Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-23
Mllltla Callad Out.

TOPEKA, February l6.-Trouble began
again at . o'clock yesterday morning.
After the arrest of Chief Clerk Rich, AS
aistant Clerk S. NJ. Scott, Representative
Ryrn, John +. Willis and p. N. Gsh Tues
day night at the instance OF the republican
house, the populst members of the legisla-
ture determindod to lock out the republi-
can members,
Republican members of the house, its Off
Gers and employees, went to the capital in
their usual small group manner.
The first of them TO reach the stairway
to the representative hall was A. Il, Miller,
n doorkeeper He was met by armed guards
occupying the stairway. He attempted to
p9ss but was Tepulsed.
The corridors became crowded by specta-
torH very quick everybody talking loud.
1t was but n short time until all the repub-
ican members. and officers had arrived;
their party including number of extra as
sistant sergeants- t-arms They formed Ill
a mass, Speaker Douglass in the front rank,
and pressed TO the stairway and we're met by
armed men, who said: you can't get in
here"
Speaker Douglass ordered the popuist
guards to give way, but they refused, the big
leader saying; "We are instructed by, the
attorney general to allow no one to go in
here"
Douglass replied: 1--WE are members of
the house of representatives and |, as the
speaker, order you to get out of the way"
"You can't 90 In here" answered back
the populist guards in chorus, tiourishing
clubs, and guards on the upper part of the
stairs flourishing revoyers and Winchesters.
Then, as with a common impulse, the
solid mass of republicans gave a shout and
rushed up the stairs, carrying the guards
with them.
There we're many armed men in the upper
corridor and in the hail. but the mass moved
forward. Most of the corridor guards were
pressed into the hall, when it was closed and
locked, after three republicans, only, had
passed in.
The republican mnss turned to the cloak,
room door and found the bug door from the
cloak room into the hall also fast.
Speaker Douglass was handed'a sledge
with which he broke panel of the door.
Others welded the sledge until the door was
demolished.
In this melee Representative Swan, of To-
peka, was hurt on his hand by piece of
the door used as a club by g. c. Clemens.
populst guard inside raised his VIM
chester and was about to fire when he was
covered by two revovers in the hands of
w. p. Wilcox, n republican assistant ser
ReHul-uu dTlllS'
This had quoting effect. The populist
guard gave way and the republicans rushed
into the hall cheering wildly.
The governor through his,adiutant gen.
real called out, early in the monring, Co. b,
Bird regiment, of Holton; Co. g. I'd regi-
meut, of Marion, and Co. c, Sd regiments
of Oakland.
Militia began to march to the state house
at p. m.
BY half past two o'clock there was thrOng
of people filling the corridors of the state
house, the step. outside, and reaching out TO
the streets. The republican house, which
went into,session when they gained entrance
in the morning, had a lunch brought to-
them and we're in session still at 2:30.
Meantime hundreds of citizens, Teppbli-
cans and democrats, crowded about the re-
publican sorgeant-at- arms to, volunteer and
be sworn in as deputies.
At the same hour the east wing corridors
were crowded by populists, and two eompa-
MES of sixty men each had been enlistedland
organized in the adiutant generals office.