The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-20
A QUIET DAY.
A RAID ON THE STATE HOUSE
V|ED|TATED BUT NOT
ATTEMPTED.
Joe Smith Refuses to Take
Good Advice and Go Home.
HE TALKS OF COMING TO
PORTLAND,
And Setting Up a State Gov
eminent.
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substantially, as 1 am informed, as follows.
81 am Governor of the State of Maine. If I
should now submit and go home I should be-
the laughing stock of the people of the whole
State, and rather than be the laughing stock,
by God, I'd rather be shot! 1 am Governor
and propose to stay here. don't propose to
submit to the court, and intend to stay here"
Disobedience of Orders.
Gen. Chamberlain went home this morning
and the duties of his office are now being per-
formed by Gen. j. M. Brown, his chief OF
staff. Major Folsom, the fusion acting adju-
tant general who was retired by Gov. Davis
and ordered to report to Gen. White at Bangor
has disobeyed orders and is a proper subject
for court martial.
The State House Closed.
When the Republican Legislature adjourned
this noon, the halls of legislation were imme-
diately locked and no one was allowed to enter
the State House. Extra precautionary meas
ures were taken to prevent the fusion conspir-
ators from again entering the building to re-
assemble their sham legislature. If they were
allowed to set up their sham legislature again,
the Republicans contend that it would be
quasi recognition that it was legal body.
Arrangements to Keep the Peace.
To guard against any outbreak by the meet
ing of the Fusion legislature this afternoon it
was deemed prudent by the police authorities
to strengthen the force on duty at the State
House. 1t had been expected that there
would be large influx OF Fusion roughs and
strikers anxious to get up riot, and SO every
military company in the State had been
ordered by telegraph by acting Adjutant
General Nye, to be under arms and ready to
move at a moments notice. The Capital
Guards in this city were at their armory with
their quota of men. This precautionary
measure was regarded as absolutely necessary
from further information that the Fusion
leaders in the adjoining towns had been I'M
usually active the past twenty-four hours.
The police force at the State House was in
creased to make a number that it was be-
lieved that could successfully resist a mob
of several thousand in any attack that might
be made.
Col. Mattocks of Portland was present in
State House assisting in preparing men for
active service in case the circumstances re-
quired it. In case of a melee his position and
those of his men would have been on the
balcony.
A False Alarm.
About o'clock this evening drunken man
went into the Standard office, where he had
formerly worked as compositor, and insulted
one of the femaie compositors and committed
an assault on one of the attaches of the paper,
who undertook to .,ut him out The fellow
was arrested by the police and carried to the
station. This circumstance gave rise to various
reports that the Standard Office was in danger,
which was the means of drawing consider
able crowd outside, who soon learned the facts.
The Messenger Gives up the Keys.
. Mark Harden voluntarily surrendered the
keys of his Office as Messenger today to Major
House, the newly appointed Messenger to Gov
Davis and his Council.
Early this morning A. G.. Andrews, the Sec
Rotary of the bogus Senate, voluntarily and
gracefully surrendered the keys of his desk to
Gen. Tilden, Secretary of the Republican Sen
ate. Andrews influence the past few days has
been directed in favor of those fusion members
of the legislature who are properly certified
taking their seats in the Republican legisla-
ture.
Gov. Davis has requested continuance oil
Mayor Nash's personal services in keeping the
peace, and that official has consented.
Trying to Open the Safe.
Frank Moreland, a skllful machinist Of this
city, has been engaged all day in trying to
force open the combination safe in the Secre-
tary of States office, the key to which Sawyer,
the Fusion Deputy Secretary, refused to de-
liver up. The job is hard one, and if it is
accomplished it is not quite sure whether the
missing State seal and the election returns, sup
posed to be in it, will be found.
Ammunition Found in Lancaster's Room.
This evening $50 rounds of ammunition were
found in DR.. Lancasters room, the Fusion
Superintendent of the public buildings, by
City Marshal White. Lancaster's room during
the past few weeks has been the headquarters
of Blacks brigade. Marshal White also found
a loaded navy revolver in Lancaster's room.
This material of war was safely taken care Of
Speech by Representative Hale.
The following is the resolution offered by
Mr.. Hale today in the House:
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Maine, in Leg
islature assembled, That the Secretary Of
State be, and hereby is, directed to procure q
suitable seal in the simlitude of the seal last
in use and acknowledged as the seal of the
deposited in the Office of the Secretary of
State, and that the same shall become and be
the seal of the State.
In Offering this resolution Mr. Hate spoke as
follows:
1 notice in the communication that has been
received from the Secretary of State that he
has not yet made an exhaustive search of
places where this seal may be lost. I don't
know and he does not know but what the seal
may be in the safe. The parties going out and
not in possession of the office have seen fit in
an unprecedented manner to retain the keys of
the safe; but it can be easily opened Mr..
Speaker and will be easily opened, and be-
cause that can be done we will then know
whether we need to get seal better than we
know now. / shall not offer this order today
but shall ask that the communication be laid
upon the table, and between now and the next
session of this House the contents of that safe
will be disclosed; and it has been proved al
ready that this government can run even if
returns are taken away improperly. And it
will soon be found, Sir, that the legal govern
ment of the State of Maine will not be detain-
ed one moment because parties have stolen the
seal of the State. shall offer this resolution
tomorrow and ask that the communication be
laid upon the table.
Fusionists Very Mad.
The Fusionists claim that it was a bold and
monstrous outrage that they were refused adj
mission TO the State House this afternoon, and
if there have been those among them who
were disposed to submit and make no further
resistance, the events of this afternoon have
led them to renounce their intentions and
welded them together in a solid column.
They say that they intended no resistance this
afternoon. They talk of being recognized by
Congress, which, as they say, will provide a
remedy.
Tonight it is thought they have sent re-
quest to the Wallace commi tee on investiga-
ton in Congress to come on here Immediate
ly.
1t Is evident that the Fusionists are not in a
very cheerful Or hopeful mind. They are quite
reticent as to the policy they will adopt, and
confne their remarks tonight principally to a
violent denunciation Of the Republicans at
what has occurred to-day.
Talk OF Moving to Portland.
The fusionists talk of putting their Legisa-
ture on wheels and removing it to Portland.
They claim that the Republicans made great