The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-14
TELEGRAPHIC
THE MAIZE saUSS.
Two Acting Governors, as well
as Two Legislatures.
And StilInO Row.

Augusta, l2.-The house committee to
| investigate the charges of attempted brl-
berry met in representative hall. b. X.
| White was summoned to appear but did
not respond. de declined 10 recognize
/ !he authority Of the committee. Swami
and Hartman reiterated in substance
| their affidsvits and statements in the
house, with some additional psrticul ore.
Scion Chase testified that be advised
Swami to go ahead and get White to
| commit himself and the party, and
other testimony WAS given but no new
! facts came out.
Augusta, Me-, Is AT ! 45 the COM
mittee of the house to report questions to
submit to the supreme court, submitted a
series which il was voted to submit to the
court. The questions are long. Both
branches adjourned st 2.l5 until S1tur-
day, January II, at 2 pm.
Forty enthusiastic republicans came to
the city last night by the Pullman train.
Hale, in his remarks relative to the
order submitting questions 10 the supreme
court, said the representatives, assembled
here did rot desire s control the law did
not give them, nor TO ride rough-shod
over any one as they might have done
days ago, but for the main purpose and
great purpose indicated in the order, and |
when the court decided the question the
people of Maine would take that decision |
as filal exposition of the law upon the |
question of organization, snd it will be |
expected that everybody in the hall will |
accept 1t as laid down by the court.
The night at the capitol passed very |
quietly, with full guard on. The only |
thing irregular this morning was when |
G. w. Martin attempted to pass the
guard in defiance of the police reguls-
tons, and was summarily handled by |
the police. The fusiOnists are very reti-
cent about expressing an opinion OF the
events of last night. They seem sur
prised and entirely unwilling to converse
upon the subject. Wallace r. White,
whose card Of denial of bribery has been
published, hiss been summoned before
the bribery committee, but refused to
appear. Following is his card:
To Henry Ingalls,, Chairman Of the In
Uestigattng Committee:
Ihave received your summons to ap-
pear before your committee, charged with
an investigation of the alleged bribery OF
+. B. Swami and Moses Hartman. l
decline to appear, for the reason that
you are not competent to send for persons
and papers, and lot competent to adj
minister a legal oath. Witnesses before
you could swear to anything without
mourning the hazard ef prosecution for
perjury. If Swami and Hartman had
secured q bride, they would naturally
swear falsely about it, and if they merely
put up a job they would be still more
likely TO swear falsely. When 1 next
meet them, l want it to be before tri-
bunal that has power to enforce its de-
crees and to administer punishment.
Your house Of representatives is illegally
organized, or not organized at all, and if
you have any doubt on that point, l
shall be glad to have you arrest me for
contempt, and then have the authority
for your process tested by a writ ofhG5eds
corpus before the supreme judicial court.
If l am not sustained by that tribunal,
shall cheerfully appear before your COM
mittee.
(Signed) WALLACE WRITE.
The repoTtei scheme Of elecling state
officers and a governor hiss apparently
been abandoned, both parties seeming
willing to await g decision by the |
supreme court before proceeding further.
Lamson, who claims to be acting
governor, has as yet performed no
official act that at all inteIfsres with the
Brerogatives of General Chamberlin. |
The house took recess until pm.
New York, I3.-The World, which has |
discountenanced ths movements Of |
Garcelon in Maine from the beginning, |
says of the republican coup d'etat yester-
day: Republicans have taken possession
of the state house Of Maine, and counted |
in such Of themselves as have no certif-
Gates "en the face of the returns. "
Occupying the legislative chambers was
in itself and, so far as we can see, per-
fectly legitimate maneuYre. The only
wonder is that republicans did not see
and resort to it, and fusionists foreses and |
guard against it, before the legislature
met.
Chicago, 13.-Tlmes' Augusta: This
move of the republicans is looked upon |
as their last card. Their men were get
ting sick of the game which leaders were
playing, and it became apparent that they
could not be held in line much longer,
therefore it was absolutely necessary for
them to do som athiDg, but it is believed
they have done the very worst thing they |
possibly could have done. They have |
formed Il Legislature without the least !
vestige of law to sustain them. They |
have no official roll, no certificates of |
election and 10 legislative returns, and to |
cap the climax, they propose to ask the |
opinion Of the supreme court as to the |
legality of the other and regular legisla- |
ture, which was organized according 10 |
law. Can the court pay any attention to |
the questions submitted by such an In |
lawful body? The best lawyers here say |
that they would stUltify themselves to do |
so. The fusionists held caucus tonight
and Sre in high spirits over the situation.