The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-02-17
rhe Kan.as rroublo.

come to see the fun; blue with troops.
Every train arriving for the past twelve
hours has brought troops and republic
can and populist volunteers, armed with
all sorts of weapons, anxious to take a
hand in the fight.
The republican house is still besieged
IN the representatives hall, and the
force of state militia is still posted
around the capitol Colonel Hughes
has again declined to obey the governors
order to eject the republicans, and the
only resources the governor has beside
the regular militia are three companies
of populist provisional troops.
The troops sympathize mostly with
the republicans; SO, in spite of the ad-
jutant-general's orders not to allow food
to be taken into the capitol. the soldiers
conveniently fail to see well-flled
baskets of provisions hauled up to the
representative hall by means of ropes.
The Wichita battery even went so far
as to bring its gatling on the ground
unfit for use. One very essential part of
its mechanism was removed. The cap
tain of the battery seemed greatly sur
prised when his attention was called to
the fact, and called up his men one by
one and questioned them about it. All
denied any knowledge of the circum-
stance, and the piece still frowns i'm
potently at the supposedly invading re-
| publicans.
There was no sleep for the Imprisoned
republicans in representative hall.
With the heat shut off, they had to or
ganize pedestrian matches and other cx-
ercises to keep up circulation of the
blood. AT O'Clock half dozen gaso-
line stoves were sent up to them by
| ropes, and the members gathered around
them to get what warmth they fur
nished.
The populists planned to assault the
republican stronghold at o'clock this
morning, hoping to take them by sur
| prise.
Colonel Hughes learned of the plan
and informed the republicans that they
| had nothing to fear from him. A little
later he wassummoned to the governors
Office, the plan laid before him and he
was ordered to carry it out. He posi-
lively refused, declaring that he was
there as a peace officer; that the repub-
lican house was the only legal one. and
| he would not interfere with it.
The governor threatened to relieve
| him. He retorted that the regiment
would disband at the same time.
| This piece of naturalization, to-
gether with the fact that nearly all the
commanders of the state troops are re-
publicans, about decided the governor
to place no more reliance on the militia.
Among the arrivals today were about
400 armed republicans and 100 armed
populists.
Sheriff Wilkerson is swearing in a
posse of !, 900 men, ostensibly to pre-
serve the peace, but it is generally be-
lieved to support the republican posi-
ton. A conflict may take place when
the posse is put to work.
At p. m. the governors private sec
retary appeared and submitted propo-
sition in writing from the governor to
withdraw the militia and not allow the
republicans to be interfered with by the
populistsif the republicans would drop
all legal proceedings against the popu-
lists and if the sheriff would disband his
posse, the agreement to last till the close
of the session of the legislature. The
republicans are now considering the
proposition.