Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-20
MAINE.
4 DAY OF EXCITEMENT AND RunoRs,
The fusIonlits Refused Admission 10 the
State House They Hold a Session
Ofthe Legislature on the Side
walk They Will Appeal
10 Congress,
An QnIet Anou, the State aouae.

All Quiet About the state House.
HosruN, January 10 The Ik,ukPs
Apppda sparlaD H,s Al was uuiet
about the State House this morning,
The duty oi guarding the building 10 in
the hands of Major y, b., Nye, Acting
Assistant Adiulant General, and late Of
General Chamberlain's Slah, General
Chamberlain left Tor brunswick on the
iirst train this morning The force ol
police has apparently been largely ia
creased, and guards are placed outside
the outer dours, The passes ISSUED last
week ale not acknowledged to-day, but
the persons authorized are granted new
ones hy MAJOR Nyt aud Others Ct the
stall Eyrry precautiun has been taken
against an interruption OF business, The
prospect Ia good Tor u quiet session Of
The liepuhhan Legislature. What the
atlcrnuun will bring torlh Is problem
The Fusiunist Governor Smith, "a eN'
pcclcd hourly Ia demand admission to
the executive chamber.
Military order.
l.uNppN, January lH The H6fdhis
llidclord special says The uiddclord
Light Infantry received orders early
ths muTuiug TO bc iu rcadlnrHs tu ~ Ia
Augusta ut u nlonent's notice. Fifty
men volunteered 10 join the company II
allowed. This order has greatly aug
meuted The interest aud excitement
here.
htato House To- bo Closed Against the
fusionista
AuUusrA, ME., January H. - The
state House will hc closed this alter
noon against the Fusion Legislature aud
no one will be allowed tu cnler the leg
islaliNc halls II Is thought that there
viii lee uu trouble or rummotou,
Testing the Military
lip,rnN, January ~ The JpuuuIs
Augusta special SAWS that Governor
DAVIS t,lcgtaphrd all the military com
panlcs this morning, tu test their icrl
mgs. The import at the order wa, that
the commanding officers ui The com
ranicS should report lo headquarters
every nornlug, AMI II. " any time, the
telegraph wires were cut, e. start with
the companies Tor Augusta 10y rail. One
at the llrst companies IT, respond VAS
the Montgomery Guards, one ui the
Portland companies, composed ul Irish
Americans, who arr Democrats. CAPT
Lynch responds that hc recognizes lhc
powers that lee,
Tho state seal Missing
Secretary ul state thudhuurur sent
communication tu the Legislature au-
nouncing the tact that the State seal has
not been tnrnrd oyrrto him, Uni the
returns at thc votes are not uu the lille.
The FuslonIsIs WA Hold out
The Furlunisls here have hcld a eau
Gus, and lat ~ can hr learned will huld
cut Tho caucus Was secret, bat not
largo. They cannot heal oil their mrni-
hcrt The lenders have started the
story that the Judges ut the Supreme
C"urt Ncrc promised au increase vi aal.
ap lot ll,o,r opinion
A Curnslono Legislature
Nav NuEN, January 10 The l!ustuu
HIdhfs Augusta special SayS; Al $40
" ,l7uu. IT OIuuo, member ui the Flu
s,uuist House, airiNcdat the gate, and
simultaneously Mayor Nash came down
lfum the State llOusc. Wilson do
mandcd udmillanrr, aud was refused.
"lIy whose urlcrr" hr asked
"l,y tho urlvl oi Goy, Davis, said
Ihc Mayor "thy DAVIS ordered that
lbc St,id lousa le cleared, because uo
lh-ipesD- H. heing tntnsartcd IN any ct
the drpartmcnIs neilhrr the Treasury,
the Ssrlary OF States office nor
either branch of the legislature
"Hut, cNroatulaird Wilson. II have
r"nr valuable papers ia nay desk which
l musl hayc,'
Mayor Nash am sorry sir. hul am
only ubryirg the tiuycruur's oulcr ~
keeping yuu out, -
The Eusioui-t senator, Strickland,
lhru cmpe az, Can ! ~ int" ho Ia.
,ulrrd
"Nu, s,r, Was the rrplyof the Mayor
n urk admission - a mvmhyI ul the
senate ui the State Of Alaino, INV name
is Strickland, aud can show You my
II am ordered not to admit any one.
Sail the Mayer
''ny whuse orlcrsr" asked senator
nlly GvvvrpoI payls Wa the reply.
II yOu have any communication To-
make IN writing viii lorNaud II io the
I,oyrrnor.
"Nu. sif, " said the Senator, II have uu
Ia make. am satisfied"
At3ia O'Clock MT lAmsun, rrrsidrnt
a III.
Speaker ui The Fusion House., appeared
with the secretary and Clerk VI those
ba,llrs aud demanded admission at the
gate. On being refused 10y the Mayor,
theN asked entrance ~ members ut the
legislature, only 10 have Il again denied
them They PIT the same questions as
Senator strickland did anl received
similar answers \ lew minutes later
Governor Smith ,amc upRnd attempted
lO pass without askmg any questions
lie Was stopped by an otlccrs arm. and
wf,tn be sald, Il demand admission IA
doyeTnuf. his authority WAS not rec
oxaised and Dc Sas turned ba,k AZ
lhk ubpe at lqaAl 1000 persona hal
g.dhered al lhr gate, aud the Thong
) vaysi to AMI ir,. endeayoaing 10 lear
" hat Va, going on. 4 Representative,
supposed tn be- Knowles, ut bradford
Who has 9al bul not acted With tie he
I,hhhcm House, began q speech IN which
lac ,lcpo,nvsd the authorities ior wins'
ing lilo, admission In the strongest
terms. Presently new diversion oe-
CURED aud a cheer drew every bOdy's
attention 20 where the tall lOfm Ot Tai
bot, The speaker oi the fusianist Hou-e
was posted 0n the ienee II the Nate
house yafd ClcTk Gibbs stood At his
tcct With the rrSord book and sundry
papers. NJ mltOt said Ia substance
"Since weare not permitted 10 enter
the legislative hall 10y a usurplng and
lllcgssN0yanos II bcComos my duty 10
calfihs Iisasc aCt Representatives to
opleT here on the nearest possible spot.
Gents II the House Of Representatives.
yOp nil llgssa come 90 0JdrT." Tue
reading ~ the IoArnal vas dispensed
With, aud an order wAs offered by Mr.,
Plai-lcd, 1T Lincoln, that the iiouse all
ioum a. meet tomorrow Al Union Hall.
Ia Augusta.
IN ps.lpg hIs eFaeJ, talhol began,