The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-08
litomont; but when Secretary osbOrno

roll which everybody admits was an
identical copy OF his roll; the House or
ganized, and when organized, proceeded
to cali that roll. Why is not one thing
substantially the same as anotherr
have said that Mr.. Douglass and tie
other officers received more than o ma
jority OF the duly certified members OF
the House The speaker of the House,
known as the Dunsmore House, received
no votes from the sixty-four membOF&
There does not seem to be any reason
able contention about that. How many
Mr. Dunsmore did receive 1t 10 inn
possible to tell because IL was
VGUG UOce vote. Now, after
there was a temporary organization Of
the Douglass House, Joseph Rosenthal
Of Haskell county was voted in az
member in the place Of A. w. StubbS.
On January II, joseph RosSnthAl,
Stephen Meagher and T. g. Chambers
appeared In the Douglass House, Aled
their oaths Of Office and recognized the
Douglass House as the legal House oi
representatives Of the state Of Kansas.
At this time, both Meagher and Cham.
bers held certificates of election; the re-.
turns in the office OF the secretary Of
state showed that they were electedI
therefore, since January II. the Doug.
lass House has been composed of sixty.
six members who hold certificates OF
election and also Joseph Rosenthal, who
was admitted after its temporary organi.
zation, making sixty-seven members
more than majority Of the House and
more than a quorum as defined by the
constitution Of the state.
Under these circumstances, why
was not the Douglass House O
legally organized House of Represents.
tiVes on the 10th and 1lth days Of
January, 1893? In this connection, it iS
significant that the governor did not
recognize the Dunsmore House until
January u, the third day of the session,
and the Senate did not formally reoog.
the Dunsmore House until January IA,
the 6fth day Of the session. Now, if the
Douglass House was organized on the
10th Of January, and was in session on
the 11th day OF January, before either
House had been recognized, why was
not that House at that time the popu-
list organized House, The consti.
tuition says that the legislature
shall consist Of House OF Representa-.
tiVeS and a Senate. On the 10th the
governor had not recognized the Duns-
more House; on the l1th the goVerno
had not recogn zed the Dunsmorel
House; neither had the Senate Pecog-
nlzed either Of the Houses; neither hR {
the governor recognized either House
Now it is conceded that House o.
Representatives has other duties than
mere legislative ones. Before IL sends
It's communication 70 the governor; be.
lore it sen do it's communication to thO
Senate, IL it legally meets and organizes
% 1t not House? Has it not the right
10 protect itselfS Has it not the right TO
issue subpenasp Has it not tho
right TO examine those things which
pertain solely and exclusively
10 the House itselfp Supposng in this
case there was no recognition Of the
Dunsmors House by the governor or the
Senate, and the Douglass House had
issued It's warrant upon proper resolu-
tlons, could it be said that House was
not the constitutional House because it
had not yet received recognition from
the governor, or because it had not yet
received recognition from the SenatOH
Up to this time everybody admits thAt
there might be- some little delay
about such things; it often occurs in
legislative experience that one body 10
organized some days before the other.
There may be conflicting interests about
organization, sometimes in the Senate,
but more often, Of course, in the lower
House. Now, the point desire to make
ID this, and it seems to. me conclusive
and unsnsWerable-tnst il the Doug
lass House upon the 10th and 11th
days Of January had a constitutional
majority Of the certified members, then