Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-10
Position of the Military.

Aulutant Generdl Cole WAS sent Tor Dy
Boyd yesterday afternoon and ordered TO
di>perse the militia assembled in the state
house. Il will take orders from no one
bat ghayer," said Cole. Your authority
ceases this instant, said Boyd, and writ
ten order removing Cole and appointing
Gen. Victor Nifquain, late minister TO
Barinquila. was at once made out and
signed. Niiquain was one of three men
voted medals 10y congress for bravery on
the field of battle. Nifquain sent word
last evening to Capt. Rhoda, who COM
mands the squad Of twenty in Thayer's
office that he must remove his men from
the capitol building Rhoda declined to
remove them. Unless they are removed
immediately all will be arrested a. tres
paSSer~.
Cold Quarters for Thayer.
Steam was turned of at the rooms oc-
curisd by Thayer yesterday afternoon
To-day he will be removed by force ii nee
essary, H. he i using the public building
for private purposes without permission.
Brig. Gen Colby, commanding the militia
in the field, has recognized Governor
Boyd authority. and has telegraphed for
Instructions. Among Republicans. com
mentN on Fhayer's action are Indicative of
great surprise at his course in holding on
after the supreme court had told him he
bad no rights.
The Legislative situation.
All yesterday was wasted i'll the Iegis-
lature in wrangle over the joint conven-
ton minutes. In the afternoon in the
house committee of nine was appointed
to draw hill appropriating SlOO,G0O
Ia relieve the drought sufferers Then
the wrangle over the minutes of the Joint
session was resumed, and continued dur
ing the afternoon. At each succeeding
roil-call, on tilibustering motions, the In
dependents lost ground. and were finally
forced To adjourn. The senate reconvenei
AT = o'clock, and postponed further consid-
Grafton oI the journal until the same is
printed
What the Wrangle Was About
The trouble with the joint session Jour
nal was that the Independent secretaries
and clerks studiously avoided mentioning
Lieutenant Governor Meikeljohn as the
presiding officer, and this the Democratic
and Republican members desire to correct
All the new state officers are mt their
posts, but Lieutenant Governor Majors
assumption of the chair i'll the senate WAS
protested against by the irreconciiiables
among the Alliance members.
Majors Was Not To BE RIured.
At the independent caucus Thursday
night IL was agreed that Thomas j Ma |
J"rs, the new lieutenant governor, should |
NOT De permitted to take his seat yester
day morning, and in fact they notified him |
10 that effect. In response to this Coy |
ern"r Majors declared that he should Ger
talniy take his seat At the appointed hour.
and asked them how they would prevent
IT, They replied that they would find |
a way To do So Governor Majors said.
Gentlemen, Lieutenant Governor Nickel.
john will call the senate to order This
morning at the usual hour. When the
opening exercises have been gone through
with he will call me to the chair When /
thls Is done will walk up, take my place
aud assume control Of the senate. and / |
should like To see the power that will nr,-
vent me from doing So And nobody did
but a resolution OF protest was adopted Inv
revolutionary tactics.
Thayer', Objection to BOYD.
The allegation Of non.citizenship mad.
by Ihayer against Boyd is founded ON the |
alleged TACT that Boyd's father in Ohio did |
not take ont his second papers until last No |
Nemher' long after Boyd had attained his |
majority, and the claim is made that ON |
TINS account Boyd IS not a citizen nor can /
ne DE until he takes out papers for himself. !
ne record IN the case was cited in an an |
phcatlon made by Thayer to the supreme |
court yesterday for a mandamus prohibit
ing lloyd from taking tine gubernatorial
chair Bnt the court promptly refused |
the naudamu~.