The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-02-24
THE WAR OVER.
A Treaty Signed and Truce De-
clared.
The Militia withdrawn aad Deputy sherIffs
DismIssed-Gov. LewellI5g's Explana-
tiou-Populist View of the Situation
still Somewhat of Middle.

still Somewhat of a Middle.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 1S-The PROPOSE
ton 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 averted
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-It being the understanding that the
! house presided over by Hon J. NJ Dunsmore
hos secured hall in which 70 meet, the house
presided over BY Hon. G. l. Douglass shall re
main in possession of Representative hall I'M
/ disturbed and unmolested.
! Second-The house presided over by Mr.
! DunSmore shall in like manner be undisturbed
| and unmolested in the possession OF the hall
which il has secured, and il it desires select
room in the state house tor its meetings other
! than Represent tive hall
! Third-So arrests TO be made by either house
, of the members or officers of tho other
| Fourth-The militia to be Immediately re-
| neved. including the new recruits sworn in and
/ the sheriIs posse, to be immediately dis
J banded
! The militia companies now en- route for To-
H.. 1,.- .
governor 10 return 10 their homes.
! As further agreement Gov. LEVEL
! ling, Speaker Douglass, of the repub-
lican house; d. ". Eastman and j. X.
Cubbison. constituting the republican
| committee, signed the following:
/ The memoranda this day signed by Gov Lew
! cling ami 6. L Douglass. ID. W. Eastman and
! ] h Cubbison as a committee of the house OF
/ representatives presided over by Mr.. Douglass
( and hereto attached is not to be construed as a
/ recognition BY either the Douglass or the Duns-
( more house of the legal organization or char
/ acter Of the other, or by the governor or the
senate n recognition OF either OF such houses,
I and shall not be used in court or in any legsla
/ tive body "a 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. LEwELLING EXPLAINS.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb 1S.-Gov. Level
| ling dictated tho following statement:
The populist party has taken no step back
ward To the republican house has been con-
ceded the possession Of Representative hall in
| the capitol building This does not constitute
a legislative body. nor does # empower anybody
| 10 make laws that shall be recognized BY the
PEOPLE. Tbs concession OF the hall to the re-
/ publican house is not an admission on the part
Of the populists, or myself, that the republican
I IL the constitutional heuse In the interest OF
| harmony and for the welfare of the people she
| Douglass house has been given the use OF Rep
resentative hall Had possession ef IL been
| steadfastly claimed by the populists and
| striven fer, the problem would have resolved
| itself for solution into a sham eful physical
| contest The populist legislature NAV now go
/ on unmole ;ted in the transaction OF its bust.
1 ness, and proceed in q regular and lawful man
! ner TO the conservation OF the pubic veal The
1 governor and the senate of Kansas will recog-
niZe but one house Of representatives.
| II at some later day the supreme court shall
I declare the populist house an unconstitutional
| body then the responsibility for the action Of
\ the house viii rest with it alone This people
are the Judges OF the action Of their represen to
tves and il there is blame il will be cast in the
! right direction II must not be lost sight OF
| that the populists have at all times denied the
| right of the supreme court to determine on any
question arising from the organization 4 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, they publicly an
| nounced they would do, and attempted the ar
! rest o. the members OF the DUnsmOre house be-
| cause they persisted in re mainiug in Repre-
I IN business
| the well being of the people demand
| ed, matters would have been brought
| to crisis In the ende2vor of the
Douglass house TO force their illegal claims, it
/ was zealousiy supported by an organized mob
| mob under the command of the sheriff OF Shaw
/ nee county. who has always been hostile TO the
populist party. and it seemed certain that there
! would have been bloody conflict This con
| dition OF 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 populistho is suffered
! 10 proceed without fear Of molestation TO the
| transaction OF business BioOdshed has been
| averted. This is the browning triumph Of the
| populist victory
! THE PoPULIsT VIEW.
! TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 1S.-Speaker
Dunsmore declares that the populist
| house will go ahead as was orig
inally contemplated and in conjunction
| with the senate pass needed laws and
adjourn, leaving the supreme court to
! do its work. He says should the court
decide against the populist house no
attention will be paid TO it Such a
| decision, he admits, would render the
/ laws enacted imperative, but he for one
and he thinks all the pOpulist men,
| bers are with him-would favor letting
the state institutions, the executive,
! Judiciary and all other branches
| of the state government go without
! money until the meeting of the next
! legislature He believes the people
will sustain the populists at the polls
and that they will come back here in
! 1895 with n largely increased strength
in the house. He denies the right OF
| the supreme court to assume the con-
stitutional prerogative of the house to
| settle its own organization and he
! claims that any interference by the
court as contemplated in the case that
| has been instituted by the republicans
would be such an assumption, although
| he admits that there is no power to
! prevent action by the court and thus
| tie up the appropriations
Killed by n Runaway Team.
| BooNvILLE, Mo-, Feb. 1S.-Monroe
Allen, employed by Chris Rasmus, eight