Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-01-17
THE MAINE rmnRoGLro.

,rnor; Gov. Garcelon's term was
,ut on the Sth, and, as there has
'een no quorum of the Legislature,
10 new Governor has been elected,
md Gen. Chamberlain, Commander
n-Chief of the State Malta, holds
he chief authority in the State,
LONG what, on a larger scale, Gen.
sherman was expected to do if the
of Hayes had been
disputed. The failure of the Legis-
ature to get quorum is in conse-
luence of the absence of the Repub-
Iican members, who refuse to recog-
nize Gareelons Legislature as a
lawful body (Which indeed it evil
IDENTIFY is not).
Meantime a pretty piece of Re
publican corruption has been ex-
posed, certain Republican politicians
having bribed a number of the
Fusionists to absent
the great Blaine him.
self being charged with promising
them offices.
And so the game goes on, with
the cards stocked on both sides.
The only point we choose to insist
upon is that it is a strictly local
affair, in which the Democratic
party is in no way interested, in no
way responsible. Garcelon is not a
Democrat; not long ago he was a
Republican and now he is Ma
tional Greenbacker, as the majority
of his supporters are, and National
Greenbackism is thing we take no
stock in. Whenever the Demo-
cratic party has allied itself with
this organization it has found it a
broken reed to lean upon and found
reason to repent its course, and de-
servedly SO; for there is no commu-
nifty Of principle between the two,
and when they join it is simply for
a division of spoils. Such alliances,
as Cicero has said, ought to be rather
called conspiracies, and it is the one
blunder of the Maine Democrats
that, for the chance of a share of the
offices, they have hunted with that
pack.
But politics in Maine have long
been rotten to the core, as might be
expected under the guidance of
Blaine and Hamlin. Being such as
they are, they ought to have been
left in their hands as the fittest to
handle them. We pass.
LATER-The Fusionists, though
without a quorum, had elected Mr..
LamsOn President of the Senate,
and he claimed recognition as acting
Governor, which, however, Gen.
Chamberlain refused to accord him,
or to anyone else who might claim
the office under present circum-
stances
On Monday, the 18th, the whole
aspect of things was changed by the
Republican members of the Legis-
lature proceeding to the capital at
81 P. NJ, and holding it all night.
They have a quorum, which the
Fusionists have not. They elected
Joseph A. Locke President of the
Senate, and it is inferred that they
will claim for him the Office of Gov
ernor Gd interim. They have adj
mitted the cOunted-Out members by
resolution. So far the Republi-
cans seem to have the advantage.
Jan. 13th-The Republican House
and Senate adjourned at q A. NJ,
after having drafted a series of
questions to present to the Supreme
Court bearing on the situation.
Then they walked out, and in due
time the Fusionists walked in again.
During their innings they tried to
make Wallace r. White testify be-
fore their bribery committee. White
was the agent of the Republicans to
bride Fusionist delegates,) He
wouldn't come; on the contrary, he
scorned and spat upon the commit
tee, telling them they were no COM
mittee and that the House which
appointed them was no House and
that they had no authority to call
for persons and papers or to admin
lister oaths.
LamsOn, who, having been elected
President of the FusiOnist Senate,
claims to be acting Governor,
has written to Chamberlain, asking
whether he, c., will recognize him,
L., and sustain hisaqthority. Cham
berlain answers "nO," nor anyone
else while the present state of things
last. Chamberlain rather likes hold
ing the bottle while the pugilists
are getting ready for another round.
So Chamberlain rHles the State OF
Maine at present.
Jan. 14th-The Fusionists have
done little beyond unseating Mr..
Donnes, Republican, and seating in
his place Mr.. Styles, FusiOnist, on
account of illegal votes given for
the former.
Chamberlain says he will recOg-
nize LamsOn as acting Governor if
he can get q declaration from the
Supreme Court of the validity of his
claim. This LamsOn will not get,
so Maine remains under military
rule. The Supreme Court was eX-
pected to meet at Bangor, Friday
the 10th, to consider the questions
propounded by the Republican POE
ton of the Legislature. Republic
cans have a majority In the Su-
preme Court of Maine.
These are the facts; we decline to
publish rumors, which are as multi
tudinous as the waves of the sea.
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THE NORMAL COLLEGE.