The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19

Special Dispatch to the Daily Eagle.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 1S.-The house of
representatives was called to order at 10
o'clock a. m. in representative hall by
George L. Douglass, speaker. There was
4 great crowd upon the floor and in the
galleries. Everybody seemed to have
right there. No guards stopped them
from coming in; there were no signs of
barricading or bayonets-no blue coats
and no men labeled deputy sheriffs. TO
ore who has witnessed the struggle from
the beginning, when the Republicans had
to contest every inch TO get their seats and
for the past three days fight to maintain
their rights in the hail. it was a very
pleasant episode when Mr.. Rosenthal
arose and presented to Mr.. Hale of Rush
oat for his services during the late COM
plications. The hat seemed to be the
worse for wear, and undoubtedly once
covered the head of some populist who lost
it during his flight from the hall. The
speech was good one and drew great ap-
plause. So did Mr. Hale's reply. He then
put on the hat, turned towards the CALLER
les, placed himself in the regular populist
attitude, with gaping mouth and anxious
face, and drew another storm of cheers.
A few moments more were spent in gen.
eral handshaking and the relation of Incl
dents of the struggle.
TO Colonel Hughes the heart of every
man goes out In gratitude. To him and
o Sheriff Wilkerson and Il. B. Welch the
honor of saving the liberties of the people
is ascribed. Welch never for a moment
wavered - never doubted that success
would crown the efforts of the valiant
sixty seven, who were maintaining that
The rights of a majority should be re-
spected. Sheriff Wilkerson will go down
in history as being the man who did his
duty-knew how to do it, knew where to
do Ii and knew when it was done.
The house did but little business and
adjourned until Monday at o'clock D. m.
1t has been discovered that Governor
Lewelling withdrew his call upon the
sheriff for help in less than one hour after
he asked it. This is considered to be suffi-
cient evidence that he did not intend to
call ont the militia, but that he was finally
prevailed upon to do so.
The governor made his appointments for
the board OF public works today. They
are S. NJ. Scott of Mcpherson, r. Il. Keep
ley Of Topeka and William Wykes of
Caldwell. keDley is a contractor. He is
Democrat, but was hard worker for
fusion.
The orderly sergeant from El Dorado,
Erwin Carry, was accidentally shot last
evening by a private from Clyde. The
wound is not considered to be dangerous,
though it was a narrow escape from in
ttant death. No one appears to be to
blame in the matter.
The governor says that the populist
party has taken no step backward What
has it done? 1t did not stand still; for it
aid have partial possession of representa-
tive hall. 1t did not advance, for it could |
not. All the power the governor has was
brought to bear to get into that hall, but |
it could not be done If the populists have
neither stood still nor advanced, what |
have they done except 10 go back3 A pop |
nlist who held the stairway as long as he |
could and then went backward said to- |
day: The whole fizzle was as much as |
you could expect from a governor made |
out of crackers and cheese" All this |
afternoon there has been an
armed guard at the governors |
door. What for? Not TO protect |
him from any Republican assault, but to |
stand of any angry populist who does not |
like TO surrender. They call it "A back |
down, and many of the them are heard to /
say that Governor Lewelling is responsible |
for it-that if he had put Doster in COM |
mand and declared martial law las was |
intended) that every mothers son of those |
Republican fellows would have been under |
the sod or under guard before now.
1t Is rather humiliating position for a |
popullst member who was legally elected |
and hasa right in the legal body to have |
TO come into representative hall TO get his |
mail, while to transact the business of the |
state be has to get into the cellar The |
Republicans have granted them the priv
ilege OF fixing up the cellar for a hall. |
That just suits them. 1t is more like their |
usual places of meeting and they can fix |
it up with any kind of lodge fxings thew !
like best. All this the Republicans have |
granted them
Judge Hazen decided the Injunction
case today. He says that the Dunsmors
house Is not legal one, and he has en-
joined the state treasurer from paying ont |
money on Its order. The Dunn case,
wherein witness refused TO obey The
subpoena of The Republican house. will be
decided by the supreme court on Tuesday
next. These two caseS-lf the supreme
court hold that Dunn must anSwer-will |
indicate very nearly what the decision on
the main question will be when it gets
Ehere. The populistS will trv to keen il
lom getting before the court, but il must
20 there at last. They fear that il will |
reach the court before adjournment Sev-
eral OF their men have openly said that
they would abide the decision of the court
The "s'and-up" Democrats had a COM
uittee meeting today. There were forty
three present. Messrs. Harris, Over
myer, Rcsslngton and Others scored the
governor Tor his course. They say that the
fusion element of the party is against tile
calling out of the militia George "
Clicks rejection hy Mr.. Cleveland caused /
great deal of pleasantly, and some of
them have alreaay cougrstulatsa Jndoe
Martin. They are unable TO agree up9n
the Democratic 10 lie elected senator but
say that Martin stands no chance. as Click
will be sure TO finish him for not geItino
him the cabinet position.
sixty assistant sergesnt-at-arms sre on
afF a. in
armed with Winchesters-simply a. a
precaution against any attempt which
might be made 10y the wild Artz.