Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-18
NO END TO THE KANSAS souAeeLE
The Peace Committee Fails to Agree
Future Prospects.

Future Prospects.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. iS.-Once more have
efforts to settle the difficulties in the
house and bring about satisfactory solu-
tion of the problems OF legislation which
are daily growing greater, failed, and
now the two factions are seemingly far
ther apart than ever. The governors mes
sage was presented to the legislature yes
terday, but possibly out of consideration
for their rivals, the Populist house declined
to listen to the reading of the document,
which would fill a page in an ordinary
newspaper, and it was ordered printed,
Can't Draw Their Salaries,
Whether there will be any further at
tempts made to bring about settlement
OF the present complications in the house
1t is impossible to say, but the prospects
are certainly not of the brightest. In the
meantime the members are unable to draw
any salaries and as many of them-partic-
ularly the Populists-are not possessed OF
bank accounts there Is sure to be trouble
with their landlords in the city before long.
Report of the Committee.
Yesterday morning soon after the two
houses met the committee reported as fol-
lows:
MR.. CHAIRMAN: Your committee ap
pointed to recommend a plan for an ad-
Justment of the differences between the re-
spective bodies claiming legal status on this
floor respectfully report that we have held
three sessions and have canvassed the en-
tire situation fully and dispassionately, but
have failed to reach any conclusion to sub
init to this meeting. Without making any
recommendation whatever your committee
ask to be discharged" This was signed by
Alexander. Warner, w. NJ Coburn, James
a. Troutman, John S. Eaton, w. VI.
Campbell, AMI w. H. Ryan.
Another Appeal to the Court
This ended the effort at compromise
and the two organizations resumed work
as usual. A legislative appropriation bill
will soon be pushed through the senate
and Populist house under suspension of
the rules and sent to the governor for his
signature. Anticipating this the Repub-
lican lawyers are getting ready to take it
to the supreme court, which would bring
the issue between the two houses squarely
up for adjudication, and the more con-
servative Populists admit that its decision
Will bring one house or the other to
stand still. Others, while they admit that
the court may give the Republicans tenn
porary advantage, declare that in the end
the court will find the Populist house to
be bigger than any court.
Which Will Settle the Question.
This however, comes only from extrem-
lists who have advocated the unseating pro-
cess so as to get sufficient majority to re-
move Chief Justice Horton and Associate
Justice johnson by impeachment. For
tunately this element could be counted on
five FIR gers and nothing of the kind will
be undertaken. When the court decides
the question that will settle IT, If the Pop
ulists lo-e, which the lawyers say they
will, rnany viii be reluctant To give up the
fight, but their sober judgment win rule
and they Will quietly submit to the Re
pu biican organization and the real work of
legislation, nU longer delayed, will then be
gin.
A Combine the Pops" Don't Like.
Senator Taylor, of Wyandotte county, a
Populist; Senator O'Brien, of Sedgwick
county, Democrat, and three Democratic
members of the lower house Joined the Re
publicans yesterday and participated in
their joint convention for state printer
The Populists were taken by surprise and
their long faces gave evidence of their con-
Germ. Although no election followed, the
combine had 81 votes on Joint ballots one
more than enough to elect either state
printer or senator. The appearance OF
OBrien and Taylor in joint convention has
given the PopuliStS much concern