St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
LEWELLING'S CHOICE
Kansas Governor Recognizes
the Populist Lower
House.
Populists Went Wild When
the Message Was Re-
eeiVed.
Democrats Answer to the
Roll Call OF the Repub-
LEANS.
Republicans Begin Mandamus
Proceedings in the SUI
preme Court.


Topeka. Kan, Jan. 12.-Shortly after
o'clock this afternoon Gov. Leweillng
sent his message recognizing the Popu-
list lower house by his secretary, j. T.
Close. When the POpulist sergeant-at-
arms was called to the door to receive
the governors message the excitement
in the house arose, which had in a large
measure subsidized. but the door was
opened and Secretary Close was adj
mitted. The Populists arose and began
cheering. PopuIist Speaker Dunsmore
raped for order and restored quiet, the
Repu blieans making no demonstration.
Secretary Close called out. MIR. Speak
err Dunsmore," and that Official raped
the gavel. and the POpulists cheered,
women waived their handkerchiefS and
men climbed into their seats and waved
their hats. There were cat calls from
the Republican side, and the PopuiIst
chief clerk read the following:
TO J. NJ. Dunsmore. Speaker of the
| House OF Representatives: In answer
to YOUR communication, Jan. :, 1898,
! notifying me that the house was duly
organized with j. NJ. Dunsmore as
speaker. Ben c. Rich as chief clerk, and
| |. e. Dick. sergeant-at-arms, and was
ready for business. desire to say that
| will communicate with you further ii
writing.
Il. D. LEwELLTNG, Governor"
The Populists again Cheered, but Re
publican Speaker Douglass raped for
| order and said: The legally organized
/ will n
order" Some minor resolutions were
then offered. and the roll call ordered,
| the siXtv-seYen members answering the
Republican roll.
Meeting in the Morning.
The rival houses met as usual at 10
o'clock this morning, and spent the
! forenoon in waiting on the conference
| committee. which had no chance to ac-
( compIish anything, so radical were the
/ demands of both parties. As the day
wore on the feeling deepened that
/ Gov. LeWelling and the senate would.
/ in the course Of the day. recOg-
| niZe the PODuliSt house, and that the
| adiutaut general would eject the Re-
/ publicans from the hall by force II
necessary. During the roll call bg the
/ Republicans at ? o'clock TINS afternoon,
/ Chambers DEM, the Commanche
! county delegate, when his name was
I reached, came forward and stated that
| the Democrats of the house had kept
! ont of the controversy, and had visited
/ Gov. LeWelling to enlist his aid TO Sc
I cure a settlement of the fight; but now.
! the controversy being as Tar from settle
ment as eYer,the Democrats felt 1t TO be
! their duty to recognize the legally or
! gauiZed house. They had not for mo
ment doubted the legality of the hepuO-
/ lican organization. This action vas un-
( expected and was received with
/ wild Demonstration
of applause on the Republican side
Mr.. Dougherty, a POpulist from Geary
( county. said he had been a Democrat all
his lite. but he was not Democrat to
! help the Republicans. This action was
a semi-ofIicial recognition OF the Re
publican speaker. and his friends
/ pulled him away amid great excitement.
Order having been restored. the call
proceeded. When the name OF AIeagher,
I Democrat OF LeayenWOrth, was reached,
he too announced his allegiance to the
/ Republican side. ana. following MIN.
| ROSenthal made like declaration. he
/ spOFe at length and said tEat his SYM
pathy was with the POpuIsts as against
the Republican party, but he felt that
lieyed to be his duty to take stand IN
this controversy with the Republican
house.
The action of the Democrats had
very depressing effect upon the POpu-
lists. The speeches of Chambers and
Rosenthal were listened to with great
interest by both sides. On the POpulist
side were gathered the leaders of that
party, Including Jerry Simpson. Jerry
Simpson said the PopuIists were not
surprised at the
Action o. the Democrats,
as they had been looking for # for some
time. but the Democrats nave been play
Ing for position ever since election. He
thinks the Democrats by their action
have endangered the election OF either
a POpuliSt or Democratic senator. Ihey
have widened the breach between them
selves and the Populists, ana ne fears
/ the relations will become so strained
that they cannot get together On a sen
atOr.
The Republicans at $50 heard from
/ their committee and said that all hope
of arriving at a settlement was at an
end. They fully expected the POpulist
/ house to be recognized at t O'Clock. The
/ conference announced that the POpu-
lists should recognize the Republican
| organization and be given some OF the
/ committees, and that all contests should
be over until after the senatorial con-
test. but this was hot satisfactory to the
/ FOpuliSt leaders. and their committee
| refused to consent. The Republicans
have decided 10 give up the hall to the
POpuIists without resistance If the gov
ernor recognizes that house. But they
will make fight for it. The Repub-
lican speaker will stick to his post until
! he is forcibly elected by the adjutant
general.
Handamus Proceedings
against Secretary of State Osborne were
this evening begun in the supreme court
/ to compel him to hand over to George
| L. Douglas. speaker of the Republican
/ house of representatives. a certified
/ copy of the roll of members elected to
to the Kansas house of representatives
on file in his Office The returns were
compiled by eX-Secretary of State Iig-
gins and show siXty-fOur legally
elected Republican members of
the legislature. or majority
of two, entitled to certificates.
Mr.. Douglas is the speaker chosen by
the Republican organization. and the
object of the suit is to obtain from the
court a decision as to whether OF not the
Republican organization is the house of
( REPRESENTATIVES. The court received the
petition and the matter was laid aside
for consideration tomorrow morning.
/ The Republicans have no doubt that the
courts decision will be favorable to
them and hope in this way to check
mate the latest move of the PopuIIsts.
which resulted this evening in the
recognition of the Populist house by
Gov. Lewelli0g.
No Action by the Senate.
The senate did practically nothing to-
/ day An attempt was made by the more
radical members to force recognition
/ by the house. but it failed. Ali the /,
/ morning and a portion of the afternoon /
was spent in awaiting report from the !
committee appointed tOsinquiTe into tile I
/ organization of the two houses. The /
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