Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-19
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The Senate Promptly Organized But the
House Very Much Tangled LIN.

The Senate Promptly Organized But the
House Very Much Tangled Up.
THE senate met at noon on the 10th and very
quietly organized By electing the following ON
GERS W. L Brown. Of Kingman- secretary:
ID g. Gilbert, OF Winfield. assistant secretary:
David Shull, of Oswego, sergeant-at-arms. B
H Ridenour. chaplin: A. b Chanee docket
clerk; A D. Gilpin. journal clerk: 4 K Sher-
rill, doorkeeper- Jacob Schroeder. assistant
ooorkeeper; Mrs Sam Wood, postrniStTesS At
O'Clock the senate adjourned IN til morning
Soon after noon Secretary OF State Osborne ap-
IN the house pe9red with the roll of members but
Mr. Douglass objected to his presiding A
wrangie ensued and Mr. Osborne left, taking
the roll Of members with him. Then Mr. Cub
bison (rep1 and Mr. Semple (pop) each as
suued &c call the house 10 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.
TIE senate met at 1J:25 o'clock on the I1th.
After prayer and while the clerk was calling
the roll two messengers claiming to be from
the house put in appearance with messages
One from the republicans and the other from
the popu1iStS, but the senate adjourned until .
O'Clock without receiving them Upon reas-
sembling a resolution was adopted for the ap-
pointment of committee of nine six populists
and three republicansl to Investigate the pro-
ceedings Of the orgIniza of the house of rep
resentatives and report The chair appointed
Senators Thacher. Baker and Williamson. re-
publicans. and Senators O'Bryan. Semi Seedy
Householder, Dennison and Dumbsld, popu-
lists. on the committee. The senate then elect
ed the following: Assistant doorkeepers, Will
liam Mckinley, NJ. McDonaldson and J. B.
Gibbs: assistant journal clerk, L A. McDon-
aid: document clerk. r Larimer: assistant
document clerk, J. p. Stevens: assistant docket
clerk, Frank Eastwood In addition. sixteen
tod oil.
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-
publicans sent memorial to the governor
giving a history of the fight and
that the house had organized by electing Hon
George L Douglass speaker. I'VE therefore -
it concludes in 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 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
trail 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
should each select four men who with
the three chairman should compose COM
mittee of fifteen to devise, if possible way
out of the tangle the house had got into. AT
2:2J o'clock Mr.. Cuhbison- of the republican
house, introduced resolution requesting Sec
rotary Osborne to transmit to The house /
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 a recess until next day. Speaker Duns-
more made the same statement to the populist
house. A motion to take recess made
the populISt 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. The compromise proposed in the house
rejected by both parties and the two
speakers continued to preside over each organi-
cation. In the afternoon MesSrs Chambers,
Dougherty and Rosenthal democrats, address
ing the republican speaker, announced that
they had heretofore taken part in The dis
pute, but the time had come for them to act ana
therefore they would recognize the republican
organization, which they considered legal.
Later the governor sent in n communication
recognizing the Dopulist org lniz alton and thus
matters stood The conference committee
adjourned just before midnight. without ac
comprising anything. An agreement had been
reached at time by which the republicans
were to retain control of the lower house and
leave all contest cases TO JUDICIAL tribunal
Every member OF the committee agreed to this
but when the democrats and republican
sought to have this same tribunal pass the
senate contests the pOpuistS protested and the
committee adjourned
WHEN the senate met on the 18th, and while
the roll being called, a message
nounced from the house by the chief clerk Il
was from the populiSt house The republican
chief clerk also present and both attempt
ed to address the presiding officer. The lieu
tsnan t-governor recognized Mr. Rich the Dopu-
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-
coed was, therefore defeated BY - to IL. Sen
ators OBryan, of Sedgwick: TavIor of Wyan-
dotte, and billiard, of Bourbon voted with
the republicans Senator Price, repub-
lican. being absent. The presiding officer
thereupon recognized the message from the
popdlist house amid some confusion Senator
Scott rose to point of order, but ruled
out and he took an appeal The president was
sustained by % to I6 Sena lois OBI and
Taylor voting with the republicans \ motion
to adjourn WAS lest and The populist chief clerk
finally read his message. The republicans then
filed written protest and Senator's Taylor and
O 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 carried and the senate
adjourned 49, The 81 ;ufsiioH in the double house
remained the same About noon both sides
agreed to a truce and took 4 recess until 4
O'Clock, pend ny = possible compromise Soon
after reaS5emb1ing. b agreement between
Speaker Dunsmore for the populi5ts and
Spe. ker Dou glass for the republicans, an ad-
tournament of the rival houses taken until
. O'Clock next morning.
y iataI Wreck.
BURLINGTON, Ia, Jan. 14.-It is re-
ported from Morning Sun. Ia, that 4
bad wreck occurred last evening on the
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