The Bessemer indicator., 1894-03-24

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Governor Waite wrote pointed let
ter to General MoCook, saying thai In
view Of the fact that the general had
declined to use the troops in assist
ing the governor to suppress the insur-
rection at the city hall, he would re-
call his request for them. General
McCook did not make haste, however,
to send them back to Fort Logan, as
he waited for instructions from Wash
ington. The troops were moved from
the depot to the Gettysburg building,
which was secured for their TEN porary
quarters.
Many kilograms were sent to Wash
ington in regard to the situation. The
committee from the Chamber of Com
merce sent long dispatch to the Col
orado senators and representatives,
asking them to arrange TO have the
regular soldiers retained in Denver to
protect property.
Sheriff Burchinell telegraphed as
follows to the secretary of war: Il am
quite able to maintain peace here un-
less the militia Of the State are used
against me. Nobody but the governor
is attempting to disturb the peace, and
he is acting in contempt of the dis
trict court of this county"
A number of lawyers, among them
the attorneys for Messrs, Barnes and
Mullins, urged the governor to call
upon the Supreme court to decide
which police board was the legal one,
and thus end the contest Governor
Waite was not at all disposed to adopt
this course. He expressed himself as
being outraged by the action of the
District court in enjoining him, and he
was tired of appealing to the courts.
| He said the last time he asked the Su-
preme court to decide on the peniten-
tiary matter they treated him with
scant courtesy, and he did not care to
give it another chance to snub him.
He was decidedly averse to taking any
action that looked Ike backdown.
But his lawyers threatened to drop the
case, his Populist friends argued and
Mrs. Waite pleaded, and late in the
afternoon his excellency intimated
that he would ask the Supreme court
to pass Judgment on the case.
The governor said that he was per
fectly willing to submit to the courts
decision if the other side would enter
into like stipulation. The governor
announced that he would fight rather
than have the matter dragging along
for months in the courts.
Although Messrs. Orr and Martin
refused to join in submitting the case
to the Supreme court, it is reasonable
to suppose that they will not hold on
to their Offices if the court decides
against them, as every one believes
that it will.
The questions to be submitted to the
Supreme court were revised by the
governor and Attorney Warner Mills,
and if there is no hitch the governor
will sign them Saturday morning.
As expected, Governor Waite sub
mitted the matter to the Supreme
Court on Saturday. He cites in his
application the fact that there are two
police boards and that the police force
of the city is used to sustain one of
them instead of attending to its legit-
innate duties. He makes no allusion
to the District Court injunction.
The new board having organized
and been recognized by the mayor all
three of them have been cited for con-
tempt Of court. The new board and
the mayor will contest the jurisdic-
tion of the court on the contempt pro-
ceedings and will maintain that the
injunction they are accused of dis
obeying is invalid. The arrest Of
them for contempt will force the mat
ter under another guise into the Su-
preme Court So it seems certain
that there will be "a peaceful solution
of the vexed question.