The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-14
BY order OF the governor and commander In
I'm chief IA s. ID. I.EAvITT
.... -Adjutant General.

AUGUSTA, Jan. 5.
Especial Order No. IS.
!. Major General Joshua l.. Chamberlain is
hereby authorized and directed TO protect pub
Uc property and Institutions of Stale until
my success or is duly qualified.
ALONzO GARCELoN, Governor.
Volved on me IN protecting public property
and institutions of Stale. until governor is
legally elected and duly qualified.
3. Particular attention is called TO the law
rendering IL unlawful for any body of men
other than regularly organIzsd companies OF
militia. withoot authority expressly given to
aSsoeiatl themselves together as a military
with arms.
4. All persons and organizations will take
houce tccordlngly, and al authorized military
organizations y III understand that they are
JoTcpoftjo me Tor orders until they are other
wise isaoIs ordered by or through me
Major General.
OiNcLAl: tSlgneul FRANK +. NYE,
MFJor anu Assistant AdJutant General.
oRANgFELATN REFUSES To RECOGNIZE L.MsoS
As GOVERNOR.
IL hasing been announced that James d.
Lamson, president of the Senate. would this
mornlog assume the duties of governor, Cen
erat thnmherlain states he snall positively
refuse 80 recognize his claims 10 that position,
and furthermore, viii recognize no one rs
governor who shall be chosen by the l,egisla-
ture as al present.
AND oR@ANIzE A LEGIsLATCGE
At l:iO this evening the Republican mem.
beTs OF The Senate and House of RepreS.snta-
tives proceeded 10 the state House for the pur-
pose OF orgau izlng the Legislature The move
lnent was entirely unknown to the Fusion
lists, and but few OF the Republicans out.
side OF the immediate members were aware of
the position Of Affairs. The news that The
Republicans had taken possession of the
State House spread Ia pidly, and caused a
great rejoicing among the Republicans, who
have a mt IN met -. ..-trrf
brought abOut. Mr.. Lampson, president OF
the senate. when he saw the people assem-.
bling, proceeded 10 General Cham berain's
heacq1arteiss and tNcitedly said: al protest
against these men coming in" The general
inioi med l.1mPson that ne should permit the
mon 10 come in, and stay as long rs they
pleased. There was no forcible resiStsrce
whatever The halls were lighted. minor
officers of previous Legislatures, familiar with
the premises, taking mold and lending their
assistance. In the Senate Hon. Jeremiah
Dingley. Jr., called the meeting 10 order, and
Austin Harris was called 10 the chair. Prayer
was offered by Rev. Dr.. Butler, member CT the
House. Charles w. Turner, assistant secretary
OF the last Senate, called the
roll, and Is senators responded
announced present. sll being Republicans,
who proceeded 10 qualify, the oath being ad-
ministered by Hon. William NJ. StrartOn. An
drew RS. Smith was declared senator from
Lincoln county on the face of the returns
Joseph A. Locke was chosen president, receiy-
iogall the votes thrown, ~. Charles W. TIL
T..
Brickett of ReIfsst, assistant secretary.
The following order was passed:
ordered, That p committee consisting of
three members OF The Senate be appointed by
the president 10 report to the Senate for It's
action, whether the Senate shall call upon the
justices OF the supreme court for their opinion
touching the legal % gani zatlOn of the Senate
for the Fifty ninth legislature anu to report
for the action of the Senate Snch questions as
the law and the facts require in the premises.
WHAT TEE RuUBL.cASs Bib IS THE LON ER
HOUSE.
Tfe membsrs q tte Hoase wer. called TO
order hy Mr.. Hale. Mr.. Wentworth, of Kit
terry, WIS MAE temporary chairman, aud
Smith clerk, who called the roll OF members
elect. All the Republicans responded. but the
tnsionists did not. Eighty-hve members of
qualified by William Stratton, clerk of the
court of kennebec county. subsequently
six members. WHO were not, by the face of the
returns, elected on account of defects which
were amended under the law OF 1877. Were ad.
United by resolution submitted by Mr..
Str0ut George r.. Weeks, OF Augusta, was
elected speaker. After the organization Mr..
Hale offered a similar resolution To that passed
by The Sensts calling tor the appointment of a
supreme judicial court as 10 the legality of the
organization OF the House. In making the
resolution. Mr.. Hale spoke of the extraordina-
ry circumstances under which they met. and
said the object OF the organization was 10 set
tie tie vital question affecting the organiza-
ton of the Legislature and state government.
u.
&r. iIale'S resolution was adopted unsni-
mously, and a. A. Strauf, OF Portland: l..
Hutchinson, of Lewiston. and Silas @. Hatch,
Of Bangor, appointed rs committee. The
following is resolution seating the six mem
oeIS who had been counted out.
Resolved, That Isaac HaDScom, Edward h.
Hall, George :. Hill, Oliver BragdOn, Frank G..
NickersOn and Robert NJ. Loring Perry, all in
this State, be admitted To seats members
prima iacie OF the House of Representatives
q the Fifty ninth Legislature of Maine, In the
piaces OF stephen ID. Lorr James W. Clark, +.
W. Hill. James w Flye, John Al. Brown and
James M. Leighton.
WHAT TKEY KNOW tBOur ERIsERY.
The House committee To investigate the
chsrges of attempted bribery, met in Repre-
sentative Rali. III. II. White WAS summoned
To appear. but did not respond. He declined
TO recognize the authOrity.of the committee.
MeSsrs. Swami and Hartman reiterated in
substance their afiidaVits and statements in
the House, with the same additional partlcu-
lars. Mr.. swami said lie first learned of
bribery through j .. White, a relative of ii.
q. White.
I Solon Chase testified: Swami called upon
bin at midnight ON the 5th inst. at the resi-
dence of his cousin, O. Il Chase and consulted
him 10 regard tn transaction, and drew up
n statement that he was going To take the
81 go. and promised to do what he was
asked b. for the sake of exposing
the transaction. Chase advised him 10 go
ahead. IL appeared that no other parties wit
messed the transaction In either ease. Mr..
Hartman testified that lac AT first hesitated
about going into the business. but after con-
sulttng Cove and others ne concluded
10 do SO. The Investigation will be continued
tomorrow.
Dispatches from Augusta contain interest
ing details 81 the situation in that city. The
organization of the Legislature is said
TO have been well considered
project on the part of the Republicans and was
decided uFOn the most practical and
feasible way of getting an opinion from the
supreme court upon the subjects embodied in
the orders passed in the Republican HOu
and Senate to night. There has been a strong
W.EE4 farr
cans OF Maine from their friends throughout
the country. The leaders declare they waited
awhile in hepes the Fusionis;s would take
some actiG.i in relation 10 admit.
ting THE Republicans from the
&isffanchiseG cities and towns, bat waited
ia vain. It ~ hoped the supreme judicial
court VIII convene on Wednesday, in which
event an answer is looked for by Friday or
saturday Of this week. Augusta r. crowded
with politicians tonight from all
parts OF the State and elsewhere.
Ife Fusionists not despondent
and assert that General Chamberlain has
promised they will not be prevented from
their respective chambers IN the
state House tomorrow. The Republicans
are holding the situation tonight,
and many OF them are sleeping
upon desks In the Senate and House
ready 70 begin work tomorrow. They con-
fiden1iy express the belief that the legal
opinion asked for will be In their favor. Ru-
mors OF various k1nds are In circulation,
not among the least interesting