an
ardent Wing, and active in politics, so that I
took very deep interest in the struggle.
When the House met, both the Wings and
| the Democrats elected speakers At one
end of the speakers desk 1 saw the Wing
speaker administering the oath to WIFI
members, while at the other end
the Democratic speaker was administering
the oath to Democratic members. The
Wings then precipitately adjourned the
House, and the Democrats proceeded more
deliberately to complete their organization.
They seated the Philadelphia members whom
the Wing administration had tried to count
out. The next day the Wing speaker and
members did mot dare to enter the House,
such was the popular indignation against
! them. The late Thaddeus Stevens was the
moving spirit of the Wing councils, and he
induced one of the Wings, Mr.. Spackman,
of Philadelphia, who was personally popular
with all parties, to 60 into the House with
the Democrats for the purpose of declaring
that body adjourned. Mr.. Spackman did as
he was directed, but no sooner had he de-
clared the House adjourned than he was
picked up and passed over the heads of the
crowd and cut of the door. The Wing
House then met in Wilson's tavern, and held
sessions there for few days, while the Dem
| ocrats occupied the Representatives hail. The
Wing Senate was also excluded from the SEN
ate chamber, which was occupied by the
Democrats. During most of the month this
condition of affairs continued, neither the
Wing nor the Democratic legislature being
able to secure legal quorum. At last some
of the more conservative members of the
former body went into the Democratic legis-
| lature, and the difficulties were thus settled.
AS remarked I was very ardent Wing,
and I felt when the Wings passed out Of
power in the State then that the country was
lost; but it has turned out quite otherwise"