The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-11-03

candidate. and every one knew before
the meeting Of the legislature, In this
case, as in many Of the other cases, that
great wrong had been done to the p0o-
pie In the district, and yet Mr. Rossn-
thai, under the theory OF the republican
representatives, would not be entitled to
seGt or TO act IS member IN the or
RanizRtion of the house. Mr.. Stubbs
had received the certificate, knowing well
that Rosenthal had received large ma
j1rity of the votes In his district, and
there WIS no legal objections why he
should not be seated as a member In
such organization. Another matter In
that connection might be Of interest to
the people, and that is that, without in
vestigRtion, without any report OF any
committee, the republican house, as coon
ss they had organized, admitted Mr..
RosenthRl as q member OF the house,
but it was first known that he would act
with them in trying to maintain such or
Ranlzation; and yet our republican ora
tors, and even the late Speaker Douglass
Frances about on the stage claiming that
nothing but a certificate admits anyone
to seat as representative until such
case is investigated and reported on by
committee Of the house.
I might go and enumerste other IN
stances Of such gross frauds and wrongs,
but it seems to me this is sufficient to
convince any reasonable man that the
republicans were not entitled to the or
ganizstion of the house OF representa-
tives in 1893 The only claim that the
republicans mads during this contro-
vsrsy was that their men had the certlf-
Gates. and, whether elected or not,
whether receiving a majority OF the legal
votes of their district or not, whether
residents OF the state or not, they should
be permitted to organize that house, and
to get control OF the committees, and of
all of it's officers. To this the Populists
objected, because they were satisfied
they were entitled to such organization,
because they had majority OF the
legally elected members to the house.
II the representatives had not been so
near evenly divided that two or three
members wrongfully given to one side
might have determined the control OF
such house, the great wrong contem
plated might have been overlooked and
forgiven, but when such wrongs deter
mined the organization Of body such as
that, and gave to a minority the power
to change the will of the people, then
snyone can see the necessity of not sub
uniting to such wrong.
There is but one case similar to the
one of our legislature that has ever been |
determined, and that was by our con-
gress of the United States, when there |
we're five congressman selected by the |
state of New Jersey, the parties then be- |
ing nearly equally divided between the |
democrats and wings. By some man |
ipulRtion, such as was prscticed by our |
board in the county and state |
last year, the democrats were given the |
certificates as members of congress from |
that state. The wing candidates pre-
sented their claims to congress-, and
that IS those five voted would |
determine which party would have the !
in congress-, the matter should |
be settled before the organization. It
was submitted and agreed by the MEM |
bers Of both parties that such would be |
The 6f1fy true fhsttiiaf6 ee f reaching tst5
and give to the state of New |
Jersey the representation to which she |
was entitled, and before the oTganizs-
ton of the house was made, the question |
was investigated, and it was determined |
by such investigation that the WING |
members claiming seats there were en-
titled to them. So they were given their /
seats, and they helped organize the !
house.
In the case Of this state, the Populist /
state committee, through its chairman,
rs we'll as the republican and democratic |
for the purpose Of determining whether !
Or not something could be done to de-
termine who were the legally elected
members OF such house. They did not |
arrive at any conclusion, but the Popu-
list members, in order to show that they /
were willing to do what was fair and just
submitted the following proposition: |
That there should be selected five repub-
bean judges, including Judges Horton
and Johnston, of the supreme court;
Judge Foster, of the United States |
court, and Judges Morton and Guthrie,
Of Topeka: two democrats, Judges Hum
phrey and Hurd; and two Populists,
Allen and Randolph. From these there
should be selected either three, five or
the entire number, and these cases aub-
mitted to them. all parties to abide by
their decision, and to organize the house
by the members they said were entitled
TO seats. This was refused by the repub-
licsns. There was appointed by each OF |
the so-cslled houses of representatives q |
committee of three. Meesrs. SeRton,
Chandler and Warner from the Doug
lass house, and MessrE. Campbell, Ryan
and Cobun from the Dunsmore mouse
for the purpose of devlsing ways and
means to determine the controversy and
to settle who were entitled to seats in the
of such house. After the
organization of the COM
mittee, Campbell, of Stafford, a PopuList,
made the following proposition: That
all contested cases be referred to Judges
Horton and Allen. of the supreme court |
Of the state, and Judge Foster of the
United States district court, and their
decision to be final. This proposition
WIS objected to on account OF Judge Eos
ter, who did not seem to be in favor with
at that time. Then Mr.. |