The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-22

the members of the lawful house Of repre-
sentatives, and without authority of law
have called to their aid certain persons pre-
tending to be or assuming to be sheriffs or
deputy sheriffs, or other civil officers, in
order TO maintain said unlawful organiza-
tiOn as pretended house of representa-
tives; and
Whereas, it is the exclusive right Of
each house Of the legislature TO determine
for itself who are entitled TO seats therein,
or who constitute the membership thereof,
and that the courts of the state have no
pSwsr or jurisdiction to inquire or deter
mine said questions; and
Whereas, the Hon. j. M. DunsmoFe,
speaker Of the house of representatives, has
officially informed the executive of the state
that the house oyer which he presides is
menROed by the presence Of large number
Of persons who have obsruded themselves
into the hall of the house Of representatives
in manner indicating q lawless and in
surreCtiOnsry purpose to break up the law
full house Of representatives, and drive the
officers thereof from their hall, and from
the capitol building; and
Whereas, said unlawful organization has
uDjustifsbly and arbitrarily and unlawfully
assumed to order the arrest Of the chief
clerk of the lawful house Of representatives,
with view Of preCipitating collision be-
tween said unauthorized and unlawful body
and the lawful house Of representatives and
it's officers and members, and have with
force and violence broken down the doors
of tine representative hall, and forcibly
elected therefrom the officers and members
Of the legal house of representatives.; and
Whereas, in order to avert, IL possible,
any resort to the military arm Of the state to
preserve the public peace, and to enforce
the laws of the state, applied to and di-
reoted the sheriff Of the county Of Shawnee
in whose jurisdiction the capital of the state
is situated, to protect she said house Of
Representatives in its constitutional rights
and TO 30 preserve the peace as to enable
said house to peaceably continue it's delib-
erationg, and said sheriff has failed and re-
fused to comply with said order and di-
reotions; and
Whereas, the public peace should be
preserved, and the rights Of the house Of
representatives. should be respected, to the
end that the people Of the state may be pro-
kAOka6 in oil THAR PiSyhsas now
Therefore, deeming the present con-
dition Of public affairs as presenting an
extraordinary occasion, and as warranting
the exercise of the power vested in me by
the constitution of the state, to see that the
laws are faithfully executed, that the public
peace may be preserved, and that all per-
SONS who unlawfully obstruct the house Of
representatives or any members or officers
thereof in the proper discharge Of their
duties, may be removed, and that all un-
lawful organizations may be suppressed and
violence and bloodshed may be averted,
/, L. D. Lewelling, governor Of the state
of Kansas, in virtue Of the power vested in
me as commander chief, with the power
to call out the militia to execute the laws
and suppress insurreotion, do hereby call
forth the militia Of the state, in order to
suppress said unlawful assemblsge, and TO
restore peace and protection, and TO cause
the laws to be duly executed.
Adjutant General Artz is hereby charged
with the duty of issuing the necessary
orders to carry into effect the purposes
hereinbefore declared.
Iappeal to all loyal and law-abiding citi-
zens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort
TO maintain the supremacy Of the law, and
the honor and integrity and perpetuity Of
the state.