Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-14
A FORLORN HOPE
About All the Republicans of
Kansas Have Left.
THE SUPREME COURT FAILS THEN

Declaring That it Has No Jurisdiction in
the Matter-PopuIist House Recognized
by the Senate-Mass Meetings Held
Mckinley Touches On Politics In
Speech to Wool Growers-Deatlock in
Nebraska Again Broken and the New
Governor On Duty-IninoIs soIons-
Rash Mr.. New.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. Il - Today will
bring the crisis; this 8 :. Re opinion Of
the close students of the poI, ga; situation
The courts have refused to act in the mat
ter; all efforts to effect a compromise have
proved vain the Populist house has been
recognized by both the governor and sen.
ate and today it is expected they will eject
the Republicans from representative hall
by force. Thursday it was almost agreed
that the Populists should recognize the
Republican house and take share of of
hces and committees. Among the latter
1t was stipulated that the Populists should
have the railroad committee, which this
winter will be the most important of all,
but at the last hour the bargain was re
Jected by the Populists and the fight was
resumed.
Agreed on Armistice
Thursday night peace" committee had
almost arrived at settlement, the Popu-
lists Tor moment consenting to an ar
rangement by which the Republican house
was 20 be recognized and all contests were
to be submitted to judicial tribunal for
settlement; but Frank Doster wanted the
senate TO settle its own contests, and thus
the scheme failed At noon yesterday
Speaker Dunsmore, of the Populist house
who had been TO the senate chamber. re-
turned 10 the house and rapping for order
announced that house (PoDulisO concur
rent resolution No. l had been received by
the senate, thus recognizing the Populists,
and laid over until today under the rules.
How the senate Did the job
The senate convened at 10 a. m when
the secretary started to call the roll.
Rich and Royce, clerks of the two houses.
escorted by the sergeant-at-frms, walked up
the centre aisle side by side. and the officer
announced message from the house The
president then for the first time recognized
chief clerk Ben. c. Rich, of the Populist
house, but MIR. Scott raised the point of
order that the president had recognized 4
person not entitled to recognition upon the
floor OF the senate. The president ruled
him out of order, whereupon Scott appealed
from the decision of the chair and started
to discuss the matter, when the president
again ruled him out of order Thatcher
was then likewise declared out of order al
though he held the floor for Some minutes.
but was finally seated by the chairman
Republicans Strongly Protest.
The roll call sustained the chair by "A
vote of % to is. O'Brien and Taylor voting
with the Republicans. Thus was the Pop
ulist house formally recognized by tue sen
ate. The Republicans entered a strong
protest against this action. In this protest
they were joined by Senators Taylor.
O'Brien and Parker, Populists who pre-
sented to the president written statements
to the effect that they considered the Re
publican house the legal body ard looked
upon the action of the senate in recogniZ-
ing an Illegal body as revolutionary. The
senate adjourned until p. m, but on re-
assembling Immediately adjourned for the