Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10
ARRANGE FOR INAUGURATION
Scenes at Kentucky Capital Shift When
Taylor Receives Certificate.
eoEBEL UNDECIDED AS TO CONTEST
Leaves Frankfort for His Home Mt
CoyinRton senator blackburn
Accompanies Defeated Cnndi-
date to the Train.

FRANKFORT, Ky. Dec. 9--The scenes
at the capital shifted today. Interest iu
the conteet ended with the delivery Of the
certificates of election today and tonight
the arrangements for Taylors Inauguration
Tuesday overshadow everything else.
Goebel left for his home at Covington
at 4 o'clock and nearly all OF the demo-
cratn left on tonights trains Goebel was
accompanied to the train by Senator Black
burn and others. He stated few minutes
before his train pulled out that the ques-
ton whether he and his associates oil the
defeated ticket would contest is still un-
decided.
The Goebcl headquarters here are crowded
tonight. Election Commissioners Ellis and
Pryor went away this afternoon and on the
same train went many Of the democratic
leaders. The fact that Pryor and Ellis did
not mix with the throng indicates to some
extent the feeling growing out Of last
nights memorable contest. The local people
are arranging to make Taylor's inauguration
nonpartisan affair A committee on re-
ception was made up composed Of about fifty
prominent men OF the state capital, re-
publicans and democrats alike being repre-
sented on 1t.
Sign TnyIor's Certificate.
At 9i5 this morning the cleo
tion certificate of william S. Tay-
lor was signed by the election COM
missioners and he was declared to be gov
ernor-elect of Kentucky. The official figures
OF the vote filed with Secretary of State
Finley are: Taylor, 1874; Goebel, 19l ,33l;
Taylor's plurality, 1888
The operation which ended for the time
being at least, the bitterly fought guberna-
torial contest conducted in the simplest
manner. The majority opinion of Commits
sioners Pryor and Ellis and the minority
opinion of Commissioner Poyntz, which were
published this morning, were not read, was
the original intention. The three commits
sioners walked first to the office of the clerk
of the state supreme court where they filed
two opinions. They then passed into the
Office of the secretary of state Clerk Che
nault of the board Of commissioners read the
figures showing that the republican candi-
date for Office on the state ticket had re-
ceved the largest number of votes and then
certificates of election were signed at once,
that of Mr.. Taylor being first on the list
There were only fourteen people in the
room at the time and of this number only
two were there as spectators There was no
crowd around the building and no interest !
was manifested in the work save by those /
engaged in it and those who stood looking
parently In a good humor, although Commits
sioners Ellis and Pryor, who had done the
most work in preparing their long and elab-
crate opinion, looked worn and tired.
The certificates as soon as signed were |
filed with the secretary OF state and com
missions will be issued to the elected men |
at once by Governor Bradley. Late last |
night, when the decision had gone forth to
the public. Commissioner Ellis upon whose !
shoulders the greatest part of the work OF
the preparing of the opinion has fallen, dis
cussed the matter freely.
This has been a hard task for me-" he |
said, his eyes infamed by loss of sleep, and |
the heavy lines in his face bearing eloquent |
witness to the truth of his statement.
ut has been hard thing for all of us.
wish, however that all of the people of the
country should know how nobly Judge Pryor
has acted in this matter and how conscien-
tiously he has done what he considered his
duty He is a great man, one of the great
est, in my opinion, that Kentucky has ever
produced, and am sure his conduct in this
case has been another piece of his long and
honorable career as a public officer
Speaking for myself" continued Mr. Ell
lis, II 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.
Ellis II GocbeI Partisan.
why, l was an original Goebel man.
was a Goebel man long before he received
the nomination and l am a Goebel man now
and Goebel partisan. 1t would give me
greater pleasure than | can express to be
able to declare for the democratic in this
thing but | can't do it. The proceedings
before the board were so overwhelmingly in
favor of the republicans and they had so
much the better 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 have DONE"
The statements made by Ellis have been
upheld by his conduct from first to last
throughout the canvass. He did all of the
questioning of tho attorneys and seemed at
every stage to be most anxious to obtain the
truth and be impartial to both sides
Goebel was apparently in the best of
humor after being told that Mr.. Taylor's
certificate had been signed. He laughed and
shook his head when asked IL he had any
thing to say.
Commissioner Poyntz declined to sign the