The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-17
DENVER'S WAR OVER.
COlorsdo's Governor Will Submit
to the Action of the Court.
QUESTIONING Mr.. WAITB's SANITY,

Citizens Meet ani Urge That tho Gov
ernor Be Taken Into Custody and Tried.
Physicians willing to Swear That He
Is Insane.
DENVER, March 1.-THE war is over, at
least it is announced by Attorney 1. l.
Stevens, who has been in consultation
with the governor a large portion of the
day, that his excelency has accepted the
advice of his attorneys and consented to
submit the fire and police board question
to the supreme court on its merits. The
governor says he is still considering the
matter, but it is generally believed Mr..
Stevens speaks by the book. So the Colo
RADIO National Guard, which was ordered
to be ready to take the field on short
notice, will not be called into action.
Exciting reports have been flying all
over the state Many people regard the
governors military demonstration as a
big bluff to show his contempt for Judge
Graham's injunction, and compel the
judge, if possible, to arrest him.
General McCook's ordering the United
States troops to this city has been ap-
proved at Washington, and he has re
moved them from the Union depot to tn
Gettysburg building on Champa street.
There they will remain until further or
ders
Sheriff Burchinell has sent the follow
ing telegram to Secretary of War Lamont:
81 am quite able to maintain peace here,
unless the militia of the state is used
against me. Nobody but the governor is
seeking to disturb the peace, and he is act
ing in contempt of the district court of
I this county"
Judge Bailey has issued an order for the
, drawing of grand jury to meet on Mon
day. District Attorney Steele has for some
time been contemplating the calling to-
gether of grand jury to act on several
cases pending, and he thinks it would be
well to have it in session until the danger
of riot is passed.
"If anybody is killed in the controversy
| between Governor Waite and the old pO-
lice board the person who does the killing
and the one who incites the act will be
tried for murder" said District Attorney
| Steele today. This means that Governor
| Waite will be tried for murder if anybody
is killed in the dispute now on. AT least
| twenty people have called on the district
attorney and urged him to have the gov
ernor tried as to his sanity. 1t is said that
Drs. Eslleridge, Pfefer and II. e. Lemon
|
| A meeting of business men was held in
the Office of Caldwell Yeaman to consider
the situation and all its phases, and sug
gest if possible, some way out of the diff
Guilty. 1t was suggested by one or two of
those present that the governor might
very properly be taken into custody as an
insane person. This was not very seri-
ously considered, however.
General McCook received a joint letter
last evening from Chief of Police Stone
and Chief Pearse, of the fire department,
stating that that Governor Waite had
"some malicious and fendish and des-
perate scheme" on foot which he might
put into execution at any time, and ask
ing him to call at the city hall at once for
a conference. Governor Waite acknowl-
edged to General McCook that he feared
assassination
The cause of Governor Waites obduracy,
it is learned, on excellent authority, is his
wife. She attended last nights conference
in an angry mood and declared that
the fight should go ON until the last
National Guardsman in the state lay dead
on the pavement. Many of the Populists
do not uphold Governor Waite, and Judge
Coxon, one of the best known Populists
in the state has asked General McCook to
use his influence with the governor to
avert further trouble.