Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-11
Desperate Effort to Force His
Election.
REPUBLICANS RUTHLESSLY UNSEATED
Jack Chinn and His Men Guarding
the State House.
CONS STERN ALTON REIGNS

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
FRANKFORT, KY, March 1.-THE state
house never saw such a scene of disorder as
reigns there today. Doors are barricaded
and a dense crowd of excited men are max
Ing a din that is deafening as well as para
lying. The trouble began with the unseat
ing of Kaufman in the house and
the unseating of Senators Walton and
James, republicans. This action was the
signal for 4 great cry and rush for the
Ccor of the house to prevent the entrance
of the two unseated senators.
1t turned out that Senator James was al
ready in the house, and excitement was
very high, and shouts of Stand to them
were heard on both sides.
Hot words followed and trouble seemed
imminent. The cry was heard to throw the
first senator over the ban:ster who attempt
ed to enter the house. In a few minutes the
excitement seemed to have died away, but
trouble is momentarily expected. The Black
burn men declare they will put James out of
the house.
Dunlap Kept Out.
W. C. Dunlap is prevented from entering
the hall of tie house to take his seat. He
now stands on the outside entrance of the
hall and trouble is expected momentarily
on this account. Speaker Blanford recog-
nizes Governor Worthington as president
of the joint assembly. and Dunlap cannot
take his seat until the ballot is over. An
immense crowd is waiting in the hall and
outside in the state house yard. and ex-
element, which a while ago was AT very
high pitch, is slowly dying down.
When the hour for joint session arrived
every door was guarded by Blackburn
buliies. headed by Jack Chinn. Consterna-
tion reigns.
How 1t Happened.
After the house had convened this morn
ing the clerk read the refusal of Mr.. Dun
lap to prosecute his contest against Mr.
Kaufman. At its close Mr.. Carroll arose
and stated that the house had no right
TO refuse Mr.. Dunlap the right to withdraw
his contest. This. as far as the house is
concerned, he claimed, settled the matter
entirely.
Representative Robbins (democraD de-
clared that nobody could compel Dunlap
to do what he did not want to co.
The speaker said in deciding the question
that it was one for the commonwealth to
decide. The contest had been conducted
legally. All the forms of law had been
observed and the chair holds that it was
perfectly competent for Dunlap before the
case had been prosecuted to the end to
have abandoned the contest, but that he
had no such right after the case had been
tried.
A vote was then ordered on the minority
report of the Dunlap-Kaufman case to the
entitled to the seat now held by Kaufman.
Poor and Edrington Gpopulists) voted with
the democrats.
The republicans voted solidly to unseat
and the minority report was adopted by the
vote of 40 to 46 The announcement of the
vote caused much excitement among the
democrats, who had not expected such a
result.
Democratic Retaliation.
AS soon as the news of the action of the
ha 70 tor al
jumped up and moved the adoption of an
amendment to rule S.. The motion was
seconded by Bronston, amid the widest
confusion. The chairman refused to put the
motion, and kept up continual and loud
rapping of his gavel. The clerk read the
amendment. The chair declared that the
proceedings We're revolutionary and a scene
of riot ensued. Senator Bronston waved his
arm fTantcally, and shouted to the clerk to
call the roll.
Senator Jones moved that the Senate ad-
journ. Amid the widest excitement the
lieutenant governor pu. the notion and the
republicans voted aye in body The
lieutenant governor declared the senate ad-
journed, and together with the republican
members left the chamber in a body The
report of the committee on elections was
then read. The roll was called, and Sena-
tors Walton and James were declared in
81 to o.
Senator Walton declared that the pro-
ceedinSs were revolutionary, and that he
would not submit. Senator Bronston de-
nounced him, and swore that neither James
nor Walton should ever get in the joint as
Semby to vote
Only prompt interference of friends pre-
vented a personal difficulty.
Violence Imhinent.
n crowd is at the door of the house
chamber to prevent the entrance of either
James or Walton, and serious trouble
seems unavoidable. Many men were armed
and the slightest outburst may rrecipitate
a tragedy.
DR.. Jame:; succeeded in leaving the senate
chamber before its vote to unseat him was
taken, and entered the house. Senator
Walton was not SO fortunate, and he is re-
fused adm ttance. On one side of the door
leading into the house chamber stands the
serSeant-at-arms of the house. while on the
other stands the sergeant-at-arms of the
senate, Jack Cninn. Jim Williams, and sew
eral others The crowd in the corridors
ard below in the Railways is greatly ex-
cited. and is hard to restrain.
The democratic leaders now claim that
as two senators have been unseatad in the
senate, and the house has not yet seated
Dunlap, that they will elect a Senator