The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-02-18
FIST FIGHTS IN KANSAS.
REPUBLICANS AND POPULISTS
COME TO BLOWS.
The Republican House Precipitates the
War by Ordering the imprisonment
Of the Clerk oi the Populist House
Speaker DunsniOrc Delivers
Red Hot Address
Exciting tlimaNrs.

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real earnest between the TWO houses
of the legislature and blows have been
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d ~. A., ID,
nN" y htch ''ie' 'i'th W ''i' "P
ullSI mouse. was arrested yesterday
and promptly rescued by his populiSt
asSoriuteS The initial SliirmiSh WAS a
d..idad yictory for thn hons, of Inns
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ing VII ."e oP'&''>' H''''' !. "ic"He" .''
RepuDlcanS to Il determination 10 IN
SiSt upon the arrest OF Rich. as ordered
nv the houSr of DpurlaSS Mt all
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Representative II. w. 1Och oil
Marion arose in the Renublican house
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AT il'b1 CLOCK leSteruay morning,
and. after reviewing the history OF the
housp muddIe said tbnt tbe neonIa of
the state were tired of the waste of
time and demanded that it. get down
to business. lie knew of only two
WAYS to settle the uuestion-eifher to
knock down ~. ,r, ;ntn Tho counts Ue
did not believe in the knock down
policy. hut he was satisfied that the
courts would bring n abouta settlement.
He therefore offered the following:
whereas One Ben G. Rich has for a number
of days last past and during the present ses-
sion of this. the house of representatives. and
IN the presence Of said helsc continuously in
terrupted the regular proceedings OF The house
agi ny iouu ANU Do,SterouS ia'|e anu u,amiu.
justifcation therefor, and without claim or
pretense that the same was Il part of or con
neeted with the proceedings of the house OF
reDrpsantnfiVpS am Sirh a. hDSh "a
Is sun peing IN INDUCED ah9 persisted IN by sara
aancc and disTeynrd Of the rnIcs AND authority
of Tho house oF renrescnt,tivrs
Resolved. That by such action and conduct
the said Ben c Rich has been and is guilty of
contempt of this house and the speaker Is
Ren Rich 10 S fo"btb nv tb
sergeant-at-arn.s and brought before the bar OF
the house TO show cause il any he have why
nnG hSut said HI Ken Re- q cb he held in cstndv
by said sergeant-at arms subject to the further
orders OF Inc mousse ot representatives.
Inc IcpuDilchnS promptly adopted
the reSolution ana speaker Douglass
directed the scr%eat-at-arlnS TO go IN
search OF Rich.
lie 1t seems, had received hlnt OF
| what was gong To happen and had
left the hall and the sergeant-at-arm
started out 20 look for him.
The sergeants-at-arms succeeded in
finding Rich, after considerable
search. in the parlor of the Dutton
hotel, read their warrant to linn and
demanded that he accompany ttem.
John W. Breidenthai. Fred Bailey and
others lnterIered IN behalf OF Rlch and
immediately there was u great crowd
OF people in the hotel After u brief
struggle the crowd moved out upon
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both Republicans and Populists, the
crowd moved up the avenue.
At the corner of Ninth and Kansas
avenue the Republicans tried to run
Rich over to the Copeland hotel and u
warlike scene followed. In the strug-
gle Representative Ryan knocked one
of the Republican sergeant-at-arms
down and Immediately got astride of
him. while John W. Breidenthal had
to use force to get rid of Republican
who was trying to pull him away from
Rich. Other men exchanged blows,
but nobody was seriously hurt.
In the end the populists got their
man away and took him To the COVER
nor's Office, from where, u few minutes
later, he was triumphantly escorted
into the hall of the house of represen-
tatives. his wife holding one arm and
Representative Wordsworth of Atchi-
son, the other. His appearance in the
hall was greeted with cheers and clap
ping of hands.
When Rich appeared it was not quite
time for the Populist house to meet
but Speaker Dunsmore raped foI
order and made short speech, saying;
The Republicans have begun this
thing and we will now carry it out
We by passing bills have offered al
opportunity for the Republican friends
to bring this trouble to ii settlement
IN the courts. but notwlthstand
ing their frequent claims to the
contrary ufsK choose rather to win af
ter tile mertods of prize lighters. we
have just shown them that we are a.
good serappers as we are organizers