The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-13

charging bribery. Personal service vii
be made on Pillsbury tomorrow. TIL,
case will be tried in PenobscOt County
On Saturday prominent fus ionists ap
| piled to Gen. Chamberlin for the discharge
| of the Augusta police in charge of the
state house, and expressed the belief thai
public property was not endangered. Gen
Chamberlin informed them that if the
request was granted he would order two
companies Of militia to take their pace.
The order was written iortwn Companies
to come by the S o'clock train, but the
gentlemen making the request changed
their minds, and the order was cancelled
The following card from Wallace r.
White will be published tomorrow:
WINTHKoP, Me, January s.
On Wednesday last, just before the
legislature was to be organized, two
afidavits, signed by Thomas B. Swami
and Moses Hartman, respectively, ap-
pesred in the Maine Standard, stating
that some person or agents had giveH
them $1,000 cash to stay away
from the Legislature. Rumor connected
my name Herewith. l did not see
fit 10 reply to the statement or
affidavit, which did not have resemblance
enough Of truth to give the name Of the
person accused. This morning my name
appeared for the first time in said paper.
The statements contained in sad paper,
so far as they concern me are absolutely,
unQualifedly ard mallciously false. l
never offered, paid or gave said Thomas
B. Swami and Moses Hartman one
dollar of money, directly or Indirectly
for the purpose of influencing their action
or votes, or for any other purpose, what
ever. make this general and unqualified
denial and shall demand the fullest
investigation at the proper time; no
far Investigation, however, can be
had before an unlawfully organized
house of representatives., every one
of whose members openly approve
81 the conduct of HarTiman aud Swami
and glory in their shame. 1t is a sad
spectacle in Maine to see seventy five
democrats and greenbsckers rejoicing in
a crime, which, if actually committed.
can be punished under the statutes of
Maine with five years in the penitentiary
l object to being invest gated by the con-
spirors of Swami and Hartman. Wedo
not constitute juries IL that way in Kin
nebec County.
(Signed) WALLACE L. WHITE.
Mr.. White has been summoned to sp-
pear before the bribery committee of the
house, but will refuse to appear on the
grounds stated above.
Boston, 11.-Regsrding the rumored
of the flsionisis in the house to
arrest either Hale or Prof. Young, the
correspondent at Augusta
sele grsphs tonight, that ihould there be
an attempt to arrest Hale or Young, and
bring them in, trouble will begin. The
hundreds of armed men who have been
in The city for a week could no longer be
held'back by the leaders, whose voices
have continually been for peace,
Augusta, Me-, 12.-It having been an
nounced that James D. Lampson, presl-
dent of the senate, would this morning
assume the duties Of governor, General
states that he shall posi-
lively refuse to recognize his claims 10
that position, and furthermore will recog-
nize no one as governor who shall be
chosen by the legislature as at present
special of last night says: Very few re-
publicans, members or claimants. left the
city today. Every man, except one or
two, is on hand. The question whether
the committee on gubernatorisl votes will
report, and whether both branches will at
tempt to elect a governor tomorrow, IS
freely discussed. The general opinion is
that they will not presume to elect q gov
ernor as the house is at present consti-
tuted. 1t is rumored that leading fusion
lists, to-day, made overtures for a COM
promise, when they were told that the ad-
ofmembers-elect Of disfranchised
cities and towns of Pennington and
Skowhegan would insure the attendance
ofrepubIlcans This would add fourteen
to the sixty-tWo members. The commit
tee find six persons received votes for
Davis, Smith, Garcelon, Brad
bury, Chamberlain and Greenleaf. The
first four would be the names from which
two would have to be chosen to send to
the senate; thus, if the house should be
and the senate fusion, fusion
governor would be elected. A quorum
certifcated would give q republican ma
iority of one. Republicans feit greatly
relieved that the arms in the state house
are returned to the arsenal and consider
it great move toward q peaceful solution
of the difficulty.
It is reported and believed by large
number Of persons that the reason the
galleries were not allowed to be occupied
on Friday was that the orders were to
allow certain armed men TO be concealed
in the state library in case of an attempt
of republicans TO capture the hall.
Fusionists feared to come down by the
short cut and enter the south gallery
with loaded muskets and command re-
publieans to leave the hall. The finding
of muskets loaded and cartridge boxes
filed, shows that bloody work was con-
templated Both parties keep their
movements very cloudy from all outside
members and claimants, and especially
do they avoid making any disclosures to
newspaper correspondents.
On the assem- bling Of the senate, this
morning, President Ransom sent letter
announcing that he assumed the duties
of governor. Senator Ellis, of Waldo,
was chosen president pro tenn. The COM
mittee on gubernatorial votes reported
the whole number Of votes was 138,s07i
necessary for a choice SO, 4O4. Daniel F.
Davis had 6S,77O; Joseph l.. Smith
4,764; Alonzo Garcelon, 21,844; Bion
Bradbi, 263; Daniel F. David, 200. The
remaining scattering. The constitution
candidates are Daniel +. David, JOSEPH
L. Smith, Alonzo Garcelon and BioI
Bradbury.
On the proposition to hold q joint con
vention for the purpose of qualifying
acting governor, Locke of Cumberland
made long speech in which he reviewed
the action Of the governor and council
and took up the cases of counted on
members, and the grounds upon whlcl
they were counted out. Locke claimel
thst the certificates issued by the governO
and council to these not chosen were nc
legal, and acts passed by such bod
would not be recognized by the court
or obeyed by the people. Baker Gn
Strickland replied, claiming that to a
intents and purposes this is legs
legislature, members holding certificate
fir m the governor and council. The
meant as honorable gentlemen to do II
fair thing when an investigation shoul
take place before the proper committee
the legislature. The joint conventiO
! was formed, and in The presence Of q
: secretary of state and several members
the council John d. Lamson took Il
oath and was proclaimed acting govern
of the state. But sixty members we
present in the house, and it adjourn
without transacting any business.