The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23
NO. 4.

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In the house the first business taken u
l. was the report of the committee ON ele,
!, tions, declaring VIM. Murray, fuslonist,
OF Hassalbord, entitled to a seatfnstea
OF Kew. DIR. Nathan Butler Republican
f The report was accepted, but reconsidel
e alton was moved, because Perry. q
f Camden, wished a full explanation O
f the cause. Dickey, from that committee
: stated that no check list was used at In
election; that notice of meeting was no
legal; that one of the assessors passed
t the ballot box out of door to allow ,
SICK man IN a carriage to vote, and tina
: there were sundry other reasons why thu
action was not legal. The motion TO re
consider failed, and Murray was escorted
to the executive chamber to take thu
oath
/ Murray's admission brings the number
| OF members of the house present I'D tc
seventy-seven, according TO the count OF
the tellers
The house voted TO send the names OF
Joseph l.. Smith and AlonZo Garcelon "a
the senate. The number of votes was
seventy-siX.
The report of the committee on guber
Material votes having been read and ac.
cepteu IN the senate, 1t was sent to the
mouse, where similar action was taken.
Sickey, of Fit. Kent, moved to suspend
the rules so that the house might nix a
time Tor the choice of four candidates
Tor governor, to be sent up to be voted for.
The senate motion was carried. and on
motion of Mr.. Springfield the order was
adopted, fixing the time at Ills. Mr.
ingalls,, OF Wiscassett, though the action
unadvIsable, so long as there was a doubt
OF the legality of tee house. He believ-
ed such action ought to be deferred.
fnH Of
poslte view. He reviewed the situation
and believed the time had come for i'm.
mediate action. He made severe at
tack upon general Chamberlain for de
Ginning to recognize Lamson as acting
governor, and held the general RESPONSE.
bic for the present condition of affairs.
BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 16-The Herald's
Augusta special says: At the conclu-
sion OF Plaisted's remarks, which extend
ed past the time set for the choice of
candidates, and during which he declared
himself resolved TO stand by the legality
OF this house SO long as drop of blood
enained in his veins. The sentiment
was loudly applauded.
MIR. Mclaughlin, of Carmel, by gener-
al consent, made brief speech, endors-
ing his views.
MIR. Swan, of Minet, moved, and the
house ordered, that a committee of five
be appointed to receive, sort and count
the votes for candidates to the senate, and
the speaker appointed the committee.
who at once proceeded to their duty.
Inc names of Joseph L. Smith and
AlonZo Garcelon were the only ones
| printed on the ballots, and the report of
the committee showed that Smith and
Garcelon had seventy-siX votes The an
nouncement was greeted with applause,
| anu the repors OF the committee was
adopted
The senate unanimously elected Smith
governor, he receiving eighteen votes.
BOSTON, Jan. 16.-An Augusta, Me,
! special says: 1t is reported on good au
thorlty that an executive order has been
prepared relieving general Chamberlain
OF his command. The order will be
served this afternoon. The general has,
as yet, no intimation to that effect
AUGUSTA, Me, Jan. 16, 1SS0.-Gencral
Chamberlain issued the following order:
Whereas, exciting rumors which | be-
lieve to be entirely without foundation.
are spreading among the people, that the
| state house is to be held by one party as
against another, or is to be attacked by
persons in the interest of some political
party to gain possession of il, for the
purpose of excluding members elect
from the legislative hall, this is to give
assurance that the rights and privileges
of all parties shall be projected with
complete impartiality. The halls are
for the use of members elect to the leg
lslature, and shall be held inviolate for
these uses. L give no credence to the
reports that either party would stoop to
such trick, or be rash enough to use
violence to determine the question of
rights; but to allay any doubt or fear of
TINS, l give my personal guarantee that
all rights shall be respected, and attempts
to gain unfair advantages shall not be
permitted.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 16.-Both branches re.
assembled at 4 o'clock
A committee was appointed to wait up
on j. l.. Smith, and inform him of his
election. They reported Smiths accept
ance at 4:3O. A joint convention was
formed in the hall of the house for the
purpose of administering the oath of Off
ce. A committee was appointed to wait
upon the governor, and forthwith Smith
appeared accompanied by the heads of
the departments, the outgoing council
and adjutant general. The oath was adj
mlnistered by acts president Ellis of the
senate. A proclamation was made by
the secretary of state, and governor
smith then delivered his message.
BOSTON, Janu. 16--An Augusta special
states that the supreme court will decide
FOR the Republicans on every point.
Ingalls, Investigation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The first wit
ness called in the ingalls, case to-day was
ex-governor Anthony, of Kansas. The
counsel for the memorialists stated that
they intended to prove by this witness
that member of the legislature named
McClintick had told Gov Anthony that
he had been offered money by Ingalls,
friends to vote for ingalls,: that he had
kept the money over night, but suffering
from remorse he had returned il the next
day, and voted against Ingalls,. Gov.
Anthony's evidence on this point was
ruled inadmissable by common major.
lty, who held, substantially, that the
charge of bribery against senator ingalls,
could not be sustained by hearsay evi. |
dence of this sort. Gov. Anthony furth- |
er testified that about the time of the |
election he was approached by
H. Z. Dawes, who said that he |
had been sent by senator ingalls, TO
interview Anthony, and that if Antho-
ny would withdraw his name and retire
from the contest for the senatorship he |
would place the resignation of the post |
master at Leavenworth in Anthony's |
hands, and that senator Ingalls, would |
use his influence to secure the appoint |
choose to nominate for the position. This |
proposition governor Anthony said he
rejected, then and there.
At the conclusion of his examination.
governor Anthony, who is now in con-
tempt before the senate subcommittee |
at Topeka, explained to the committee
his reason for this refusal. 1t was. he
said, simply because he had been a com: |
petitor in the Kansas legislature for the /
position now held by senator Ingalls,, |
and he did not consider il a fair or hon: |
orable thing to do, to come forward and |
testify in the case until he was COMPEL |
ed to do so by the senate. This expla-
nation seemed to be entirely satisfactory
to the committee, which then adjourned. |
The White River Massacre Caused by Agent
Meeker.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16.-A Washington
special says Gen. Adams, of the Ute In
dian commission, was examined yester
day with closed doors, by the house com
mittee on Indian affairs. He gave the
committee story of the cause of the out
break, which puts in credible shape what
has been suspected by many persons
heretofore. He says in his opinion the
real cause Of the outbreak at the White
River agency was owning to agent Meek
er's efforts TO plough some ground.
Meeker was continually moving the
Indians, and shortly after moving
hem twelve miles said they must
again move, as he wanted to plough
he ground where they were then
located. The Indians protested, and
agent Meeker then threatened them with
he troops, and said that he would hand
:uff them. Chief johnson in the alter
nation resented the threat by slapping
Meeker in the face, whereupon Meeker
'ent for the troops, giving the Indians
. understand that upon the arrival of
he soldiers, they would be handcuhed
md then moved. Il was these threats
hat drove the Indians to commit the
massacre. Gen. Adams and Josephine