New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-17

| to the last man 10 maintdin a POSITION Which we
maintain to be legal and right.
| Speaker Douglass and Speaker protein Hoch
expressed their continents in similar terms
| Breakfast was served at o'clock. procured
| from, baskets hosted from without through the
windows Then the members settled down to
await developments.
| The plans of the Populi,ts included an assault
upon the Rep Iblcdn stronghold at ) O'Clock ms
| morning. They hoped TO take the enemy ny
surprise, and TO carry tile position without dllI-
Guilty. Colonel Hughes although not officially
informed of the plan, learned its details ana
aprrised the Republicans OF them, giving them 10
| understand 1t the same time that they had moth
| ing to fear from him. \ little later he was sum-
moned to the Governors Office, where the plan
was laid before him. and he ordered 10 carry
it out. The Colonel informed the Governor In
| iorcGle language, that he WAS on duty to main
tain the peace AMI not 70 break ii.
The Governor replied that the Colonel would
obey the order or would be relieved from his
command The Colonel rctorted that wien the
| Governor relieved him of his command his resi-
| mrnt would relleYc itself from duty ana would
! d,band on the spot. The st Regiment. OF which
| Colonel Hughes is commander, comprises most OF
the companies in the vicinity of Tokepa. and they
form a decided majority of the men IN the hell.
| The Coloncls rctort st.g.ered the Governor. The
| commandants of nearly all the regiments IN uie
| State are Republicans are the subordinate on
| GERS and, should they be placed by the Governor
! in the same position that Colonel lluSheS iouhu
himself in. they would doubtless follow the prece~
dent set by him -. -, . a.,
| Without Colonel Hughes and his following the
Governors military force amounts 10 u,ud. IN ,,
provisional companic, were ordered ytn'cluaS' coii
posed of enthusiastic fopullsts Hwy ioIii Inc
most DANGEROUS element IN the threatened revolt
ton Any attempt on their part to show au'norly
| lieved from duty by Colonel Hughes.
Al II o'clock Governor I.cwcllln1 sent notlce
to the Republican House that unless tiley laca,e.
tile hall within fifteen minutes he wouiu cIV~. ,nr ~
| by force The only attention PAID TO tlr t or'tr
By the Republicans was TO place additional su5
al the doors The Gcvernor at room had laI.ru
to carry ont his threat wagon cnns%ts .%a Q, Of The
IIous, supplied for twcnty-iolr hours uioNS w
10 Tin. west wing OF the entrance al me o,''
House about noon lhe captain IiacI in hi. men
the company guard there rrlleycd ii'7 oir, n,,
from srdrd duty aS the wagon arrived. ana 'NtIH
thng II contained carried into tle nan Will tI
ont hndrance. AS Soon a. tins was dc'o''Pii'"'
the soldiers again went on lutN. ,;;sd
At 10 o'clock Governor L'welllng dlsrnissru 'T
Colonel Hughes, and took personal charge vi an
thc military forces The Governor has tee5idpIrr;u
In ichita for Ike" liettngor 10 come to Topeka
and take command of the militia lirttihstr ', - d
druggist but Is not a member OF any iiit."t;
oreanzaricn except the Uniform Rank hhish'' Vi
'Thr Governor remained in his Office all night
and was able 10 snatch only few mlhu'c' sie'P
Thi, morning hi, office was thronged WIN IoNh
pnruIist, asking for passes for their irl'his 10
enter the lines. Every incoming train p,r'ii' I'M
bodies of armed men som" are u~nliornnrr ~ in,,I and
fla responding t. TIA" call ot the "oNtriioI' hnI
other, are Republicans, coming mere 10 "'lehu
what they believe to be constltutlDhai Ii@It W
the Republican majority of the houSe Al,bnd All mII"i
,Le State Ilous, Suuar, a great crowd aaS'Hpl'u
tn-dav watching the hluc-cOated guards pd'Ho
up and down their lines MlAtlaln'n ana ctoins ,nS
Ncrc on the best of terms, ana "nile th t, tS,Icl
arrcarcd I, be in the service oil me Iropln'
J,rtv Governor. most of them are k'phollcdil>
and openlv declared that they WOULD never He
a shot in Representative Hall or use violence III
any way against the Republican members oil 'hc
Battery \. let Rc.imrnt. forty-two men, ar ar
ri,nd here from Wichita this morning unuer
c,,,m,~J Of Captain Metcalf, bringing Eatlhg
gnn Before arriving here some one removed
a portioa of the machinery, making the 9ui, 9h
no,Serlr-s The w.alon was. however piar'l
IN Stata House square, and the officers ana men
Of the company haylre il IN charge pi9',ss" so ~
l., IGNORANT of IN" fact thar II ,ouu n", n,s
- .Lnt \ dcputation Of about thirty students
of th. state University, armel with woo zen el.h'
arrived in the city to-day. commanded N 'Hp
tain j 4 Rush, of Lawrence h'y hatnn,s itra,s
rom the station through the prhclpal su'rN
IN fine Canitol whor" they drew mp, II me ~.
fore the Ninth-,t. gate and gave three n@cai,S @
ycls for their school In thcir rs.NI GonnIanJ
Uotrl all those Of legal age signed the calls ua,n
by Sheriff Wilk"r.on Tor ,i'pl'leS., W1rubhnrr
s,rnrn i'm Students from lidlilNlH dIi " ''''"'"
,Il,.rc. also volunteered il large numbers
picket lines extended entirely arouhl tHe ''d'"
Uousn Grounds and in no ca-" was any one plniLL pi L
tol 70 20 through them WtnHn' pa, ,Ie Snnromc
,ho Governor Even Judge OF the HuPlrruIV
G,r, Yea. stopnnd ~ the rOinr of a haNon't VIM"
on the way to his Office TINS m'fi-. IL ,a o5tcr
tie husband OF t" PopuIlNt cam n, insid" th,
snckinc for several hours IN vain TO @et lSlu ',,
Canto 10 SEQ his wife. started ont IN S''Io" VI
rta""r i,;mn and waiting hrrlc Of PopuliSts
Lin jicl several bonfire, and mad" themselN'H ron-
Portable for tin, day business was Grpr ,pf '"+ M
d,, aud thrro were more school chll,iirh a"IiV
uN ..,,s rn,, the state buildings than III 'nr
LiLcr.ns Men walked in groups. MANY on
,',o hronoht out tlcir flint locks IN antlclpa.I9m
"f cr,vrr Developments, and were S'eh frequently
" ra,t :" r>ctcmont was caused ut noon ny thc an
rounCcm,n by the Sheriff in IN" lopny os , 'm n,r
lanl Hotel that he had rr''iE'a w",m r'on had lcft
,,nc. that an armed party OF HiNtE WrrI WT Nj rLiT
,,i ror Tonnlia ~ aid the Po"ullHtN ~, 'n'ir'
,,I,ir..in,r the, members of his posse 'I'lt ~
,oI ,h.,r of thc information he ht'i re-, :, ~
and ordered all those that were alm", 10 Ghrii H.,
nd " ,rr,mn1nv him 10 the station l', .h
'a. ',or,n,nicI by 300 mon. then march'i 70 Wt Uo
railway station. followed by Elea' ,r boarj
i I,,,cnrc train arrived. sixty men W'r' h'"u r
hnt tL"y carried no arms. and the >herl" i'""'
that he had nothing 10 a.: ... 1roi.,. who is
'' T "s.s Citv Feb 16-l.eutcn2nt H'l>, WIZ
N"r'"S N ~ ""So,nmond Of Company B, Kansas HN nj
h" dednd Governor dwellings orI,rS anu ',Ii
-, m t,Lc hi. comprnv to Ton"ka. lie Hi' ; Nv Cav
sand the consequences. III" r'fls ~ . ~" ,n,.ra
e'""', M ,,,r,ino to t;ovrrnor I"w"lng nhp.rrn
,iTo orders is that they w"r" no, >P- ,,,or,
o,,,cr. Lc SAYS did not stat" thal tue r"p ,,i-e
oiu'.ri g. nrnsnl\,, State property or 70 tah'
- of tho arsenal. and hc Therefore to"h II 1 ~
,rantcl that hr was want"i 10 'iN' '' f INSISTS
thcrr to take part in pollt'ai nm, & hv. into
.H'. Ln viii not do that and get the o'N' INV
trouble.
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