The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-03

Popu,ists were wrong, and that any court
in the Iand would decide against the Duns-
more house.
1.-The governor was wrought up into
fearful state Of excitement. He finally
said: How can this be avertedI Peck
said the only thing TO do was TO give up
the halt of the house TO the Douglass
house and send the militia away de
suggested that it was not necessary Tor
the Dunsmore house to stay in Represen-
tative hail 10 keep up its organization,
aud If some plan of that kind Was carried
out and the matter left 10 the courts Tor
settlement there would be no blcodshed-
The governor, although tears were drop
ping from his eyes, would not yield.
But l am getting too far along with
my story" said Commissioner Wilson,
stopping moment. Peck had suggest
ed before we started out on our scheme,
be went on, THAT the governor was a
coward and we could work on him IN re-
gard 10 his personal safety if everything
else failed. In accordance with this
idea, Peck then sai,. to the governor that
he must know that if a war was brought
about he must be one of the first to be
slain. He said the people are wrought up
to fearful pitch, and If there is To he war
the leaders ON the two sides will be the
first targets. The governor then asked for
paper and ink and attempted TO write, as
suggested by Mr.. Peck, form OF an agree
ment for settlement OF the dithcuitles.
but the governor was too much excited
to write. He made Two attempts but
could make but few uninteiligble sen
teaces, written with trembling hand.
Peck then said: Governor, better let
me write that; perhaps l can do little
better Mr. Peck then wrote out the uvc
articles OF agreement by which the Duns-
more house retired from representative
hail; the militia was disbanded ana sent
home aud the matter was lett TO the courts
for settlement. He made two copies ot IL,
one of which WAS signed by the governor
and which we kept In our possession
Sells and the governor then went oack
to the Chesterfield and Peck and went to
the Copeland TO look up jim Simpson,
chairman OF the Republican state central
committee, who hHd no knowledge OF
what we had been doing.
Douglass and Simpson were rejoiced at
what we had done; they said that Was just
what they had been fighting for.
I'VE had not been at the Copeland more
than ten minutes wneu the governor called
me up 10y telephone from the Chesterfield
aud asked if | still had that paper iu my
possession | said that had and he replied
that he wanted his name taken on OK 1t.
He said lie would stand by the agreement
all right. but he wanted his name taken OH
tue pdptE
1--WE paid no attention to that, however;
it was too late for that. The deed had been
done We understood that his advisors,
Doster aud Legate, had beeu making 1t
warm for him tor signing such an agree
ment. But to cut the story short that
agreement WAS finally adopted the next
day, and the war WAS over"
Commissioner Wilson still has in his
possession one of the pieces of paper upon
which the governor attempted 10 write
out the articles of agreement. This paper
was seen by the Journal reporter this aft
ernOon On il was written the words III n
wandering hand: ''It being my under
standing that. l am informed. Whereas.
The PoDulists of the house provided. Feb.
16, 1898" The words, 81 am informed
aud ''Whereas" had been crossed out by
the governor.
IL had been the understanding OF all the
interested parties that this story should
not be told until the state campaign next
year, but in his speech at Wichita last
night, when Speaker Douglass was anger
ed TO such degree at the statements OF
ex-Speaker Dunsmore, that he could hold
in no longer, he gave it away.