Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-09
A Complicated Situation in
Nebraska.
Stormy Scenes at the State
Capital.
Governor Boyd Sworn In, But Thayer
Refuses to Vacate. 800
Connecticut's State Affairs Also Badly
Muddled-The Minnesota Dead
lock Broken.
Associated Press Dispatches.


LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 8.-The Alliance
members took possession of the house al
5 O'Clock this morning. They placed
their speaker in the chair, and put a
Gordon of assistant sergeants-at-arms
around him. When Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Miekeljohn appeared he was not
allowed to take his seat, but stood in
front of the speaker, ready to call the
Joint session to order. At 8 O'Clock the
speaker issued an order for the arrest OF
the lieutenant-governor on the charge
of misconduct in Office and breach of the
peace. The lieutenant-governor defied
the officer, and was not taken into GUS
tody. Both sides had force OF SER
geants-at-arms within call, and any
attempt on either side to proceed with
the canvass of the vote would have pre-
cipitated row. To avoid this, COM
mittee from each party was sent with a
statement of the case to the supreme
court to ascertain which officer has the
constitutional right to preside. /,
Governor Thayer ordered out a com.
pany Of the national guard, and at II
O'Clock they stacked their arms in the
corridors of the capitol. Crowds arrive
on every train to attend the Inaugural
ton Of Governor-elect Boyd, and consid-
erable impatience is shown over the de-
lay in counting the votes. The militia
was called out only as precautionary
measutShthere is little danger of an
outbreax&
At IL :l5 the supreme court issued a
writ OF mandamus directing the speaker
of the house to canvass the returns. The
sheriff OF Lancaster county, with depu-
ties, and the bailiffs of the supreme
court burst in the doors Of the house and
fought their way through the crowd,
Alliance men guarding the entrance.
The writ was served on the speaker. A
motion to take recess until 3 O'Clock
was declared carried by the lieutenant
publicans left the hall. The speaker of
the house declared no recess taken, and
the Alliance members remained and the
roll was called.
The proceedings at the afternoon ses-
sion were less stormy. The Alliance
men had cooled down considerably, and
when the lieutenant-governor took
charge in joint assembly no opposition
was offered. The returns OF the last
election were canvassed, and the Demo-
cratic governor, Boyd and the remainder
of state ticket, all Republicans, were
declared elected
A resolution was passed, receiving the
full Alliance vote, declaring that the
canvass was conducted under protest,
and that the Legislature in no wise recog-
nizes the election OF the officers who
had been returned. They were, how
ever, promptly sworn in by the chief
Justice. The Alliance contest will now
60 on as prescribed by law.
Matters were further complicated this
evening. Governor-elect Boyd called on
Governor Thayer, and the latter in
formed him that he (Thayer) would not
give up the Office, on the ground that
Boyd was not citizen of the United
States. Governor Thayer has barricaded
himself in the executive office with
police and accompany of militia on guard.
It is understood he will remain governor,
if possible, until all questions affecting
his succession are settled. Boyd's
father, it will be remembered, came to
this country from Ireland while Boyd
was minor. He took out his first
papers, but never perfected his citizen
ship, and his son was never naturalized.
1t is claimed, therefore, that he is ineli-
gible to the Office.