The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-16

der the command of Colonel John 3 Cas-
tleman, 300 men of the First Kentucky
regiment of state guards; company + of
the Second regiment of Kentucky state
guards to be placed under the command
of Colonel E Fl. Gather and company
of the Second regiment of Kentucky
state guards, the latter under COM
mand of Adjutant General Collier
until said Gather reaches Frankfort, KY.
when the same will be placed under the
command of said Gather, who together
| with said Castleman will be under the
command of said Adjutant General Col
Iier, who (said Collier) will report to me.
Said Gather and Castleman are ordered
to proceed with their regiments TO Frank
fort, Ky. [Siguedl
VIM o. BRADLEY,
Governor of Kentucky.
CHARLES FINLEY,
Secretary of State.
Upwards of 400 soldiers occupy the
state house square. and the calls of the
pickets can be heard above the noise and
confusion of the crowd. Gov. Bradley
was in consultation gall morning with
Adjutant General Collier and ColoEels
Castleman and Gather. These gentle
men agreed that there would be no diff
Guilty in preventing trouble.
II wish to say" said the governor.
"that the military was called out in order
to protect the members of the legislature
from mob violence, aud not to pro-
tect myself The story that l was
to be arrested for usurpation of author
ity in ordering the sheriff to clear the
state house of all those not authorized by
law to be there and indicating that this
should include the deputies that the
senate sergeant-at-arms had sworn in
and that for this reason / had called out
the military is false. l am perfectly
able to take care of myself, and my rea-
son for calling out the militia was to
protect the legislature and prevent
trouble"
Martial Law Until Adjournment.
Soldiers are patrolling the capitol
grounds and are in possession of the
state house square. Martial law will
continue until the legislature adjourns
tomorrow Black burns friends profess
intense indignation over what they term
the usurpation of authority by Gov
Bradley, but they are too much angered
TO give out any plans for their procedure.
1t is understood, however, that the gov.
ernor will be denounced in both houses
today by Democratic members. 1t is
also expected that certain measures re-
garding the revenue now pending in the
senate will be hastily killed as a rebuke
to the governor. There is no apparent
cause now to indicate bloodshed today.
The soldiers are giving no offense in
their manner and are doing everything
to prevent an outbreak.
The military guard around the state
house began at 10 o'clock last night
when the McCrsary guards local COM
pany of militia under Capt Noel Gaines
filed into the grounds and established
picket lines Barely an hour before that
the citizens of Frankfort had been
aroused by, the changing of the court
house bell the signal for the local COM
pany to report for duty. There were hur-
ried gatherings of soldiers and citizens
generally the latter not leaving for their
homes until after midnight.
The McCreary guards were reinforced
early this morning by the Brown light
infantry from Lexington, which arrived
Col. Gather and Capt Longmire.
Shortly after s o'clock the Louisville
legion, $50 men, marched up from the
Louisville & Nashville station. under
command of Col. Castleman. These two
companies were also placed on duty on
the state house grounds. and strict mill
tary rules were enforced.
No one was allowed to pass the picket
lines unless he could give the coun-
tersign Early in the morning prepara-
tions had been made by the commissary
officers, for feeding 400 men at break
fast. A squad was dis patched by Adju-
tant Shorley to the state arsenal where
tents and cooking utensils were secured.
These were arranged in the rear of the
state house and supplies were soon forth
coming. The first meal in service was
rather rough the militiamen. Two
or three inches of snow and ice covered
the ground and the temperature was
anything but springlike However the
utmost good humor prevailed and no one
seemed to have any idea that serious
trouble was likely to occur
. fha
crowd of spectators had congregated,
and they watched with curious interest
the martial spectacle of a guard patrol
ling the walk in front of the door of the
capitol. Insid e, at the foot of the stair
way leading to the house and senate
chambers, Captain Gaines and a squad
of picked men stood and allowed no one
to ascend without a written order from
Adjutant General Collier, who is chief
in command
At the head of the stair another squad
of fifteen stood with fixed bayonets.
Everything before the couvening of the
two houses was as quiet as could be.
Senators James and Walton, who were
on hand early entered the house cham
Der and sat in the extreme left hand cor
ner. They both said that they would
vote in the joint assembly today if re-
quested to do so.
Wood Dunlap Has vamOOssd.
Wood Dunlap. who it was reported
would be on hand. did not show up. 1t
is now certain that he will not be seen in
Frankfort again this session.
Lieut.. Gov Worthington aud Speaker
Blanford were in consultation with the
governor this morning. The lieutenant
governor said he thought that in order
that peace be preserved, the only proper
thing to do was to call out the militia.
Adjutant General Golfers orders to the
officers in charge af the entrances to the
state house expressly stated that no one
except members of the two houses. the
sergeant-at- arms, the doorkesper, cloak