Evening journal., 1894-03-17
DOUBT WAlTE'S SANITY.
Physicians Willing to Swear His
Mind Is Not Sound.
COURTS WILL SETTLE TIE BOW.


Regular Troops sim Cnmped In Denver
and State Militia waiting Under Arms.
sirs. wai& Part In the Fuss-citizens
Afraid OF Riot.
DENvER, March 1.-THE war is over. At
least it IS announced boy Attorney I. Ste. |
vens, who was in consultation with the gov. |
ernor r large portion of GeHfternoon that |
his eXcellency has accepted the advice OF
his attorneys and consented to submit the
fire and police board question 20 the su.
preme court on it's merits. q q governor !
says he Is still considering th A AFTER but |
IL is generally believed that Mr. stevens |
speaks by the book.
So the Colorado national guard, which !
was ordered TO be ready to take the field ON
short notice, win not be called into action !
The state troops at Durango, Boulder
Colorado Springs Grand junction and
other centers had been uniformed and un.
dor arms all day, ready to take special
trains to Denver, and the state troops in
this city have been on call.
Exciting reports have been flying all over
the state. Many people regard the govern
or's military demonstration as big blum
20 show his contempt for Judge Graham's
injunction and compel Che judge, if posi-
hle to arrest him.
The Troops 20 Stay.
General McCooks ordering the United
States troops to this city has been approx.
ed at Washington, and he has removed
them from the Union depot 60 the Gettys
burg building on Champa street. There
they will remain until further orders.
Representatives from the chamber of com.
merce, prominent attorneys and other dis.
tinguishod citizens have been laborine
much of the day with Governor Waite to
submit the matter to the supreme court,
which has power 10 call upon counsel foI
both the old and the new fire and police
boards to present their cases. The inter.
rogatories to the court are based on two
| police forces being i'm existence.
Sheriff Burchinell sent the following
telegram;
To Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary Of War
Washington;
] ann quite able to maintain peace unless the
! militia of the state Is used against me. Nobody
/ but hegOvcrnoris is seeking to- disturb the peace
and he is acting in contempt of the district
court Of this county.
WILLIAM X. BIRcuuNELI-
Judge Bailey has issued an order for the
| drawing OF grand jury TO meet on Mon
day. District Attorney Steele has been fm
some time contemplating the calling TO.
gether of grand jury TO act on several
cases pending, and he thinks it would be
well to have IL in session until the danger
of riot is passed
'n any body is killed i'm the controversy
between Governor Waite and the old po.
lice board. the person who does the killing
and the one who incites the act viii be
tried for murder, said District Attorney
Steele This means that Governor Waite
will be tried for murder if anybody is
killed In the dispute now ON.
Az least 20 people have called on the dis
triot attorney and urged him to have the
governor tried as TO his sanity. Il is said
that Drs. Eskeridge pieier and ii. h.
Lennon are willing to swear that he H. in
sane. Others wanted him arrested FOR
gathering am unlawful assemblage, but
Mr.. Steele informed them that this would
do little good, as he could give bonds.
Want waite Arrested ~ Insane.
A meeting of business men was held in
the Office of Caldwell Yeaman 10 consld
the situation and suggest some way out of
the difficulty
IL was suggested by one or two present
that the governor might very properly be-
toflon into custody as an insane person.
This was not very seriously considered,
however Well, Taylor & Taylor, attor
ncys for the old fire and police board, un-
eQuivocally condemned this project when
, III was presented to- them. Several COM
mittees were appointed, and one of them
went on Go consult with General McCook.
The chamber OF commerce directory is
: circulating for signatures of the most
| prominent attorneys a paper TO be given TO
, the press. 10 relates To- military force in
, time of peace and constitutional and statu-
I tory provisions connected with the use of
5 military force.
The paper denies riot, insurection or i'm.
b yasion I'm Denver. The courts are ready to
\ decide the rights of the two boards Use
, of military Ia this cuse, the pnpcr SAYS
\ means that whenever, i'm the governor,
o opinion. the courts are wrong and ne is
. right. then he might use military force tC
compel obedience TO his decree
a This is despoti~m and should not for q
. moment be tolerated. ln attempting &C
A enforce his order by military power il i,
q asserted, the governor is violating the law
q and abusing his high office Very many
"a signatures were obtained.
y General McCook says there is no doub
v that had % sun been fired the governor
Il would have been lynchcd within half an
hour to the states disgrace. General Nc
10 Cook SAYS he has the United States troop
here only 90 protect public property, am,
10 they viii remain n town until the excite
IA ment is over, especially since there is
N large number coli desperate men i'm towi
az roady 10 ioment liot and so make rObher.
or possible
Thec.msc of Governor Waite's obduracy
~ &c ic learned on excellent authority, is hi
TO wife She attended Thursday nights con
N ference I'm an angry mood and declare
rs with clnchcd hands chat the dght shoul
%. go on until the last national guurdsman j
the state lay dead on She pavement.
~ Many popul-is do NOT uphold Governo
POI Waite. and Judge Grofton, one of the bcs
%. known lopulsts in the state, has aske
as / General McCook 90 use his influence wit
h, tho governor 20 avert further trouble. Rl
- ferring 20 the governors actions, jude
oi Grofton sold, This Sc no, politics. 30
10 or.a.shs