A. Yes.
Q. Then you intended, if the soldiers pretended to sustain good order, to resist them?
A. In the first place, our object——
Q. The question is a straight one?
A. I will give it to you straight. We proposed to treat the commanding officer with all the respect in the world due to his position. We were perfectly well aware that the chief executive of the State was out of the State, and we did not think that he could depute his powers to any one in the State. So we would want to know where he got his orders from, and if he got them from a railroad magnate, we did not propose to pay any attention to him.
Q. But you said if the soldiers fiddled, you proposed to dance?
A. Yes.
Q. Then if they proposed to maintain order, you proposed to resist them—answer yes or no?
A. I refuse to answer the question in that way.
By Mr. Lindsey: