The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-02-24

tion submitted by Gov. Lewelling was
accepted by the republican house yes
terday afternoon and the soldiers and
deputy sheriffs have laid down their
arms and shaken hands across the
bloody chasm- All have signified their
willingness to await the decision of the
courts, and the sound of the footsteps
of the departing militiamen alone re-
mains as a reminder of the war so mar
rowly avcrted.
The proposition had not been ac-
cepted until hard fight had convinced
certain members that it was a victory
for them.
These are the conditions as submitted
by Gov. Lewelling and agreed to by the
| republicans:
First 1t being tho understanding that the
house presided over by Hon ]. NJ Dunsmore
has secured a hall in which TO meet, the house
/ presided over b. Hon G.. l. Douglass shlll re-
\ main in possession of Representative hall un-
| disturbed and unmOieste1.
| Sccond-The house presided over by Mr.
Dunsmore shall in like manner be undisturbed
/ and unmolcsted in the possession OF the hall
which it has secured and if it desires select
| room in the state house tor its meetings other
/ than Representative hall
| Third-No arrests to be made by either house
| Of the members or of1cers of the other.
| Fourth-The militia to be imm ediately re-
/ lieved, including the new recruits sworn in and
the sherif's posse to be Immediately dis
/ banded.
| The militia companies now en- route for To
| peSa TO be Immediately telegraphed to By the
| governor to return 10 their homes.
As further agreement Gov. Level
| ling, Speaker Douglass, of the repub-
lican house; d. w. Eastman and j. X.
| Cubbison, constituting the republican
| committee, signed the following:
| The memoranda this day signed by Gov Lew
cling and q. L Douglass, d. w. L lstman and
]. X Cubbison as a committee of the house of
| representative presided over By Mr.. Douglass
| and hereto attached, is not to be construed as
/ recognition by either the Douglass or the Duns-
| more house of the legal organization char
| acter Of tho other, or by the governor or the
senate as a recognition OF either of such houses,
and shall not be used in court or in any legiSla-
/ tive body as evidence for any person, party or
| body, and shall not be entered upon the journal
| or other record OF either the Douglass or Duns-
more house or the senate.
GOV. LEwELI.ING EXPLAINS.
| TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 1s-Gov. Level
| ling dictated the following statement:
| The pOpulist party has taken no step back
| ward To the republican house has been con-
| ccded the possession of Representative hall in
the capitol building This does not constitute
/ legislative body. nor does il empower anybody
/ 10 make laws lnat Sllll De recognized Dy lne
PEOPLE. The concession of the hail to the re-
| publican house is not an admission the part
| Of the popalists. or myself, that the republican
| is the constitutional house In the interest of
| harmony and for the welfare OF the people the
| Douglass house has been given the use OF Rep
| resenhtive hall Had possession Of it been
| steadfasty claimed by the populists and
striven for, the problem would have resolved
| Itself for solution into a sham eful physical
contest The populist legislature NAV now go
/
| ness, and proceed in a regular and lawful man
Ecr to the conserva ton Of the public veal The
! governor and the senate Of Kansas will recog-
nize but one house of representatives.
| II at some later day the supreme court shall
declare the populist house an unconstitutional
| body then the responsibility for the action Of
/ the house will rest with IL alone The people
are the Judges of the action of their represen ta-
tves ana IL there is blame it viii be cast in the
| right direction 1t must not be lost sight of
that the pOpulists have at all times denied the
| right of the supreme court to determine any
| question arising from the organization of the
| house Of representatives.
The attempted arrest Of Chief Clerk Ben c.
| Rich, of the populist house. by the republicans
| and the menacing attitude OF the lawless ele-
| ment strengthened by republican sanction,
| made the situation grave in the extreme. Had
the republicans declared the seats of the popu-
list representatives vacant, as they publicly an
| nOunced they would do, and attempted the ar
! cause the7 persisted in remaining in Repre-
| entative hall attending to business that
| the well being Of the people demand
| cd, matters would have been brought
| to a crisis In the endeavor OF the
! Douglass house to force their illegal claims, it
! zealousy supported by an organized mob
| mob under the command of the sheriff of Shaw
| nee county. who has always been hostile to the
| Topulist party. and il seemed certain that there
| would have been bloody conflict This con
| dition CT things seemed TO make it necessary
| that the res training influence of the military
| should be invoked. This was done and the re-
suit to-day is that the populist house is suffered
| 10 proceed without fear of molestation TO the
| transaction of business Bloodshed has been
| Gvrrted This is the crownlng triumph Of the
| pOpulist victory
| THE POPULIST VIEW.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 1S.-Speaker
Dunsmore declares that the populist
house will so ahead as was orig
inally contemplated and in conjunction
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