Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-01-14
KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
Tho senate Promptly Organized hut the
House Very Much Tangled Up.


Tho senate Promptly Organized hut the
House Very Much Tangled Up.
TIE senate met at noon on the 10th and very
quietly organized by electing the following oni'
cers: w. L. Brown. OF kingman. secretary:
ID. G. Gilbert, OF Winfield. assistant secretary:
David Shull, OF Oswcgo, sergcani'nt-arms b
II. Rldenour chaplin: A. y Chanee, docket
clerk; A. d. Gnpin, journal clork; A. X. Sher
rill, doorkeeper. Jacob Schroeder, assistant
doorkeoper: Mrs sam Wood, postmis'ress AZ
o'clock tho senate "a adjourned until morning e.
Soon after noon Secretary OF State Osborne APP
in the house pe1red with the roll OF members, but
Mr.. Douglass objected TO his presiding n
wrangle cnsued and mr., Osborne left, taking
the roll Of members with him. Then Mr.. Cub
bison (rep) and Mr.. Semple (pop) each as.
sumcd to call the house 10 order and the con-
fusion got beyond control. The republican,
elected Mr.. Douglass speaker. with q full set Oh
officers and the populists elected Mr. Duns.
more speaker. with the necessary subordinates
Tho confusion continued during the dny and
neither side attempted TO adjourn, but both 90
cupied the hall during the night. determined to
renew the contest in the morning
The senate mot ut i):a5 o'clock on the II tn
After prayer AMI while the clerk was calling
tho roll two messengers claiming TO be from
the house rat In an appearance with messages
one from the republicans and the other from
the popul-ts, but the senate adjourned until
o'clock without receiving them The fight on
the house was continued b,th parties having
slept In the hall without odiourning. The re-
publfcans 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 "
II concludes "in behalf Of the people OF the
state OF Kansas and on behalf OF the good Eame
and credit OF our state and In the NIT, OF law,
order deconcy ard good government call upon
YOU as tho governor Of the state OF Kansas to
recognize Hon George l. Douglass rs the legal
md qualified spealsr Of the house OF represcn'
taiives Of the state OF Kansas ana ask that the
protection Of the Law be thrown around him in
exercising the duties OF HIS ONCE" 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
trail committee, Chairman Brcidenthal, OF the
populst committee, md Chairman Simpson, OF
the republican committee, ut o'clock agreed
that the lower house should adjourn until morn
ing ut 10 o'clock and that the three chair
men should each select four men who with
the three chairman should compose COM
mittee OF fifteen TO devise II possible, way
out OF the tangle the house had got into. AZ
2:aJ ocloc, Mr.. Cubbison OF the republican
house. introduced q resolution requesting SEQ
reia.y Osborne to transmit to the house oil
evidence and papers in contest cases This
was adopted and Speaker Douglass took
the floor and stated the agreement
of the three central committee chairmen. He
then addressed the republican speaker and
moved recess until next day Speaker Duns'
more made the same statement to the popultsi
house A motion 10 take recess was made on
the populist side, nnd. BY two separate Votes'
the house adjourned until Thursday.