The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-22
RICT IN ~ALEGISLATURE.
Indiana lawmakers Disgrace Themsslves
by Having = Fight

by Having . Fight.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March l3.-The
legislature broke up in q wild riot
last night in which almost every
member participated. Revolvers
were drawn and many persons were
seriously injured, Adams of Park
county, perhaps fatally.
For fully twenty minutes the state
house was filled with a bowling,
surging mob. Men who had been
friends and sat side by side during
the session became deadly enemies
and made every effort to injure each
other. Myron King, Governor Mat
thews' private secretary, was locked
in the elevator and a big burly man
guarded the door and refused to
~ drove the nan away and the secre-
at the door of the house at 1885 he
found 1T locked. He had an inn
portant message from the governor,
and a great deal depended upon its
delivery to the speaker of the house
before 1a o'clock.
The heavy oak doors were unable to
stand the pressure brought to bear
upon them, and they were forced
open. King, who was in front, was
forced right into the crowd of Re-
publicans, who were bent on keeping
him from reaching the speaker.
With one accord the men began
striking at each other, and the score
tary was in great danger of being
killed.
ssKill him! Kill him. cried a hun
dred voices at once. Revolvers were
hourished in the air, but as fast as
n was drawn the man holding it
a knocked down. The heavy
chairs were torn from the floor by the
mob and desks were broken to pieces.
Doors leading to other rooms were
shattered by persons in the corridors
trying to effect an entrance to the
chamber. The polio, were powerless
to check the mob, which seemed bent
on destroying everything in the room.
At 1857 King with his clothing
torn almost from his body and his
face bleeding was pushed by main
strength through the crowd and
thrown heavily against the speakers
desk. He still held Governor Mat
thews' veto in his hand, but it never
reached the speaker.
Just as King was about to place it
in his hand Speaker Adams kicked
and beat back the crowd and in a
voice which could be heard above
the terrible din, cried: ''The house
has adjourned; the house has adj
journed."
This raised a great cry from the
crowd and everybody made a rush
toward the speaker. The veto was
torn from Kings hand by a man who
dashed out of the. crowd with 1T and
made good his escape.
This practically ended the riot.
Several small fights occurred, but the
police and others finally succeeded in
driving them from the chamber. No
less than two dozen persons were
hurt. No arrests were made.
The trouble originated over the bill
to supplant Custodian Griffin, a Demo-
crat, with a Republican. The gov
rnor has three days in which to
consider all measures. The bill was
delivered to the governor three nights
ago. 1t was his scheme to hold it to
the last minute, and then the legis-
lature could not pass it over his veto
as it's statute adjournment would
take place at IL o'clock.
The governors secretary started
with the bill with ten minutes t ime.
The Republicans attempted by force
to prevent his reaching the legisla,
tive halls with the bill in time.