The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-02-24


from the udjutsnt -geueral- After lunch
lad been served through lowering ropes
TO friends without and the members
had settled in their seats for The night,
one Of the sergeants announced that
Gov. LeEeiliBE wanted admission A
committee of citizens accompanied the
governor and the republican guards ad-
mitted him
Gov. LeEvelIing was as composed as
he always shows himself to be. He
walked deliberately up the aisle with a
determined look, apparently master ot
the situation Every member OF the
house arose when he entered, in Obedi-
cnce to a command from Speaker Doug
lass, and as much courtesy was
shown on either side as if the gov
eEnOr- had come in obedience &c
an invitation to greet q guest OF honor
Gov. Lewelling went directly % the
speakers stand ard was presented by
Speaker Douglass He began his
speech by stating positively that he
would consider no appeals from the re-
publicaus, but that If they did not va
cate the hall at once he would send the
military force To put them ont The
governor said
Gentlemen, have formulated moth
ing to say to you before coming into
the hall. have come to you as "a cit
izen. No man can deprecate the pres
ent situation more than l. ! regret the
situation that exists. I entreat you as
citizens of Kansas, as men Of honor, as
lSnow you are, to appreciate the diff
! fcuIties which may arise in the future
| There is only one course to be pursued.
It IS impossible for any receding by the
executive from the course he has taken
I eutreat you as citizens not to make IL
necessary for me to call upon the mill
tary to order this hall cleared.
1t has been said repeatedly that you
were waiting for some bills to be passed
to get this matter into the courts A
| bill has been passed. Is there is a sOlu-
ton it is at hand / appeal to you and
urge you to surrender this hall 80 tn
legal authority of the state. / don
want anything of a riotous nature to oc-
cur / beg this of you, especially those
| who are not members"
Speaker Pro Tcm. Hoch, who was on
| the floor, at this juucture interrupted
the governor by saying;
Governor, pardon me a moment. 4
! appreciate your coming both as gov
| ernur and a citizen of this state. Gov
ernor, would it not, pending "a decision
/ of the courts, be fair and houura BILE for
| both sides to vacate this hall? 1 appeal
! to you as governor, as my governor, In
| this critical crisis. This is the fair
| thing in this matter by US rs we'll as by
] the other side. VIII it not be fair by
I all parties to surrender this hall pend
| ing a settlement?'
| Gov. Leweuing replied: In asking
/ you to surrender this hall into my keep
| ing tonight, my personal friends, I ask
/ you to give the hall into my keeping
| tonight This is ali / have to say"
Mr.. HOch attempted to ask q ques-
! ton, but Gov. Lewelling Interrupted:
at is not for me to enter into this CON
| troversy. There are several militia
] I
/ hope that will not be compelled to
call upon them"
! Mr. Greenlee, of Reno, here asked;
! Governor will you abide by the de-
| cisiOu of the supreme court -
Gov. Lcwclling would not answer the
question and left the speakers stand.
l. Ex-Gov. Osborne here asked permits
| sion to make a few remarks, which
permission was granted. He sad: q
am not here for the purpose of making
an address. At a meeting OF prominent
citizens of Topeka DIR. AcNicar, T. Ben
| nett, Z. @. Noel, John r. MulvaUe and
myself were appointed q committee &c
wait on the governor. In that meeting
of citizens and here tonight 1 did not
and do not think it proper to discuss
the merits of this difficulty. We are
tonight on the verge of a revolution,
The people of this state must be pre-
pared to read in the morning papers o.
| a flow of blood in tlae streets Of Topeka
unless some hand is raised to avert this
disaster. Kansas has passed through
/ many scenes, but none so serlOu;
as this, which IS far more dangerous
than when Pap Price raided at ou1
/ doors at Kansas City. The governo
| has told you that it Will be his duty {,
call the militia to evict you, and
know, and lie knows, you are pr repaired
to resist"
He then said it was the feeling of thu
people outside OF the hall and tile sen
timent outside of this city that ther,
should be no resistance; that the mem
bers should not bring on a civil war
Closing he said:
DO not force upon us a war liza bic t.
be more destructive than this section o
this country has ever seen"
Gov. Lewelliug, with his private sec
l rotary, Fred J. Close and the citizens
committee, who had been close listener
; | to all that had been said, at the conciu
! sion of ex-GOv. Osborue's remarks aros
and marched out of the hail.
< Gov. Leweliing and his friends hat
2 not reached the door before Their
We're a half dozen republican mem
) bers on their feet protesting agains
Z q surrender
The Acknowledgement sent telegram
I all over the state ordering the captain
I of militia companies to assemble thei
I men and report to him at Topeka
Several local companies reported an
were PLACED on duty at the state hous
and the republican house was virtual
in state OF siege although retainin
possession of the hall
: / When GOV. LeweIliuG called on Shel
: riff Wilksrson, of Shawnee county, 10
! | aid that officer declined TO act as tn
4 Z governor had failed TO ask his conseu
fu4 calling out the militia, the sheri1
> holding that under the constitution I'll
d governor must first call on the sheriff
. and through him only could call on
: the militia
a The shsrfT-a Defiance
7 TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. ~. 81. Wi
kersou, sheriff of Shawnee county. de
Z clihed to interferesvith the trouble i
E Representative hall when requested {
= do so by GOV. Lewelling. At 11:s
o'clock last night he sent TO the govel
, nor the following communication;
2 To his eSeeueuey L. D IseWollins- governor
The state OF Kansas
Z TOPEKA, IIaa-. FEB. Is, 1s93-Sir, I as sheri