Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-01-03

. substratum of fact. nv questions invitst
the attention of the court to the actual fact
on which their opinion is desired. The qnes
tions prepared BY Mr.. Geuld carefully avoid
these faGts- 1t Is plain, palpable evasion
and confession that the Governor and hii
advisers do not dare to invoke the opinien oi
the court upon the work that has been done.
Take, for example, the case of SkowheRan.
The question indicated to the Govern was,
Has ballot, with the names Of candidates
printed in two columns instead Of one, dis
tinguishing mark, such ~ il forbidden BY
Law? The question put by the Governor is,
If ballot has distinguishing mark in the
judgment of the Governor and Council, under
certain circumstances, have they authority to
disregard it! This is putting . suppositi0us
case, and assuming that the Governor and
Council are proper judges Of what is . dis
tinguishing mark"
''Will the court be obliged to answer the
questions rs putt
That is for the court to decide. / see no
reason Why the court may not answer, in this
case, that in their opinion the Governor and
Council have no authority to reject, on ac-
count of distinguishing marks, votes received
By town officers"
'You think, then. that opinions may be
rendered on the real facts, Notwithstanding
the attempted evasion:"
''Yes. The facts are notorious. Take the
eighth question, Can person not = citizen Of
the United States be legally elected q select
man Of q town? Tie court may answer, No,
but the acts of such q selectman de taefo.
when they interest the public, are valid. This
principle is well settled"
The CensPirators Exercised ~ the AP-
a VaafH0R IN
General Squirting, who has been in the city
a few days, has become an object Of intense
suspicion to the contingent conspirators.
The General has the reputation. justly earned,
Of being one of the bravest men that lives in
the country, and Capt. Blacks Macedonian
phalanx of bummers are terribly afraid he is
going to storm the State House and put the
garrison to the sword single handed and
alone. His appearance in the city was doubt
less what prompted Commodore Stacy to
send out his celebrated order into Oxford, for
each fusion representative to bring along
with him, to the Legislature, ten other Oxford
bears. We understand that Mayor Nash was
hastily called out of the meeting at the dedi-
cation of the Unitarian church, Thursday
evening, by some of the stalwart Mark Har-
den defenders Of the State House, to answer
very particular inquiries in regard to General
Squirting. The inquiring party was very
much in the condition Of the proprietors of
the Standard Office, when they begged a po-
lice force to prevent the sacking Of their
newspaper Office by an imaginary force from
Bangor, the other night.
SOl0n Chase ON Hand.
SolOn Chase arrived in town yesterday, to
be on the ground ready to play the same
whipping in" game as last year. A year
ago he was opposed to fusion, but when the
legislature met he was in for it as much as
any man. The first word heard from old
Solon this fall was that he was opposed to
the base action of the Governor and Council,
but now he is in full sympathy with it, and
here at the bidding of Pillsbury to aid in
whatever part may be assigned him.
He stated last night that his idea was that
the Governor and Council had acted honest
", though they might have made mistakes.
He thought it was the duty of all who had
received certificates to the legislature to take
their seats even though they had not been
elected by the people, and then they could be
depended upon to act with common sense as
to who were entitled to seats. 1t would not
do, he said, to try the same thing next year.
Callers At the state House Last Evening.
The nightly vigils OIL the Capitoline hills
were interrupted last night. Two gentlemen,
strangers in the city, took advantage of the
pleasant evening and started towards the
State House. Seeing few lights there they
thought they would enjoy sight of the beau
tiful building by gas light. Alas! The door
was fast, but at the sound of the latch .
frightened voice was heard from the inside,
'sSome ones at the door" Instantly the
rattling of steel greeted the ears of the unin-
territorial intruders, and stepping to a side
window, they saw pressed to the glass the
frightened faces of two or three boys with
muskets in front of them. their bodies con-
cealed by the easement. Indeed they were
so Fl frightened that they could not answer the
inquiries of their visitors. While question
ing these doughty warriors the commanding
voice was heard. 'Guards, to your duty!
Forward march," Poor fellows, they didn't
dare to leave the window. just at this mo
ment sprightly step was heard ascending
the granite steps. A man advanced bravely
to the door and gave four bold knocks. Then
came the salute from within. "WhO's
,here?" "a friend!" was the answer
..What name?" "W. P. Lowe" was the
manly reply. The key grated in the lock,
the door swung upon its hinges and the form
vanished into ''The jaws Of death. The
reader may better imagine the feelings of the
gentlemen of peace who had unintentionally
wandered into military camp, than they
can describe them. They retraced their steps
cautiously, expecting that these noble fell
lows, being thus recruited by friend Lowe,
would recover their courage sufficiently to
snap a cap at them. But no! Thankful At
their providential deliverance, they were
probably engaged in devotion. And thus.
without bloodshed, with only terrible scare,
they repelled the first assault upon the State