The Republican journal., 1881-07-28
Is there Deadlock in Maine p

day last are to be credited, Maine has
been subject to deadlock between GOV.
Plaisted on the one hand and his Council
on the other, since July 18th. These
dispatches are wholly in favor of and
were doubtless instigated 10y the Govern
or and hold the Council responsible for
all the evils, past, present and future
which have resulted or may result from a
conflict of authorities The story needs
confirmation; but as a matter of current
gossip it may be summarized as follows
The Governor and Council met on the
tatctul 18th inst when among the nom
nations to be acted upon was that of
Albion Little for trustee of the Reform
School-a appointment. When the
name was reached Counsellor Bowers is
said to have taken the floor, and after
making Il Curious attack ON the Govern
on, whom he is reported to have grossly
insulted," moved that the nomination lie
on the table until the next meeting.
"The GOVERNOR" we are told, "took the
insults with q good deal of nonchalance, "
and at the. close Of Mr.. Bowers speech re-
marked that Mr.. Little had been com
muncatcd with and would accept the APP
pointmcnt. But Mr.. Bowers "insisted
upon his motion in il manner much more
iorcible than polite, and made u speech
to which his former TRADE was but the
faint pattcr of drops as compared with
the full blast OF the tornado" Mark the
METAPHOR Other members Of the Coun-
Gil sustained Mr.. Bowers but the Gov
crnor patiently waited" After he had
patiently waited until he could get his
gigantic intellect in full working order he
"quictly told Mr.. Bowers he could not
entertain his motion" We all know how
| quiet and patient a man our Governor is,
50 that this picture Of him will be recog-
nizcd rs drawn from The life; that is from,
Or rather by, himself. Mr.. Bowers then
called upon Mr.. Robbie, the chairman OF
the Council, to put the motion, but the
chairman hcsitatcd and was lost. Plais-
tcds coup t. etm is thus described:
Rising slowly and taking tie gavel lie brought
| it down with tremendous force upon the table and
said "Geutemen, this Council is adjourned x.t,
'l'e, and gathering up his papers and personal ef
| tects he returned to his private rooms The "o"(
Fefot staggered the councillors. They looked al
| each other III blank amazement They SAW that
they had been left in most helpless condition, dS
only the Governor can convene that body. A
| committee was appointed to wait on the Governor
and try to effect compromise, but the effort failed
| An adjournment was then voted to certain day
| but it viii have no effect, and as they cannot reas
semble there is regular deadlock
Coombs, the Lewiston artist, will now
have an opportunity to make the great
est effort of his life. Let him depict ou
quiet, patient Governor "rising slowly
and bringing his gavel down upon tho
table with tremendous force" and tho
artists fortune Will be made. The stag
| gering' Councillors should of course have
Il place on the canvas if any of them sur
! vivc the blow long enough to sit for then
portraits. We are glad to learn that they
We're all alive and doing we'll at last ac-
counts. Now let Governor Plaisted fol-
low the example of Conkling and resign
| He would he "vindicated" as Conkiimg
has been.
Concerning this alleged difficulty be
tween the Governor and Council, the
kennebec journal says there is little that
is true i'll the sensational reports publish
ed, except that the Governor got consider
ably ''riled" and incontinently adjourned
the session sine lie, The declaration that
members of the Council laborcd with the
Governor to induce him to reconsider his
hasty and ll-tempered action is complete
bosh SO also is the idea conveyed by the
| writer that the Council are under concern
because Of the Governors course They
understand that the Council is about as
necessary to the Governor in conducting
State affairs as he is to the Council, and
they will be rather amused than otherwise
to have him undertake to play a clone
hand, if it so be that is his determination
The Council adjourned TO meet on the
18th proXmo, and will assemble at that
time Notwithstanding the limitations that
they will not be permitted to meet again
The New York Herald says, in an edi-
torial captioned 'G'reenback Lunacy:'
Events, the marvellous prosperity of the
country. the general progress of the Re
public and Of the world, have DESTROYED
the financial heresy of Greenbacksm.
1t never really had anything to rest on in
the way OF real common sense either DO
ltically or financially. Soft money luna
ties conceived the idea, and unhappily
persuaded other lunatics to accept their
theories us the essence OF economic wis
dom. The Ialsity and absurdty Of the
whole scheme are shown bv the slender
support that has been given to it in every
State Of the Union. Principle and earn
eStness always succeed in our politics.
That Grecnbaclism lacks both of these
essential elements of party success is
shown by the result Nevertheless these
people are, perhaps, useful in their way,
AS the Bourbons Of the South are in some
mysterious way preserved to show how
ridiculous politically men of one idea can
become, so the Greenbackers are allowed
to live and move for some equally inscru-