The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-17
BOTH SIDES.
THE GOVERNOR AND THE LAWFUL
SPEAKER TALK OF THE MIDDLE.
Lewelling Tries to Bolster Up the
POpulist Side With the Old Gag
About Unfair Press Reports.
Speaker Douglass Gives Candid State
ment of Existing Facts and Says
the Law and the Constitution
VIII Triumph in the End.

Governor and Mrs. Lewelling came
down from Topeka Saturday night and
spent Sunday in the city. returning home
on the 10 o'clock train Sunday night.
The governor was found sunday even
ing at the home Of District Clerk kies on
NORTH Emporia avenue, and 10 reporter
stated that lie came down to attend to
some private business that demanded his
presence here and that he could get away
from public affairs only on sunday. In
answer TO inquiries he spoke freely OF the
situation at Topeka, and said:
Yes, l think | see a way out of the
present mixed state of affairs and / be-
lieve it will be speedily brought about.
There has not been direct proposition
made to the Republicans but from what
Speaker Dunsmore said Saturday evening
they were given to understand that proc
osition would be offered, and l think it
will be made Monday, to divide the COM
mittees between the two parties, either by
ugiteably dividing the members on each
committee or giving to each party every al
ternate committee. The Populists have the
legal" organization of the house. and
you will fnd they Will maintain their or
ganization. They claim they are in the
right and that they are trying to do
what is right. They are looking to the
enactment of needed legislation for the
people, while the Democrats and Republ-
cans are looking after the spoils Of office.
1.-The Populists say that the Democrats
and Republicans want the office of United
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and are looking only to this end, and while
the PoDulists also want those offices, they
think they were sent there to do some
work for the people in tue way of giving
them some laws that will correct many
evils in our government
"They are sure of ultimate success, and
are just rs confident now as they
were before the election. The stories
about them weakening or receding from
their position are all false. The majority
of the members of the house are good,
honest farmers, and while they may not
be up to the ways of politics they are
class of men that never compromise with
principle. They are confident they are
right and An equitable adjustment of the
difficulty is all they seek l want
to say for them that they
have been placed in false light before the
people of the country by the many unfair
newspaper reports that have been sent out.
While there may be some that think the
populists are wrong, and they are justified
in thinking so, if they read these news
paper accounts of the proceedings, they
would all be with the populists If they
knew the true state of affairs.
"Of course the populists claim they have
sixty eight duly elected members which
gives them constitutional majority and
they will stand there as firm as rock. Ii
the Republicans do not see fi5 to agree TO
an equitoble division of the committees
and allow business TO proceed the Popu-
lists will go ahead without them. l sent
word to the legislature yesterday that |
would lay my message before them Tues
day. II the whole affair is not amicably
settled by Tuesday morning | think it
viii be by Tuesday evening"
Tue governor said hs did not
sleep much on the train coming down
here and did not feel well. While he
looked tired and weary he talked in his
usual free and easy manner and let on
to believe there was not shadow of
doubt that the Populists would control
the legislature.
Have the police commissioners for this
city yet received their commissioner
asked the reporter.
Yes, they received them today, l IN
derstaud," he answered.
What policy, governor, If any, have
you dictated to the newly appointed com
missioners?"
None" was the prompt reply to this
question. Il have said nothing to them
and shall say nothing as 10 their duty.
The statute prescribes that, and if they DO
not fulfill it, | will have to appoint some
persons who will | have not seen MIR.
Davis. and prior to my coming here TO-
day, l had not talked with any of them
except Mr. Dickson, whom l saw at
Topeka. | talked with Mr.. Brown II few
minutes today, but have said nothing to
either of them about what expect them
TO do"