Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14
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YANKroh I. DAKOTA.
wednesday Evening, Jan. IA. 1850.
TIE MAINE REPUBLICANS

Shey Securr Possession Of n saas. Hasa.
a"d Organize a Legislature Of ah.s.
Own.
Ausnt'. Me-, Jan. l2.-At 20 minutes
~ NO "sehibx Tue republican, members
n'ns sena'Sahu house at representatives
''oe'eaeu 10 tue stie house Tor tue Dur
p'ee"' oighniz ng the legislature. Tue
.."veuheh' VAS entiisly unknown To the
,as"'H,>' anu Out a lew republican, out
',uo y 'he iMniediate members were aware
~ 'he position OF aftairs. The news tina,
'ue lepnDl'cans had taken possession si
'ue s,ate mousse spread rapidly and caused
sIea, '','lc'ng among republicans. who
aa's "een impatient to have this result
brought about.
La"son. pres'den. Of the senate. when
us saw 'he people assembling, prOceeaed
ueo; chamberlain headquarters, and
.Ae.'eoIy SAID: ~ protest against these
,nen coulne ~" The general informed
n.wsoh tnat ne should permit the men 10
,nme IN ".d Stay as long as they pleased.
.ne'e was no !ofcible resistance Whatever.
Tue nails were lighted, minor of1cers Of
"c previous leR's!a' ure. familiar with the
)fem'see, taxing hoid and lend,up Their
issuance: 10 Tue senate, Hon. jeremiah
D'ngley, Jr., called the meeting to order
.no Auet'n Harris was called to the chair
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr.. Butler,
nember ofthe house. Chas. w. Turner
assistant secretary Of the last senate. cali
81 Ihe roll aud eighteen senators respood
ID TO the call. A quorum was ANNOUNCED
present, all being republicans, who pro.
ceeded to qualify, the oath being adm,n,s-
cred oy tue Hon. j. NJ. Stratton.
Andrew r. 8. Smith was declared senator
rom Lincoln county on the face of the re-.
turns.
Jos. A. Locke was chosen president. re.
ceiving all the votes thrown, l9.
Charies w. Tilden was chosen secretarv
and Geo. E.. Bracket of Belfast ass,stant .ec.
retary.
The members of the house were called IN
order by Mr.. Hale. Wentworth of KiIterv
"as made temporary chairman and Smith
clerk, b called the roll of the members
eiect. All the republicans responded, but
the fuslonists did not. Eighty.tive member
of the house responded to the call and were
qualified BY William Stratton, clerk of the
court OF kennebec county-supsequently
members who were not, by the face of The
returns, elected on account of defects which
we're amended under the law of 1877 were
admitted BY a resolution submitted byStroub
Geo. E. Weeks of Augusta was elected
speaker.
After organization Nj. Hale offered .
similar resolution to that passed BY the, sen.
ate, calling for the appointment of a com.
mittee to request the opinion of the supreme
Judicial court as to the legality of the organ.
tzatiun of the house.
In making the resolve Mr.. Hale spoke
o! the extraordinary circumstances under
which they met and said the object of the
organization was to settle vital questions
affecting the organization of the legislature
and state government
Hale's resolution was adopted unanl
mously and A.. A. Stuart, of Portland, L
Hutchinson of Lewiston, and Silas G
Watch of Bangor, appointed as The com
tnittee.
The following is the resolution seating
the six members who had been counte(
out
Resolved, That Isaac Hanscom, Edward
K Hall, Geo. s. Hill, Oliver Brandon, F
Y. Nlckefson, and Robert NJ. Loring Perry
all for this state be admitted as member
prima facie Of the house of representative
If the fifty ninth legislature of Maine il
the placei of Stephen d. Lord, James w
Clark, r. w. Hill, James w. Five. job,
II. Brown and James NJ. Leighton in tn
state Of Maine.
The house will obey the decision Of tn
court.
rhe house committee to investigate II.
'narges of attempted bribery mel IN repre-
sentative hall. H. r. White was summon
d to appear but dind't respond. He d.
clined to recognize the authority of tn
committee. Swan and Hartman reilerate
10 substance their afidavits and statemen,
IN the house with some additional particu
lars. Swan said he first learned of III
bribery through ] %. White, a relative
IL. R. White. Snlon Chase testified III,
Swan called o. him at midnight Of the S,
INST. at the residence of his cousin, V.
Chase and consulted him in regard to Il
transaction and drew up a statement that |
was going to take $1,000 and promise to {
what was asked for the sake of exposir
The transaction. Chase advised him to {
.head. 1t appeared that no other parti,
witnessed the transaction IN either car
Hartman testified that he at first hesitate
about going into the business, but ate
| consulting Cove and others concluded {
do 40.
1t is rumored Lawson will to.morro
issue an order instructine the militia not I
obey the orders of Chamberlain.
The following order was passed:
Ordered, That a committee consistin
Of three members Of the senate be appoin
ed by the president to report to the senat
for it's action whether the senate shall ca
N Justices Of the supreme court for thei
opinion touching the legal organization /,
the senate for the 59th legislature, and
report for the action Of the senate cue
questions as the Law and facts require in Ii
premises.