Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-21
THEIR TRUMP CARD
Kansas Populists Unseat Seven
Republican Members
BECAUSE THEY WE'RE PosTMAsTBRs

While Two of The Reformers, Also POST
masters, Retain their Seats-The Su-
preme Court to Settle the Diversion
Some of These Days-wyoming to Pro-
vide Another Democratic United States
Senator-Tuesday Next to See the Crisis
in Nebraska-The Struggles in wiscon-
sin, Montana and Elsewhere.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 21-The Populist
house committee on election yesterday
made report unseating Herman of Paw
nee, Campbell of Doniphan, Bowers of
Grant and Filing of Ness, the four Repub-
lican postmaster members. The report
went over under the rules. While the
chief clerk was reading the report the two
Populist postmaster members sat in their
seats and voted to lay it over. This makes
seven contests the Populst committee has
decided. At the conclusion of the reading
of the roll the Republican house took re-
cess till O'Clock, but many members re
manned in their seats, undisturbcd by
roll call ordered by the Populist house.
Counted in the Republicans.
The Populist clerk included in his roll
call the names of the ten members who
had not been formally seated Counting
Republicans the Populist house had quo
rum of certified members present, and it
proceeded in one, two, three order to I'M
seat seven Republicans and seat as many
Populists. This made no change in the
status of the seven, as they have been vot-
ing and acting as members all the time.
Having got this start the Populists pro-
6aA 70 -, ~ nd l,rffa 10
the bushel which the chief clerk read by
title in all seriousness.
VIII Filibuster in the Senate.
The senate elections committee will de-
eide the contests in favor of the contest
ants, and the opposition, led by Baker a, 1
O'Brien, have decided to adopt filibuster-
ing tactics in order to prevent them from
being unseated until after the United
States senator is elected. The Populists,
however, propose to adopt extreme meas
ures, if necessary. At 4 o'clock, three
hours after ex-President Hayes was burie1,
the Populist house adjourned out of re-
spect to his memory until today. The
speaker notified all that it was important
for them to be in their seats at 8 o'clock
sharp.
viii Obey the Supreme Court.
J. W. Breidenthal, the Populist chair
man, said yesterday: 'If the supreme
court decides the laws passed by our house
to be uncons' tutional our fellows f.ill dis
band their organization and go with the
Republican house. All this talk read in the
papers that we will undertake to impeach
the supreme court is nonsense. We know
what effect such a course would have and
we are not faOlish enough to try it. Such
a scheme would be equal to many fool
tricks the Republicans have resorted to in
Kansas"
Looked Upon as a STRAW"
The secretary of state yesterday refused
to honor the requisition of the Republican
house for stationery, and demand was
made on State Printer Snow, who has
addressed n letter to the Republican speak
er announcing that he will supply all sta
tionery needed and also print the Repub-
lican house journal at his own expense 1t
is believed that Snow does this with the
consent of the Populists, and it is straw
indicating that the Populists will 6urren-
der should the supreme court declare the
Populist house unconstitutional. Before
this happens, however, the Populists hope
to have unseated enough Republican SEN
ators to insure them a majority on joint
ballot. But, of course, the Republicans
will undo all this if the supreme court de-
cidaa for them