Show 0 4 I KANSA KANSAS s WN WIN the Jle Supreme ourt i U that They he have Hare the Le Douse The Tho Kansas Kansa ourt on on n the tb Thief hIef Justice Horton re renting ri the tho te decision Johnson co and Justice iJen jen Populist diss the Douglass or fjus as the elo and House o usa of lie Jie Kansas legislature incidentally de- de de tIered that the acts at of tb n or 1st House louse had ba no ln law The pinion Opinion of 01 the chief ju j as given orally oraly ind md occupied an hour ld f forty ry minutes In J t li I- I k The Te decision was WM of t th cise t known as a the to Sunn babe habeas corpus corpus cI The Republican Souse House un ouse caused cUed James corpus corpus-c C. C G nn to bo be subpoenaed nad o testify In a a. contested case cle Goon Gurin the summons c e Iming liing that the Republican Re lie publican House Jouse was not f lie he constitutionally r House of c The rhe Republican Republican Re Re- Ro publican Ue ord arms arm rc to 1 arrest aest Gunn and tak before the bar barf Sf of f tb the House for punish lent ent for contempt contempt Sunn Gunn Instituted habeas nus proceedings In tb hg Supreme Court Ints Inta to decision the court the application fr r a a writ de deciding that the tho Republican was wa legally and constitutionally J- J Jand and ad that it had bad the Lo right and power to td Its it mandates Chief Justice nor Jn In delivering the opinion opinion started In bY f V the well well- wel- wel known facts ct In the organization Lion tion ton of the rival HOU and nd declared that upon the allegations n t the lie court ha had before be- be be lore fore ore It It to ec He ne said eald th the evidence that the Republican Re Re- Re publican House e was organized Swe by sl sixty four four y-four members holding ert S of election electon from om the he secretary of staL that the louse house was wa organized huty eight ty mem members ers holding cert certificates a aTS twelve t contesting members and that tr i members took no noart part art In the is i i of either cither House Houe The Tho chief justice ste thell then zt It Int into Inte a 1 review of the manner In which bodies boIes ar are organized and nd c cited ted ted- eCra on Eec Elections ons to show ebo that he the proper per persons ons to to organize a aHouse aHouse House were vere those hOI e and in support ot of McCray ad d passages from Manual t ohe he Supreme Court 01 Nebraska no longer 1 nger a ag than January 17 11 of this his year had taken th view question queston In support of this the thc he be declared the tho scenes scenes lately witnessed Il the Kansas capital fully ully justified instilled such a r rSs In case now before the court the chief Justice continued no ceo Blowing wIng had bad been attempted at 1 at tempted empted wn aud ud or bad faith on tb he the part of the the tate Board of Can Can- There bad Efat en ipa presented arc aro aUre y journal of jb the House ed evidently evi dently denty car carefully prepa prepared I and yet ay after day a teel to recognize only meers c lend had authority to t act ct For Fd FC several daya a et forth that m m be ers s 's r to ro roll l cal call call- calland and ou tp present but YO S 1 1 r by Jy l the i l dl w f-w Kept p t. t f i j were f formally r aty taken In Ly byi vote ote house Then the tho journal showed showe that hat the Dunsmore House lou e accepted the preen prece- prece tents dents laid lid down downin In the books as correct Much had bad been said about the Reed federal louse House the court went on In support of the practIce of counting in members but the Reed leed House had bad a rule rale formally adopted upon pon which to base the speakers speaker's ruling ruing The Dunsmore House had bad adopted no such rule More lore than fifty tty persons persons who were counted In hi inDy oy Dy the Dunsmore never recognized It t as such but were carrying on a House of their heir own Speaker Reed need never counted in tny Inv persons who had bad ad no not recognized him bins lm as speaker Now there cOI could Id be no question queston that hat the Douglass House was wa organized by bythe he the votes ol of oJ sixty four four members who held cerI I cates It I was claimed went on that there here were some Irregularities In the cation aton of the Douglass House ouse because It did not receive the roll rol of from the secretary sec ace Bee ret r of oi state but they had a duplicate of that roll ron The of stats stat's states state's failure tc lay ay before the House a r roll l could not prevent an In organization The members of the of-the the Populist House louse went into nto Int caucus Saturday evening ven ng to what action acton to t take ia In view le leof of the Supreme Courts Court's Courtl decision upholding the legality of th the organization of the tho R Republican an H House ouse After Af Af- Af ter much discussion it was yas as decided to t name a s' s committee of three to wait isit upon the and consult wih him bim a ato t their future course course and to t report to the louse Monday The general sentiment of Il tl caucus was to abide by the be courts court's de decision Islon nd to join the Republican Re- Re Re publican House h. h The governor In Inan Inan an interview took tok that lew of the tho situation The committee wm will mat mal e a report to t that ef ef- feet Monday and the House will wi then dIssolve ad its Is i e embers bers will wi join the rIval organizatIon The acts of th the st House having been declared to t be illegal all the appropriation bills will I have bave to be pa ed over again The Republican House has hns eased sed many bills and they will wI bo be sent to the tho enato at the tho first op- op op The session of 01 the legis legis lature lature expires by lon March arch 3 nod It I will wi be necessary to t ho hol an extra session In order to transact the ne business The constitution provides tb member may draper draw dra per diem dues due for only hirLy days of 01 nn an extra ex- ex tra session and an wI be made to t close up the business nt time |