The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-01-27
THE siTuArlort

ne Legislative sItuatI6n ur TeusEl--ll--
Eslrdiry OF tle ElrttsHu I'EcEs slspaFtl-
There has been "a grea- deal OF TAX
during the past week about anarchy
and lzvvlessucss- The associated press
has been utilized TO IT'S fullest capacity
iu spreading iuhumuat1ry reports OF
the proceedings of the populist leElsla-
tura Those who see nothing except
from republican sources would be led
TO infer that every peoples party man
an the city and especially every mem
Der Of the Legislature, is q walking ar
Eeual, and tuut the lives Of repu bllcauz
are everywhere iu danger Public meet
iEgs have been held i'm this city and iu
other cities in the state, aud have
been addressed by railroad and curpor-
alton attorneys with vieyF of mauu'
featuring public sentiment, based upon
o7e-sldea appeals 90 prejudice rather
than fact These public addresssa. the
editorial columns OF republican papers
and the associated press dispatches uii
AHA TO convey the impression 40 the
public that the governor che peoples
party member OF che Legislature and
the senate ars proceeding lu violation
of law and regardless of the rights
OF repu bliclu mem 5srs. TO defeat the
will of the people as expressed at the
polls
On our side Go opposition % ala these
means of reaching the people we have
only O. few weekly papers The sdvau-
tuge. so FAR as these facilities for manu-
featuring public sentiment are eou-
cerned, are an with the opposition. So
FAR as facts and the everlasting pFinci-
piles of eternal Justice are concerned
the aurautaUes are with us, and though
we are behind the opposition ip point
of time in reuehiug the ears OF The peo-
Pile we shall "get there" just the same
Let Dc be understood, then, that every
Ha.H .HH % o..
has been committed by the rep blicau
party. Going back no farther % an the
day when the house assembled for or
gauizHtiou, the republican con iugcut
objected to the time-honored custom
that the secretary of state should uceu-
py The chair until @ temporary chair
man should be elected. Won they
have done this If Hui Higgins had re-
maiued secretary of state2 Certainly
not Their objestiou was purely par
tisau one, and Eir. Osborn very prs 1erIy
left the house, end Left the uemUcrs go
effect temporary organization az 0ng
themselves-
AT this juncture Mr.. sampIe advanced
20 the stand ior the purpose of plrciuu
iu nomination "a candidate for temporary
chairman. Alr. Cubbison. on the rsrub-
lican side, at once advanced 90 tbe front
and nominated temporary chairmJu
of the republican members Tie boiug
elected by that side Of the house they.
proceeded to effect a permanent organ
izuiion without any regard TO tho
presence of peoples party represent
utives- Ih.s being done the people party
rcpresen tatives proceeded 10 effect an
organization of their side Of the house.
and the question at once became one Of
right between the two houses In tins
contention the week since our last issue
has been consumed I'm an the dis
patches, editorials and public addresses,
republicans have proceeded upon the
suppuslliou that certificates of the late
partisan cauvassiug board are prima
facie evidence OF election. Tu other
words, that the house must accept
the certificates of HiIi Higgins as the
only evidence of election. regard
less OF tho votes cast for the opposing
candidates In this all Jhc presidents
established by their own party are
ugaiust-them and not "a solitary one fu
their favor An opinion based un-
on an examination of one side, and
the discussion of that side being char
acuerized 10y the bitterness that has dis
tiuguisHed it thus far, cannot be "a fair
Ur-iU Uu biased one.
With regard TO threats and auarch-
istic utterauccs and proccc Iings on the
part of the pupuliats, the reports are
ull manufactured with an eve 90 the
any firearms or other weapons thus FAR
except Bin Higgins, republican az-
secretary of state, when "a deputy ap-
pointed by the lliutHut-Ecuera TO
take charge Of Cue-oE the doors of tine
house of represCntatfv ATTEMPTED 70
discharge the duty assigned hirn
There are NO dynamite bonn bs in the
hands of populists. and nothing but
lawful measures are proposed 20 be cIn-
pI0yed iu securing the right Of the peo-
pie as expressed at the polls
IN view 0f the vast advantages Dos
sesscd by the enemy in the wuy-of
spreading their auhammatarv liLcra-
turc- yvc ask that the people maintain
their equauimitvr wait until thev see
ail sides and then form their Judgment
calmly clHdirly and dispass ioaateIv.
There is just one other consideration
to which yse desire Do call the attention
OF tine people The governor and the
senate have recognized the house or
guuized by the poPUIist mem Uars. as
the legal house OF repr=zentaLives.
This being The ease. the repufl-
licaa ''rump house" is ina rebel
lion against the legally constituted
authorities OF the state Ir they believe
that their cause IS just, their only legal
aud juaLifiuble course is to disblud their
0rglEiza tion and appeal to the people
at the polia Tor O. justification of their
acts ANY other course is anarchy on
their part On this Issue we are ready
to go into the next campaisr sr1. -Topalza
Advocate.
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