The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-12-12
TAYLOR GETS IT.
His Certificate of Election Signed by
Two Election Commissioners.
Tor the Time Being Is Ended One
OF the Most Bitterly Contested
GubernatOriaI Campaigns
in the State.

Frankfort, Ky. Dec. 1O.-At 9:45
Saturday morning the election certi-
cate of William S. Aaylor was signed
oy the election commissioners and he
was declared to be the governor-elect
of Kentucky.
The official figures of the vote filed
with Secretary of State Finley are:
Taylor, 1913, ia; Goebel, 191 ,331; Tay-
ior's plurality, 1883. The operation
which ended for the time being at
least, the bitterly fought gubernato-
rial contest, was conducted in the
simplest manner. The majority opin-
ION of Commissioners Pryor and Ellis
and the minority opinion of Commits
sioner PoyntZ, which were published
Saturday morning were not read, as
was the original intention. The three
commissioners walked first to the
office of the clerk of the state SUI
preme court, where they filed two
opinions. They then passed into the
office of the secretary of state. Clerk
Chenault of the board of commission
erS read the figures showing that the
republican candidates for offices on
the state ticket had received the larg-
est number of votes and then certi-
ticates of election were signed at once,
that of Mr.. Taylor being first on the
list. There were only IA people in
the room at the time, and of this
number only two were there as idle
spectators.
There was no crowd around the
building and no interest manifested
in the work save by those engaged in
it and those who stood looking on.
The certificates as soon as signed
were filed with the secretary of state
and certificates will be issued to the
elected men at once by Gov Bradley.
Late Friday night, when the deci
sion had gone forth to the public,
Commissioner Ellis, upon whose
shoulders the greatest part of the
work of preparing the opinion had
fallen, discussed the matter freely
This has been a hard thing for me"
he said, his eyes infamed by loss of
sleep and the heavy lines in his face
bearing eloquent witness to the truth
Ol Ills SUdUonSnU. IL has D6en IL
hard thing for all of US. 1 wish, how
ever, that all the people of the coun-
try knew how nobly Judge Pryor
has acted in this matter, and how
conscientiously he has done what he
considered his duty. He is a great
man, one of the greatest, in my opin-
ion, that Kentucky has ever produced,
and l am sure his conduct in this case
has been another piece of his long and
honorable career as pubic officer
Speaking for myself" continued Mr.
- E1fffs, 7 say frankly L did not like to
do this thing, but under the law and
the evidence there is nothing else I
can do, and be an honest man. Why,
/ was an original GOebel man. l was
a Goebel man long before he received
the nomination, and / am a Goebel
man now. / can go beyond that and
say 1 am a Goebel partisan. I have
always been a partisan in politics, a
rank partisan, and it would give me
greater pleasure than I can express
to be able to declare for the demo
Gratis in this thing, but 1 can't do it.
The proceedings before the board
were so overwhelmingly in favor OF
the republicans and they had so much
lne best of the arguments that it is
almost idle to discuss the affair.
There was, to the minds of Judge
Pryor and myself, only one thing to
do, and that we have done. I know
there are plenty of men who think
that, strong democratic partisan as
Oh
remained a democratic partisan and
voted otherwise. How can do that
How can I commit such rape on my
reputation and conscience as that
Viewed from the legal standpoint
which in things like this is the only
standpoint, have done what my con
science and my long career as a law
yer tell me is right, and 1 will do 9th
erwise for no man nor upon any con
sheraton"
The statements made by Mr.. Elli
have been upheld by his conduct from
first to last throughout the canvass
He did all of the questioning of tn
attorneys and seemed at every stage t.
be most anxious to obtain the trutl
Impartial to both sides. Mr.. GOebe
was apparently in the best of hume
a1Uer being told that Mr.. Taylor
certificate had been signed.
Commissioner POyntz declined t.
sign the republican certificates o
election, saying that he stood by tn
opinion he had rendered, and coul
not consistently do so. He consent
ed to sign the certificates of the rail
road commissioners, however.
wants VicerOy Degraded.