The daily gazette., 1880-01-09
SECOND EDITION
The FusiOs,tsts' T1ctOry.

NAMES LEGISLATURE STILL UNDER
THEIR FIRM CoNTROL-MR. HALE
ACKNOWLEDGES A MISTAKE IN HIS
TALLY-siXTY REPUBLICANS NAMES
PRESENTED FOR QUALIFICATIONS
MR.. BLAINE ILL.
AUGUSTA, Jan. SIN the Senate to-
day an order was passed providing for
the appointment of a joint special COM
mittee to investigate charges of fraud
and bribery In the recent election. The
order was violently opposed by the lead
ing Republican Senators, but the fusion
members were a unit in ordering an in
vestigation into the questionable meth
ods used by the Republicans in obtain
ing their apparent victory at the polls.
1t is evident that they are afraid of hav.
ing their feet stepped upon If an investi-
CATION is had.
Mr.. Hale, in accordance with the pro-
gramme worked out last night at the
caucus, was in his seat in the House at
an early hour this morning. Mr.. Young,
of brunswick, the only other Republican
member sworn in, was also present di-
rectly behind Mr.. hale, and ready to
render him what assistance he could.
The Republicans have stoutiy maintain.
ed that only seventy-fve members had
been sworn in yesterday, but Mr.. Hale
was obliged, to-day, to acknowledge
before the House that he had made a
M stake in his tally, for on the call of
the roll of those who signed yesterday,
seventy-six appeared, Mr.. Hale himself
making the required quorum. The Re
publicans present were obliged to admit
that they had been mistaken in their
count, and that the House was really
organized in accordance with their own
ideas Of right. They didn't expect to be
beaten at their own game. They tried
to break the Fusion quorum, but, in
stead, aided in making that quorum Ger
tain.
Mr.. Hale's first important move to-day
was the presentation of the names Of
sixty members elect, including that of
Ebenezer Sproul, who refused to be
qualified yesterday. He desired that
they be sworn in. President Lamson
of the Senate had not qualified as Gov
ernor, hence the members-elect were not
sworn in, and an immediate adjourn
ment was reached until tomorrow. The
sixty delinquent members-elect must
therefore wait another day before they
can be allowed to take part in the busi-
ness of the House. Some of these sixty
members are greatly incensed against
Eugene HJle's innumerable blunders,
and say that they have done following
bis lead; but whether they can be made
to keep in line or not remains to be seen,
They held long secret session this af-
ternoon, and patched up their shattered
programme of to-day for use to morrow.
II is impossible to l-arn their real line of
action, but it is said that they propose
testing the legality of the organization
of yesterday by appealing to the Courts
and asking for an injunction upon the
Treasurer, and then arguing the case;
but they are not feeling like congrau-
lating themselves, and are rather inclined
to throw up the sponge.
Mr.. Blaine is said to have come very
near deaths door last night. Dr.Breck.
EFT was with him for more than five
hours, and he suffered intense pain, oc-
casioned by a fit of some kind. It is
thought that his sickness was brought ON
by overwork and great strain upon his
mental faculties.
Gov. Garcelon took his final leave of
the Council to-day. In his parting ad-
dress be heartily thanked the members
for the bold and decided stand they had
taken for the right, and the very strong
support they had given him in fearlessly
discharging the arduous duties of the
Chief Executive of the State. The Coun-
cillors replied in turn with very feeling
remarks. Councillor Monroe, who was
presiding, said that they had come to-
gether as representatives of two great
political parties, but the INSCRIPTIONS
attacks Of the Republicans upon the Ex-
ecutive body had made them unit. Ev-
cry member of the Council was deeply
affected as the parting words were utter
ed. The Governor went to his home in
Lewiston on the afternoon train.
Swan, of Minot, and Hartman, of
Kennebunk, members of the House, will
publish cards tomorrow testifying that
Wallace X. White is the man who offer
ed them $1,000 to absent themselves
from the Legislature. White denies, in
the strongest terms, the whole transac-
ton.
Everything is quiet tonight, and the
crowd is leaving the city.
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