Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-29
THE END.
All is Quiet Along the Psnobscot and
There is Peace Among the Pines.

Again Baked in His Treasonabl,
Schemes, Citizen Davis Wants to
go Home.
BANGOR, Me-. January 27.-Tht
following is the substance of the
unanimous decision of the Supreme
Court declining to recognize the
Fusion Legislature. The Court says
it can not admit, even by implica,
ton, that the statement and ques.
tions before it are presented by any
legally organized Legislature, so as
to require the courts opinion under
article 6, section 8, of the Constitu-
tion. Presuming, however, that the
gentlemen who ask the questions have
an honest desire to know their legal
duty as citizens, the Court says it
will give some of the reasons why it
can not entertain or ans wer the
questions presented. When two
different bodies of men, each claim
ing to be the Legislature of the
State, appear and assert their right
to enact laws for the people, it is
the obvious duty of the department
to inquire for itself, with or without
the questions presented by the
claimants, which of these bodies
lawfully represents the people,
whose levies Of taxes it will enforce,
official notice of the Executive
and Legislative departments of
the government, and when
called upon by the proper author
ity to pass upon their validity, we
are bound to take official notice of
historical facts and matters of pubs
lie notoriety and interest transpirs
ing in our midst. We can not &C
cept statement which asserts as
facts matters that are in conflict
with the record and with historical
facts. We can not shut our eyes
to the fact that Governor Garcelon
and Council disregarded the opinion
of this Court given in answer to the
Governors questions. They sub
mitted commissions illegally issued
to men who did not appear to be
elected, and issued summons to men
who did appear to be elected. We
know that the officers who pre-
sided in the conventions of
members elected to the Senate
and House on the first Wednesday
in January, recognized as members
were those who were unlawfully in
troduced by the unconstitutional
and illegal methods pursued by the
Governor and Council, refused to
recognize the men who appeared to
be elected, and refused to permit
any appeal from their illegal deN
cisions to bodies over which they
temporarily presided. Such ac-
tions vitiated their organization.
We have only to reaffirm the prin-
ciples we asserted in our answer of
January 10th, upon these subjects,
in coming to the conclusion that
the bodies propounding to us the
foregoing questions are not the le-
gally organized House of Repre-
sentatives and Senate under the
Constitution of the State.
The opinion concludes as follows
"After due deliberation and consid>
eIation of all the matters involved,
we affirm and declare our judgment
to be that the Senate whose presid-
ing officer is Hon. Joseph A. Locke,
and the House of Representatives,
whose presiding officer is Hon.
George E. Weeks, constitute the
legal and constitutional Legislature
of the State"
THE END.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 27.-The
Fusionists are much depressed by
the decisions of the court. Major
Smith says he believes the contro,
versy has ended. In view of the
fact that the Court has decided
against the Fusionists on their own