Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-09
HARD ROW TO HOE.
The One Leading to Nebraska's
Executive Chair.
BOYD ALMOST GRAsPs THE VICTORY.


legislature yesterday The first thing that
developed was that the Alliance men, with
the habit of early rising inculcated and
and practiced by the well-regulated
granger. had captured the house chamber
at ) O'Clock in the morning, put their
speaker in the chair and surrounded him
with a guard of assistant sergeants at
arms Then the speaker issued an order
for the arrest of Lieutenant Governor Mel
keljohn, the ground of this remarkable
proceeding being charges that the lieuten-
ant governor was guilty of misconduct in
office and breach of the peace.
A Def and a Breakdown.
1t might be asked OF this order -"What
was begun for TO be so soon done for"
rs when the attempt was made to arrest
Meikeljohn he defied the writ and would
not submit to arrest, whereupon the speak
er's officials pocketed the writ and also the
def, and the lieutenant governor walked
TO the front of the chair, which was ocCu-
pied by the speaker, and announced that
he was ready to call the joint convention
TO order. The situation was decidedly
ticklish There were assistant serseauts-
quarrel. and Donnybrook fair proceeding
would have been easy to precipitate.
Referred to the supreme Court.
This was observed bv the cooler head. of
the opposing forces and it was decided 10
appoint committee from each side,
which should go before the supreme c curt
and submit the question at issue-whether
the canvass of the vote for state officers
was the first thing in order, and who had
the right to preside--to that body. The
committees were appointed aud proceeded
to perform their duty. and the hostile
forces declared truce until the report
was made In the meantime Governor
rhayer ordered out a company Of state
militia, which proceeded TO the capitol
and stacked arms in the corridor
Decided Against the Alliance.
1t did not take long for the supreme
court to decide the points submitted 10 it,
and the decision was black eye for the
Alliance men \ mandamCs was issued
| ordering the speaker 10 proceed is the
| lieutenant governor had decided should
| be- done Wednesday. and sustaining the
| anti-Alliance men on every point. But in
order To- serve the writ the sheriff and his
posse had to fight their way through the
speakers Sergeants-at-arms, and during
| thu traca~ number of hats were smashed
nm! a '.w heads made sor. Will. the
sheriff Wan. nearly depuded of clothing in
the struggle The writ havin, been served.
Nrikeliobu declared the session adj
jourued.
Some Legislative. ..Serap.-
p,t tl,. Alliance MGR, ,ro-s ar,I,- sor,a.
| what di,fgured: they were still in the
ring, and il required few regular knock
ont- baf,r. the ndiourr,part ,,.,. sfTsc,,d
Til Allan, ,,,,[y oh, - tba -
ta,,rtcJ IN Iocl, thaa,,tis ~, H. ,t,.,,o,,,.
her when tbav ottep,ntad ~ Iaava Tbar
tbara vas HOOD on H., ,r,a,,, rh, .s,,,a,, -,
tLa J,nr~.r,f l,fsc,arat ,,nnsd strsi.-|t,,,.,y
and tii- f.,.,,,r,, hin, 20 -. tn,
serig~ of free fights occurred. and Nat
Prov, of 0,,,ha ba,,iIoJ ~. ..1,,l.,-- -,
effectively that another Alliance man
| tLrr,y mn th.. snonra on II W. on siua.
CANT time for a while but the excited
statesmen finally arrived at tbai- ho+aIs
.nd rr.r,,raJ fnr the duties ~ ,ha 80.
mo-, br ro,,risI,i,,,, ~. -
r,,o cr.nnn- - -,
i'''S AGAIN.
before the ahu-Aiilance men could 90 to
ulie nam 'ei III 'le AFTERNOON tls Ailiahce
.i N,l H"'l i'lea'eH .le morning tactics ana
.''N1ll t'os>sS>'oii vi 'it nan iheS were
pI.''.'s 'oOi S"n,@e US themselves When
~. ~. w u'y genera. au'iseu them 10 SUD
~, w .i,' 'iu'i VI tue supreme court.
- i'"iu W. "'Ien.IoA 70 'ne au'lce' ana
go 'P''N1I i."Ae' onairihaii OF tue
J",ul stN9',i duu staFte" 10 Degln work,
Mneil 'lv lieutenant governor appeared at
,''' '''' an" "an,eu l." HeI III ne door
A'el.g' iuNeu 10 IeI MIN pass.
We Governor threatens Bayonets.
, ne lieutenant .I governor appealed to
'"'7i.l"' lHHyer, anu the governor or
,''' no. ""'eI' -heiAeI lonh was admitted
''''''''' Witt 'lNe MN III al the point
'' "', ""e'' IeiktIJohh was adj
'''' ""A'"5 u!ree'iy 10 the
H,'u" ne ueh'ahned; Mr..
uH"erS.Ahu 'hdt my passes
'. N' i,'r'teu.
""' All riSHI' replied the speaker.
|"" lIeNe passes honored a. you
"a VueJ sn'u'u ur upon your honor as
~, w. "eclare" MelNleJohn.
81 r'e l"@' II zone, replied the
PtAe,
. I'm iI''7N'7 i ma oeeh refused az
~ '"' N''l'"ce sergeant at
III. '','' ~, -, 'r""r secured
mai .g,r' ~ ',',..l,''''l's men appeared
! LI.t..,.. g..II.,l ~. 80. -. - - 'P'lno'
''' lTl''' session 10 order The
-. l''1 heIh"crats Were 10 their
80, IA -; eie'i tue rnli-cal Nickel
yynt.l-S ~ Poni''oh III ir'h' oil the
| lii, ..' ~ lIen was crowded with
-li''i" ' nv" CnapIaih Dlllenoolcher
! prayed that the Almighty would give the
| - ''l'' ''7e'npieu grace 10 con-
! u'i 'nenlS4i'e. ana faithfully perform
'he.' "u'ie7. linen MelkelJohn immedi-
| ately assumed control OF the joint assem-
Oily. This was scarcely objected TO by the
Independents, most OF whom were becom-
| ing disguised with the tactics Of the lead
| ers. Il committee notified the secretary
OF state that the joint session was ready IN
proceed to canvass the state vote
4 Word from the Supreme Court
The returns were taken in CHARGE bv
Meikeljohn. who handed Thorn o,,or 20
Elder. Elder announced tbot tn, IA -
been hammered ,vith rbar NTo;,.aii.t -
afrar an,n,,,,,in,, IL, a. 'J'Lu'
-, -, S-H Ii''' Tue Aiiiahce secre-
,,,,h.,, 81 =, - - w, 9lehoS-
-, ~ NeeP recoru OF the pro
as WIS accomplished amid
80 ~ oil'uS'oil' the Independents
w an s''lls ol uilatory tactics. 1t
wa ! CLOCK when Speaker Elder COM
hleheeA' al Meikeljohn's behest. to read
the returns. As slowly as he could the
spea ker called off the vote of aacb co,,,,,,