The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-28
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INV LET THE AK FALL
ID uscapitate the Fusion Govern
ment,
,,ah Has Thus Far BraVsd the
Law
m1f,stea the viii Of the People
With Indifference.
=, slIOrsms Court of Maine Speaks
for the Third Time,
ID 6uunc1ates the , Same Opinion
~ heretofore Expressed,
,,nyiny IIIoDnity on ..' the Foreheads
Of the Fusion Fathers.
"a tc.,sruor Davis Action be Swift,
Sure and Decisive,
,,tsiysth Country Rest and Maine
PeaCs.
,,asiys The Country Rest and Maine
PeaCs.

,,,r,,, Me-, January 97.-Thc Fusion
..,.,n,lsy accepted the report OF the
United r.,, on Investigation, that they had
.sI .',ifsI Wallace L. White, against whom
S,res oIbribery were made to appear
,.s,, ,.tS ,heu, but he had failed to Do so'
nd sljourned till tomorrow
r me- Senate didn't have a quorum and
aoatned'
WILL RESIST ARREST.
Es,oy, January 97.-The HcTn9d' Ar'
~, ,Decia says: The arrival of body
sr,,iopi,ts from Lewiston and Auburn
E1bs followed this aiterndon (ifthe in
tn,toR received at the Adjutant Gen.
.1r.ofceis corect by the coming OF
,nnp,uy Of - OF the Biddeiord Fusion.
n Leading Fusionists say that any at-
y,,t 10 arrest the officials Of this govern
,,,t will be resisted by force.
CsCovenor has been urged to call the
St1,nl Blues and Montgomery Guards
" and /, has been suggested to have
s,a ouartered in n hall near that in
,5th tue FusiOnists meet.
ysEonist Treasurer White refused this
t,,Soop 70 allow the Finance Committee
s,I,nine his hooks. He says he does
n recognize either government as legal.
/ ierr i taIk OF putting him out by force.
1aE DEcIsloN OF THE COURT.
B.suos, January 97.-The following Is
AsalI text Of the unanimous decision OF
;bs Suppme Judicial Court, completed
this evening, declining to recognize the
FusiOli.t bodies at Augusta, and explicit
" declaring the House and Senate now
holding sessions in,the State House the
LEGAL legislature Of Maine:
BANGOR, January 81, 1880.
10 response to the foregoing commune
e,tOn, the Undersigned, Justices OF the
Sveme Judicial Court, have the honor
uny that, while we cannot admit, even
u Implication, that the statement and
FtAstOns now before US arc presented by
~ legally authorized legislative body,
pptO require any opinion from US Art.
tSt. 81, We feel that we should be OMIT
tis an important service, which the
INysOlthis beloved State and the gen.
Isaen who have presented these ques-
us presumably from IN honest
tER TO know their duty as
dlaHs in tho premises, might fairly ex-
ptOi US, il We fail to give some Of the
NAaas which compel US to decline TO
ts.aan and respond 10 the aforesaid
SIsnent and questions based thereupon.
lsS,emn OCCASION, Is indeed herein the
naalelsl and ominous events in our
Fsc history which have occurred with
hAt last few months, but we are bound
b ttAre that these questions are not
l'aeated by legally constituted legisla-
aRe'd!. .iOr, the following reasons briefly
Etd: When different bodies of men
sth claiming to bc and to exercise the
tndlolS Of the legislative department OF
atNAte, appear each asseting their title 10
ststded us law givers for the people,
S the OBVIOUS duty Of the judicial
t4GtneAi, who must inevitably at
u distant dav be called to passed
Ip'a the validity OF the laws that may
atlActei by the respective claimants TO
e legislative authority, to inquire aud
attain Tor themselves with or without
questions presented by the claimants.
iata ithese bodies lawfully represent
atFop!e from whom they derive their
I'T There can be but one lawful leg
Ata'e' The court must know for itself
IsA enaCtments 1t will recognize as a
Ncl 1lHding lOtce, whose levies OF taxes
IlI eh'ofce when brought judiciously
sln il, whose choice Vf prosecuting oiti-
9NtIote the court 1t will respect In a
salnnd ways. 1t becomes essential that
4 ult should forthwith ascertain and
v ladiCial cOgaiarnce OF the question
.aa y the true legislature. The exis-
81 81 Of certain facts raising the questions
" ,sS "r'S f"nnan "i'n uu'.es OIL nt .I'e @ So'sS IT.
lsAbeFs Of the Senate aud House OF
feeataIiSes, was necessarily implied
s,al Snsyars ~P',Itu M ,I; Wy Wv, IA" %io NJ
tt0ijn"rs,"' "' ''''' 'ou'' u''o' ''''
iops, s""h ,,.a,,., .. .,,. :,
NttS ,sSr; ,a "vo.tol!S III t,ie Hp"eueg y.
nlbu,s N "s "o,,n Intir solution Wou'u tT1 NJ
sAeN eNnin;', "D"g'I' Oi q, 'le executive 70 ea.l M
din ~, IO" S"Io,,,.. VI ''.e court Oh lquestiohs
Il, vS,. Sn oi'g',.u KIN OCCASIONS IGese 9ues'
Rnit ,,,a.! ",,! answered ana Dy tne an
Gd.G Gorpe''D Grsea,eu tI'Gt tne acIs ana dolngt
asasl,,e, noL " oIoa,i. anu oounc,l, IN issnlng y
Es,as, ~ " ', e'ec'ioh 10 certain men q
E,.sr,",i,,'nn,ilneTs IT ',.'nlneTs Oh INC Rouse y
sSs TSv" n"S Sa',;,i; Tiio ald not appear 70 D! u
nj Ipn,,"nos nS "ss,'l''hs 10 issue certIlca1eS
.;,,,r iI"''syS w Ia Sy,. 70 certain men VINO uiV
u, ls,,l 's s,,,I viee'rl, 'r were IN Vi9i9loh o
Ni5uss, ""W ~ eohAItnuohal oo!lgauonl gl.
d to';.s II mearc boann 10 take lual
H!bc;,,,T;,,, Wy aoihsS OF tne executive
n, S"Ss ,DJ W. departments ol the govern
iHl,S,S 1, = Saea , called on by the prope
u toorl" |" y, pass upon their validity, W
trSsl @ ;,a,' !" saEe Judicial notice oil ms
Edir,s,s., 'laIters oil pnpiic notofistl