The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-23
Kansas Populists stu Obstinate


IL is expected that the supreme court of
Kansas will render its decision to-day on the
question as to whether the populist or the
republican House is the legal House OF the
legislature. The impression is that the de-
cision will be in favor Of the republican
House. The republicans say if it is against
them they will dissolve their House and re-
turn home. sIheA populists declare they do
not rest theiFscAssswith the supreme oours,
but on the cohstitntion, ard that il the de-
cision is against them they will pay no
respect to it. Each House is going ahead
passing bills just as If it thought there was
no question as to the legality of its acts
The republicans are preparing to elect
United States senator. They in
sist that the seIection of Judge
Martin by the populists was illegal-that
Martin did not receive majority Of the
legally elected members Of the legislature.
They purpose to elect democrat, provided
all the democratic members agree upon a
candidate. That, it is thought, the democrats
are likely to do. Martin is a democrat and If
the republicans elect a democrat also the
question as to which is the legal House
may come before the United States Senate
The condition Of affairs at Topeka is
certainly very muddled. No one can pre-
dict with any degree Of certainty what the
outcome OF il will be. Tne chances are that
the republicans will be victorious, because
it isthought the supreme court will sustain
them. But the courts decision may not
end the matter.
There appears TO be more tinpan beating
over the wreck Of McKinley's fortune than
is seemly. 1t is to be regretted, of course e,
that the man who made finance bill for
the whole country was such careless BUSH
ness man on his own account that he walked
right into bankruptcy without taking the
trouble to find out what be was doing But,
having got into the difficulty, numbers of
his friends have offered to help him out
One rich Chicagoan went so far as to offer
him his whole bank account as long as he
chose to use it without interest or security
Other rich men, who had protlted by Nc
Kinley's bill, offered to pay his debt for
him and give him until doomsday to pay it
back, If be wished. In short, friends have
tumbled over each other TO get to him and
such circumstances. TO make the man out
martyr to his Unborn kindness of heart is
nonsense. II he insists on becoming a
pauper 1t is his own fault. Men have of
fered him assistance in an honorable way
and if he should refuse to accept their COM
pliments then he deserves TO become penni-
less. But he does not deserve to be posed
as a martyr for the purpose of arousing the
sympathy Of people with votes TO bestow.
The sum of results of the months trials of
the Vesuvius at Port Royal seems TO be
that, in so far as the vessel and her guns
are concerned, they are successes. 1t has
been demonstrated that Give shells can be
thrown. with remarkable accuracy and
without great danger to the weasel from
premature explosions. But the matter of
exploding the shells upon impact with the
target aimed at, or after a certain lapse of
time from their discharge. is a problem
that remains to be worked cut. But it is
not to be doubted that it will be worked
out shortly, and that the navy will be re-
inforced by other vessels of the Vesuvius
type.
The Methodist church will probably not
make au exhibit at the Chicago fair The
! cause Of the withdrawal is summed up in a
Chicago dispatch es follows: They were
| informed that the Roman Catholics were
allotted 10000 square feet, while the
Methodists had but 400"