The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-02-24
THE WAR OVER
A Treaty signed and a Truce De-
ciared-
The aIIlitis Withdrew and Deputy sherlGl
DIsmissed-fsor. LsueGIIss'a EzEplG1r-
ttou Eopulist View OF the situation
-stui Somewhat Of a hEuddIe.

-stui Somewhat Of a aEuddIe.
TOPEKA. Kan, Feb. Is.-The PROPOSE I
tion submitted By Gov LeweiIiug was
accepted by the republican house yes
! terday afternoon and the soldiers and
deputy sherifs have laid down their
arms and shaken hands across the
bloody chasm- All have siguifad their
willingness await the decision OF the
courts and the sound Of the footsteps
OF the departing militiameu alone re-
mains as a reminder of the war so mar
vCwly averted
The proposition had not been ac-
cepted until a hard fight had convinced
certain members that Il was q victory
for them
These are the conditions as su omitted /
by Gov. Leweliing and agreed TO by the
republicans:
F7Irst-It being the understanding that the
house presided ever by Hon. j IL Duusnore
has secured o hail In which 10 meet, the house
presided over b. Hon C.. [. Douglass shan re
main in possession OF Representative hall uu-
disturbed and uumolested-
second-The haase presided over by Big
Duusnore shall in like manner be undisturoed
and uumolestsd in the possession OF the hau
which il has secured, and IL it desires select q
room in The state house Tor its meetings other
than Hepreseu tatLve hall
OF the members or officers Of the other
Fourth-Ths militia to be imun ediateIy re-
ueTed. including the new recruits sworn in and
the shsrin's posse 10 be immediately els-
me militia companies now en- route for To
peza 10 be Immediately telegraphed 70 by the
governor 20 return 10 their homes
As a further agreement Gov. Level
/ ling, Speaker Douglass, of the repuo-
/ icau house; d. w. Eastman and j. l.
I Cubbison, constituting the republican
[ committee, signed the following:
/ The memoranda this day signed by GOV Lew
J. X Cubb.son as a committee Of tine house of
[ representative pre5idef52ver oy MT Douglass
and hereto attached IS - 70 De constr ot1 as q
recognition by either the Douglass or the Duas-
l more house Of the legal organization or char
acteF OF the other or by tne governor OF tine
senate as a recognition OF either Of such houses,
and SHAH not be used In court or iu any legisla-
4 tive body as evidence for any person, party or
/ body, and shall not be entered upon the journal
| or other record OF either the Douglass or D uns-
I more house or the senate.
GOV. LEWELI.IyG EXPLAINS
! TOPEKA, KAN Feb. 1S.-GOv. Level
/ ling dictated the following statement:
/ The populist party has-zaHen no step back
| ward 10 the republican house has been con
] ceded the possession Of Representative hall In
/ the capitol building. This does not constitute
] a legislative body. nor does fl empower anybody
/ TO make laws that shall be recognized by the
! people. The concession OF the hall 70 the
/ publican house is not an admission on the part
/ of the poPulists or myself That the republican
I is the cons titutiouaI house In the interest Of
harmony and Tor the welfare of the people the
! Douglass house has been given the use of Rep
/ reseutatiVe hall Had possession Of fl been
l steadfastly claimed by the populistz auo
itself for a solution into sham efui physical
contest the populist legislature may now go
on uumolesred in the transaction Of its bust
ness, ana proceed In q regular ana law W man
ner TO the conservation Of the public veal The
Z governor and the senate Of Kansas viii recog-
uize but one house OF representa- tlves-
If some later aay The supreme court shall
] declare the populist house an Unconstitutional
I body, then the responsibility Tor the actlon OF
the house VIII rest with it alone The people
are the Judges of the action Of their represents
tives and il there is blame iu VIII be cast i'm me
] right direction. IL must NOT DC lost alE4L OF
that the popuiisys have at all times denied The
right Of the supreme court 10 determine on any
question arising from the organization Of the
house OF re prcsenta uives-
The attempted arrest Of Chief Clerk Ben C,
Rich, of the populist house, by the Republicans,
and tine men ciug attitude OF the laNie5s eie-
nnsnt strengthened by republican sanction,
made the situation grave in the extreme Had
the republicans declared the seats Of tlae popC-
list representa- lives vacant as they publicly an'
. rest OF the ubers OF the Duusuore house be-
{ cause they persisted in re mining In Repre-
entative hail attending TO business that
LEe wen being OF me people oeinili--
. eG, matters would have been brought
/ 90 a crisis In the eudeavor of the
Douglass house TO force tl1elr Illegal claims 10
was zealously supported by an organized mob
! mob under the command OF the sheriff OF shaw
nee county VINO has always oeen hosllle 20 inc
popuIisL party, and il seemed certain that there
would have been bloody conflict This con
; dltiOn Of thiuEs seemed 10 make lt necessary
that the res training influence of she military
should be invoked. This was done, and the re-
salt to-day is that Jha popuIist house is suffered
70. proceed without fear OF molcstlti0n 90 The
transaction OF business. BLuodshed has been
avertsd. This is the browning triumph OF the
TIIE rorUIIsr VIEW.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb 1S.-SpeazeT
DuusmOre declares that the populist
? house viii go ahead as was orig
. inaIIy contemplated and in conjunction
with the senate pass needed laws and
adjourn, leaving the supreme court 60
, do its work He says should the court
( decide against the populist house nc
intention will be paid to it Such a
. decision, he admits would render the
? laws enacted imperative but he for one
s and he thinks all the popu'ist mem
bers are with him-wOuld favor letting
e the state institutions, the executive
judiciary and all other branches
Z of the state government go without
q money until the meeting of the neNt
p legislature. He believes the people
t viii sustain the populists at the polls
and that they villa come back here iE
S 1895 with q largely increased strength
S IN the house. He denies the right oil
2 the supreme court to assume the con
stitutiOnai prerogativs Of the house Il
4 / settle its own organization aud he
2 claims that any interference by thC
? court as contemplated in the case thai
3 has been instituted by the republican,
/ would be such an assuInp tipGs although
- he admits that there is no power K
= prevent action by the court and thu
2 tie up the apprOPria lions
IsEued by a Runaway Team
4 ERogWT~TLT.E- Mo. E@s5. 18.-AEOrr0g