The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1880-01-01

ffeo from Oxford says that letter from
1eeie Librarian Stacy to Moses Chesley,
Kepccesotstiyeelsct, Vas shown By Chesley
to Republican By mistake. The let
ter requests hin to appear 1t the capitol at
IN early day with ten good men Who will
sesnd By him in case thefs Il opposition By
the Fueionists taking their ssats. The let.
ter further says: The expenses will b
paid. Show th4 to none but true Green
backera" The above il vouched for q
correct representation of the substance Of
The letter.
GOOD IvDENCI OF FRAUD,
FA1,1Herox, Dec. 30.-Iu answer to the
statement ~ Counselloc Brown, in his 10
marks 1t Fairfield, that Farmins ton Wa
thrown out because The returns were not
sealed up in IN open town meeting, two
ee!ect1en Of this town, both Greenbackers,
(the third has not been eeen) will make
amdavit IN substance that the returns were
made and sealed in An open town meet
ing and in the preeence of the town clerk
and tull board of selectmen that each
signed his own name 70 the returns and in
the presence of the rest of the board, after
the returns had been made up; that the
returns were then attested By the town
clerk and sealed up in open town meeting
in the presence of . full board that the
celrk OF the town will make Affidavit in
confirmation Of the same.
M HAYB on TIE MAINE CONTEXT.
WAsHuaToN, Dec. 29.-Representstiv
Williams, OF Wisconsin, had an interesting
interview with the President this morning.
during which the President expressed hn
views regarding the state of afairs in
Maine.
The President had been deecribipe |.
scene in the Ohio legislature of lS49.
where the Hon. B. Randall. q mutual &C.
| quaintance, had, amid the hovlipey of the
mob. declared Gov. Ford duly elected.
Representative Williams them remarked
that It WAS not pleasant to to think of one
hundred and thirty eight electoral votes
in the South, where popular elections are
virtually ignored, and he aaked the Preei-
dent It he did not feel that the talk, now
becoming % common. of Democrats in one
Legislature grabbing the electoral votes of
their States and the Republicans doing
the same in another State. IL frauYht with
danger.
The President replied quickly and with
emphasis: "But they are not going to grab
them. This Maine business IL not going to
succeed" He added that if be were one of
the Republican members of the Legislsture
of Maine he would sit there until Septem-
Der. By every device known to parlia.
mentary law for the protection of minori-
ties, al other business should b suspended
until the wrong should be righted. He
would not resort to force, but lie would en-
deayor to bring to bear upon those gentle
men such . weight Of public opinion that
they could not escape or resist it. If
counted in BY technicalities, BY technicali-
ties they should be thwarted in their revo-
lutionary purposes until they were made to
feel that the will of the majority, when
properly and legally expressed, must con-
troll. The President expressed the opinion
that good people of all parties will, % the
facts become known, emphatically condemn
the outrage.
Representative williams asked leave to
make public the opinions expressed BY the
President, and he wrote them down, SUBJ
hitting them to the President for revision.
THE GOVERNOR AND THE TROOPS.
AUGUSTA, NE, DAG. 3O.-The Commit
tee on Public Safety of thus city called up.
on Gov. Garcelon this forenoon and had .
lengthy interview. The committee can
sisted of Gen. Henry Boynton, james Nye,
ex.Gov. Courier, Joseph Holman, Maj. K.
D. Music and Amos Wooley. They in.
formed the Governor that they represented
the people of the town and would cordially
join with the Mayor in his recommends.
tions and suggestion. They trusted that no
arrangement would be made to bring the
military here and that the augmented po-
lice force would be amply able to quell all
the disturbaDcss.
The Governor replied that he had al.
ready given orders to Gen White, of Ban.
gor, land Major Folsom, of Oldtown, to
take hundred stand of arms and ammu.
milton from the State arsenal at Bangor
and ship them BY express to Aucusta. He
did this to
TEST THE SINCERITY
of the citisens of Bangor a. to whether
they would obey the civil authorities. He
had never order any troops to Augusta and |
should not unless there was an outbreak.
The various rumors and stories whice are
rife, are, he said, made of whole cloth. he
was urged not to take the arms from Ban.
Ror, but he steadily asserted that he would.
in order to test the sincerity of the people.
Oos of the committee suggested that
portion OF the extra police provided by the
city could be detailed for duty under the
of the Governor. The Governor
replied, emphaticaily: II have force
enough now"
He also informed the committee that
hey might be aware of the fact that he had
hull power to call the legislature wherever
he pleased and upon the slightest disturb.
NICE heshould
TAKE TIE LraBLATURE AWAY
rom Augusta. The conversation then
urning on the question of submitting Ger
ain questions to the Supreme Court, the
Governor said be should 70 to Portland
md obtain further legal advice before de-
iding to submit the question. He left on
he n. II. train.
TAKING THE ARMS Ii
BANGOR, Dec. 30.-The arsenal was
pened to-day under the order of Adjutant.
ieneral Leavitt, who called on Mayor ,
Irown to notify him of the orders from ,
be Government for the removal of the .
rms. The Mayor suggested that the re-
loval b made in the quietest manner, and
elievsd that there would be no interfer. Q
nce and with those acting under proper Z
This afternoon several teams I
lden with arms and ammunition, without d
~ military or other guard, passed through c
10 streets to the Maine Central depo
ithout molestation, the people standing i
d the aide walks in large numbers. The
will 70 to Augusta BY express Ii
. the night train. IN
PORTLAND, Ne, Dee. 3O.-Au immense ?
1diencs assembled ct the Democratic :;
- meeting tonight . number Of ladies !! -
ing present: Couresman Ladd spoke. 7"
I'd endorsed Ga.celon and the Council,
the Republican party. Con.
eesman Aurch also spoke in the same
rain.
PERSOAAL POINTS.