St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-15
REACHED The CRISIS.
Bloodshed in Kansas Can Only
Be Avoided by Com
promise.
Populist House Recognized
by the Senate After a
Wpangle.
Dissolution Of the Fusion Be-
tween Democrats and
Populists.
Republicans, It Is Understood,
Will Elect a Democrat
Senator.

| in the legislative conflict that has been
warming between the Republicans and
the Populists since the day the legis-
lature assembled, has finally been
reached. The Populist house has been
recognized by both the governor and
the senate, and the government is in a
position to turn the Republicans out.
The only way to pass the crisis without
serious trouble and possibly bloodshed
is the acceptance by both sides of some
| compromise measure, and that now
seems the remotest posi- bility. The
only step wanting to bring the situa-
ton to crisis was the recognition of
the Populist house by the senate.
After an extended debate in the latter
body today the desired recognition was
extended.
The state of the feeling on the house
side of the capitol may be imagined
from the remarks made by both speak
ers when the action of the senate was
announced. MIR. Douglass, the Repub-
lIcan speaker. said that the principle of
self-government was on trial now, as it
Was years ago, and it
Would Triumph Now.
as it did then. Mr.. Dunsmore said the
! Populist party had been legally organ
lied, and no power on earth save the
| sword could dissolve it. Despite this
bitterness of feeling, attempts are being
made by the leaders of each side to
| bring about a compromise. Both houses
| adjourned to o'clock Monday after
| noon in order to give ample time for
| the conduct of the negotiations. The
| governor has delayed the transmission
of his message for the same purpose.
The senate recognized the PopuliSt
wing of the house of represen tativeS
today after long, lively and at times
exciting debate. The matter of recogni-
ton came UP when the lieutenant gov
ernor laid before the senate the house
concurrent resolution providing for IL
joint committee to wait on the gov
| ernor and inform him that both
houses were organized and ready
| for business. The three fusion
| Democrats O'Brien, billiard and
Taylor-led the night against the adop-
ton of the resolution. Aided by the
Republicans, they tlbustered most of
| the day, and it was 3 O'Clock before the
| voting began. The resolution was
adopted by vote of % to IS. The Re-
| publican members fled joint protest
| against this action, and the three flu
si0nists filed their individual protests.
| The senate then adjourned until 10
| O'Clock Tuesday morning.
The Two Houses
spent the time of their sessions today
waiting for action by the senate upon
| the proposition to recognize the POpnliSt
house. The time dragged YEARLY along
until o'clock, when the Senate'S chief
clerk appeared on the floor and. IN a
message from the presiding officer of
the senate, informed Populist Speaker
| DunSmOre OF the recognition OF his
| house. The P0pulists cheered, but Re
publican Speaker Douglass raped for
order ana, with an earnestneSs that
| compelled the attention of even the
| PopulistS, said. addressing tina Repub-
| lican house:
"Gentlemen Of the House: Allow
yourselves no uneasiness. The AL
mighty has wisely reserved the powers
| of creation to Himself alone. All the
powers on earth, senators and governors
| included, cannot make SiXty-three men
| out of fifty-eight men, and i'll every free
| representative body In the world the
majority governs. The principle of
seit-gOvernment is on trial in Kansas to-
| day as it Was once years ago. But it
| triumphed then and it will triumph
now. The friends of the constitution
| and the laws will soon stand as one mSn
| in Kansas regardless of party. The
| constitutional house of representatives,
with siXty-Seven lawful members. is
here and ready for business, and here it
will remain, unterritied and unaWed.
| What is the further pleasure of the
| houSe?"
Dunsmore Speaks.
Popullst Speaker Dunsmore was on
his feet immediately after MIR. Douglass
ceased speaking. He said the struggle
| for the majority of the house had finally
ended. The governor ana senate had
now both recognized the PopuliSt house.
That body was the legally constituted
house Of representatives, and no power
on earth save the sword could dissolve
it. Kisses from the galleries and the
Republican house greeted this utter
ance, but they were soon drowned by
Populist cheers. Resuming, Mr.. Duns-
more said:
Before me are representatives of two
classes. farmers who follow the pillow,
and railroad attorneys. The body over
which | preside has now been recognized
| by the senate and governor. All the
| competition and all the general cussed-
| ness OF the Republicans will not change
the situation one lota, The legality of
the organization aside, when we adj
journ until next week, earnestly hope
some scheme may be devised to settle
our difficulties. and in settling them the
interests of Dunsmore need not be con-
Sidered one minute"
BY mutual agreement, both houses
adjourned until p. m. Monday. just
before adjournment the house members
on the committee appointed to inform
the governor that the legislature was
ready for business announced that the
committee had had an audience with
the governor and that he bad informed
them that he would transmit his mes
sage next Tuesday.
Fusion Declared or
Not the least of the results of the splil
house is the dissolution OF the compact
between the Democrats and Populists.
Fusion has been declared off. Jerry
Simpson notified Chairman Jones, of the
Democratic state central committee, that
the partnership heretofore existing be-
tween the Populists and Democrats bad
been dissolved. The two had lively
interview.
1--WE want nothing more to do with
your crowd" said Simpson.
eve are quite ready to quit you," re-
piled Jones.
Then Simpson said that the two par
ties had to dissolve partnership some
time, and it might as well come now as
any time. 1.-TWO years from now," he
said, "we will lick both the old parties"
Leading Democrats say they are very