The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
MADE AN
AWFUL NOISE.
Even the French Assembly
Where They Have Mysteries
Every Day, Couldn't Equal the
House This Morning.
Speaker Weilep Rules Contrary
To Parliamentary Usage.
REPUBLICANS FLY UP.
Jump on Their Desks by Dozens
and Raise PandemOnium.
Make a Fearful Racket For
Twenty Minutes.
ALL YELL AT ONCE.
The Disorder is So Great That
Adjournment is Ordered.
Disturbance Starts About a
Technically.
Make a Fearful Racket For
Twenty Minutes.
ALL YELL AT ONCE
The Disorder is So, Great That
Adjournment is Ordered.
Disturbance Starts About a
Technically.

The Republican minority in the house
of representatives at IL o'clock this fore
noon plunged that body into the widest
scene of disorder to be imagined. For
twenty minutes a riot seemed imminent
but was avoided by an adjournment I'M
til 2 o'clock this afternoon
The Republicans stood upon their
chairs and desks yelling franctically at
Speaker Pro Tenn Weilep who occupied
the chair. He ordered the sergeant-at-
arms to arrest and bring the members
who were not in order before the bar
of the house, but Sergeant Dick
who is acting during the absence of Mr..
Dunsmore at his home, did not carry
out the orders of the speaker. He walk
ed quietly among the Republicans
pleading with them to cease the riotous
proceedings; his injunction were not
obeyed.
The disorder created intense excite
ment. People came rushing into the
hall, crowding the Hobbies, while excited
members rushed hither and thither pre-
dieting that another legislative war was
pending and suggested all sorts of rem
edies to quell the disturbance. Weilep
was firm and necessarily ordered the
sergeant-at-arms toopEt- down the in
SURF 0Cl1Ous bUI lItE were
not to be easily subjugated. They de-
manded their constitutional rights and
declared their intention of continuing
to do SO, until justice was granted them
The noise was such that men who were
three feet apart could not hear each
other speak. The turmoil would now
and then momentarily cease, affording
Weilep an opportunity to order the
clerk to proceed with business, then the
Republicans would break out again
with greater volume than before Re
| alizing that from such scenes order
coluld not be brought, on motion of
Brown of Pratt, the house took a recess
The disgraceful scenes started from
an unimportant matter
Mr.. Trueblood CPop) moved that a
committee be appointed to revise the
house calandar and considerable dis
cussion followed. 1t was DEVELOPED that
some of the members opposed a revis-
| ion of that document anticipating that
| the committee would assume the DOW
| erS of the house and begin legislating
on its own account, knocking off, bills
that did not suit their fancy and ad-
vancing those that did.
Mr. Lambert (Rep-) of Lyon called
attention to the fact that under the
rules of the house a two-thirds vote was
necessary to suspend the rules and ap-
| point such committee with authority to
| make such revision. He said: This
| house has adopted rules for it's govern
ment and if these rules are Violated
| laws which shall be passed by this
| body would be declared unconstitution-
al
Brown of Pratt and Fairchild of King
| man opposed the proposition submitted
| by Mr.. Lambert who was again recoe-
niZed by Mr. Weilep and reiterated the
| statements made in his previous speech
| In closing his argument Mr.. Lambert
| demanded roll call on the motion and
| was supported by a show of hands
! from about twenty Republican mem
| bers- A demand from ten members is
| sufficient to secure a roll call on any
proposition but upon the Interpretation
| of this rule arises the difficulty which
| caused the riot
| Mr.. Weilep stated the proposition M
on which the vote was to be taken and
said:
All those in favor of the motion will
| At this juncture the Republican mem
| bers jumped to their feet shouting for
recognition and demanding a call of the
| roll.
Mr.. Weilep did not heed the clamor on
his right and called for the vote of
| those opposed to the resolution.
| Disorder then began in earnest. At
| the press table the announcement from
| Mr.. Weilep, that the motion had car
| ried was scarcely heard. Lambert. Ste
| wart, Lobden. Larimer, Burkholder,
| Giessler, CubbisOn. Barker jackson.
| Mccarthy, Bradley, McKeever Try,
Barker and Finney demaded recogni-
ton while the remaining Republicans
| yelled roll CALL
Speaker Weilep paid no attention to
| the disturbance and ordered Charles
| Martin who was reading clerk to read
| the next bill on the calendar Every
| Republican in the house. realizing that
| the speaker pro TEN had determined to
shut them off, leaped to his feet and
| started a chorus of MIR. Speaker" They
| would have attained just as much sue
| cess had they been yelling down a rain
| barrel. Weilep ordered the clerk to cal
the roll upon the passage of the senate
| bill to prevent the dockage of hogs
! Pandemonium reigned. The Republi-
cans continued their uproar while the
| Populist members sat quietly in theil
| seats smiling at the apparent distress
| manifested by the opposition.
Mr.. Lambert was shouting a the tor
of mis- voice but could not be heard e
| distance of 10 feet Behind him, waving
his hands, his long hair standing out
| like the quilts on a porcupine. Stuart
| of Doniphan. stood upon his desk talk
| ing about constitutional privileges. Hs