People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-03-03

the side OF the insurgents, the governor
was urged to take steps toward the
presentation Of peace and order, and to
prevent the further destruction Of prop
erty by the republican mob. Shortly
the following orders we're issued:
EXECUTIVE oRDER-No. 2
STATE OF KANSAS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
GOVERNORS OFFICE.
Whereas, | have been informed as
chief executive OF the state, that the hall
Of representatives has been forcibly in
vaded by an armed and insurrectionary
body of men who have taken and now
hold forclbls possession Of such hall
whereby the constitutional rights OF the
members of such house have been SUBJ
verted and the public business OF legis-
lation prevented, /, therefore, order all
persons except such members OF the
house Of representatives and employees
thereof as are recognized as such by the
Hon. j. NJ. Dunswore, speaker OF such
house, to be such members and en-
ployee, to at once vacate such hall and
the approaches thereto under penalty Of
forcible expulsion for their non compli-
ance with this order.
Witness my hand and The great seal Of
tie state at Topeka, this 18th day Of
February, 1898.
Z d. LEwELLING, Governor.
EXECUTIVE ORDERING. 3.
Colonel Hughss, Commanding, II. II. Artz, Ad-
jutdnt General:
SIR:-You will first proceed TO clear
the corridors OF all persons except troops;
you will then station a small detach-
ment in the main corridors OF the east
and west wings Of the capitol, after
which you will proceed quietly with the
remainder Of your forces to representa-
tive hall and eject all persons not speci-
fed in executive order No. 2, a copy Of
which l hand you herewith. Having re-
moved from the hall such persons desig-
mated, you will station detachment in
and about representative hall and such
other attachments as may be necessary
to occupy the entrances to the capitol.
In no case shall any person accompany
the troops to representative hall.
LID LEwELLING, Governor.
II. 81. ART,, Adjutant General.
The sheriff, who seemed more DESTROYS
Of obtaining notoriety than Of preserving
order, delivered himself CT the following:
TOPEKA, KAs., February Is, 1893.
To His ErcelIencu, L. D. Lelpeuin0, Governor
Of the State Of Kansas:
SIR:-I, as sheriff Of Shawnee county,
am charged with the duty Of preserving
the peace within the territorial limits of
this county. | am advised that you have
called upon the military power Of the
state to preserve peace in this county. l
wish to inform you that this action on
your part is without my consent or con-
currence and is wholly unnecessary as l
have at no time iptimated TO you that /
am unable to preserve the peace with
in this county.
now wish to inform you that l am
fully able and prepared to enforce the
laws and preserve peace and order, and
it is my intention Sd to do. Very respect
fully, j. NJ. WILKERsoN,
Sheriff Of Shawnee county, Kansas.
Adjutant General Artz' Office was be-
seiged by people who wanted to offer
counsel or actual service. The local
Populists and democrats wanted to 90
to war at once and they wanted to see
that things were done in proper military
order, and long before night company
of volunteers was organized and sworn
in under command Of Judge Mcdonald,
Of Parsons, and one in command Of Il.
c. Lindsay, Of Topeka. The first COM
pany Of regular militia to be called out
was Company @ Of Oakland. They re-
ported for duty under command Of Capt
Shspter.
Telegrsphic orders were sent to Com
pany G, Of Marion, Battery A, Of Wichita,
ard later Company A, Third regiment,
Eureka; Company B, Third regiment,
Holton; Company A, Second regiment,
Wichita; Company F, Third regiment,
Howard, and Company G, Fourth regi-
ment, Clyde. Battery B, Of Topeka, was
ordered out. The Wichita battery was
ordered to bring Calling gun.
Mos Of the officers we're very slow
about replying to orders, which made
the prospects appear very discouraging.
The spirit Of lawlesssness spread with
alarming rapidity and before night the
streets in front Of the state house we're
thropged with people. When Company
C arrived from Oakland with fifteen men
they were greeted with derisive yells
from the republicans and cheers from the
Populists. So with all these military
preparations going on the day passed.
INJUNCTION AGAINST PAYMENT.
The bill appropriatiDg money to pay
all members Of the house and senate,
and officers and employees Of the Duns.
more house, had been signed by the
governor and published in the official
paper Of this morning, and bsfore 9 a. m.
most Of them had received their warrants
from the auditor and their money from
the treasurer. The republicans decided
that it would not do to permit this to 20
on without any effort to stop it, and
the attorney general having refused to
take any steps toward getting the matter
into the supreme court, restraining
order was obtained from Judge Hszen