Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-15

he took his seat he was greeted with an audi
BILE smile.
This effort on the part Of the leaders was
Intellectual; and in the strong vote against
them they might have seen the expression Of
the better portion of the fasionists, Who pre-
fer to listen to the only honorable way through
which they may escape from their present
sifuation-a decision Of the court.
The KinsAelA Patriot
labored hard but in vain to push this motion
through. Now here, now there, he urged
his men. At one time he was at the right
hand of the acting speaker, and when Swan
with one who opposed the measure, Pillsbury
said, Recognize Swan. Recognize Swan"
The old man implicitly obeyed. There was
generally crushed look among these leaders
from Pillsbury down to Perry when the an
nOuncement of the vote was made. But this
is what Pillsbury might have expected. He
and his co-conspirators cannot make tools Of
intelligent beings for any length of time.
and act upon their better judgment.
spectacle Guardians OF the Peace Is
Blacks state Prison Btrds.
Our neighboring city of Haliowell has sent.
cutters, to aid in preserving peace at the
State House. These men are all respectable,
honest, Manifested labOrers, but we find that
while Capt. Blacks origands are in high IA
drawn $1,000 from the State treasury, the
Hallowell police are mentioned in anything
but complimentary terms by these gentry.
We think the Hallowell stone cutters can
lists can. Give us the honest, horny handed
laborer, and let the fusionists have their State
Prison birds if they like it, Three cheers
for the Hallowell stone cutters!
More Plunder.
A second box of stationery was given out
to the fusionist legislature yesterday. Prob
ably this is how they intend ''to expedite
business" by taking all they can get while
they have an opportunity. Wouldn't it be
well to inquire who is going to pay for the
expenses of this bogus legislature!
A Creditable Act.
The desperate men who are bent on seiz-
ing and holding the State government ran
against stump yesterday, when their House
of Representatives attempted to increase its
numbers by un:eating Mr.. Dunnell of West
brook, and putting Mr.. Stiles in his place,
the object being, of course, to gain the much
sought-for quorum for acton. Mr.. Dickey,
reported from the committee a resolution ad-
hitting Mr.. Stiles to MIR. Dunnelrs seat, and
attempted to put it through at once. To his
evident surprise, strong opposition was made
under the lead of Mr.. George F. Hill Of
Cornth. Mr.. Hill spoke strongly against
precipitate action and carried the fusion
House against Dckey, Perry and the other
assumed leaders; and the report went over
until to-day. How deep Mr.. Hills opposi-
ton may be to the rank acts of the body in
which he is found. or whether he has been
whipped into the traces over night, we have
no means of knowing. The proceedings of
to-day will show how far his protest will be
carried. But at any rate he showed some
boldness yesterday, and his associates sus-
tanned him. 1t is clear that when any deter
mined man in the fusi n House shall openly
revolt from the leaders. he will by no means
stand alone. Mr.. Hill deserves credit for
what he has done. Let US see how much he
meant by 1t.
Men At the State Honse.
Fifty men arrived in the city last evening
from Waterville, under the direction Of Col.
Heath of that town. There were two hun
dred men in the State House last night.
New style OF Virtue.
writer in tho Boston Advertiser of yes
terday remarks of the new style Of virtue"
witnessed in such operations as those of Swan
and Hartman, as follows:
Mr.. Peterson in his dramatic study, "Julius
Caesar" represents young Caesar as bribing \
gang of SyIla's butchers, who, under the au
thority of their master were about to murder
him, to passing by for that day allowing him
an opportunity to escape. If the authorized
assassins could have taken lesson from Mr..
Swan, usurping member Of the Maine legisla-
ture. they might have done their work more
finely. and have commended themselves to
the admiration Of posteritv. They would, af-
ter receiving Caesars money, have promptly
broken their word, driven their swords through
his body, and then have made q sworn state
ment of the facts in order to exhibit at once
their unconquerable virtue and the infamy of
their victim. Whether scoundrel may law
fully be bribed to desist from the crime he
meditates is question in casuistry but sure
" the style Of virtue invented by the politi-
cal brigands of Maine is quite new develop
ment in morals. ID. A. W.
What . Californian Thinks.
The following extract from a private letter
from the Pacific coast show the feeling there