St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-16

constituents. infOrm'ng them of the
desperate situation of affairs, and call
ing for Republican volunteers to come TO
Topeka at once and lend their aid to
the Republican house. Responses have
been received from all over the state.
stating that volunteers have offered
their services by the hundreds, and will
arrive in Topeka by the first train. As
samples Of the responses, two. are given:
DR.. Scott, a Republican member, who
happened to be at home in Ottawa, tele-
graphed that he would be here in the
morning with 800 armed men. Flight
ing Dan" Anthony, editor OF the
LeavenwOrth Times, wired that 1000
armed men would come from Leaven-
worth. The Republican volunteers will
be asked te support the Republicans in
the occupancy of representative hall
until the courts decide whSch is the
legally constituted honse. In comply
ing with this request it will be neces-
sary for them to dislodge the troops
around the capitol. Such a proceeding
would seem to necessItate battle, but
the
Republicans Predict
that the militia, being composed mostly
of Republicans, will not resist the at
tack of the volunteers, should the latter
proceed to such extreme measures.
On the other hand, Gov. LeWelling
has made call for provisional troops.
He issued proclamation late this aft
ernoon stating that, as the state militia
now in Topeka was not sufficient to
control the situation, five provisional
companies would be organized. Only
enough men responded to form three
companies. thirty men each. IL. &.
Lindsay, of Topeka. was made captain
of Company A; j. A. Mcdonald. of Par
sons, of Company B, and James Orr. of
Ottawa, captain of Company G. II
conflict, occurs IL will doubtless be be-
tween the Republican volunteers and
these provisional troops. which will be
composed, of course. of Populists. The
. latter are enthusiastic enough in their
support of the Populist house to be al
most fanatics. and they, unlike the reg
ular militia. would gladly obey an order
to resist an attack from the Republic
ans, even so tar, as the use of cannon
and rifle. Should these forces meet in
conflict the fight would be a bloody
one. The state house yards and streets
leading to the building presented an in
teresting scene this afternoon. The
yard was packed with a dense mass of
people. spreading out over Jackson
street and east in Ninth street to Kan
sas avenue. The crowd was composed
of men and women, Populists, Repub-
licanS and Democrats, visitors and clti-
ZenS, and much concern was manifest
ed. They believe that the
Long-Looked-FOr Crisis
has arrived, and that the result of the
strained situation would be open vio-
lence between the contending forces,
and possibly bloodshed. When the
conflict failed to materlaliZe many lett,
but many others remained interested
spectators of the unusual scene of
armed troops stationed about the cap
itol, where the laws are made, to pre-
vent the laws fracture.
The situation at 10 o'clock tonight is.
just this: The Republicans are mas
tiers of the situation within representa-
tive hall. and the Poptllists are masters
without. Five hundred troops are
Oh guard = around the building,
while SEQ more are on their
way here from different parts of
the state. Hundreds of Republican
volunteers are armed for battle and are
gathering from all parts of the state.
Populists have been organized into pro-
visional troops. The militia, being Re-
publican III Syilpdtily, Will pIoDduiY
not obey an order to shoot down their
political brethren, while the provisional
companies, composed of Populists, are
prepared to 20 almost to any extreme to
defeat the Republican plans and main
tam the Populist position. In the
meantime the Republican house is be-
sieged and representatives are cut off
from their base of supplies and with no
supplies in store. No one dares predict
what the morrow will bring forth. Few
hope for peaceful solution OF the diff
culties, many expect bioodshed and all
are holding their breath in anticipation.