The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
PEACE FOR ONE DAY
A. p. A. RESOLUTION IN OMAHA DID
NOT BEGIN YESTERDAY.
Governor Refused to Call Meeting 10
Appoint Commissioners-5,OOO Men
offered from Chicago.

OMAHA, Neb-, Aug 1-Police are in pos
session of city property. armed with pick
handles to resist any effort made under the
new regime. The new force will not be
appointed until tomorrow afternoon. In
view of the disturbed condition in this city
the Mayor has issued the following proc
lamation:
by virtue Of the authority vested in me
Dy the charter for cities OF the metropol-
itan class, which desgnates the Mayor as
the chief executive ofiicer and conservator
OF peace throughout the. city. all persons
are hereby warned against acts OF vio-
lence or unlawful assemblages tending to
provoke suroulance or create disturbance.
without trenching on the. rights of indi-
vidual citizens to peaceably pursue their
vacations | deem Ii my duty, in view of
possible outbreaks. to impress on all good
citizens the necessity OF desisting from any
demonstration that is liable to bring about
breach OF peace and to that end instruc-
tons have been issued to the chief or po-
lice to dispense unlawful gatherings on the
public thoroughfares, and especially in the
vicinity of public buildings:
GEORGE VI. BEMIS, Mayor"
Mayor Bemis, when asked what prompt
ed him to issue the riot proclamation, said
1t was merely precautionary measure.
adopted TO prevent bloodshed. He said
nothing had occurred in the nature of a
disorderly act or demonstration so far In
the streets. but. from what he had read in
the newspapers, 1t was necessary to sput
the people on guard against possible riot.
Il am here to enforce the laws of Ne
braska, and that l propose to do" de-
clared Chief of Police White when asked
why we had reserve force OF police at
headguarters and the official police alarm
deal of infiammatory talk on the streets.
and there have been infiammatory articles
printed print ana IN IN the event OF trouoie
anticipate any trouble. but if there should
be and / do not have the men to suppress
1t or to preserve the peace and enforce the
and rightly, too. AS regards the guarding
of the police alarm offices, 1t is guarded
because / don't mean TO have any one in
there that does not belong there. 1t is the
only means we have for communication
with men on beats, and i do not mean that
there
DOORS BARRED WITH TIMBERS.
The doors of the fire and police operators
rooms were barred inside with timbers.
Editor John c. Thompson. of the Amer
lean. the A. p. A. organ, received the fol-
lowing dispatch this morning:
Chicago. Aug. I've can furnish 5000
armed Americans to put down law
breakers at your city at moments no
No explanation of the dispatch could be
made by those who naturally would be In
a position to know REGARDING its 3. aut then
were no assemblages OF persons on any
of the streets, either with or without riot
cy se free qo@
crowds. The conflict of authority. II 1t oc-
ours at all, will take place after the
formal legal demand has been made by
hands of the police department. The Gov,
ernor refused to meet Encouragement
Churchill and COMMISSIONS Russell at ~
police commissioners, and in justification
Of his course made public this statement:
to S of the acts
1885, relating to the appointment OF fire
and police boards in cities Of metropolitan
before me. You request that said board
be convened at the Office Of the Governor
Aug. 1. 1895, at o'clock, p m. OF said
bers of the fire and police commission Of
| the city of Omaha under provision of said
Permit me to say in reply that have
! considered the provision Of the act you
have called to my attention providing
that the appointment shall be made within
would be construed to mean thirty days
| from and after II took effect the act not
| to take effect until Aug. 1. 1895. under the
stitutional provisions governing the time
| when acts shall take effect when passed
| without the emergency clause. The act in
question and all other acts passed without
| the emergency clause by the last Legisla-
ture have been treated as not taxing ef-
Therefore. under the provisions of the act
| in question thirty days time remains In
which this appointment may be made.
haste or seeming desire to .precipitate
trouble and in view of the doubtful validity
Of this act. ! do not deem II my duty nor
| and good order, TO take such hasty and
| precipitate action relative to the appoint
! ment of new board. / therefore. as chair
meeting
| quested, or to participate at the time sug-
gested. in the appointment of board OF
| fire and police commissioners. under the
| provisions of the act referred to. I am
4 sir, yours very truly
WILL MEET TO-DAY
| Churchill and Russell declared that II
| the Governor refused to meet with then
| tomorrow they would appoint the commits
| sion and let them use force to secure the
city property. The A. p. AS expected
that the new commissioners would BIZ
| formally appointed this afternoon at Lin
| coin and that the commissions and bond:
would be ready for presentation at the
| council meeting tonight for approval. Blu
| the Governor refused TO call the commits
ready been decided on in a great measure
| joni Mcdonald is slated for chief Of po
lice, ex-Chief Seavey having been turned
Shoup is given an Office and all the pc
| licemen who were recently dismissed To-
| the good of the service will be reinstated
| with two exceptions. Ex-Sergeant Swigar
| will be one of the captains and ex-Chie
Detective Haze will probably be another
| 1t is also said that when the new board
| calls on the present police force to ODE,
| the new chief that at least seventeen mem
| bers will respond to the call. The presen
police force Is on duty and ready to re
| the Contract of seeing that the bushes
| men of the city do not take any decide
| stand in opposition to the plans of the A
p A. He was badly ratified by the peti
| ton of the leading taxpayers and big mer
| asking the board of public lands and build
| ings to join with Governor Holcombe L
| secure an adjudication of the vexed ques
| ton by the Supreme Court of the State.