Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-12-13
TAYLOR GETS 1T.
His Certificate of Election Signed by
Two Election Commissioners.
For the Time Being i. Ended One
of the Most Bitterly Contested
GubernatoriaI Campaigns
in the State.

| Frankfort, Ky. Dec. 1O.-At 9145
Saturday morning the election cefti-
cate of William ). -aylor, was sighed
| by the election commissioners am" he
was declared TO be the governor-elect
of Kentucky
The official figures of the vote filed
with Secretary OF State Finley are:
Taylor, 1874; Goebel, 191, 33l; lay
lor's plurality, 2,3S3. 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 Commis-
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 MIR. Taylor being first on the
| list. There were only IA people i'm
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 i'm
| 1T 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 dcci-
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 hard thing for me"
he said, his eyes inhamed by loss of
sleep and the heavy lines in his face
bearing eloquent witness to the truth
| Of his statement. 1T has been a
hard thing for all of us. l 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.
| ana am sure his conduct in this case
has been another piece of his long and
| honorable career as public officer
| Speaking for myself" continued Mr..
| Ellis, Il say frankly | did not like to
! do this thing, but under the law and
the evidence there is nothing else /
can do. and be an honest man. WHY.
| was an original Goebel man. I was
Goebel man long before he received
| the nomination, and | am a GoebeI
man now. / can go beyond that and
say | am n Goebel PARTISAN. / have
always been partisan in politics, a
rank partisan, and il would give me
greater pleasure than l can express
to be able to declare for the demo-
Gratis in this thing, but | can't do it.
The proceedings before the board
were so Overwhelmingly i'm favor o.
| the republicans and they had so much
,ne best of the arguments that il is
almost idle to discuss the affair
There was, to the minds of .Iudpe
Pryor and myself, only one thing to
do, and that we have done. / know
there are plenty of men who think
that. strong democratic partisan as
have always been, / should have
remained democratic partisan and
voted otherwise. How can do thatP
How can | commit such rape on nv
reputation and conscience as that.
viewed from the legal standpoint.
which in things like this is the ONLY
standpoin', | have done what my con
science and my long career as law
yer tell me is right, and will do 9th
erWiSc for no man nor upon any con
siueration."
The statements made bv Mr.. FSjs
have been upheld by his conduct from
first to- last throughout the canvass
He did all of the questioning of the
Attorney and seemed at every stage TO
be most anxious TO obtain the truth
| impartial to- both sides. Mv. GocbrI
| "Hs apparently iu the best Of humgr
"''or being told that Mr. Taylor
certificate had been signed.
Commissioner P1yntl declined fo
sign The republican certificates of
election. saying that hc stood bv the
opinion ho had rendered. and could
not consistently do so. He consent.
ca TO sign the certificates of the rail.
road comm. -ioncrs, however.
wants q Viccroy Degraded.
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