The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-03-03
reiterate the same unwillingness Of
that of your party to be governed by
the decisions of the courts Won said.


that of your party to be governed by
the decisions of the courts. You said:
II at some later day the supreme court shall
declare the populist house an unconstitutional
body then the responsibility for the action Of
the house viii rest with it alone. The people
are the judges OF the actions OF their represent
atives. and If there IS blame It will be cast in
the right direction It must not be lost sight
of that the populists have at all times denied
the right of the supreme court to determine on
any question arising from the organization Of
the house Of representatives
The reiteration of the idea that the
question OF the legality of the two
houses cannot be decided by the SUI
preme court, by youE legal advisers,
your representatives and senators, has
given good grounds for the belief that
you depend upon force to secure a rec
ognition. This contempt for the courts
and for the laws. if they interfere with
your assumed rights or the political
theories of your party, has been talked
by your public speakers, by your papers
and is now defantly thrust before the
people of the state by you, the chief
executive. If you and your other polit-
zeal leaders would stop one moment to
discriminate between the action of the
legislature in deciding who its MEM
bers are, and which is the legal body,
it would be seen that a power outside
the body itself must have the authority
to decide the legal status of the two or
CARNATIONS.
You might as well understand, my
dear governor. that what is legally
right beats force aud proclamations ami
stump speeches. and that the respect il
the hearts Of the people for the courts
is only second to the sacred devotion to
the life of the government. Break
down the authority OF the courts, and
in our form of government, liberty and
protection are gone and anarchy reignz
IL Mr. Biddle, the state treasurer. is
enjoined from paving out money by the
district court of Shawnee county and
he refuses to be governed by il. he will
90 to Jail, where ne VIII belong under
such circumstances. and an army of
100000 men would rise up in Kansas
and compel him or you or your rump
house to obey the proper orders OF the
courts. Don't make any mistake, my
obeying the law and the courts You
may be a big man in your party. but
you are not large enough to DEFY the
law. and when you DO. officially or po-
litically or personally. the trip-hammer
of public sentiment will pulverize you.
The story OF the week with all its ex-
citing events, the grave dangers of 4
bloody conflict, now happily passed, con-
tains much that is humiliatiug to Kan
sas. The gathering of hundreds Of
armed men when there was no riot to
be Quelled. no disorder even. beyond
the easy control OF the civil officers: the
failure to intimidate, the retreat, are
all historical fac,s the people are justly
indignant over This chaDte" OF a
bloodless war 20 prop a rotten rrvo,u-
ton, created - serve the poiitica, ~
terests % crowd OF experiment. -. i
ticians. would not be cOmpiete without
giving the terms of the surren- or wAicl
are "a follows:
Topeka Fc3 l.. 80
First-It being tne unGers an ;iu- mt tie
house presided over by Mr.. DlcsuHc has 50.
cured q hall in which TO meet. T., r11,e Pre-
sided over nv Nj Douglass shall remain in POS
session OF Representative hall uud.s,UvbeG and
unmr Icsted.
SecolI-'ihe house presided over by ~.
Dursm3rs snail II like manner be urd.stIrbed
and uamolested in tha possession or she hal
which 10 has secured. AMI may. /. il desires So
lect a room in tns state houss for lis meetings,
Other -hln RepTescu'a -iv- hal
Third No arrests 10 be made n~ either house
OF members or officers Of the Other
Fourth The militia To b, MN ci'tely re-
level. including the new recruits sworn in ari
the shcr.G's posse 70 be i-nrna3ia rely disbanGcL
FIfJh-The nsliu5 conptai,s now en- roa,e
for Topeka to be Immediately t,lerrapned 20
by the governor 10 return 10 th,ir homes
L D. LewcIling- governor; George L. DoI--
lass, d. W EaS man J X. CuhoiSon commit
tee on the part OF tie house, Presided over by
Mr.. Douglass.
The following additional memoran-
dun was attached to the agreement:
The memoranda this Gav s'cncj by Gov.
LeweJlinS, George L Douglass. d ". Eastman
and J. X Cub5ison a committee OF the house
of representatives, presided over by Mr. Doug
lass and hereto attached, is not to be construed
as Z recognition by either tho Douglass
or Dunsmore house of the Legal organi-
zation or character OF the other or
BY the governor or the senate IS a recognition
of either OF such houses and shall not be used
in court or anv legislative BODY As evidence for
any person. party or e1lF, aCl Slai not % en-
tered upon lEe Journal or 9th record OF either
the Douglass house or the Dlnsmore house or
the senate.
Signei by L. D. Lewellin-. governor: George |
l. Douglass, d. ". Eastman and J. h Cob
bison
And what, my dear governor, has all
this fuss and expense settled? Simply,
l repeat, that the legal house has d !
right to the exclusive use of Represent
alive hall The senate continues TO
send Its bills to the minority; YOU also
continue to recognize" it, and all |
pretended legislation is q useless
waste OF time and money. The
public institutions of the state
are menacei, the great exhibit
of Kansas at the worlds fair Will be |
lost, and the state disgraced. because a |
Of fiity-cight Is supported by |
you, defended by you, as having the
legal right 20 organize over siXty-seven. |
only one-third of the
voters of Kansas, elected as you We're
by democratic votes. your assumption |
of supreme power Is only equallei by |
your ignorance of the first principles |
of law and of q republican form of |
government
The Very Femi inc Type.
That woman is feminine to her finger |
I, I Il,