The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-02-28
THE QUINN CASE.
At Topeka Takes up Public At.
tention at Present-The
Court to be Obeyed.

Topeka, Feb. 2l.-All the interest
to-day is centered in the supreme
court room, where the Gum habcds
corpus case is being heard.
Gum had been summoned as wit.
ness to appear before the republican
hOuse elections committee by Speaker
Douglass. Gum is a populist and re-
fused to obey, claiming that the
Douglass house was not the constitu-
tional house, and had no power to
compel his attendance.
Decisive DECISION.
The decision OF the court in this
case is thus looked upon as a decisive
one, which will settle the legality of
the republican or populist house. The
court room was crowded and many
members Of both houses deserted their
respective halls in order to hear the
case. The attorneys for the plaintiff.
Gum, are Doster, Hogan, Webb,
Clemens, and Assistant Attorney
General Allen; for the defense are
RossingtOn. Overmeyer, Long and
Carver. The first witness called was
Frank Brown, chief clerk of the re-
publican house. He gave a complete
history Of that organization from the
beginning.
ALLOWED NO ARGUMENTS.
Matters savored of the routine and
ordinary until Chief Justice Horton
announced that the court had decided
unanimously that there should he no
arguments On either side until witnesses
had all been heard. The court stated
that the attorneys could file their OF
jeciions but that there must he no
arguments till the close of the testi-
mony. This seemed to be satisfactory
to all. except Attorney Clemens, who
said:
''Will this court pretend to say that
no objections shall be made to the in
PRODUCTION Of evidence Clemens
waved his hands and in a tragic man
ner. said: "Will the court allow me
m"ment?" Chief Justice Horton
said in a pre-emptorv manner:
The court will be obeyed, the court
has power to enforce its ortlerr. |"
Clemens seemed agitated and in a
few moments left the court room.
WILL. DRAG OUT.
The Gaze is likely to continue sever
al days. There is eome talk that if
the supreme court decides in favor of
the republican house that a new
United States Senator will he voted
for. a democrat, poisibly Ed Car
roll of LeavenwOrth. or Bailey Wag-
goner of Atchison. The populist
house to-day decided they would work
ten hours day hereafter. They be-
gan at y o'clock to-day and consumed
the morning session mainly in the dis
cus-ion ofTucker's fees and salary bill.
This was amended in a
very important particular by
Tucker himself and in committee OF
the whole recommended for passage.
AS it now stands it provides that on
March first next year in each county,
the city and township assessors shall
meet and fix salaries for all county
and townships officers for the ensuing
five years.
TIE EMPTY SEATS.
In the republican house this war the
dav set by Seaton'- resolution To de-
clare vacant all populist seats not
taken in the republican house. In
view of the hOrtiIities last week and
agreements following thir resolution
it will he allowed to remain inactive.
Representative Seaton however
this afternoon introduced another
resolution to declare the popullst seats
vacant. This went over under the
rules and will not he taken up till
after the decision of the supreme court
in the Gum case. Then in ease of a
decision favorable to the republican
house an opportunity will Ike given
any and all populi-t members Ia take
their seats in the republican organiza-
ton and il they do not take advnn-
tage of the opportunity the republicans
are to go On with legislation without
them.