The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-27
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Mayor Clement. of Wichita, chairman
| of the second committee appointed To
wait on the governor, after introducing
the other members of the committee To
| his excellency said:
"These gentlemen, governor. are APP
pointed by representative citizens of
Kansas, now in convention, TO visit You
and request your presence before that
/ body. 1t seems TO me there has been
some misunderstanding about this mat
ter. 1t is the apparent desire of the con
ventiOn TO meet the governor personally
and express their views IA a personal
way. Not that they expect personal
reply from him. The committee that
visited you a few minutes ago has re-
ported that YOU declined to accompany
them. and the convention has appointed
this committee for the purpose Of again
visiting yOu and of expressing 10 you, IN
very cordial way, their desire %
meet YOU personally and to greet You.
They desire to present 10 you a memo
rial expressing the objects Of their CON
vention. 10 which, some time at your
pleasure, they would he pleased 70 have
you reply And if it should please your
GACtltFIlCN. LIi- fbHliItittFT " III IN EAtttA
to present you TO that convention
To which Governor Humphrey replied:
Gentlemen, some two or three weeks
ago when | consented 10 20 a hearing Of
the subject of calling a special session Of
the legislature. it was my understanding
then that there would be present a repre-
sentation from the various clubs Of the
state. | agreed 10 that hearing, recog-
Of To
and express their views upon any sub
ject in which they were concerned. You
are here. ] understand. 10 urge nc t. call
a special session of the legislature, and
nv understanding this morning was.
through the committee that came over
here. that YOU had prepared "A memorial
upon the subject which doubtless embed
les all YOU have 10 say on that matter.
Now, as the calling of a special session
of the legislature involves the exercise Of
what the constitution callsau extraoriin-
arv power. do not think / ought 70 go
into a public assembly % discuss that
subject"
Chairman Clements: There Is to be
no discussion.
The governor: Have YOU any reason
to urge that you have not embodied ia
your memorial
Chairman Clement: Il believe there
are two or three matters only which
are expressive Of the feelings 81 some of
the other sections Of the state. II was
not expected that Won would reply. We
simply want the convention ~ meet you
personally.
The governor: 81 should be glad. of
course, 10 meet any citizen II Kansas
personally. and -tiI 7 think ;he program
originally indicated il tine One j shall in
sjst upon That B.. that the sense q
vOur convention may =. eTPre-sed IN the
shape q q memorial IN which you st
ont what action you desire taken. shall
BE- glad % hear that memorial. and any
remarks that NAV be offered ~ that time.
shall take the memorial into cgn-idisra-
ton. and make nv reply thereto. II
would look as If / was preJudgang the
case If I should attempt - give fng de-
cision 1t once. I want u ~ fully a. re-
suectful az / ought - D ami should b.,
"a any BODY 81 cItlzeUs residents II Kan
sas. and il strikes me that % b. perfectly
proper that yogT reasons Tor a special
session. embodied IN a memorial. should
be presented here IN writing. And IN
reply 70 give your request such consider |
alton As Il should have Ia that xav
you can present al that you want 70 say. /
/ prefer - adhere u the former pro-
gram.
Chairman Clement: '1There : a very !
large number u representative men In 4
the hall and they would ike 81 paEtici- (
pate - the WORK Of the c5mrnatlee.
TIE governor, '-The ssns.. u thai I
convention VIII be erpressed in tlezr
memorial Nov, By way Of aralogv. !
y@ry respectable convention II the 4
Farmers alliance q the state rTaz II $50 /
son here two or thrre davs recently. and /
they had occasion % urge certain acton i
On the stale cfhcArs. and tf1sr sent con- /
mites aud we made TeVlif4. and they 4
reported hack 10 tie convention. / I
think must IEssst On the program a. / 1
understand T. / % nos think there + anv 4
reason 20 question the fairness q t.