Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-01-01
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Ie the People ~ Naine.
Ihe undersigned . committee Of the ~
zens Of Augusta, called Yesterday upon o.
"arceion to consult him upon the ,neapN
necessary to be sakes By the municipal =
thorities for the preservation Of the peae sf
the city and The prosectioa Of the C4isl.
pending the approaching meeting and spn-
izeeba " the 6fAte Legislature. The ON
nr1ftee assured the. Governor that IN adHnie
police force, composed of reliable mensf all
parties would be enrolled for this pgpse.
and any desired number Of the same ,lssld
| oe placed IT the disposal the State aataori-
ties and under their orders for the spefial oc-
cupAtion and defnce of the Capitol bsillings
should any emergency require their srsices-
The committee earnestly protested against
the employment Of military force by hesitate
authorities and especially ae' inst he pro-
posed removal. at. this tim Of al. material
RON Bangor to Augusta. a. j. itie and
unnecessary. calculated to incr "a EK1sent
excited state Of public feeling .r interpos-
ing still graver difficulfies IL ~ vav OF
preserving the peace BY the it .khorities,
respectfully requesting him &c y de the Or
der for the removal Of the arm. Augusta
Other considerations in the I'M esls q pup
Inc tranquility were urged upoit hsmefnof
during the interview. which i unnecessary
here 10 detail
The Governor seemed to be ~ ssed win
the arguments and statemer 4 he COM
mittee. remarking that he did >, ioabt in the
| iea.t the good faith of the cor i rs nor the
honest desire and determine. ~ the au-
thorities and the people Of Az - o do all
IN their power 10 guard agar D der and
violence; expEesse his UNIV I g. TO re-
sort to military :orce for III / te on OF the
Capitol, which he said he - a 1a DO, un-
less constrained by sem ftial duty
and the grsvest necessity ID lnaiiy In
forming the committee tt rh ing upon
their assurances, as above e the oIuer
for the removal should be T. modined.
that the arms and ammunif . AID not De
brought to Augusta, or an, i athe vlcln-
ity Of Augusta, although aid prooa-
bly, be removed from b. order to
test the law-abiding profes a the peo-
pie of that city and also to l' hAt the ie-
gal orders Of the Executiv ius' y enforced
and obeyed.
The promise Of the Gov rs explicit
ly and positively made. wi ,ut ratification
vi tVuuliiou, as NJ rfN $50 '''N
committee took their leave M full con-
viction that it would be honorably redeemed
by him.
At II o'clock last night, ten hours after
this interview closed, the arms and amlnuni-
ton reached Augusta and we're deposited in
the State House.
The committee feel it thei duty to present
the above public Statement, but make no
comment upon this extraordinary result of
their interview with Govermr Garcelon.
Augusta, Dec. 81, 1879
HENRI BoYNToN.
JOS. A. HoMAN.
JOSHUA NYE.
J0U d. MYRICK.
Ayos WILDER.
Subnllssion Of Questions y the Supreme
Coart.
There was all sort of tai about the city
yesterday, relative to the upected reply of
Gov. Garcclon to the letterof Hon. Lot NJ.
Morrill,. But late in the Gy the Governor
telegraphed to Judge Appleton at Bangor
that he would send questins for the court by
the morning train.
The Governor and Mr. Gould agree that |
the constitution authorize the submission to
the court of questions of aw, but not of fact
and the questions OF Law embraced in Mr.. |
Morrill's propositions vii be given to the |
Court. There is to b no communication |
with Mr. Morrill,, as tho mtire matter will be |
presented to the Court. Pillsbury was utter
ly opposed to the submission of any ques-
tons to the Court, anda sharp alteration
took place yesterday hsween him and MIR.
Gould in regard to the natter.
The Governor and Csuncil concluded the |
preparation of serie of questions to be
submitted to the Supnme Court, at a late
hour last night, havinebeen busy upon them |
all day. They declina to furnish any copy |
Of this list of questhas to the Associated
Press or to the republican journals Of the
State, and consequently we are unable to
present them to our ralers, but it is under
stood, however, that the pnmber of distinct
propositions submitted to the Court is about
q dozen. 1t may beinferred from the known
have concocted this plot that the questions
are submitted in such form as would not
preclude the court from giving any opinion
touching the equities of the issues that are
raised. The questions suggested by ex-Gov.
Morrill, were framed in manner conspicu-
ousiy fair aud adapted . enable to court to
review all the points ultimately efiecting
the case.
We shall be prise if it does not turn
out that these G este ARE so framed as to
restrict the juC es n The narrowest interpre-
tation of the &C titm n and statutes. Every
one aequainte sith " knows that it is pos
sihle for a qu, ion be asked which will
require cert nan. er, while the question
might be so feren put that another an
swer might give as consistent with
right interpr alton o the Law as the former,
either quest irelat to specific point,
and so it ms he ju ed witu confidence that
the ingeni' gel emen who have been
forced by Il fairI position of Gov. Morrill,
to make a 81 o~ of .specting public opinion,
have exert their i, TO submit to the court