The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-17

their regiments to Frznkfort, Ky.
WILLIAM Q. BRADLEY,
Governor of Kentucky.
Charles Finley. Secretary of State"
THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS.
Upwards of four hundred soldiers occupied
the Statehouse square this morning and the
calls of pickets could be heard above the
noise and confusion OF the crowd. Governor
Bradley was in consultation all morning with
Adjutant General Collier and Colonels Castle
man and Gather. Taese gentlemen agreed
that there would be no difficulty In prevent
ing trouble. II wish TO say" said the Gov
ernor, ''that the military was called out in
order to protect members of the Legislature
from mob violence, and not to protect my
self. The story that was to be arrested for
usurpation of authority in ordering the sher-
iff to clear the Statehouse 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.
ana that for this reason l had called out the
military, Is false. am perfectly able to
take care of myself, and my reason for call
ing out the, militia was to protect the Leg
iSlature and prevent trouble"
The military guard around the Statehouse
began at 10 o'clock last night when the Nc
Creary Guards, a, LOCAL company of militia
grounds and established picket iines. Barely
an hour before that the citizens of Frank
courthouse bell, the signal for the local COM
pany to report for duty. There were hur-
ried gatherings of soldiers and citizens gen.
until after midnight. The McCreary Guards
were reinforced early this morning by the
Brown Light Infantry from Lexington
mand % Of Colonel ole Gather and rt1 Captan e Long c
mire. Shortly after o'clock the Louisville
Legion, go men, marched up from the
Louisville & Nashville station under COM
mand of Colonel Castleman.. These two COM
panes were also placed on duty in the State
house grounds and military regulations were
enforced No one was allowed to pass the
picket lines unless he could give the coun-
tersign.
Eariy in the morning preparations had
been made by the c0mmissary officers for
feeding four hundred men at breakfast. A
squad was dispatches by Adjutant Sherley
to the State. arsenal, where tents and
cooking utensils were secured. These were
arranged in the rear of the Statehouse
and supplies were soon forthcoming. The
ie the militia men SEW Two % or three inches of ice
and snow covered the ground and the tenn
perature 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.
WITH FIXED BAYONETS.
Across the street from the square crowd
of spectators had congregated and they
watched with curious interest the martial
spectacle. A guard patrolled the walk in
front of the door Of the Capitol. Inside,
at the foot OF the stairway 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 Col
lier, who is chief in command. At the
head of the stairs another squad of fifteen
stood with fixed bayonets.
Every thing before the conyening OF the
two houses was as quiet as could be. Sem
ators James and Walton. who We're on hand
early, entered the House chamber and sat
in the extreme left hand corner. They both
said that they would vote in the Joint As
sembly to-day If requested to do SO. Wood
Dunlap. who. it was reported. would be on
hand, did not show up.
Adjutant General Golfers orders to the
officers in charge OF the entrances TO the
Statehouse expressly stated that no one ex-
cept members Of tie two housvs the Ser
geant-at-arns, dooar~ecttfs,< cioaiSl'o.oni
keeper, pages, newspaper reporters and tel
egraph operators, were entitled to admis-
sion and the guards carried out their
orders to the letter.
Colonel Jack Chinn came down this morn
ing from Harrodsburg. Il have telegraphed
an unconditional surrender" he said. This
is enough for me-"
About II o'clock 1t was found that the
was larger than could be handled to ad-
vantage and as there were no signs OF i'm
mediate, trouble the Louisville Legion was
marched back to the cars on which they
came, and ordered to be in readiness to
answer promptly a call for their serv-
ices.
Just before IL O'Clock Sergeant-at-arms
Somners, of the Senate, entered the low
er door of the StateFpuse with his six
assistants, who had been summoned on
lard, Jim Williams, John McElroy, John
Sneed and Walter Sharp. The men were
halted by Colonel Gaines. Sergeant-at-arms
Sommers protested that they were his as
sstants and that he had affidavits to show
that they were entitled to enter. The Cap
tain was firm, however, and they walked
out without attempting to force their way
Upstairs Senator Blackburn was the only
one to be seen of the crowd that has sat
two months past. None of those allowed
inside or those turned back did anything
but smile. A little page, Master Chesley
Searcy, of Louisville, stayed by Captain
Gaines and guided his actions more than
did the lists furnished him by the two
speakers.
Mr. Sommers said that he brought
Messrs Chinn, Williams, Iillard and Nc
Elroy with him only to make O. formal de-
mand for their admission, and with no in
tention on their or his part to try to force
an entry. They expected to be turned
back. and submitted gracefully" Colonel
Crabb was afterward admitted. and sat
with Senator Blackburn in the Senate cloak
room. United States Marshal Blackburn,
brother of the Senator. and Col Phil
Thompson were also later let through the
guard and sat with the Senator and Colonel
Crabb i'm the Sepate cloak room. General
Castleman in the regalia of active
commander of troops. Col. Stephen Sharpe
also got in later in the day, end about an
hour after he was turned back.