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V FEBRUARY 23, 1893. THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. v SHERIFF WILRERSON HE QUICKLY PUTS DOWN THE KANSAS UPRISING. v THE HAH FOR THE OCCASION. II 6 wean In 1,000 Deputies and Take Charge of the Capitol Building Tha Populist Loaders Bold a Confer eace and Decide to Abandon the Attempt to Capture the Kansas House. Topkka, Kan,, Feb. .. The crisis ia the warlike ait-ssKleir iboufc the state cpitol reached Ittvuax at noon to-day, when 500 deputy criffs under command of Sheriff VVUkrson marched tip the east side of Kansas avenue all armed, and gathered in front of the Copeland hotel a block from the cap itol, and Sheriff J. M. Wilkerson then announced that he would forcibly take possession of the capitol building at 1 o'clock. This sensational action was taken in pursuance of the following letter to the governor, written at midnight as follows: To the Governor: I, as sheriff of Shawnee . county, an charged with the duty of preserv ing the paaoe within the territorial limits of (this county. I am advised that you have called upon the military power of the state to preserve the peace in this county. I wlnh to inform you that this action oa your part is without my consent or concurrence and in wholly unnecessary, as I have at no time in timated to you that I am unable to preserve the peace within this county. I now wish to inform you that I am fully able and prepared to enforce the laws and preserve peace and order and It Is my intention so to do. Very respectfully yours, Wilkerson, Sheriff. At 10:30 .o'clock Sheriff Wilkerson appeared in the lobby of the Copeland house and read a proclamation stating that he believed that the peace of Shawnee county was about to be broken and as peace officer of the county be commanded that all citizens come to his aid in preserving the peace. He opened an office in the reading room of the hotel and within half an hour 200 men had signedadocumentpledging'themselves to support him. Two other recruiting stations were opened at It o'clock and 1 1,000 jnen had been sworn in before noon.' Each -was given the badge of i office and ordered to remain within calling distance. A. ii." Campbell, ad- - jutant general under Governor Humphrey, was chosen chief deputy. The matter of arming the posse pre . , Rented serious diffi rulties. It was de U cided that it would be dangerous to place firearms in the hands of so many men anrt the' sheriff finally hit upon - arming his men with base ball bats. A thousand bats were not to be had, but half that number were obtained. The other 500 men were armed with heavy sticks. At 1 o'clock it was expected the deputies would move into the capitol, but after a consultation with County , Attorney Ben Curtis the sheriff de cided to wait an hour or so and see if any effort was made by either side to break the peace. POPULI8T8 GIVE IT AIX UP. The crisis raised by Sheriff YYilker son's action was so critical a one and one so filled with embarrassment that the Populists decided not to mqct it. At noon the governor held a confer ence with the Populist house members and various leaders of the party. The governor said that the militia could not be depended upon to carry out his orders, that the resistance of 125 men composing the force of deputy sergeants and 100 provisional troops (all that could be depended upon) would be use less before the sheriff's posse of 1,000 men. It was decided to hire a hall down town for the Populist hose and there the meetings of theTopulist house will be held until the trouble is settled. This action is looked upon by some as a "bluff," but it is generally regard ed as the logical outcome of the sheriff's action in summoning his posse to maintain the Republican posi tion. All night last night the capitol, both inside and out, resembled nothing so much as a fortress in the midst of a siege. The Republican sergeants-at-arms, under command of ex-County Attorney R. B. Welch, barricaded all the doors nd kept strict guard on the inside and militiamen were encamped in the square, while pickets with bay onets fixed guarded every entrance and kept people from the vicinity of the halL Early in the evening Governor Lew elling and his private secretary went to the house, were admitted and cour teously received. The governor made an appeal to the Republicans to give up the hall, but refused to make any pledge and his mission was fruitless. Ex-Governor Osborn also appealed to- the Republicans to put an end to the hostilities but he had no better luck than the governor. The scheme of the Populists to starve out the Republicans failed ut terly, provisions and later gasoline stoves being hoisted up to the win dows by friends on the outside, the militia offering no objections. THK GOVERNOR DEEPLY WORRIED. Governor Lewelling, by his course, had committed the executive arm of the state to the defense of the Populiit house, but he hesitated to exercise it The determined attitude of the Repub licans revealed to hian clearly that if he pushed the authority of the militia to the extremity blood would be shed, and he did not want to assume any such responsibility. In consequence the mental strain and loss of sleep gave him a worn and haggard look. Asked at 1 o'clock how the situation looked to him, he said: "Well, I don't like it Things are not going just to suit me." ' A&ked to explain, the governor said: 'Noj I won't explain. I don't want to discuss this thing in the public prints. There have been already too many in flammatory resolutions and violent speeches. I don't want any bloodshed and I hope nobody will precipitate any auch calamity. No, I won't talk to you on the subject Let's wait a while." Asked if there was anything in the story that the senate and Populist house won Id haftt.ilv naca inm n nary M!U and adjourn the session, be said: "Yen, there has Wen such talk by both responsible and irresponsible men." "But what do yoa think about it, governor? ' , "I have nothing to say on the sub ject just now." Speaker Dunsmore said that the Populist house would continue to hold sessions in the basement of the state house and later if the trouble be net settled soon another hall would be hired. lie said the house had no longer anything to do with the scheme to re capture the hall, that was now wholly in the hands of the-governor and what, he proposed to do nobody knew. At noon sLty-five Populists arrived on the Santa Fe from Lawrence. A sheriffs posse of twenty men met them at the depot and ordered every man to be disarmed. Only a few re volvers were found. The members of the Populist house will hold a meeting to-night in the un finished south wing of the capitol. It is understood they will recommend that the governor formally dissolve the state legislature. COLONEL HUGHES S US PEN DED The Commander of the Militia Refuses to Obey the Governor's Orders. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 9 Colonel J. W. F. Iluhges, comman nwof the Third regiment, btate militia, who has per sistently refused to forcibly take pos session of Representative hall, was suspended by Governor Lewelling at 9 o'clock this morning by this order: Btate or Kansas, Orrica or Adjutant Genekal, Topkka, Kan., Feb. 10. Special Order No. 14 To Colonel J. W. P. Hughes, Commander of Third Regiment, IC N. G.. To peka, Kau. Sir: Tou are hereby relieved from further services to the state of Kansat as such commander. H. II. Autz. Adjutant General. L. V. LEWELLUta, Governor. . Lieutenant Colonel George Barker of the Holton company was placed in command. Colonel Hughes said: "I am sus spended because I have refused to take ' forcible possession of representative hall. When Gov ernor Lewelling told me to go up there with my troops and take possession at the point of the bayonet and at all hazards, I told him he might as well tell me to burn the capitol. It couldn't be done with out kiljng many citizens of Topeka. There are a lot of young men in repre sentative hall who will resist any at tempt to oust the Republicans. They are armed, and though the force of troops is sufficient to drive them all out, it would be a massacre." The first out of town company of militia to reach here was company B, Third regiment, from Holton, which arrived last evening under command of Captain Jqseph S. Jacobs. The company is composed of thirty men. Battery A of Wichita came in from Wichita this morning at 4:35 o'clock, bringing a Gatling gun. Twenty four men composed the company. They were commanded by Willis Metcalf. Company G, Second .regi ment, came in from Marion on the same train. There were twenty-five men in the company, under the com mand of Captain Lewis. This makes three companies of infantry and two of artillery now In the city. In addi tion there aro three provisional com panies of thirty men each. It was a grave question this morning whether the troops could be depended upon to aid the Populists Nearly all the young men in the militia entered under Republican rule and their fathers are Republicans and so are they and their sympathies are natural ly with the Republicans. The new commander, Lieutenant Colonel Barker of Holton is said to bo like Colonel Hughes, in sympathy with the Republicans. He does not want to kill people and he knows full well that people must be killed if the house is taken. The officers of the militia from major general down are Republicans and the belief is that Governor Lewelling will have to try many men before he will find one whom the militiamen will follow. Colonel J. W. F. Hughes, deposed to-day is a Tenaesseean. He has lived twelve years in Topeka and has served nine yars in the state militia and had served seven years in., the guard of Tennessee before he" came to Kansas He is 34 years of age and until three years ago was chief clerk in the office of the assistant engineer of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad here. He is now a whole sale coal dealer. The adjutant general and governor have refused to call for the counsel of Major General K. N. Roberts of Law rence, who is a Republican, and was the last Republican adjutant of the state. Just before Governor Hum phrey retired he made General Roberts major general. His authority to the troops is direct and the troops are complaining because they are getting orders' in an informal way without having them pass through the cus tomary military succession. WICHITA MUCH EXCITED. i Mass Meeting; of Indignation Held. Vol uateera to Aid the Republicans. Wichita, Kan., Feb. 19. On the same train which carried the miliVi to Topeka were a couple of hundred citizens 'of Wichita, mostly Republi cans, whose avowed purpose in going to Topeka was to support the Repub lican legislature and maintain its con stitutional rights against any force that might be arrived on the opposite side. The greatest excitement prevailed ever i -ince the order was received from Topeka calling out the militia, and meetings of citizens and semi-military organizations were held at short inter vals, at all of which resolutions were passed condemnatory of the state administration and pledging all the aid called for by the Republicans. The first news received from Topeka this morning was an order from Gov ernor LeweQinjr commanding Company A, Second regiment Kansas National guards to report at Topeka for service at tlee earliest possible moment When Garfield post heard this, Com mander W. P. Campbell and members of the post took possession of the G. A. R. hall in which the armory is located And locked the doors so that when the members of the company arrived to get their uniforms and arms they found themselves barred and refused admittance, 'some of the members of the militia forced their way in by a aide door, but they were promptly thrown out On Captain Runyon's arrival he was qnletlT Informed by Colonel ITal'.oweU that the equipment of the company had been taken charge of by a body of soldiers who, as Americau citizens, proposed to uphold the law and con stitution of the state. The capta'in was permitted to enter the armory and a par ey was held, during which he wait given to understand distinctly that he could arm no recruits with the guns in the armory and that the only condition on which his men would be permitted to enter wuuld be a dis tinct understanding that no new men should be enlisted and no guns taken from the armory except the twenty eight stands necessary to equip the present enrollment of the company.. This was finally agreed to and the :'p proarhes to the hall are now guarded by four old soldiers armed with rifles. iu rmoree vac agreement. IN THE BESEICED HOUSE. Bepnblicans Constantly oa Guard o Danger of Starvation Arms Keady. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 10. The con testing forces Blept on their arms last night and day dawned with the situa tion unchanged the Republicans still in possession of the hall of the house jf representatives and the militia guarding every approach to the state bouse and patrolling the hallways within. In order not to be taken by surprise during the night, the Republicans filled the stairways leading to the hall with ladders, timbers and old lumber and thus entrenched, they de tailed relays of men to Btand watch while the others, after a song service and some speech making, sought rest The imprisoned men were supplied with food from their friends on the outside by means of ropes dropped from the windows oa the north and south sides of the hall. This was a move the Populists had not antici pated, ns they imagined that with guns and bayonets at every door it would be impossible to get food to the prla oners. The Populists also cut the telephone wire and' thought by this action they had cut off communication from the halL But again the Repub licans were equal to the emergency. They established a system of commu nication by rope and baskets from a window and thus kept their friends outside informed of their needs and were in turn informed of what was going on outside. - , ' This morming the Republican mem bers left the hall in squads to get their breakfasts and thus having fortified themselves for the day, loaded baskets wish supplies of provisions for the sergcants-at-arms who dared not leave the hall because the enemy below would not permit them to return. This was kept up until all the mem bers had been out for their own meals and supplies for their forces and at 11 o'clock the house began its routine of business, which was interrupted by Captain Seaton who annonnced that a twenty-four hour's supply of provisons was on the way. About this time, also, some ser-geants-at-arms appeared in the hall carrying their arms full of Winchester rifles, which they stacked up in Com mander R. B. Welch's armory. At 11:35 D. R. Anthony appeared in the hall and was sworn in as a soldier of Welch's army. He got through the lines of the militia without a pass. He was stopped several times, but he stood the guards and their bayonets off, saying: "I am a citizen of Kansas and of the United States; I have bus iness in this building, and, by God, 1 am going to get in!" His nerve par alyzed the guards and he got past them unharmed. PEACE PROPOSALS. The Governor Offers a Compromise Prop osition to the Republican II o use. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 16. At 2 o'clock this afternoon F. J. Close, Gov ernor Lewelling's private secre tary, appeared in the hall and after a brief address, expressing the hope that the trouble . might be adjusted amicably, read the following proposition from the governor: The governor offers in the interest of peace and harmony that he will withdraw the state militia and not allow the Republican house or its employes to be interferred with by the Populists provided that all proceedings that 1 have been commenced by the Republicans aris ing from the arrest of Ben C. Rich be dropped and that the Populist numbers and employes be not disturbed by the arrest of of&ciuls or otherwise and the sheriff of Shawnee county discharge his deputies and does not Interfere or try to interfere with the acts of the Popu lists and state officials including militia, this agreement to continue in force until the close of the present session of the legislature. Having read the proposition, Mr. Close made a feeling address to the Republicans, saying that while there was no doubt of the courage of the men on either side of the controversy, the shedding of blood was an awful thing to contemplate and he believed the controversy could be settled with out proceeding to .such an extreme measure. Having said this, Mr. Close retired and the Republicans proceeded to consider the proposition. The house was at first not disposed to do more than reject the proposition but after a thoughtful debate, it was voted to appoint a committee of five to prepare a counter proposition to the governor. At 2:50, the committee re tired to consult. . COUNTER PROPOSITIONS OFFERED. . The committee, after deliberating fifty minutes, report?d in sub stance as follows: That a counter proposition be submitted to the governor that as the Republicans having commenced test proceedings in the supreme court the Republicans dismiss all proceedings in contempt except the Gunn case; that the sheriff dismiss his deputies; that the governor dismiss the militia from duty; that the Republicans have full and undisturbed possession of the hall of the house of representatives; that the Republicans will not interfere with the Dunsmore house; that this agreement remain in force until the supreme court decides the test cases. At the suggestion of Cnambers of Comanche county, the report was re ferred back to the committee to con sult with the lawyers as to the situa tion the Republicans would be left in, should the lawyers in charge of the Dunn case dismiss it Rosenthal also suggested that it might be stipulated that light and heat be not cut off from the halL Click Slay Be Honored. Washington, Feb. 17. Senator John Martin of Kansas has returned from New York imbued with the belief that ex-Governor Glick will be appointed secretary of agriculture. WHAT IS MONEY? Dargrs of the "Gold Easis."-Foolish, tws of the Intrinsic Value Doctrine. Fiat Monty Dt fined and Defended- WHAT IF GOLD BE DEJIOHEIIZED? Uuiy and How to Abolish it Letter el . J.N. Kellogg on the Leading Issue. The value of money is created bylaw. Upon the right understanding of the ti uta of this assertion dept nds the rise or downfall of our country. Why is 25.8 grains of gold a dollar, or worth a dollar? Simply because the law gays so. The law says in the firt place that gold shall be used money, and jubt how much shall be put in the dollar. Fiat is defined: or a law. An edict, a decree Now the fiat or law pays: First gold shall be used and secoad that 25.8 grains shall be coined Into a dollar. This law of nations gives the value of gold, with the exception of a Email fractioial part, which is given to it by Its intrinsic value. The Intrinsic value r.f fmrMrg is the value contained in iLu itself, and consists in the iigri I i h can be made of it Tlf 'of gold (abide from money) is j.r .t-welry, ornaments, etc. Now it id tt t n ai-td end is probably ntarly cor rect, 1hac ibere is one part of gold in every olo hundred need in, the arts for jewelry etc, the other rinety-nino parts are uted as moLey. Now let us demonetize gold in all countries, or in ether words take away the law, or fiat making i. money, and make a unit of bilver, or copper, or paper, or as old Lycurgus did of ircn. Ninoty-nine parts more of gold would lie thrown on the market for commodity oi domestic use. Suppose ninety-nine timebas much wheat was thrown on the market, what won!d it be worth? I leave jou to imagine. It certainly would be comparatively worthless. It is ivideni that the law gives tho vt lue to money. So you tee our unit based on gold only has a real value of ne part lu one hundred, nil the rest is crealrd by law or imngined. Nt w let us consider the danger of the staple gold standard. There islets Uan f 700,000.000 of gold coins outstald-' irgin the United States Seme, of these have been lest, evwo have worn out by abrasion, fome ufed in ihe arts. So that it is not now actually known he w much remains. A few thoutasd wealthy men can cor ner all our gold and run the value up to double its present so that the. people mubt pay in labor or reduction, cr in terest, douole to get it. ' Thus tho few are enriched at tho ex pense ef the ninny. The foundation of our republic is destroyed, the liberty of the masses and their homes are gone. The classes get the wealth, and, what then? There is not enough gold for our money. The rupply has been gradual ly learning for twesty-fivi years in com ptrtet n with the population. If there weie enough, why have any papor rrccej at all? "Why noMiso the gold? Or, if paper money is mere convenient, why not use tho gold certificate and leave ihe coin in tho treasury vaults? Mercy is regulated by the lawofsup-p1- and demand, more than anything eke, beciii.Ee wc Cfn get along without flour for jnsi8i.ee Coi r meal or pota toes will supply ihe place, but money we must have. Nothing else will do. Ihe price we pay for money is the interest. If the surp'y is large the in terest is low, and vifce versa. How- feoligb of our ration to limit the supply of n.one-y to just what gold we now have and to what may yet be by chance discovered or perhaps borrowed ireru foreign cations! Should we do this ihe furp y will be so stubll that the Interest may go up to 5 per cent pei month. Tins means ru'n. W hen we eonside-r that interest at 10 per cent takes all in ten yemi, thon the burden of interest is apparnt If the supply of money is increased ee that interest comes dowa to three per cent per annum, which would cover all cost of issuing, then usury would virtu al." y be abolished. This amount of in terest would not be called usury, no one would have to pay more than this price. The powers that be are striving with all their might to bring us down to a single gold standard as our unite of value for tho dollar. It will enrich them. It will just as surely ruin us. Let us tuckle on our armor and strive just as hard for a gradual in creese fef money uutil the iaterest comet down to 3 pfr cent per aanura, and cur great burden of debt is paid. All increase of money after thin end is attained is In flat" on and i-hould be care fully guarded against. We are not in flationists. We are for our homes, cur liberty, our God and our c untry. J. N. Kellogg, Clarks, Nb. 1 Thirty thousand families, (one hun deed and fifty thousand people,) were evicted from their homes in New York in 1892. It will now be in order for the republican papers of Custer county to declare that these people were measly shysters and dishonest whelpr, who could, but would not pay their rent For "What care we for labor that plebeian crowd? Our vassels we draw from the rich and the proud. Our courtiers control the, great wealth of the land, . And Biiille'ln their hauteur, the people be damned." Beacon Independent. Purc Bred Poultry. White Plym outh Rock. White Games, Partridge Cochins, Toulouse Geese, White Hol land Turkeys, white Guineas, Pekin Ducks. Eggs in season. Prices low. W. A. Bates, Jr., 36tf Fremont, Neb. 1. W. PASTOR. Prut. J.T. RoUfeE, Vi-Pro. .i. M0TT, THE FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF NEBRASKA. 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