The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-26
The Maine Trouble.

AususTA, Me-, January 2l.--The general
IMPRESSION IL that matters nre In n more
critical condition thin they have been for
ONE time. crowds are collecting at vari.
Gus points. Secret cl,as of armed men are
driliing, ana other circumstances tend 10
create alarm. The thrOaicte O;reenbpck-
Labor organ, OF Auburn, states that the
State House must be taken though II costs
thousands 81 livos, TIE government is not
alarmed, and will make the State-House
perfectly imrrecnable. The first military
company that ever entered the state House
marched IN at midnight. PiIlsbury,
Blood, Chatning, and Others are known TO
he enro'iirg men I'm every county in the
State. Men are enrolled in county towns
| for j. l.. Smiths call. Captain Black. OF
Augusta, is drilling men nightly. Mayor
Nash addressed the following TO Governor
! Davis tonight: "In view Of the threaten
ing altitude Of persons hostile TO the pres
ent government OF the State | feel con-
strained 10 say To your EXceIlcncy that
fc9r my civil police force will be unable
sufficiently TO protect public property at the
the Capitol, or even hold possession If the
building Itself against such force a the
/ public enemies seem TO he willing and able
10 bring against it, From consultation
with the military authorities Davis has
become thoroughly convinced Of the So
robustness of the situation, and that the
/ position Of Mayor Nash is perfectly
sound. He therefore ordered TO the
/ 5 ate-Iouse the Capitol Guards and Rich
mOnd Light Infantry with what at O'Clock
| 4. NJ. were there. The Auburn Light In
fantry will leave that place for the Capitol
al o'clock this morning, and other mill
,ary forces will be brought il necessary.
Information OF the operations Of Fusion
! lists comes from reliable men in each cOun-
! ty. Design is to take the Housc-PiilSbury
last hope. Ii is hoped prompt action on the
part OF Governor Davis will avert trouble.
| Men are known TO he ready at the call OF
Smith in Lincoln and Somerset counties.
! Prompt action on the part Of Colonel PcakeS
prevented movements in Piscataqus cOun-
| ~. All The armOrIes in The State are under
guard. The Republicans mean to hold pos
session, and il the State troops are made
quate tue President will be called on for
aid.
THREE COMPANIES OF TROOPS AND A CALLING
GUN GARRISON THE STATE-HOUsE.
BosToN, January 24.-The HeroidS An.
cu>ta specilI says that three companies OF
troops and Calling gun garrison the state
! House. When the Republicans meet this
| forenoon there will be as little show OF arms
a. possible, and the soldicry will be kept in
the background. The Republicans feel well
braced up this morning, and are generally
urging dispersion OF the Union-lIall Legis-
| lature. These ale the sort OF utterauceS
which set the authorities thinking-Such a.
follow: PillSbury says in his patty Stqnd-
ard this morning:
"Men OF Maine, the next article on the
programme Is TO di>perse by force the Le-
glslatule convened in the Union Hall. Are
YOU. as free men. willing to submit tc this
outrage! See TO il that your representatives
are protected. This j. the culpinatiOn OF
an outrage Inflicted upon the Democrats aud
Greenbackcrs by stalWart pimpS of the Re-
publican party, who will now step out 0!
our ranks md side with the cOWardly men
enircnchcd in the StatC-lI0uSe, who lremhle
ut the sound OF their own voices, and do
not feel safe Unless backed up by the bay0-
nets of the State militia. Let the end be
what il may, history will read that Corporal
Davis wa, the first man in the State Of Maine
To authorize an array OF bayoneiS at the
state House TO keep from lis portals citizens
OF the Communicable
Every military company in Maine is under
arms. Captain Black, Of the Fusion staff,
says all lie asks i, to be arrested.
A. 3. Gould, legal adviser to the Fusion
government, cbaracteriZCs the moving OF
troops as a desperate act and sure TO re-
dOuud to the political advantage OF the Flu
sioniStS. He says that it is the biggest
blundcr yet made by the Republicans.
The FusIonist Legislature met with undi-
minished numbers. Speaker Talbot tod
the reporters that bis House needed pro-
tec'ion more than the Republicans. The
FusiOnists show signs OF nervousness over
State affairs. Should the Fusion LegiSla-
ture go TO Biddeford it is likely that the
doors of any ball it may engage will be
guarded by soldiers. mo fOOllng any
longer" is Republican talk to-day. The
Stale-HOuSe Is converted into sort or bar
racks stoves have been set up in the cell
lar to cook ratiOnS OF beef for the soldiers.
Governor Davis is strongly urged at once
TO disperse the Unon-lial Legislature and
Fusion government, but whether he VIII
act until the first Of next week Is doubtful.
SUNDAY night the State troops will all be
under arms. The Republican authorities
assert that ii there is a civil war the reSpon-
sibility rests on the FusiOnsts.
THE QUESTIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
COURT.
AUGUSTA, Me-, January 81 The ques-
tOns reported by the committees 10 the Lee
gislaturc to be submitted 10 the court, and
laid on the table till Monday, and which are
preceded by long preamble setting forth
the facts of the organization Of the Lc9isla-
ture, are as follows:
First. Was the organization Of the SEN
ate and the election of President and Sec
Rotary thereof on the first Wednesday IN
january, 1880, a. set forth in the foregoing
statement of facts, and as appears by the
record thereof, legal and in accordance with
the Constitution and laws OF the State?
Second. Was the organization Of the
House of Representatives and the election
OF Speaker aud Clerk thereof. on the first
Wednesday in January, 1880, as set forth in
the foregoing statement OF facts, and APP
pears by record there OF legal, and IN accord
ance with the Constitution and laws!
Third. Were the bodies OF persons who
bad these meetings on the evening OF the
- h OF January. as set forth in the fOrego-
ing statement Of facts, competent at that
time, and under the circumstances stated at
the organization OF the Senate and House OF
Representatives for the State OF Maine, TO
constitute the Fifty-nlnth Legislature, and
were they le ,ally organized as such, and do
they constitute the Flfty-ninjh LEGISLATURE,
and were they legally organized As such,
aud do they constitute the legal Legislature
under the Constitution and laws Of this
State?
Fourth. Ifthe Senate organized on the first
Wednesday in January, 1880, in the manner
set forth in the foregoing statement Of facts,
was not legally organized, is that body a
convention Of senatOrs-elect, by or through
which the Senate may or must be organized, |
that body having adjourned from day to
day from the said first Wednesday OF Janu- |