People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-01-20
KANSAS LEGISLATURE
The Senate Promptly Organized Bus {
House Very Much Tangled Tn.


House Very Much Tangled Up.
The senate met at noon on the 10th and very
quietly organized by electing the following Off
GERS: W. l. Brown, Of Kingman secretary;
d, G. Gilbert, Of Winfield, assistant secretary:
David Shull, of 0swego, sergeant-atarms B
II. Ridenour, chaplin: A B. Chaffee, docket
clerk; A. D. Gilpin, journal clerk; A K. Sher.
rill, doorkeeper. Jacob Schroeder, assistant
doorkeeper; Mrs Sam Wood, postmistress At
2o'cock the senate adjourned until morning -.
Soon after noon Secretary OF State Osborne ap-
in the house pe4red with the roll OF members, but
Mr.. Douglass objected to his presiding A
wrangle ensued and Mr.. Osborne left, taking
the roll Of members with him. Then Mr. Cub
bison rep and Mr. Semple (pop.) each as
sumed TO call the house TO order and the con.
fusion got beyond control The republicans
elected Mr.. Douglass speaker, with full set Of
officers and the populists elected Mr. Duns.
more speaker, with the necessary subordinates
The confusion continued during the day and
neither side attempted to adjourn, but both oc-
cupied the hall during the night, determined to
renew the contest in the morning.
THE senate met at lJ:25 o'clock on the 18th.
After prayer and while the clerk was calling
the roll two messengers claiming TO be from
the house put in an appearance with messages
--one from the republicans and the other from
the pOpulists, but the senate adjourned until .
O'Clock without receiving them Upon reas.
sembling resolution was adopted for the ap-
pointment Of a committee Of nine six populists
and three republicans to investigate the pro.
ceedings Of the organization Of the house of rep.
resent fivac nd ba pboir Cd
Senators Thacher Baker and Williamson. re-
publicans, and Senator's O'Bryan, Sem, Seedy,
Householder, Dennison and Dumbald, popu.
lists, on the committee The senate then elect
ed the following: Assistant doOrkeepers, VIII.
liam Mckinley, NJ McDonaldson and j b.
Gibbs; assistant journal clerk, L A. McDOn-
aid document clerk. r. Larimer: assistant
document clerk, p Stevens: assistant docket
clerk Frank Eastwood In addition sixteen
young women were appointed enrolling clerks.
a messenger and four pages completed the
list Adjourned. The fight in the house
was continued, both parties having
slept in the hall without adjourning The re-
publcans sent memorial to the governor
giving history of the fight and
that the house had organized by electing Hon.
George l. Douglass speaker. I'VE therefore"
1t concludes Tin behalf of the people of the
state Of Kansas and on behalf OF the good name
and credit Of our state and in the name of law,
order decency and good government call upon
you as the governor of the state Of Kansas to
recognize Hon. George L Douglass as the legal
and qualified speaker of the house Of represen.
tatives Of the state OF Kansas and ask that the
protection Of the law be thrown around him in
exercising the duties Of his office The gov
ernor did not read the memorial but intimated
that he would let them hear from him later.
Chairman Jones, of the democratic state cen
trial committee, Chairman Breidenthal, of the
populist committee, and Chairman Simpson, Of
the republican committee, at , o'clock agreed
that the lower house should adjourn until morn
Ing at 10 O'Clock and that the three chair.
men should each select four men who with
the three chairman should compose a COM
mittee Of fifteen to devise, if possible way
out of the tangle the house had got into. At
2:2J o'clock Mr. CubbisOn of the republican
house, introduced resolution requesting Sec
retarI Osborne to transmit to the house all
evidence and papers in contest cases This
was adopted and Speaker Douglass took
he floor and stated the agreement
If the three central committee chairmen He
hen addressed the republican speaker and
moved recess until next day. Speaker Duns-
more made The same statement to the populist
house. motion to take a recess was made on
the pOpullst side, and, by two separate votes
the house adjourned until Thursday.
THE senate only awaited action OF the house
on the 18th, remaining passive and doing moth.
ing. e. The compromise proposed in the house
was rejected BY both parties and the two
speakers continued to preside over each organi-
cation In the afternoon Messrs Chambers,
Doughertv and Rosenthal, democrats, address
ing the republican speaker announced that
they had heretofore taken no part in the dis
oute, but the time had come for them to act and
therefore, they would recognize the republican
organization, which they considered legal.
Later the governor sent in a communication
recognizing the pOpulist org IMITATION and thus
matters stood The conference committee
adjourned just before midnight without &C.
comprising anything An agreement had been
reached at one time by which the republicans
we're 10 retain control of the lower house and
cave all contest cases TO judicial tribunal.
Every member Of the committee agreed to this,
but when the democrats and republicans
sought to have this same tribunal pass on the
senate contests the popu.ists protested and the
committee adjourned
WHEN the senate met on the 18th, and while
the roll was being called, message was an
nounced from the house by the chief clerk. II
was from the populist house The republican
CHIEF clerk was also present and both attempt
ed TO address the presiding officer The lieu.
tenant-governOr recognized Mr.. Rich. the popu.
list, upon Senator Kings point Of order that
message from the house was always in order.
Mr. O'Bryan's motion that the roll call pro.
ceed was, therefore, defeated by % to H. Sem
ltOrs 0Bryan of Sedgwick; Taylor, of Wyan.
1otte, and billiard, Of Bourbon. voted with
the republicans, Senator Price, repub-
lican, being absent The presiding officer
lhereupon recognized the message from the
popdlist house amid some confusion Senator
Scott rose to point Of order, but was ruled
put, and he took an appeal The president was
sustained by % 70 l6, Senators 0'Bryan and
Taylor voting with the republicans motion
to adjourn was lost and the populist chief clerk
finally read his message The republicans then
hled written protest and Senators Taylor and
0'Bryan did the same. Senator Dumbald moved
that the motion left over that the senate in
Vestigating committee be discharged, be laid
On the table, which was carried and the senate
adjourned .., The situation in the double house
remained the same. About noon both sides
agreed to truce and took recess until
o'clock, pending possible compromise. Soon
after reassembling, by an agreement between
Speaker Dunsmore for the populists and
Speaker Douglass for the republicans, an ad.
iournment Of the rival houses was taken until
O'Clock next morning
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ported from Morning Sun, Ia, that
bad wreck occurred last evening on the
Iowa Central road. An eastbound