The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-03
Goebelites So Confident of Victory
that They Are willing to Wager
Money on the Result.
MARK HANNA NOT A SHIRKER
SAYS HE WILL ALWAYS BE FOUND
WHERE HE is NEEDED.
lie Will Not withdraw from the Re-
publican Chairmanship Before
His Time IL Up.
pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. 2-The army
from the mountains will move on Frank
fort tonight and Sunday night. Special
cars were taken to-day over the Louisville
& Nashville into the mountain counties to
transport the mountaneers. The expense
of moving the men will be borne partly oy
the Louisville & Nashville Company and
the State. Tonight Frankfort is filed
with several thousand strangers. and that
is all the little capital will accommodate.
How the Thousands TO come will be taken
care OF cannot be surmised. There Is great
fear of assassination of one of the two
candidates and Of the Governor. All, how
ever. are being very heavily guarded. a
report states that 400 pounds of dynamite
have been shipped secretly to Frankfort.
The election commissioners may refuse
to act on the governorship and may try TO
send the question to the next Legislature.
but this, according to law. they cannot do
without first acting on 1t themselves. The
Republicans throughout the State say that
If the commissioners do this they will in
augurate Taylor anyhow. The minor Re-
publican candidates fear they may be
slaughtered TO aid the head cf the ticket.
and they say that they are willing 10 he.
But, notwithstanding" said Colonel
Throckmorton, 1--WE hope to get the same
support as Taylor" By support" he
meant physical. Many residents of Frank
fort. principally women, have Ieft the
town. thousand representative Demo-
Gratis, all armed. will be here on Monday.
The Associated Press says: There is
nothing doing now. but just wait till Mon
day and Tuesday" That is the stereotyped
expression of both the Democrats and the
Republicans, and it sums up the situation
in about as accurate manner as is possi-
BILE at the present time. The town is very
quiet, no great number CT outsiders being
present 1t is predicted there will be a
large influx of men interested in the con-
test here by Sunday night and Monday
morning. Local politicians of both parties
are agreed on that point, even though at
variance on everything else. \ detachment
of Taylor admirers from eastern Kentucky
came to-day under the apprehension that
the work of the canvassing board was to
commence to-day. as originally intended.
The party numbered about sixty. and all
of them were very quiet, it being hard to
induce any of them TO talk. They an
nounced they had come to see the rights of
General Taylor protected, and that was ALL
They all seemed 10 be well able of uphold
ing in vigorous fashion whatever cause
they might champion, but gave no evidence
of desire to look for trouble.
Neither Governor Bradley nor Adjutant
General Collier was disposed TO discuss to-
day any arrangements they may have
made for the preservation of order in case
of trouble. Both declared that there would
be no trouble, feeling sure that calm minds
in both parties would prevent any extreme
steps by either faction. I'VE have had
practically to reorganize the State Guard"
said General Collier. ION account of the
Generalization created in il by the Spanish
war, and now we are ready for anything,
just as the guard of this State has always
been. There will be no trouble. though, /
feel sure OF that"
As the time approaches for the issuing of
the gubernatorial certificate of election the
Goebel men are losing none of their conf
dence. If a willingness to put up their
money is a test. Two prominent Demo-
cratic politicians to-day, who already had
wagered $500 that Goebel would be the next
Governor of Kentucky. went to the takers
of the Republican end of the proposition
with offers 10 double the bets. One Taylor
man declined; the other said he would
think II over.