The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-02-21

large doors battered down by DOu-
glass and the republican host on We'd
nesday, have been replaced on their
hinges. Outside is Il solid phalanx of
red badges which strengthen the re-
publican hold of the hall.
Throughout the morning all was
Quiet.
THEY DON'T LEAVE.
AT IL o'clock the Governor sent a
message to the house, stating that he
would give the members Just fifteen
minutes 10 vacate the hall, warning
them that failure to vacate would
force him to eject them at the point of
rhe bayonet. The republicans received
the message with derisive laughter.
and took no action upon it. They at
once doubled their guards in the cor
riders, also all the doors of
the house, and waited expectantlv
to receive the attack. At the end of
fifteen minutes no soldiers appeared
to enforce the governors threat. An
hour passed and still no troops ap-
peared, and then the republicans
settled down to routine business. At
noon a wagon load of provisions was
delivered to the republicans, and
Speaker Douglass stated that the
house was now provisioned Cor tw"
days.
FALSE ALARM.
Great excitemet was caused at noon
by the sheriff in the lobby of the Cope
land house, saying he had received word
from Lawrence, that an armed party
of sixty men had left there for To-
peka, to aid the populists. The sher-
i'll addressing the members of his
posse there, informed them Of the in
formation he had received, and
ordered all those that were armed to
fall in" and accompany him to the
station. He said he proposed to de-
mand OF the invading party, that they
lay down their arms. In the event Of
their refusing to do so, the sheriff said
he would he obliged to arrest them and
disarm them. The sheriff then, ac-
companied by 200 men, marched to
the railway station, followed by II
great crowd. When the Lawrence
train arrived, sixty men were aboard.
but they carried no arms and the
sheriff found that he had nothing to do.
OUT ON FIRST BASE.
The matter of arming the posse pre-
scented serious difficulties. 1t was de-
cided that it would be dangerous to
place fire arms in the hands of 50
many men. and the sheriff
finally hit upon arming his men with
base ball bats. A thousand bats were
not to be had. but half that number
were obtained. The other 500 men
were armed with heavv sticks.
FINDS A COMMANDER.
Soon after Col. Hughes was relieved
from duty, Governor Lewelling ap-
pointed Lieutenent-C Colonel George
Baker, of Holton, commandant.
TO TEST THE LEGALITY.
At 1915 p. m. a resolution wa.
under suspension of the rules
defending the attempted arrest of Ben
G. Rich, populist reading clerk, ON
Tuesday, as simply an attempt to get
the question oflegality of the orgsni-
zation Of the two houses before the
courts; declaring that his resistance,
under populist advice, proved that
the populists were unwilling to per-
nit the question to go into court, and
the republicans believe that the popu-
lists would not abide by the decision
of the court,
CRINOLINE GETS AIRED.
Mrs. Laura NJ. Johns, who was in
the republican house of representa-
tives, addressed that body at a. m.
on "woman's rights" She remained
in the house until 3 a. m. when she
went to her home. She was restless
there and returned to talk more
'woman's rights
BAIT THAT WILL NOT CATCH
The governors offer: I'm the interest
Of peace and harmony, will with
draw the state militia and not allow
the republican house employees TO be
with by the populists, pro-
vided that all proceedings that have
been commenced by the republicans,
arising from the arrest of Ben
{. Rich, be dropped and
that the populiSt members and en-
ployes be not disturbed by arrests or
and that the sheriff of
Shawnee county discharge his deputies
,nl does not interfere, or try to inter
Iere with the acts of the populists and