Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-04-01

able sums to persons presenting claims tc
him, exactly as though the funds Of the
State in his hands were subject only to his
own discretion in their use. 1t was in tes-
| timony before the committee that from the
18th day of November to the time of the
eonvening of the legislature, force was
gathered in the State House which was
gradually augmented in numbers by the ad
dition of new recruits until the roll mum
bcred over 100 men. In the first inst anct
the number was not large. but as the time
for the session of the Legislature drew close
at hand, when the fruits of this conspir ac,
were to be realized in the election of Gov
ernor and other State officers, this body Of
men was rapidly increased and guns and
| fixed ammunition were provided to meet an,
resistance which should be offered to this
usurpation of the right of those lawfully
elected by the people. These men were dis
| tributed in and about the State House, under
the general supervision of the Superinten-
dent and Capt X. W. Black, democratic
lawyer of Augusta
| 1t appeared that these men were recruited
| from different cities in the State that most
of them were irresponsible and that some of
them were graduates of jails and the State
| prison, and of this last number was one man
whom Governor Garcelon acknowledged
| that he pardoned during the past year. 1t
further appeared from the testimony of the
| Superintendent thar after the arms and am
munition were brought from Bangor. these
men were drilled in their use until he ex-
postulated against the proceeding 1t also
| appeared from his testimony, that he caused
the guns borne BY our soldiers in the war to
h. l,a,Iaj u-,,b a,,I l..l a,I lo,
in a room convenient to the rotunda, where
they could be used upon TIE citizens of this
State in case of an emergency. The men
were supplied with police badges and clubs
| ut the expense Of the State. \ roll of these
men and list of those of their number who
| had served sentences in the public jails and
in the State prison will be found in the tes-
timony taken before the committee No
proper excuse or justification and no war
rant of law is found for the employment of
this extraordinary body OF men. The lcgis-
laturc OF last year in the interest of economy
provided for only two night watchmcn TO
protect the State House, and the supcrin-
tendent had no authority to employ a larger
number. The men did not form any part of
the police Of the city Of Augusta. Even in
case of threatened insurrection the Governor
is restricted to the employment of the mil
tia il he require, more than the police of
the city, in order 10 preserve public order
and tranquility; but iii no case Is he author
lzed to employ a body of reckless men, sub
lect to no discipline and responsible to no
commanding officer, to be paid out OF the
treasury of the State in whose hands arms
are placed, and to whose discretion or want
of discretion are exposed the lives Of citizens
in times OF great public agitation and excite
meut. II was in testimony before YOUR COM
mittce from Doctor Lancaster, the Supern-
tendent. that il was contemplated by some
of the fusion leaders at Augusta to raise the
money 70 meet these extra expenses bv pr!-
yatc subscription. The difficulties in the
WaS Of paving thi, unauthorized force which
belonged neither to the civil nor military de
partmcntS. which was without warrant Of
Law and unnecessary for any Legitimate pur-
poses. was undoubtedly felt and appreciated,
but according To the testimony of Governor
Garcrlon he solved the difficulty by brush
ing aside the law. and not only dctravcd these
expenses from the public treasury. bat just
a, his term Of office Expired drew out large
sums of money, parttf which he now claims
To have paid out ant. part of which he ad-
mit~ he still holds. The rccelpted roll to be
found in the testimony, shows that the pay
ment to these men in full up to January :,
1850. when the term of Governor Garcclon
expired. amounted to over nine hundred and
fifty dollars. This money was drawn on the
warrant Of the Governor, and by him paid
to Adlutant General Leavitt and by Gen.
Leayitt paid to the men. 1t will be borne
in mind that the thousand dollars paid Leav-
lit for this purpose was not the same money
az tha' Paiu 70 nm at ahother tlihe ana lot
ai'o'hef u'PoNe ai'" ""'c" mas Ni''ce oeth
'eiu',ucu oE MN u t,'e r."'e iIeaSui!'
VIII DC remeihbereG tha' governor "arceloh
on 'i'e -fth u"s oi l'ect''oct ure" one 'hou-
sala uol'arS' an" on tnt tl.lFIE 7Irst oay OIL
'i.e sdnie "lo..h uIe" 9'""' u"'4"fs mort
VI ''i!. sum 1890 was pau ''ei It" WIT
jan ''i' l'o"' o' '"e Pui P">e VI P"S'"S
''l'N 'oroc 'oi tile o"i"ii'' VI '',e F"''" N''-
tIh"i n''ee'o" 'eVel'tu 'Rc vL,coAs Vi t"e
''ate treasurer; uid"n "h ulheieIC IL, o'""S'
anu each PaHaoie 10 MS oraer, ihere Is
hot any Pit'encc 'h"' "' ti'N liI'e any eA-
pehse "hlch the governor would De author-
Heu oN IL" 10 pay, hau occurred anu was
unpfoN'Heu ior. ihe'e checAS ''o'. 'aFce-
ioh' III person. iiiiiheu'"'e't PieHeHteu Iot
payment, ehuorSHiS tie'ii as an ii'uIN N'uuf
anu 'eSelNe" 'He ihOHe! t"i ''iehi' anu az
no" admits that ne dId not deposit IL III IN:
oanA' ana returned no account 9i II 10 any
oi'icer OF 'he o'a'e. neh calieo upon 10
account ior this money traced 70 MS pos
session uoN' uarceloh produced before your
committee receipts Tor money PAID 10 Nari-
GUS persons, trncludlng the Slooo pad ad-
Jutant Zen LeaVitt) rom Zee. Zoth' 1872
70 req: 2oth, loSo, ~hieh amounted TO the
sum oil - ~. ihis ieit IN ms hahds the
sum oil sZZ'o. Tor which ne had not ac-
counted of thiN sum ne claimed 10 nave
pad =. T. "ould Tor counsel Tees 5000; to
the members Of ms IounciI. Sfo'' TO special
ponce sioo Tor sundf! olis ana extra eX-
pehSes' sioo; ana ior lncidehtals, ei29'
amounting IN ali to si3oo' winch ieit IN his
hands 500 OF the puoNc moneys winch he
adilils mas never oeeh paid 70 any person
-. =, ,ha .aoa;,,,s ,rod',nad IL
oIn a.. ~ e., ,ha. ;f oosiot - ,ha,
~, af IN .haia Sa-aI na;d ~ h., co.,
a-,,,r Carcolon SoI-e ,ras na;d n i Ian
~ S,,,ol,,,dar, os pt'hI;o R';idir..
l,'.,,.aen tp,. sacond d,, Of Iannar,, and H.
,,;,,",laI,th Ja,. IS -, 7, 80 s,a
(,J H. H. :o,,,,;,,oa :, ,ha g., ;ns,a
iha, III: s,,,,, ~ Md n tba forca r..
,ba S,,,o Tnuse ahp~a mentioned hnt 6,r,b-