The Portland daily press., 1881-01-14
Listening to Plaisted's Cheap
Demagoguery.
ERS TICKLED
AND EVERYBODY ELSE
DISGUSTED.
Plaisted Ignores his Council and
Spends the Afternoon with Fogg.
THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES
APPOINTED.
Special Despatch to the Press.

AUGUSTA Jan. -.
The Inauguration of Gov. Plaisted today
was witnessed by about the usual number of
spectators on such occasions, who occupied the
galleries and floor of the House where the in
teresting ceremonies took place. 1t was note
worthy fact that in one of the galleries there
were some who were better known last winter
as Capt. Blacks men, while on the floor sat
their chief in secluded spot Other we'll
known Fusionists who were connected with
the State steal year ago were in attendance
notably Fogg and Cap'n Chase of Garcelon's
Council, and P. A. Sawyer, deputy Secretary
of State under the Fusion regime.
There was profound silence when Gov.
Paisted proceeded to read his message. which
occupied one hour and fifteen minutes in its
delivery. The Governor made no attempt at
at oratory, probably because he has not a good
voice. He wore black frock coat buttoned to
the neck, aud presented military bearing
His iron gray hair and nicely waxed NOUS
tache and hirsute appendage would rather in
dictate that he had not long been out of the
tonsorial chair.
There was but one attempt at applause while
the message was being read, and that was
when the Governor stigmatized the holders of
government bonds as a class of gilded paupers
supported by the labor of this country. But
the attempt to applaud this sentiment was
feeble, and was summarily squelched by a
sharp, sibilant utterance of disapprovaI, which
is said to have emenated from the mouth of a
bloated Democratic bond-holder, who did not
relish any such gush His illusions to the
power of the government and his reference to
the opinions of coordinate branch as not be-
ing binding and of cheap character, remind
ed one of the revolutionary talk of the coun-
ters-out last winter, and were hardly expected
from one who not pne hour before had taken a
solemn oath to support the laws; while his
fears. of military usurpation were purely imag-
mary.
The message is the topic of conversation, and
the comments various. While the Governor s
views and recommendations on several SUBJ
jects are approved by the Republicans, they
believe that it would have been far better for
him to have confined himself to state matters
and not st epped outside and repeated his cam
paign fiction of last fall, uttered in Ciceronian
strains. git looked as if Plasted were throwing
a sop to the lowest strata of the social system.
Some of the Republicans expressed considera-
BILE feeling.
"What do you think of Gov. Plaisted's mes
Republican.
"Three quarters of it," he replied wi tn in
dignation cleaning in his eyes, sis a lie and a
libel upon history. It's the speech of dema-
gogue. Its Garcelonism intensified
While the Greenback element is elated over
the message, the old Democratic Bourbons
have but little to say in commentator, and
some of them do not hesitate to declare that
they are ashamed Of to-days spectacle Wheth-
or it was by design or accident that Coy.
Plaisted failed to receive the congratulations
OF the Democratic wing of the Fusionsts is
not known to those outside of the inner circles
but certain it is that after he had delivered his
message he was surrounded in the Executive
chamber by Fogg, Cap'n Chase, Sawyer and
others of the Greenback ilk, who gave him a
most cordial grasp of the hand, and appeared
to be nearer to him as his constitutional advis-
ers than the other gentlemen in the adjoining
! room. who had been selected by the Legisla-
Sture as his Council
Ii has been generally the practice after a
Governor has delivered his message to have
his Council meet at once and organize without
any delay. Gov. Plaisted disregarded this prac
| tice, and even when Mr. Smith, Secretary OF
State elect appeared before him to be
| qualified, Gov Plaisted in reply to the re-
quest stated that he felt too tired to administer
| the oath. He was not so fatigued however o.
SO unmindful of his political friends but that
| he could qualify Representative John G.
| Talbot and also give his attention to Other
matters; and so while his council were at their
post of duty and anxiously awaiting his pre-
| sence so that the public business would not
| suffer by any further delay, the Governor was
| off all the afternoon engaged in conference
with Fogg and other Greenback leaders and
candidate for United States Senator in the
sweet bye and bye. 1t is understood tonight
that tomorrow Gov. Plaisted will meet with
| his council.
| The joint standing committees as made up
seem to give general satisfaction although
| there are few Greenbackers who aspired tt
be chairmen who claim that the Republican.
have more than their share, and that the
minority is entitled to one half
Several committees organized this afternoon
among which are those on legal affairs and
the judiciary, and which will be ready fol
| work next week.