Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-10
BROTHERS,
2l0 Cedar Street, Opp. Postofice

cans, ana even surprising inc p0u.iass mouse
10 nave bern the most legal body Imaginable,
Il wa bound, II as-allHd, 10 ap chl 10 mes
local cons lNalUls VI ihu ponce. Instead, Us
IL own Journal shows, tnu Douglass house.
that ypIy evening recruited ana organized =
military body Of come 40 mell, and plil then
under the direction VI "loiliInaiu0fih'
chief" Thus, sapp1slnB y 10 hAyo eqrh ~
You'd doubt the actual and eniife leHi-ialufe,
taeDousl 'sa houso usgfpvd poser sh,cn l, sno
constitution yesW exclusively IN the execu'
tive and which 10 legislative body can law
d lily exercise The l'linvr that such an l,rc
EuonIho mob was IN process VI ORGANIZATION
Within single block VI thu capilyl was con
0rmod that night and anticipating y moo
turnal attack al spsc And upon Tho capitol
tae executive council exurcIied the poworeI'
ptos!y given by statute and appointed mum
Dor ot stats house guards 10 pftloct we
property Of tho state, and ~ thu sNmu liilv,
theuxtcutlvc called oul THO national guard
md ruulppsd thrpp companies VI provisional
militia 10 preseIvO thu public peace. Nyxt
morning the executive council, guarding
against The admission VI the ckiia legal mil
tn,y body witch had been recruited w the
Douglass house, Instructed the guard, 10 uIlow
no one 10 enter without tokvt- which were 70
be furnished all cerlll0acd members at Also
to those claln,lng seats Tho Douglass mouse
came IN q body, Mr. Douglass being pio.iuuu
In advance with sltdsc hainnoi, Anu VIZ
lonily overcoming the few guards tlrn on
duty, rushed UP the stairway aud battered IN
tho door VI representative hall. large POI,
tion Of the mob followed. whereupch Inc nll
was Immediately barrlcAded aud prepared toI
armed defense agAlnai Mo sovereign people q
Kansas repfcgented by their executive Nhas'
ever 1. mly have been before, the aseemblags
III The hall was no longer o legislative bo1y,
but body OF Insurgents To DO dealt WIN "
tuch In the interest Of public iranggN!y.
The executive, however, sun iecuahi1eu wy
right VI oil cerlifcatcd me,aApIs u remain y
Tic hail, but sought, wi,h ihs aid Of the mill
tla to elect mo unlawful deputies anu ser,
geaA.s III afms A partisan national guard
knd q partisan sheriff rendered impatient TUG
power the people In their constitution hAd
vested In the chief executive u local statutory
executive assumed to br above thu supreme
executive Of the constitution. Finally, Win
out an adequate military force 10 give po,
,Qncy to The constitution and tbe laws ana
stlll seeking 10 pfc,en. bloodshui ana con,
setye the public peace, the governor .h,e,ea
Into negotiations with the independent fs.o'
lutlonary state government calling .ell "lne
constitutional house" All submitted treaty
OF pence, II was pcrenptorlly rejected. but
at lndn,sAl the general solicitor Of the Atch'
icou, Topeka Il santa Fe railroad company TO-
quested an Interview with the governor Az
that Interview substantial the same PROPOSE,
ton which lhr douglass house had rejected
IN tho AItoiuLon was agreed upon, niin mo
railway company. general t0llcliOi nHyinB
sonl II 10 Tho bot, lis, house II was promptly
AeeQpt0d with great enthusiasm. Tho COY
cInor elected by the people had finally as
covered the chief executive u the ,2soiu-
tionary state government
Afterwards, The same svprme court when
had formerly d,eiAfDd llsell Without luusdlc-
ton ~ aocide The light " single seat 10 lhe
legislature, even Win both claimants before
the court, took jurisdiction 10 doodle me
right ~ ten scats In bulk, with neither claim
ant Of either seat before ana TWO oi lhe
judge sustained The republican house. The
nunsmorc house, the senate ami the governor
submitted, aud leading republican new-pA
per remarked edIlorla ly. "Ihe rail- aads, !
tspec ally, have cause f9f congrelyia.ion jor,
II by any chance the suprr,an Court hbd sIken
the other shoot gath0rl1ed Wy preccdents
laid down "a be BOOKS, and dcclarsd the
Dunamoro house 10 have boon thu dt ja1iv or
eonlzatlon. lailfoad law more slhngeu! than
the Iowa statute would heye been ~, into
full force and cifee.y
:, y Y. ensea $40 gon.lli! 81 shs people asaia.t
lpell g's'.vls, ore no. Toe retiring exeo,
Allyu w, Ao' .unsud bis cplrlon ., q tn d,
iA' u the controversy, OF the p'oy,hsS@
, ~, gsS court decision The eglsede WI DO
lpoma historic as tic Bsnscr lIll9l Ilie con.
f fie, bo,secn man ,ad iaamIn2n, hy hw.y,oy
t The gsecaisc il willing y be JUDGED WIEN,
a. 1ornwell. approached 10 .afleJder ne
a,,nd 'np Victorious conilueHal army broke
mo a rlrir, washlngloa ch,ftiaE mem nu'
.Iet Ioytciliy cheer fpr you Inc ieulns
executive nlil lti p0slcrl'J lhHse hlssilin''
tiln. - ... ann,
ans Al tbe H. sent ession may prove tpne1'
elal Ia liz shole people. and with ehlIly
tagafd al aad malice luwald none ulu
you a1ltu. LtN sA.irw