The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1900, Page 1

_The GOEBEL IS SWORN" IN AS GOVERNOR Kentucky’s Legislature, Prevented by Troops From Meeting, Takes ~ Most Decisive Action. There Is Now|; Double Gov-} ernmentinthe } Old "Bilu ej; G rass State,| and Serious|{ Trouble Is Expected. ‘ VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. Troops in Control at Frankfort,and ItIsa| Question Whether! They Will Obey Their New Com- mander — Taylor’s Act in Adjourning the State Lawmak ers Said to Be With-| out Precedent. K --PusLIC OPINtOMN .- | RANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 8L—Never | was there a more complicated po- situation than that which to- | t confronts the politiclans of ky, and never was there one seemed so difficuit to form an ss at the outcome. | 1, who was shot down by | erday, received the oath Governor pf Kentucky to- t the legislators were kept ng publicly they accomblished by ¥ through the streets of Frankfort and countermarched. | reet were frequently held, | en might be watmed | ¥ had remained In the | he Penitentiery was a line of n front of the opera-house was a at rest in the Capitol v side af the nor Bradiey ¢ infantry held t Legislature | aring that not lor, but the | the lawful the commonwealt! R e T S S S S S e o e o o ST = = ok = =t = TR T ek s insurrection warrants for ocratic mem- | e prepared last be told that any ttempt to hold in | suppressed, all | LT the soldiers. The Democrats and y ¥ officers entered the he Democrats that no con- e e = I o ol e Lk Y were the excitement had in some degree s morning not a member of the Leg- 1 | @ 000000000000 0000000000000+00000+0 [ eastomnesssonssstessd ] - GOEBEL’S CONDITION. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 1.—At 3 o'clock this morning - Goebel was asleep. His phy- sicians retired and nobody is in the sickroom except the -nurses. The condition of Goebel last night was better than at any time during the day. He was resting comfortably, no un- favorable symptoms had ap- peared and it was announced that he would unquestionably get through the night in good shape. STV SE SN e Yeeewes PRICE FIVE CENTS. IN READINESS TO CRUSH THE CORRUPT MEXICAN Opponents of Burns Determined to Save the State From Representa- tion by the Defaulter. B O e e e e A e o S i e o e o o ] B | The ARSI S Fighters for {| Good Princi- * s| ples and Hon- * ¢| est Govern - tlsmenit W ikl {| Relegate the $¢| Boss to Po- ol !l litical Oblivion. ? B = ¢ Caucus To-Night Will +| Probably Adjourn ‘:" Until Monday in s | Order to Enable the by Independents to Fix jl Upon an Acept- ¢ able Candidate— 3 The Proceedings 2 Will Redound to P the Honor of the ; State. e : 3 Burns can’t buy into the ¢ | United States S ? | votes. 5 They have honorabl ¢ | liantly obeyed 2 | lic duty under + | tation that should lan élersin the S { | These legislators ¢ |threatened with the weapon of :ilhe Southern Pacific b & | that will ruin them in bu ¢ land they have stood only P b= 3 o | firmly to their posts. They & | been offered the bribes of ¢ | patronage and p ¢ | have rebelled. @ have done, and ¢ 2iwill not undo their spler +|work. Itis natu that 3 ¢ should be apprehensive, r 1 | there is no trick or treachery that ¢+ | the Mexican does not know. ‘:‘ So to the end y intend to o | be vigilant. TI have cast ¢ | Burns out, they are not haz- ‘ arding what y have so stub- & |bornly won by neglecting to 4 | watch every movement of the de- ': feated Mexican. They are con- ¢ |cerned now in seeking a man ;f\\'ho shall be acceptable to all 4+ |and against whom no finger of ¢ | suspicion can be raised. .There + |are many aspirants in the field. + | Scott, Bard, Barnes, Pillsbury, islature knew whether or mot the body ‘would be permitted to meet In the Capitol bufiding. They knew that soldiers were | guanrding every gate and that nobody | would be allowed to enter without a pass. | They decided, however, to meet at the | Capitol Hotel and march in a body to the | Capitol. Clerk Edward Lee of the House, with Representatives Kilday and Lewis, formed the advance guard and at 9:40 they presented themselves at the south gate of | the Capitol grounds. A young lleutenant | on guard, in command of a‘small ad. As soon as the members of tne| Legisiature were identified they were ad- aliowed to pass into the Cap- lding. Not a soldier was in sight 3 utside of the building, but once the door was opened it looked like war. Long lines of infantry were drawn up on each side of the hall with fixed bayo- | “Gentlemen, I hold in my hand a procla- nets. At the foot of the stairs leading | mation issued by the Governor of Ken- to _the legisiative halls stood Colonel | tucky, which I will read.” Willlams and behind him a detachment | He then read the proclamation in a loud of soldiers completely blocking up the | voice and directed an orderly to pass stairs. Colonel Willams carried in his | coples of the proclamation out into the band a large bundle of papers, one of | crowd. The legislators were coming in which he handed to each member of the |too rapidly, however, and the pushing House as they passed him. It was a | and shouting made it impossible for any copy of the proclamation given above. explanation to be given the late comers. Colonel Willlams permitted Clerk Lee, | Adjutant General Colller then mounted Assistant Clerk Henry Stone and a few | the stairway and read the proclamation Representatives to pass- up the stairs. |& second time. When he finished a Rep- Then the main body of the Legislature | resentative shouted: came tramping through the doorway and | "Mr. Chairmaf" they were stopped by the-soldlers In an instant. Loud cries and exclamations | laugh, ““where is London?”’ filled the air, and Colonel Willlams,| “It is in Kentucky,” yelled anothcr mounting half-way up the stairs, shouted: | volce, B SN Lt et et N SN et et sl e Be R etk et e e N o B s et 0% 2B Tie i s et R e He Ko %P OATH ADMINISTERED TO GOEBEL. His First Act as Governor Is to Appoint General Castleman to the Command of the Militia—The Military Now Divided. %’.A.\)\FORT 1\} ._sz‘ 3L—William Goebel was shortly before 8 o'clock to-night sworn in as Governor of Ken- k; and J. C. Beckham a few minutes later took the oath as Lieutenant Governor. The oath was adminis. 2 both men by Chief Justice Hazlerigg of the Court of Appeals. The plan to make Goebel Governor was 2rly in the afternoon. A statement was prepared saying that the boards which had heard the con- T and Lieutenant Governor had decided in favor of Goebel and Beckham; that the boards in- their findings to the Legislature, but that they had been prevented from doing so by the ac- r in declaring the Legislature adjourned. The statement then goes on to say that the mem- Legislature were driven from place to place by the militia and threatened with arrest whenever they at- i & meeting. It was declared the bellef of all the signers of the statement that Goebel and Beckham 1;xe<red Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and each man as he signed the paper announced that he ption of the majority report of the contest boards, which declared Goebel and Beckham'to be the liy entitied to the office. The statément is signed by a majority of the members of both houses. as soon as he was assured that he was legally Governor of Kentucky, took prompt action regarding the of the service. Two orders were quickly prepared for his signature, the first of which discharged Adju- Daniel Collier from office and appointed General John B. Castleman of Louisville' as his successor., The ted to the commanders of the militla now stationed in this city, directing them to return to thelr was at once telegraphed to General Castleman of his appeintment, and he is expected in the city to- & There is a possibility of trouble in the matter of control of the State troops. .The regimentg of the e lately been organized and are for the most part made up of Republicans and personal followers of “Well,” sald that gentleman, with a AN e Nt a%e e vh was announced by members of the militla to-night that of the soldiers now under arms here about 300 ‘would © orders of Governor Goebel. It is mot expected they will attack their comrades, but they will refuse to obey ers of Governor Taylor and take their chances of court-martial. SEN UL e tietie e tietie e tie e Bt NN Rt ReB 450 U tTetie B tie HeLie o2 ek otie RefeRe ReteNe RN NN BRI ReNe NN +%s ey gmam‘fio 20305 e Ney i e o { GOV. TAYLOR + ADJOURNS THE LEGISLATURE FRANKFORT, Ky.,Jan. 31L.—Gov- ernor Taylor at 10 o'clock this morn- ing issued the following proclama- tion: To the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky: Whereas, a state of insurrection now prevails in the State of Kentucky, and espectally in Frankfort, the capital thereof, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution of Kentucky, 1 do hereby, by this proclamation, ad- journ at once the General Assembly of the State of Kentucky, to meet at don, Laurel County, Kentucky, Tue the eixth day of February, 1900, at 12 o'clock. Given under my hand at Frankfort, Ky., this 30th day of Januar¥, 1900, at § o'clock p. m. W. 8. TAYLOR, Governor of Kentucky. 4 By Caleb Powers, Secretary of State, + DR et R R SR R R R S SO The good humor soon died away, hcw- | ever, and loud cries of indignation were | heard from the Democratic members. Then loud above the tumult came a voice, clear and sharp: “We are dealing with a | pack of heathens and hounds. Let's go to the opgra-nouse.” i | Shouts of approval greeted this pro- posal, and out of the ‘door, down the { broad steps streamed the crowd, hasten- llns along St. Clair street toward the opera-house. Close behind came General | Collfer on the run. He shouted orders to | Lieutenant Colonel Gray, who was stand- R e R e e S o o 2 R R hdh ah d dh b 28 4 ing by the steps. A few quick orders were glven by that officer, and away toward | the opera-house rushed the soldiers. | There was no parade.” Every man went as though running to a fire. They ran up the middle of the street and easily dis- tanced the legislators, who took the side- Continued on Page Two. ALL HEADQUAR-| TERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. 31— The splendid fight against D. M. Burns has been fought and won. As The Call announced this morning, . the Mexican will hear his fate in the; caucus. - The Republican mem-‘{ bers of the Legislature will meet | to-morrow night in this caucus, | and after organizing and taking | a few complimentary votes will| probably adjourn until Monday | night. The proposition of delay | was made in desperation and de- spair by the demoralized forces | of Burns. It will be acquiesced | in by the determined opponents | of the Mexican, not because they | wish to show him any considera- | tion,” but because they have| driven him from the field and| knowing that he is no longer a factor in the fight they want| sorhe time in which to fix upon | a candidate who will worthily represent” the State. This is the situation to-night in the battle that is absorbing | the attention of the people of | utations The significant the at Washington. fact of the day is Dt P00 00000000 0D 00t 00D 0D IV PPt D 0Pt 0 0000000000000 0000000000060 00000000000-000000050 et eieies® CALIFORNIA'S POLITICAL OUTLAWS. AT THE DOOR OF THE FEDERAL SENATE. absolute | knowledge that Burns has been | beaten. He has exhausted ever)" Barham, F Shortridge a: field, and each has his followers. How to reconcile these clash- ing claims and from the field draw the favorite is the problem of the independent legislators. n, 1 1 others are in the friends and artifice and subterfuge of corrupt | The fight is absolutely an open politics to stay the flood of indig- | one. The only hope that the nant public opinion which is|people of California can have is sweeping him from the political | that the best man may win. field in which he has been an ob-| He has tried | able Senatorial contest in the noxious presence. with bribes of money and of pa- tronage to break the ranks of de- cent legislators which are so sol- idly facing him with the stern menace of political destruction. But he is striving in vain. His master and paid champion, Wil- liam F. Herrin, the Democratic head of the law departnfent of the Southern Pacific Company, is powerless to help him in his fatal plight. Herrin has over- estimated his abilities to corrupt. He may have power to seduce Supervisors with the jingling, dazzling influence of coin, but he has undertaken too serious a task in seeking to prostitute the independent members of this Legislature, who value their rep- and their honor as above price. They have resented the cornmand to bare their backs The finish of the most remark- | history of California is not re- |mote. D. M. Burns, who entered the race without the knowledge or consent of the people, now recognizes that his defeat is in- evitable. The Southern Pacific, sustained by members of the Legislature, who would have been deieated if they had given to their constituents the slightest intimation that they intend to support the Mexican, has balked the Republican party and de- prived the State of representa- tion in the United States Senate. The Southern Pacific manag- ers one year ago haughtily re- fused to listen to the demands of the people that all the candidates should be retired in order that a Senator might be chosen. Gen- 1 eral Barnes, R.- N. Bulla,"U. S. Grant, Irving M. Scott and California and creating interest | to the railroad brand, and D. M. ‘ Thomas R. Bard were willing to