The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-25
Special Dispatch to the pai,v Eagle.

Special Dispatch to the Daily Eagle.
| TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. A.-The senate was
rushing business today, and so was the
| populist house, preparatory, many think,
to an adjournment if possible before the
supreme court gives its decision. Several
of the populist members publicly declared
today, however, that if the decision was
against them that they should immed-
lately take their seats in the legal house
| and proceed to business.
| There is a feeling among some of the
! populists that Judge Allen, the populist
member of the supreme court, is not quite
| safe, and that he may agree with the other
judges, who are Republicans, that the Re-
publican house was legally organized.
The Republicans do not expect, however,
that he will sec with any eyes except those
of populist, and believe that he is certain
to see that SO is bigger than Ga. The same
cry was set up Immediately after Lswell-
ing's election for governor, that he was a
good citizen and conservative man, and
better than his party" but he has turned
out to be worse than many of his party,
and until Judge Allen does something to
establish his conservatism he will be
looked upon as just as radical as his party.
The Republicans are recalling every
member who has had leave of absence.
Mr.. Remer OF Marshall county, who was
seriously I'M ured in the fight on the stair
way, has been at home, sick, but he came
back this afternoon. There was only one
Republican absent today
The Seaton resolution to unseat the
fifty-four populsts has been laid over day
by day, and is now 10 be taken up tomor-
row at 2 o'clock, provided, of course, the
decision of the supreme court is favorable
to the Republicans The decision will be
given out tomorrow morning, and the Re-
publicans, in discussing the matter this
morning, unanimously agreed that If the
court goes against them they will take
their places in the populist house, but
that if it is in their favor they will wei
come such pOpuliSts as come into the
legal house, and Immediately unseat every
populist who fails to do so.
George Finley says tonight that he feels
sure that Judge Allen will agree with the
other judges in favor OF the Republican
house he says that the extremists can
not use him against his convictions and
against what he knows to be law. He
says that he has seen Judge Allen act on
the bench, and decide cases fairly and
honestly when his partisans were expect
ing him to do otherwise, and he believes
that he will not yield now to the law
breaking element
The populist house today decided not to
unseat E. w. Claycomb, Republican
member, and the contest against him was
withdrawn.
The railroad COMMITTEES in the Republi-
can house has reported substitute bill to
regulate the shipment of grain and seeds
Il does not provide that the railroads shall
put in track scales at every station that
has shipped 100 carloads, as evidence was
produced that it would cost the railroads
$780, 900 to do that, and it was considered
too heavy burden to put upon them at
this time; but the bill fully protects the
shipper against shortage.
The change of front of the populists on
the wiping out of the board of pardons (as
they promised to do) was the work of
Wichita's "Gatling gun" governor, who
wanted the offices for his henchmen. 1t is
creating a good deal of hard talk among
the middle-of-the-roadp populists.
The action of the populist house in fore
ing I. A. Harter to resign the office just
given him as engineer at the state house,
because he was a non-uuionist, and when
has also set many of the populists by the
ears.
Bent Murdock of FL Dorado has been in
Topeka for the past few days taking in the
legislative proceedings and keeping well
posted on every measure the populists
propose.
Rodolph Hatfield is in the city in con-
sultation with other Republicans relative
to the proceedings to be taken in case the
Douglass house is sustained