The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-02-24

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. l9.-Peace reigns
supreme in the capital city of the Grass
hopper state. The spectre of that worst
of conflicts, civil war, no longer stalks
abroad. Hostilities have been averted
without the shedding of blood. The
taps of the drummer boys and the steady
tramp of the militiamen, as they march
down Kansas avenue, is all that remains
as a reminder of what might have been.
Like the ruler of France in ancient his
tory, Governor Lewelling has marched
his men up the hill, and marched them
down again. That and nothing more.
Both Sides Claim the Victory.
The members of 1.-THE legal house" as
the Republicans call themselves, regard
the outcome of the difficulty in the light
of signal victory. They have secured
all that they were contending for; the
right to meet and transact their business
In the hall of the house of representa-
tives and the reference of the qesution
at issue to the courts, meanwhile the
Populist house is on the outside, but i+s
members do not by any means concede
that they are worsted, on the contrary,
they claim that the situation has re-
turned to its original status, and this
solely on account of their dissemination
to mar the good name of the state by in
sisting on course that would inevitably
have involved the shedding OF blood.
Governor LeWelling himself asserts that
to the magnanimity of the POpulists in
failing to insist upon their legal rights
is due alone the peaceable turn of af-
fairs. Thus both sides are vociferOusly
declaring: "The victory is ours
Terms of the Compromise.
This condition of affairs was brought
about by both sides becoming parties TO
the following agreement:
First-It being the understanding
that the house presided over by Mr..
DunsmOre has secured hall in which
to meet, the house presided over by Mr..
Douglass shall remain in possession Of
representative hall undIsturbed and
unmolested.
Second-The house presided over by
Mr.. Dunsmore shall, in like manner, be
undisturbed and unmOlested in the pos
session of the hall it has secured and
may, if it desires, select a room i'll
the state house for its meetings other
than representative hall.
Third-No arrests are to be made by
either house of members or officers Of
the other.
Fourth-The militia to be immedi-
ately relieved, including the new re-
cruits sworn in, and the sheriff. posse
to be Immediately disbanded.
Fifth-Militia companies now en- route
for Topeka to be Immediately tele-
graphed to by the governo: to return to
their homes.
L. D. LEWELLING, Cover nor.
GEORGE L. DOUGLASS
D. w. EASTMAN,
J. K. CUBBISON,
Committee on part of house presided
over by Mr.. Douglass.
The Question of Organization Unsettled.
The following additional memoran-
DUN was attached to the agreement:
The memoranda signed by Governor
Lewel1ing, George w. Douglass, D. w.
Eastman and j. K. Cubbison, commit
tee of the house of representatives pre-
sided over by Mr.. Douglass and hereto
attached, is not to be construed as a
recognition by either the Douglass or
Dunsmore house of the legal organiza-
ton or character of the other. or by the
governor, or the senate, as a recognition
of either of such houses, and shall not
be used in court or any legislative body
as evidence for any person, party er
body, and shall not be entered upon the
journal or other record of either the
Douglass house or the Dunsmore house
or the senate.
L. D. LEwELLING, Gov.
GEORGE L. DOUGLASS