Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-23
THE WAR OVER.
a Treaty Signed and a Truce De-
cIared.
The Militia Withdrawn and Deputy Sherins
Dismissed-Gov. dwellings Explana-
tion-PopuIist View of the Situation
Still Somewhat of a Middle.

accepted by the republican house yes
terday afternoon and the soldiers and
deputy sheriffs have laid down their
arms and shaken hands across the
bloody chasm All have signifed their
willingness to await the decision of the
courts, and the sound of the footsteps
of the departing militiamen alone re-
mains as reminder of the war so mar
rowly averted
The proposition had not been ac-
cepted until a hard fight had convinced
certain members that it was victory
for them.
These are the conditions as su bmi tied
by Gov. Lewelling and agreed to by the
republicans:
F'irst-It being the understanding that the
house presided over by Hon J. NJ. DunSmore
has secured hall in which to meet, the house
presided over by Hon G. L. Douglass snail.
main in possession of Representative hail
disturbed and unmolested.
Second-Ihe house presided over by Mr.
Dunsmore shall in like manner be undisturbed
and unmolested in the possession OF the hall
which it has secured, and il it desires select
room in the state house tor its meetings other
than Representative hall
Third-No arrests to be made by either house
of the members or officers of the other
F'ourth-The militia to be Immediately re-
heved. including the new recruits sworn in and
banded.
The militia companies now en- route for To-
peka to be Immediately teiegraphed to by the
governor TO return to their homes
As further agreement Gov. Level
ling, Speaker Douglass, of the repub-
ican house; d. W. Eastman and j. K.
Cubbison, constituting the repu bliean
committee, signed the following:
The memoranda this day signed by Gov Lew
cling and G. L. Douglass, D. w. Eastman and
j. K Cubbison as a committee of the house of
representa- tiveS presided over by Mr.. Douglass
and hereto attached, is not to be construed as
recognition by either the Douglass or the DunS-
more house of the legal organiZat ton o char
acter OF the other, or by the governor or the
senate as a recognition of either of such houses,
and shall not be used in court or in any legiSia-
tive body as evidence for any person, party or
body, and shall not be entered upon the journal
other record of either the Douglass or Duns-
more house or the senate.
GOV. LEWELLING EXPLAINS
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 1S.-Gov Level
ling dictated the following statement:
The populist party has taken no step back
ward To the republican house has been con-
coded the possession of Representative hall in
the capitol building This does not constitute
a legislative body. nor does it empower any body
to make laws that shall be recognized by the
people. The concession of the hall to the re-
publican house is not an admission on the part
OF the populists, or myself, that the republican
harmony and for the welfare of the people the
Douglass house has been given the of Rep
resentative hall Had possession of it been
steadfastly claimed by the populists and
striven for, the problem would have resolved
itself for solution into sham eful physical
contest The populist legislature NAV now go
on unmoleSted in the tranSac ton of its bust
ness, and proceed in a regular and lawful man
ner to the conseryat ton of the public veal. The
governor and the senate of Kansas will recog-
niZe but one house of representatives. $
If at some later day the supreme court shall
declare the populist house an unconstitutional
body then the responsibility for the action of
the house will rest with it alone. The people
are the judges of the action of their representa-.
tiveS and II there is blame it will be III the
right direction. 1t must not be lost sight of
that the populistS have at all times denied the
right of the supreme court to determine any
question arising from the organization If the
house of representatives
The attempted arrest of Chief Clerk Ben c.
Rich, of the pOpuliSt house, by the republicans,
and the menacing attitude OF the lawleSs ele-
ment strengthened by republican sanction,
made the situation grave in the extreme. Had
the republicans declared the seats of the popu-
list Representatives vacant, as they publicly an
nounced they would do and attempted the ar
rest of the members of the Dunsmore house be-
cause they persisted in emaining in Repre-
entative hall attending to business that
the well being of the people demand
ed, matters would have been brought
to a crisis. In the endeavor of the
Douglass house to force their illegal claims, it
was zealouSly supported by organized mob
mob under the command of the sheriff of Shaw
nee county, who has always been hostile to the
populist party and it seemed certain that there
would have been bloody conflict This con-
dition of things seemed to make it necessary
that the res training influence of the military
should be invoked. This was done, and the re-
suit to-day is that the populist house is suffered
to proceed without fear of moleStation to the
transaction of business. Bloodshed has been
ia friu Of t11a
populist victory.
THE POPULIST VIEW.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb 1S.-Speaker
Dunsmore declares that the populist
house will go ahead as was orig
inally contemplated and in injunction
with the senate pass needed laws and
adjourn, leaving the supreme court to
do its work He says should the court
decide against the populist house no
attention will be paid to it. Such a
decision, he admits, would render the
| laws enacted imperative, but he for one
and he thinks all the populist mem
bers are with him-would favor letting
the state institutions, the executive,
Judiciary and all other branches
of the state government go without
| money until the meeting of the next
legislature. He believes the people
will sustain the populists at the polls
and that they will come back here in
1895 with a largely increased strength
in the house. He denies the right OF
the supreme court to assume the con-
stitutional prerogative of the house to
settle its own organization and. he
claims that any interference by the
court as contemplated in the case that
has been instituted by the republicans
would be such an assumption, although
he admits that there is no power to
prevent action by the court and thus
tie up the appropriations.
Killed by Runaway Team.
BooNvILLE, Mo, Feb. 1S.-Monroe
Allen, employed by Chris Rasmus, eight
! miles south of this city, met with a
frightful accident while hauling fod-
der. His team ran away, dragging and
| mangling his body so terribly that he
lived only a few hours after the acct
dent
snow Comes to Help Wheat.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Feb. 1S-Heavy
snow fell here last night but there was
no wind and consequently no drifts. All
the street ear lines We're blocked until
late this morning. Farmers say it is
just the thing for wheat