The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-11
CLASuES IN STATES
OCCASIONS WHERE THE FEEDER AL
Authorities HAVE REEN CALL
ED UPON TO ACT
"DoRR REBELLION" aUELLED

mewt TO SettIc an Election COM
piicati0n - Wisconsin Blessed ut
One Time With Rival State Gov
commemorative Cases in Point.
1t has been nearly a quarter of
century since Uncle Sam has been
asked TO step in between rival state gov
ernments that have taken the war path.
The first time that the use of federal
troops was granted to quiet state gov
eminent troubles was in the "Dorr re-
beiiTn' in Rhode Island in 1912 The
rebellion was brought on by attempts
To extend the suffrage. which was ex-
ceedingly restricted under the old char
ter government which was Rhole Islands
law at that time. Two-thirds of tbs
citizens Of the state were DISTINGUISHED
by the charter provisions that the right
To vote belonged only to the owners Of a
certain amount of property and their
eldest sons. The leader in the effort
to extend the right of suffrage was
Thomas w. Dorr, a member Of the as
sembly from Providence. After win
ter of mass meetings Dorr got together
a conve=tion Of delegates in October.
1S4l. which prepared a constitution and
submitted It to a popular vote Its
friends asserted that $4,000 votes were
cast for Il, a majority of the legal voters
of the state. but its enemies cried
''Fraud!" The following January the
new constitution was proclaimed in force
by its trainers. and in April a state cleo
ton was held, the result of which was
the election Of Dorr as governor and the
choice of a full legislature.
The regular state government, OF
course. did not abdicate. and in May the
rival governments assembled, the char
ter legislature in Newport, with Gov.
Samuel W. King, and the suffrage legi&
lature in Providence, with Dorr as gov
ernor. The latter body chose a supreme
court but sat only two days. The char
ter legislature passed bills declaring that
the actions of Dorr constituted treason.
and empowering the governor to pro-
claim martial law. Gov. King did so.
and also called on President Tyler for
help. The president authorized tho
secretary of war, upon request of Gov.
King. 10 order Massachusetts, and Con-
necticut militia into Rhode Island to keep
the peace. The suffrage party got arms,
and in May, 1912, tried to capture Provi-
state troops approached. however, DORIS
forces dispersed. Dorr fed to Connec-
ticut. and later to New Hampshire. A
reward being offered for his arrest, hs
returned voluntarily and was convicted
OF high treason and sentenced to life
imprisonment Three years later he was
pardoned. and ten years after his rebel
lion the legislature restored his civil
rights to him and expunged the record
of his sentence.
IN THE SOUTHWEST
In 1873 the governor of Texas was E. J.
Davis. a radical Republican. The state
election that year was conducted under
a new law. which the legislature passed,
and which Gov. Davis signed. Notwith-
standing. the election resulted in the de,
feat of the Republicans. Next January
the. state supreme court pronounced this
election law unconstitutional and there
upon Davis refused to give up his office
to his elected successor, Richard Coke,
and appealed to President Grant to sup
port him with federal troops. But the
president refused. on the ground that as
Davis had signed the election law and
had run for Office under It he should
abide by the results. Thereupon Davis
subsidized
But in the same year federal troops
were used in Arkansas in supporting a
governor In 1870 the Republican party,
which was in power, split, the anti-ad-
ministration faction becoming known as
the "Brindletails' This faction joined
with the Democrats in aSsailing- the ad-
miniStration and impeachtng Gov. Powell
Clayton for bribery and corruption. In
1872 Gov. Clayton ordered that the regis
tration law of The. previous year be disre-
garded and the law of 1867 followed.
off ha
whose political disabilities had been re-
moved since 1868. The election of 1872
resulted apparently in the choice OF
Elisha Baxter, regular Republican. In
the following January the legislature
canvassed the votes and declared Baxter
elected by more than 5000 majority. On
the other hand the Democrats claimed
for their fusion candidate. Joseph Brooks,
''Brindletail," a majority OF more than
1.500 Brooks brought suit in several
courts and got judgment Of custer
against Baxter. Then. in April; he seized
the public buildings by an armed force,
and for month there was more or less
fighting. AS soon as the legislature met
Uncle Sam was called upon to squelch
Mr.. Brooks. which your uncle did
promptly
When the troubles In Louisiana really
began, in 1872, Henry c. Yarmouth, Re
publican. was governor, and both branch
eS OF the legislature were republican.
The state had barely been readmitted to
representation by the United States and
everything was in turmoil. The Repub-
ncan party had split into factions, and
at the elections many of the negroes re-
manned away from the polls, afraid OF
violence at the hands of the whites P.
s. S. Pinchback, n negro, was lieu
tenant governor. In the state cleo
ton of 1872 Yarmouth, heading the
Liberal or Greeley Republicans, unit
ed with the Democratic and Re
form parties In a fusion ticket, and
nominated for governor John McEnery,
and supported Greeley and Brown. The
Grant party was joined by the Pinch
back faction and nominated William P
Kellogg for governor, and supported the
Grant ticket. Immediately after the cleo
ton charges of fraud were made, and
two boards Of returning officers, both as
sorting their legality, sprang up, each in
the interest OF it's candidate. Both boards
were ousted. and the legislature provided
a new one. which canvassed the returns,
ard declared McEnery elected by ma
1ority OF 1000.
KELLOGG RECOGNIZED.
The United States government how
ever decided to recognize Kellogg as
gOvernor-elect, and proceeded at once to
back him UP with federal troops. The
Kellogg returning board decided that he
had been elected by $4,000 majority, and
THAI a Republican legislature had been
chosen. This legislature met and i'm
peached Yarmouth, thus making Pinch
back governor for the unexpired term.
In January Kellogg and McEnery each
took the oath of office and each feglsla-
limited Sf9tAG SO1diarC