The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09
STATE LEGISLATURES.
A High Old Time in Nebraska-Leland
Stanford Renominated in California.

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though they found great difficulty II
pushing their way through the crowds
that filed the corridors and besieged the
capitol at all points. The Alliance mem
bers had taken possession OF the house al
) o'clock IN the morning They placed a
speaker IN the chair and put a Gordon ol
assistant sergeantS-at-arms around him.
When Lieutenant Governor Mlecklejohu
appeared. be was asked to take his seat,
but stood in front of the speaker ready
TO call the joint session TO order at :
o'clock The speaker issued an order for
the arrest of Lieutenant Governor Mleckle-
John on the charge Of misconduct IN Office
and breach Of the peace. The Lieutenant
governor deiied the officer, and was not
taken into custody. Both sides had a
force Of sergeants-at-arms within call, and
any attempt Of either side to proceed with
the canvass of the vote would have pre-
cipitated a row. To avoid this, a commit
tee from each party was sent with state
ment Of the case 10 the supreme court,and
The house waited in suspense for decision
Rs TO which officer had the constitutional
right to preside.
Governor Thayer has ordered out com
pany of national guards, and at IL O'Clock
they stacked arms in the corridors OF the
sapitol Crowds are arriving on every
train to attend the Inauguration OF Gov
ernor-elect Boyd, and considerable lmpa-
IeuCe is SHOWN over Tie ucld1 III IOulNiuS
The vote The militia is calle out as a
precautionary measure.
At 1918 il was understood that the SUI
prcme court had issued "A writ of mandamus
directing the speaker of the house 10 can
Fass the returns. The sheriff of Lancaster
county, with deputies and bailiif of the
lupreme court, burst in the doors OF the
house and fought their way through the
.roWd of A liance men guarding the en-
tpeaker. A motion to take a recess until
bo'clOck was declared carried by the lieu
tenant governor, and the Republican mem
bers Fl ed out of the hall. The speaker Of
The house declared that no recess had been
,aken. and the Alliance members remained
and the roll was called.
The proceedings Of the afternoon session
we're less sensational than in the morning.
The mandamus Of the supreme court
yobered the radical Alliance men, and 4
spirit Of moderation was manifested. After
The Republicans and Democrats left the
ball the Independents remained, doing
some unimportant business and making
an effort to amend the rules of the joint
convention TO make the speaker of the
house the presiding officer instead of the
lieutenant governor.
An adjournment was taken until 2:30.
At that hour the Independents were in
their seats, but transacted no business un-
til the full body was assembled, and the
lieutenant governor appeared and called
the convention to order. The Independents
offered no obstruction to business. The
canvass was then made, and the Demo
cratic governor, Boyd and the Republi-
cans elected to I'll the other Offices, were
declared elected.
The Alliance then passed a resolution
declaring that the canvass had been made
against their protest. and that the le-isla-
l.n
the officers who had been returned as re-
seiving the highest number of votes. The
officers, however, were sworn in. The
contest will now 90 on as prescribed by
Jaw. il is possible that the legislature
will unseat every one of the new officers.
Matters were further complicated to-
night. Governor-elect Boyd called upon
Governor Thayer and was informed that
the latter would not give up his Of
flee on the ground that Boyd was not a
citizen of the United States and not eligi-
BILE This changes the situation and no
body dares say what the outcome may be.
Governor Vhayer has barricaded the eX-
ecutive offices, and remains inside with
police and "A company of militia on guard
il Is impossible to reach him, to ascertain
his puspOse. But it is understood that he
viii remain governor If possible. until all
questions affecting his successor are
settled.
IDAHO.
BOISE CITY, Idaho Jan. S.-There are
rumors atioat here of a startling move to
ne made in connection with the recent
senatorial election. Section 600 of the
Idaho revised statutes declares it felony
Sor a member OF the legislature TO vote or
promise support upon any question or
matter upon which they may be called
upon to pass officially. 1t is said warrants
viii be sworn out under the above section
for the arres. of several members of the
legislature who We're connected with the
alleged Shoup-Dubois-N Mcconnell combine,
charging them with afelonious conspiracy
against the legislature.
MISSOURI
JEFFFRSON CITY. No, Jan. S-The gen
eral assembly met at 10 o'clock this morn
mg Lieutenant Governor Claycomb
called the senate to order. and "a perma-
hent organization was effected 10y the
election of W. b. Anderson, of Platte
county. president pro TEN. The other
Democratic caucus nominees were elected.
I'm The house the caucus nominees were
also ratified. W. + VUUtle. of Pettis
rouuty, being elected speaker, and \. :
Smith, of Hal county chief clerk. The
legislature adjourned TO 10 a. m. tomor-
row. when Governor Francis Will send in
Lis message.
AaNNL>OiAs
ST PAUL Ninu.. Jan. S-The house
met this morning. cast three ballots for
speaker. aud took q recess till $3.50 p. m.
The vote was unchanged
The house elected sNcakerat this after
moons session. Il. {. Stiyer~. the Demo
cratic candidate. withdrew In the interest
OF peace I'm favor of T.. r. Chaplin. the
Alliance candidate A ballot was taken,
resulting i'm 1S votes for Chaplin and Il
=, rI ..l.
Without electiug other oflcuTs. the house
adjourned ull tomorrow.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
CONCORD. y. H.. Jan S-Hiram A Tut
tele was sworn in a. governor this morn
ing with the usual ceremonies.
MASSACHUSETTS
BoSToN. Mass. Jan s-Gov. Russell
took the oath OF office at l2.30 today lie
then proceeded TO read his inaugural ad-
dress
ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD. H.. Jan. S.-ln ihe house
p Joint resolution was adopted, providing
for separate ballots in both houses T
United States senator on January =, and
Tor Joint ballot on the day following.
NORTH CAROLINA
RALEIGH y. c.. Jan. S-The legislature
met Yesterday and organized. Lieutenant
Governor Thomas Holt presided in the
senate. and tue house elected Richard h.
Doughton speaker by ninety three Demo
cratic votes 10 thirteen Republican votes
for John 4 Hendricks. The legislature is
very largely composed Of members of the
Farmers Alliance. but they are conserve
tive Democrats a. we'll
SOUTH DAKOTA
PIERRE. :. D.. Jan. s--A break was
made in he Fusionist ranks today. Con-
verse Independent member, nominated
candidate tor a subordinate position. The