The Portland daily press., 1880-01-12


in this year. SAYS: "There will come time
when great divisions will take p ace in the
church, caused by political troubles" The
doorkeeper says this trouble at the capital has
tended to break very many warm friendships
among them and he fears what the finale of it
may be.
A Quiet Saturday Night.
This evening the city seems almost deserted.
Very many of the strangers, counted-out and
counted-in, have returned home, and sense
of security now pervades all. There is every
prospect of peaceful Sa bbath, though on
Monday the fight will rage with renewed Wig
or. The Committee on Gubernatorial Votes
are about ready to report, and probably may
do so the first thing, when the fusionists expect
to elect their Governor, but their expectations
may be stepped on. The names Of Davis, Gar
celon, Smith, Bradbury, Chamberlain and
Greenleaf will be reported without doubt.
The two gubernatorial candidates most prom
inently before the people. Messrs. Davis and
Smith, are both in town, and will probably re-
main until matters are Strengthened out.
The Greenbackers held caucs at the Au-
gusta House today, but nothing is known of
their movements. Pillsbury moves with be-
coming regularity between the Augusta House
and the capitol, and is using his best endeav
ors to whip those who are apparently falling
back into line.
AUGUSTA, JAN 11,-Today has been quiet,
lovely Sunday, with such splendid weather
that full attendance was secured at the
churches, at several of which the officiating
clergymen expressed the conviction that right
must ultimately prevail and the will of the
people be sustained.
Rumored Qualification Of President Lam
son.
Nothing has transpired looking to a change
| in the base purposes of the conspirators 1t is
I rumored thut Lamson, President of the SEN
| ate, was qualified last night as Governor, but
| we can trace it to no reliable source.
| Fusionists Denouncing Gen. Chamber
lain.
We are told that when it was known that
| the guns and ammunition were to be removed
the fusion leaders delegated Smith, the Groen-
back candidate for Governor, TO wait on Lam
son at once and demand him to Immediately
| qualify as Governor and supersede General
| Chamberlain, or as one of them said, Chick
Chamberlain out and save the guns" Dr.
Lancaster, Superintendent of Public Build
ings, is very indignant over the removal OF the
guns. When he protested against their re-
| moval to Gen. Chamberlain, he said, "Gen.
| Chamberlain, the removal of these guns will
cause trouble 'But," replied Gen. Cham
berlain, "they cause nothing except trouble If
| they remain here The Doctor replied that
| his bond as superintendent held him response
bic for the keeping of all property and that the
arms were needed for protection. The Gen
eral then said with emphasis: "Then order
you to remove them That will relieve your
bond and will give you my order in writing
if you wish it,"
A detail of city police of about ten men con
stitute the entire force protecting the property
in the State House. This is the first day for
many weeks that the State House has been
under legally authorized guard. The re-
| moval of the guns has caused an intense feel
ing of relief and satisfaction among the citi-
zens, and probably removes all possibility OF
any riot OR violence.
The Position of the Republicans.
With the opening of the week the Republi-
| cans are in position where they command
| advantage they have scored thus far may be
summarized as follows They have caused the
House to be organized without quorum, and
this fact is clearly and indsputably established
by the official record of that branch They
| have established the fact that the Legislature
I is an illegal one, and have placed the fusion.
| lists in position where they can elect no legal
| Governor, no legal state officers, can assess nc
| legal tax, make no legal appropriations, nor
| do any legal legislation. They have succeed
l ed in having Gen. Chamberlain appointed to
protect the public property and institutions OF
the state in trust for the people until Gov
ernor has been legally elected and duly quail
fed. In this extraordinary state OF affairs
Gen. Chamberlain is virtually acting Cover
/ nor with limited powers uutil a legal Cover
| nor is chosen. They have dismissed from the
State House the large number of unauthorized
persons acting as guard and employed by the
, fusionists, and substituted detail from the
police force of this city, which detail, although
| small in number, is amply sufficient for the
protection of public property. They have tax
| en- away from the possession OF the fusionists
| the guns and ammunition which were brought
here from the Bangor arsenal to be used in
! sustaining a government inaugurated by fraud
and usurpation. They have brought such
| CONSERVATION to the conspirators and produced
such CONSERVATION in their ranks that State
Treasurer White has declined the responsible
| ty of paying dollar out of the Treasury for
| fear that he will involve himself and those on
his official bond. Whites bond is for $3.50, 900.
All this has been accomplished in the most
| peaceable manner in accordance with the line
of policy that the Republicans have adopted.
| They will hold their position until the twelve
vacant seats to which they are entitled in the
| House are filed.
To the Associated Press.l
| AUGUSTA, Jan. 10.-While one of the night
watchmen was on his rounds last night he dis
covered armed men in the middle library,
| which is situated in the upper story of the
State House. Two were first discovered and
| afterward eight. The men were carefully Sc
creted, secure from ordinary observation and
were surrounded by large amount OF arms
and ammunition ready for use. This intelli-
gence causes considerable excitement, and the
| Augusta police force will refuse to act until
the secreted men are removed. They claim
| that in case of disturbance a few desperate
men with the appliances at hand could do an
| incalculable amount of harm. The men have
been promptly removed by order of Gen. John
| Marshall Brown. The rumor that has found
| its way abroad that the Governors room had
been seized is absurd and silly. The crowd at
the State House was greatly diminished.
| AUGUSTA, Jan, 1.-Lewis Barker, in tehalf
| of his client, Ebenezer Sproul of Veazie, has
attached property of E. F. Pillsbury of Maine
Standard on libel caused by an article in that
! paper charging bribery.
| Personal service will be made on Pillsbury
tomorrow The case is to be tried in Penob-
| scot county.
1t is limited that the programme OF the Flu
| sionists tomorrow will be to send the Ser
| geant-at-Arms from the. House to arrest either
| Eugene Hale or Prof. Young, or both, and
| bring them into the House to form quorum.
! The difficulty will be to find an officer who
| in the present state of feeling would undertake
! to disturb the peace by serving precept. 1t is
| now utterly impossible to secure quorum I'M