The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-02-24
rhe situation i'm Kansas.

The Situation in Kansas.
The situation in Kansas is humilat-
ing. 1t is pretty pass when the gov
ernor of the state cannot command
the obedience of the state militia to
GUST an armed mob, who had battered
in the doors of representative hall,
tore up the furniture and barricaded |
the hall way. and iDtrenched them
selves in their defiance of law and
order.
1t is pretty pass when colleges
empty their halls and cities their
slums TO swell q posse. reinforced by |
the militia, of the sheriff of Topeka TO
defy the governor in an attempt to
preserve order and that he must sub
nit to humlliating treaty to prevent
bloodshed. Only that one must sub
NIT to the inevitable, this course would
not have been adopted. Here are the
terms of said agreement.
First-lt being the understanding
that the house presided over by Mr..
Duusmore has secured a hall in which
to meet; the house presided over by
Mr.. Douglass shall remain in posses
sion of representative hall undisturbcd
and unmOlested.
Sec0nd-The house presided over by
Mr. Dunsmore shall in like manner be
undisturbed and unmolested in the
possession of the hall which it has Sc
cured and may, if it desires, select a
room in the state house for its meet
Tugs. 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 immedia-
tely relieved. including the new re-
crults sworn in, and the sheriff's posse
to lie Immediately disbanded.
Fifth Militia companies now en-
route fol Topeka to be Immediately
telegraphed to by the governor to re-
turn to their homes.
L. u. LIE w ELLINCTB
GEORGE L. DOUGLASS,
d. w. EASTMAN.
j. K CUBBIsoN.
Committee on the part of the house
presided over by Mr.. Douglass.
Now as to the merits of the contro-
versy. The republican house did not
have legally elected quorum at AIRY
time. They are not the lawful house,
but u mob of obstructionists and viola
tors of the law. Do lawfully inclined
men smash doors tear up furniture and
break up state property and present
an armed resistance of the highest ex-
ecutivc authority in the state? Nay
verify! What hue and cry there
would have been had p0pulists done
this thing.
Who are the party of anarchy and
misrule today? The republican party.
Who are the party of law and order?
The populists. Who are the hackers
of the latterP The plain people filling
the farms of the Kansas prairics Who
are the hackers of the former? The
Santa Fe railroad and other consoli-
dations of corporate greed.
The people ought to know by this
time who they have to fight ''Shall
we lie supinely upon our backs until
our enemy has bound us hand and
footp The clanking of our chains can
be heard on all the plains of Bostore''
(Kansas.) How is it at Washington?
The same fight waging there. The
next military upheval, is not far dis
tant.
Now as to the situation. 1t is openly
charged that the republicans stole the
state two years ago, and it is also
charged that one membe: of the su-
preme court holds his place by the
same methods.
We know full we'll that the repubh-
cans, from headquarters ut Topeka,
did last fall arrange plan for defeat
Ing the will of the people by the use of
bogus tickets; that they were sent out
or planned to be printed and circula-
ted in every county of the state. There
is abundant proof on this point. We
know also that some ten or twelve of
the members of the republican house
held their certificates of election by
fraud as can be proved at any time.
and has been proved beyond reason
able doubt. The populist state and
national ticket was elected by an aver
age majority of 1000 in spite of trick
cry and fraud. How then could the
republicans elect a majority of rep
resentatives fairly, when the popuIists
elect a majority of the senate and the
entire state and national ticketP
Let any reasonable man ask himself