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| the galleries and elsewhere that were friendly
xii stevens. @ "khi BarrowsF' xiii Pen.
roser drowned the ravel Of the Speaker
the The snar Gfs anG i nsd spsen and
| rows. The angry crowd finally broke through
the bar OF the Senate and rushed toward the
| three men, who managed TO Chamber out OF n
window and escape their. pursuers In the dark
ness They made q double escape. for II wa.
from philadelphia. led by the notorious Balty
Sower-. the Spring Garden Bntcher Boy. were
lying In walt tor ne three Why leaders; ana n
window out Of which they escaped; hut the
noise OF the outbreak In tho, senate chamber
! reaching the ears of ihe wa ntchers they rushed
into the lobby to see what the row was, and at
that moment Stevens and his comranlons got
out Of the window, and when Balty Sewers and
his gang got hack they were gone.
After the ercapc ot the three Whig leaders
none of them deemed It safe TO appear IN public
while the feeling against them lasted. Gov.
Ritnor. from the guarded security OF the Exec
ntive Chamber. recognized the Cunningham
but the Senate had no Speaker and no quorum.
and the Cunningham House had ne. quorum.
purtcnanccs OF the House and met daily. but
had no quorum. The chair was occuped day
and night py IN an armed guard; The .S Governor rn
Patterson OF philadelnhia IN command. Cor
tain citizens Of Ilntrisbnrg formed themselves
Into committee of rnfety. and although they
had no authority from any one but Themselves.
assumed control Of tho town government, The
Patterson placed the state Arsenal in the hands
OF a force or W hics and Anti-Ntasons. and Gen.
Of Citizens, I V ceptured IN. arsenal and hold IL
against the State aut thortics.
Gov. kitner appealed to President Van
was refused. After n day or two the proprietor
Of the hotel where the Cunningham House met
After fer a % week Of this farce. which was a con:
the Cunningham House deserted and took their
seats In the Hopkins House. giving II n quorum:
Thad Stevens read the three men out OF
tho party In n savage rr -clamatiob Of eScom-
munication. The senate refused I, recognize the
Hopkins House cvon after IT had ohtaned
quorum. hut ut the end Of a week the Cunning.
stevens and tho four Philadelphia membe
claiming seats under the special locomotive re-
turns. took their seats in the HOPKINS House
and acknowledged its legality. The contest Of
Porters election ns Governor was abandoned.
lie was inaugurRted. tho Senate recognized the
House. and the revolutionary episode was at an
end. Thi. di..nrhance had the name Of the
militia were loaded with huckshot.
Among the interesting fact. that came out
rpiracy among certain Democrats to blow ND
the railroad train carrying militia from Phia-
delpnis to ii"T,isSurg Thsg The leader in thi. con;
tho Legislature from Bedford county. Gen. A.
J. Pleasanton declared that McElwee had pur-
ranged for the laying of mine under the rail.
road track. to he sprung as the train containing
being received that the majority OF the troops
were Democrats. this scheme was Abandoned
MoElwee admitted the truth OF Gen. Pleasan-
tons statement.
"Thad stevens refused to recognize tho legal
status OF the House of Representatives. and In u
OF Il. A special session Of the Legislature being
called in Nav, 1890. however. Stevens took HIS
seat. Representative McElwee raised the point
that Stevens was not a member OF the House
The point was sustained and Speaker Hopkins
issued call for now election OF Representa-
tive in Adams county. Stevens was returned,
and at the next session had the satisfaction OF
voting for the expulsion Of his enemy McElwee
from the House Tor grossly insulting a fellow
when Thad Stevens was elected to the Leg.
valuable iron land in franklin and Adams
counties The great question Of the day was
internal improvements., PennsvivHnia was con
more and Ohio Railroad was being pushed west
ward Just below Pennsylvnnia's southern
border, stevens conceived the idea OF n railrond
through the southern part OF the State. the
main purpose of which. aside from its political
tinnrc and Ohio at Clear spring. three miles over
the border In Maryland. This railroad was to bc
built 6y the State Of Pennsylvania and become
part Of its system OF public works. As Stevens
was the controlling mind in the state adminis-
tration, the construction of the road was
authorized in 1870. II was this that defeated
Gov. Ritner's reelection. and made 1t forever
impossible for Stevens to reach the object OF
object for the attaining OF which the railroad
was Intended to make his chances stronger.
AZ the work advanced It became a leading
Issue In state politics. The Democratic party
made 1t one OF the chief features In their arau-
ments ngsint the Ritnor administration. More
road. Bridges and viaducts OF massive masonry
were built, each and every one of whic Is intact
to strengthen the determination OF the ad mi ~
istrntion to complete the work.
" But an unforssen obstacle to the success OF
the rond arose. That Stevens was planning for
the reelection OF Gov. Ritner and for his own
elevation to the United States senate was tho
Rltner had brought both himself aud stevens
into national prominence by Incorporating in
Of abolition sentiments ever proclaimed in an
ohicial document in the Union. IL wa. charged
that the message was written, BY Thaddeus
made. The political advancement Of men
holding and advocating such revolutionary
viewed with alarm. and tho Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company determined not TO
hand of Stevens and Ritner, II has frequently
been subject OF comment and speculation
land capital. should follow for miles tho
West Virginia side Of the Potomac River. to tho
through which the line would have been as fen.
slble. II not more feasible. The route Of tho
Wash Counties MsTysna rsafr,Ss "na these s@a s"a
coumse, were to pay nycIy large sum to tho
their territory. The company chose hos TO to forfeit forfeit
that large payment rather than to give q con
This action OF the Baltimore and Ohio in
creased tho clnmor against the State railroad,
and during the second Ritner campaign. In
1888. work on 1t was suspended. but the clamor
hhd served to change enough votss to unseat
RItner and elect the Democratic candidate.
That put an end to the building Of the railroad
ana 70 the ambitious political plans OF stevens
and Ritne-. II they had succeedrd in retaining
the state Government in 1888. tho rond would
have been completed. and the sonth hern part OF
Pennsylvanin. instead Of the central pnrt would
have been the tporoughfare to Pittsburgh and
tho West"
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