Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-12
THE MAINE MIDDLE.
RUsORs AND COUNTER RusORs.
lamson. President Of the Senate, As
sumes the Office Of GoyernOr-hrmed
Men Concealed in the Capitol
Building--NO Quorum
in Either House.
The Situation Saturday.

Me, SptClal 10 the Jpiuthh SdNS. IN the
House. when called To orler, there were
but tily-iOur men in their seats. The
Republicans were all absent. Visitors
were admitted 10y ticket from General
Chamberlain's office. Vt twenty min
utes past go'clOck the House adjourned
until Monday at 10 o'clock. The Sem
ate also adjourned at IL O'Clock until
Monday. A resolution Was passed pro-
viding ior committee ON State yalua-
ton.
Mr.. Locke objected To such an APP
pointment when the cities were not rep
resented.
There are said to be- some one hun
drrd stand OF arms concealed in a stOr-
aye room connected with the State IL
brary and guard of some six or ten
men armed with InuSkets placed over
them. Mayor Nash objects To these
men remaining armed in such manner
while his police lorce is on duty, and is
in consultation with General Chamber
LAIN i'm regard u their removal.
A Fusionist's Advice.
A letter has been received by a
FusiOnist from A. L. Gould, and its
substance is ~ follows: Say TO all that
in INV opinion the Governor and COun-
ell should be- chosen before action is
taken On the filling of any vacancy. |
also think that the opinion Of the Judges
should be- entirely diSregarled We
must hold the State Government at all
events il il can possibly be done fairly.
Let not n Republican be seated in either
house il he can be excluded upon fair
and legal grounds.
A Libel Suit
AUGUSTA. NE., January ll.-Iewis
Barker, ON behalf OF his client, Ebene-
Ger SprOul, OF Neaseie, has attached the
property OF T.. +. Pillsbury, of the
MlIl, !1ua,iiri, ON a libel based upon
an article in that paper, charging him
with bribery. Personal service will be
male ON Pillskury tomorrow. The case
will be- tried i'm Penubseot county.
IL is hinted that the
Programme OF the Fusionists
will be 10 send the Sergeant-at-A Arms
from the House tO arrest either Eugene
Hale or Prof. Young, or both, and
bring them into the House to form
a quorum. 10 is now utterly
impossible To secure quorum
unless the presence Of Republican
members secured and that seems hardly
impossible ~ failure To secure quorum
thus Tar has more strongly entrenched
the Republicans in their position. The
Fusionists will exhaust every possible
means to legally elect their Governor
and Council, which will be the signal
a.. - Nats hua
been suspended entirely. How sUch an
election can be- held, and how
would be regarded by General Cham
berlin, now acting as Governor, ~ not
known, but that il is contemplated Is
gathered from consultation with leading
FusiOnists and their remarks IN the
Senate.
The feeling il quite general that the
members from the cities will bc allowed
soon IT, take their seats. Major smith,
the Greenb,lck candidate, left yesterday,
but expects to return the first OF the
week. ID. T. Davis remained on Srtur-
dav.
Prominent FusiDnists have applied 10
Gen. Chamberlain Tor the discharge Of
the Augusta police m charge Of the
State House, expressing the belief that
the public property was not endangered.
Chamberlain informed them that II the
request was granted, he would order
two companies OF militia 10 take their
place. The order was written Tor two
companies tO come by the O'Clock
train. but the gentlemen making the re-
quest changed their minds, and the or
tler was cancelled.
A Card from White
AuGrsrA, ME, January 1.-THE fol-
lowing card from Wallace X. White
will be published to-morrew:
WINTHROP, Ms, January Sth.
On "Wednesday last, Just before the
Legislature WAS tO be- Organlzrr, two
afidayits, signed by ThOs d. swan and
Moses Hartman respectively, appeared
IN the Maine SdRddrt, stating that some
person or agent hal given them Il 900
each tn STAY away from the Legislature,
AMI rnmor connected my name there
with. did not see ht tO
reply To- the statement or
atIilayits which did not have sem
blance enough of truth to give the
name of the person acrused. This morn
ing nav name appeared for the first time
in SAIL paper. sand statements contained
i'm said paper 50 far as they concern
me are absolutely and unqualihedly
false. | never offered, paid or gave
Thos. h. Swan or MOsses Hartman one
dollar of money directly or indirectly for
the purpose of influencing the action or
votes or for any other purpose whatever
make this general and unqualified de-
nial, and shall demand the fullest in
vestigatiOn at the proper time. No lair
Investigation, however, can be had he-
fore an unlawfully organized House ot
Representatives, every one al whose
members openly approve Oi the con-
duct Oi Hartman and Swan, and glory
i'm their shame. Ii is a sal spectacle ia
Name Ia see seventy-iyc Demo-
Gratis and Greenbackers rejoicing
i'm A crime which, II actually committed.
can be punished under the statutes ui
Maine with five years in the prnIten-
tiav. | object to being investigated by
the cOnspiratOrs Oi Swan aud Hartman.
We don't constitute iuries in that way
in kennebec county.
ISigned.l WNILACE L WHIrE
Mr.. White has been summoned to ap.
near before the Bribery Committee OF
the House, but will refuse Ia appear, on
the grounds stated above
No Money to be Paid from the Treasury.
AUgUsIA, January l0-The fusiohists
have as vet discovered no relief from
the embarrassment Of not being in pos
ss;on sle ri a quorum aud have no par
tieaIsr plan Tor next week, The Treas,
arer directed that NO money be paid
from the T7easoIy ON the E.r,i. orlsr ,ii oI the
hssA ,ss5 this fOrnOOn to honor two
nrjers passed by the Senate
Armed Men ssers'sd IN 'n' -. o-O''oI ~ ~,
WI Nhn Last night, he discovered armed
rouhuS n,;.iJle library in the upper story
IN the state House. Two were nrst dis
Of oiss5 the 5'''s and aiterward eight men
SSss'Sa %srs carefully crsd secure .s,ICSnS ICS% S,i
dinsry .s ooss amount OF arms and ammnnl-