The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1893-06-17
THE CaPITHL CONTEST.
After a Century of Anxiety,
Struggle and Waste,
The Agony is Over and
Frankfort ON Top.

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The end of the capital removal
matter has at last been reached and
Frankfort, in the struggle with her
more powerful rivals, has achieved a
signal victory. Those who were on
the inside of the agitation continued
to assure the citizens that they had
no occasion to worry over the recent
efforts made by Louisville and Lex
ington, but the announcement that a
Joint caucus of friends of both cities
had been held this week in order to
combine the forces against Frankfort,
aroused an intense interest that
brought out in the contest every
particle of local pride and influence.
Lexington had large delegation
here on Monday, Louisville still
larger one on Tuesday and both
cities, together with Frankfort, pre-
scented their claims to the committee
and made every endeavor before the
House to accomplish their purpose.
Finally, while in the Committee of
the Whole on Thursday, the issue
was forced and the balloting begun.
On the vote as between Louisville
and Lexington, the former city re-
ceived 38 votes and the latter
city SO votes, and when the question
OF removing the Capital to Louisville
was put to vote of the House it re-
suited as follows:
Yeas - Messrs. hartman, Bass
BEARD. Bennett. Bruner, Cansler, Car
roll Charlton, Combest, Conner, Cox,
w. j., Durham, Finn, Garrison, Gard
!. ner. Cough, Hutchinson, James, Kre-
mer, Krieger, Letterle, Lively, Math-
ers, May, w. H., May, j. s., Myers,
Neat, Nichols, Peak, Pullen, Ryan,
Stewart. Thomas, L. E., Tinsley, Will
lett, B. F., Willett, G. E., Woods 81,
Nays Messrs. Alexander, Ayres.
Bailey, Birkhead, Bolts, Caudill, Cox,
L. j.. Dickson, Foilis, Gay, Glenn,
Halbert, Hanks. Harlow, Harmed,
Hart, Hays, Hensley, Howard, john
son, Joplin, kincheloe, Kirk, LeayeH,
McElroy, McInerney, O'Meara, Pet
Y UlOb, EOTbcE, LtycOt 4aiBiOyt AeOcNf
Roberts. Sewers, Sharp, Shouse, Sims,
Spalding, Stephenson, Thomas, J, r.,
Tribble, Walton. WEIGH. Whitaker,
Wilson, Mr.. Speaker Moore 40.
When the result was announced the
friends of Frankfort gave vent
to their joy in loud APPLAUSE,
which the great crowd that
Left the State House and walked up st.
Clair street continued to repeat. That
night there was an outpouring of the
citizens in front of the Capital Hotel
to testify their qualification over the
vote, and a large number of the legit-
lators and others made addresses ex-
pressiye of their good will and esteem
for Frankfort, the general tenor of
which was that the contest had not
developed any bsd feeling but had
settled forever the question Of the To-
cation Of the Capital and should now
prompt the Legislature to enter at
once upon a measure looking to the
building of State House here that
will be commensurate with the pride,
wealth and growth of the State.
Credit FOR the great victory Is due to
the efforts and influence Of many leg
islators and citizens, Speaker Moore
Messrs. Hanks, Whitaker, Hart, Pet
lit, O'Meara and Quigley, besides SEN
ator e. H. Taylor and Representative
IL. y. Cox OF the county, who have
been unremitting in their labors,
being included among the former,
and Mayor Tobin and Pat Mcdonald,
Judge Ira Julian, Gen. d. w. Lind
sew, Dol. Thomas Rodman, Gen.
Fayette Hewitt, Dol. chas, y. Hoge,
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