Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-16
HOW The woRk WAS DONE.
Closing Act of the Recognition of the
Populist House.

Closing Act of the Recognition of the
Populist House.
The final act of the recognition of the
POpulist house was consummated Satrr-
day by the senate. The debate was over
house concurrent resolution No / and v-cS
heated. Senator O'Bryan, Democrat
elected by Populist support; Senator Tsy-
Tor, Senator Sem, and other Populis.s
favored recognition of the populist house.
O'Bryan admitted that from legal point
of view the Republicans mad decided adj
vantage, but from the standpoint of equity
and justice the Populists were undoubtedly
right. The will of the people, Justice and
liberty. in his opinion, were paramount 70
law. Senator Jumper said he would not
be guided by the legal technicalities. He
thanked God that he was not lawyer, and
that he was in a position to judge of the
merits of the case as a citizen.
A Penitentiary Ofense.
Senator Parker, Republican, had copied
the record of the Populist house when he
found that an organization had been eff
fected without any roll call having been
made, and said that the record was simply
that of a mob. He showed that the Popu-
list chief clerk had made alterations in the
and pronounced him guilty of forgery, for
which he should be sent to the peniten-
tiary. The vote was reached by moving
the previous question. 1t resulted in
victory for the Populists by vote of II to
% three Populists-Taylor, O'Bryan and
Dillard-voting with the Republicans.
When the announcement was made in the
house of the decision of the senate perfect
quiet prevailed.
Dunsmo a Makes Speech.
The house did ~Gmeet until 3:10p. m. and
then Secretary Brown, of the senate. was an.
nounced by Dunsmore, Populist speaker.
Brown stated that the senate had sdonted
the concurrent resolution and appointed n
committee to act with the house Popuiist
committee to wait on the governor. Dnns.
more, then rose and addressed the house
saying: We have been fully recognized by
the governor and senate, and no power on
earth save the sword alone can dissolve orr
organization. when he said Sword" the
speaker was interrupted by Kisses from the
Republican side.l The men who talk
about using force in the settlement of Our
difference are not the citizens they ought
to be. We have been recognized by the
senate and soon we must listen to cries of
force We will not harm a hair of the
head of the gentleman on my left. | will
say to Mr.. Douglass that l will lay down
the gavel of any moment in the intere st OF
harmony and good citizenship"
Douglass Utters Defiance
Then Douglass, the Republican leader,
said to his side: "Allow yourselves no un-
easiness. The Almighty has wisely re-
served the powers of creation to himself
alone. All the powers on earth, senator's
and governors included, cannot make sixty
three men out of fifty-eight men, and in
every free representative body in the world
the majority governs. The principle of
self-government is on trial in Kansas today
as it was once years ago. but it was tri-
umphant then as it will triumph now. The
friends of the constitution and the laws
will soon stand as one man in Kapsas re.