Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-17

House, where similar action was
taken. aRN zNR -.
Mr.. Dickey. of Fork Kent,
moved to suspend the rules, SO that
the House might fix time for the
choice Of four candidates for Cow
ernor, to be sent up to devoted for
by the Senate. The motion was
carried 81 s& E &
On motion of Mr.. Springfield,
an order was adopted fixing, the
time at 11:15. .
Mr. Ingalls,, of Wiscassett,
thought action undesirable, so long
as there wasa doubt of the legality
Of the House. He believed such,
action ought to be deferred.
Mr.. Plaisted,7 of lincoln, took
the opposite view. He reviewed the
situation and believed the time had
come for immediate action, He
made severe attack upon General
Chamberlain for declining to recog-
nize Lamson as acting Governor.
He held the General responsible for
1.-THE present condition Of affairs.
AT the conclusion Of Plaisteds re-
marks, which extended past the
time set for the choice of candi>
dates, and during which he declared
himself resolved to stand by the
legality of this House so long as a
drop of blood remained in his veins,
a sentiments which was loudly %ap-
plauded, Mr.. Mclaughlin, of Carmel,
by general consent, made n brief
speech endorsing his views.
Mr.. Swan, of Minot, moved and
the House ordered that committee
of five be appointed to receive, sort
and count the votes for candidates
to be sent to the Senate, and the
Speaker appointed committee who
at once proceeded to their duty.
The names Of Joseph L. s NTH and
Alonzo Garcelon were the only |
names printed on the ballots, and /
the report of the committee showed |
that Smith and Garcelon had rs
votes. The announcement was
greeted with applause and the re-
port of the committee adopted.
The Senate unanimously elected
Mr.. Smith Governor, he receiving
Is votes.
An Augusta special says it is
reported on good authority that an
Executive order has been pre-
pared, relieving Gen. Chamberlain
from his command, which will bea
served this afternoon. The Gen
eral has as yet no intimation to
that effect.
AT 11:50 a. m. the House sent
message to the Senate, inform
ing it that Joseph i. Smith
and Alonzo Garcelon had been Sc
lected as constitutional candidates
for Governor.
1t was moved to receive the mes,
sage and proceed to vote, Senator
Strickland remarking that this was
a legally constituted body, in his be-
lief, but should the proposed action
be proved illegal, he wished it une
derstood that it would bind no one.
He was in favor of peaceful solu-
tion of the difficulty, and not in
favor of resistance.
A committee was appointed to
receive, sort and count the votes for
Governor. The vote resulted in the
unanimous choice of Jos. L. Smith.
eighteen votes being cast. Mr.. Smith
will be inaugurated this afternoon.
A good deal Of bad feeling is mani-
tested. After the election for Gov
ernor, both Houses, in joint cons
vention, elected an Executive Coun-
Gil. j .t-as "tI
1t is understood that Mr.. Smith,
who will not be recognized by Gen.
Chamberlain, will await the dc
cision of the Court as to the les
gality of his election before taking
any action likely to bring on a
conflict aar gsa4s aal1ss vai
BosToN, MASS, Jan. 16.-Special
dispatches to the Herald from Aus
gusta, Maine, say that the action Of
the Legislature was a surprise to
Mr.. Smith, who, in an interview, ex.
pressed his opinion .thatlthe election
would net take place to-day. Lie
felt plainly the gravity Of the situa-
ton, and while he has ambition to be
Governor of Maine, he wants to be
constitutionally chosen Governor,
and will disco untenanceiall precip-
itate action. He evidently would
have preferred to have had too
days action postponed at least
until the decision Of the Court was
known. He thought there was too
much reckless talk by hot-headed
men, and that it was not all on
one side. Some of those who we're
counselling resistance to the legal
authority of the State had little
idea of what they were saying. The
general impression gathered from
Mr.. Smiths remarks was, that
should he qualify to-day, he will
not ha 1;La1u to narforno ony avoou