Iron County register., 1880-01-15

e on the 7th. In the House, Assistant Cler
! Gibbs called the certified roll of members
and 70 answered to their names. -. Eugen
!. Hale, Republican, stated that the names. o
, certain elected members were not on tn
: roll, and moved that they be included. Oh
jections were made, and the Clerl
> refused to put the motion, where
upon the Republicans, with tn
exception~vf Hale, Withdrew in body
I, Upon notification that the House was thel
! ready to organize, Governor Garcelon ap
peared and qualified the members. He an
nounced that rs members, being quorum
had taken and subscribed 1.-THE neeessar,
, oath, and were regularly and duly consti
tuted the House Of, Representatives. Thi
announcement was received with applauss
from the outside. Governor Garcelof
said he would now put into their hand,
the opinion of the Supreme Cour
as well as the petition of the gentlemen frou
certain cities claiming seats, and invoked
their careful consideration of the same
Three Fusionists, Sproul, Voter and Snow
refused to participate in the proceedings
The House then completed its organization
by the. election of JohnC. Talbot, as Speak
er and Wingate +. Gibbs as Clerk The Sen.
ate organized BY the election of Fusion Off
GERS. The State -hoIfse was densely packed
with spectators, but no disturbance oc-
Cured. iss D. r5i-fi -
The Maine Republicans assert that the
1 published afidavits of Swan and Hartman,
declaring that money was paid Fusion mem
bers Of the Legislature to prevent a quorum
from appearing, are unsupported by evil
dence, and challenge the opposition to pro-
duce the names of the Republicans alleged
to have paid the money. ifs- nu~
No event of importance occurred In the
Maine Legislature on the Sth, further
| than the appointment of joint select COM
mittee to investigate the alleged bribery and
| intimidation Of members. Mr. Hale an
nounced in the House that the Republican
members were now ready to be sworn in,
but the Governor not being present the
House adjourned. -.,...,..,,-...,.... 81.
| AT the opening OF the Senate on the 9th
but one Republican took his seat-Locke Of
! Cumberland. In the House not single Re-
publican was Lpresent, and therefore no
quorum. Swan of Minat arose and made a
| statement that $1,000 had been y paid
him not to appear at the organization
| of the Legislature. Wallace r. White of
! Winthrop he said was the man who paid
him the mOhey.tl Mr.. Swan produced draft
which he y said he had purchased
with the $1,000 as soon as it came
| into 'i' his possession, az and which
he now declared himself ready to turn over
Fto White as he (Swan) had no claims upon
| it. A similar statement was made by Har-
riman of Kennebunk, who displayed
| the bills he had received. Clark
| Of Nobleboro said he had been ap-
preached for the same purpose
Senator Blaine published card denying un-
eq,livocally the reports that he was con-
cerned in or had any knowledge Of any at
| tempt to bribe members of the sLegisla-
| ture.-The official term of Gov. Garcelon
having expired by limitations during the
interregnum Gen. Chamberlain, Command
er-in-Chief Of the military forces, Temporal
rily assumed the direction of affairs in
cident to the protection of State property.
The President of the Senate announced
that there being no vacancy i'm the office of
Governor, such as contemplated by the
Constitution, he had no authority to assume
the Governors prerogative Of swearing in
members.
Neither house of the Legislature had
quorum on the 10th, and after brief sessions
both adjourned till Monday.-James d.
Lamison,i President of the Senate, announced
that he had assumed the duties Of
Governor to. fill the present vacancy
in that office, as authorized and required
by law.-Wallace r. White, charged by Swan
and Hartman with paying them 81, 900 each
for purposes Of bribery, published a card
declaring the charges absolutely, unquali-
fiedly and maliciously false"; so far
as they refer, to him. He declines, however,
TO ho fo1 J,x-f f1o -
Representatives., whom he terms the "co-
conspirators of Swan and Hartmann
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CONGRESSIONAL.
JAN. 6.-lSenate-Several bills were intro
duced, among the more important being one
by Mr.. Davis of Illinois to establish Court
of Appeals, and one by Mr.. Pendleton to trans
| fer certain claims from the Executive depart
ments to the court OF Chains. petitions
| Cockrell. from the Kansas City Board
of Trade and Kansas City Chamber OF
ihs ana tro o.
duced a bill to provide for completing the i'm
Kansas City. ON motion of Mr. Morgan as a
| mark of respect to the memory of the late
senator Houston, the Senate adjourned. So.
House-Mr. Scales d., y. Co., Chairman of the
Committee on Indian Affairs, reported a reso-
lution directing that the committee investi, !,
as n 81 the Hte e az White river
Agency, in Colorado. and authorizing 1t to
send for persons and papers Mr. Scales also
reported a resolution calling on the Secretary
of the Interior or Commissioner of Indian
Affairs for copies of all correspondence by
and Special Agent Pollock with the 1nte
rior Department concerning the Ute Indi
BIackburm eb.. NV submitted the report of
the Committee on knles, and it WAS % referred
then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr..
| Carlisle 3D., N.Y. in the chair, on the report
of the Committee on Rules. Mr.. Forney ID,
Ala.) announced the death of senator Hons
ton and the House, as a mark of respect ad
jOurned.
JAN. 7.--jSeadte,l Mr.. Pendleton gave mo-
| tice of the following amendments to Senate.
joint resolution known as the Bayard resolu-
ton At the end of the resolution add the
words, and said notes shall not be available
| for any of the reserves required to be kept by
National banks, and all such reserves shall be
kept in COIN Ordered printed d, and referred
| tion from the Secretary of the Interior
the resolution of the Senate of December s.
| 1872 concerning the Ute Indians. Secretary
| SchurZ says he forwards the copies OF all cor,
respondence, excepting two letters received
from Gen. Adams, one, concerning the test-
mony taken by the Ute Commission, and the
| other touching further negotiations with the
| Utes with reference to- their reservation.
| These letters, the Secretary says the interests
| from publication at present. Mr.. Logan in
| troduced a bill to establish a United States
| Court in Indian Territory. .Honse--By
| unanimous consent, the States were called
4 as on Monday for bills for reference. Mr..
Chalmers ID, Miss introduced bill.
| which was referred, TO regulate coin certifl- :
| Gates. Mr.. Townsbend 3D., ILL., offered a
| resolution instructing the Committee on
| Foreign Affairs to inquire into the expedien-
/ cy of abolishing all ENJOYS Extraordinary
/ and Ministers resident from the United
states to foreign countries. Referred, Mr.
Belford (R., Colo1 introduced a Joint resolu-
| tion authorizing the Secretary of the Interior
/ to pay out of the Ute Indian amnesty fund
| to Mrs. n. G. Meeker the sum of S 600, 10 the
| heirs of Frank Dresser 5000 to the widow of
| William II. Post $4,000, and TO Mamie J. Elliot
| 700 for injuries sustained by them
| ut the hands of Ute Indians in Colorado.
Other fills introduced were-by Mr.. Oulber-
| son 3D., Tex. for the recoinage of the trade
/ dollar; by Mr. Elam 3D., La.), to provide for
/ increase IN the importation of foreign wares
| and merchandise subject to ad valorcm duty,
| etc; by Mr.. Mills ib., Tex9, directing the
President to prohibit all Indians reserya-
| fions from going into Texas.
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