The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-07

Frankfort, KY, Feb 6.-WhetheT it
shall be war or peace in Kentucky rests
tonight with Governor Taylor alone.
The question has been in his mind all
day. ard. tonight 40 declared be nad
reached no decision, and, would an
nounce none before tcm3rrow. The
text Of the agreement reached by the
Lou SviIle conference lat night was
brought to him this morning by com
mittee, consisting Of General Dan Lind
say. T, a. Baker and T. L. Edelen.
They handed Governor Taylor a copy
OF the agreement, were Closeted with
him for a short time. and then DEPART
ed As they left the building Mr.. Baker
remarked
4 hope and believe that the entire
matter VIII be am--3bly adjUzted More
than this I am unable to say at the
present time"
General Lind-1y ard Mr.. EdeIen
spoke in sn1'lar tomas, arr while all eX-
pressed Themselves az reasonably con-
fldent dlsd Governor T3yiJr would ac-
quiez7e in the terms Of agree nent. they
all de$tre1 TO be uL 1eTstOOd as saying
( that they had no authcrita tive res1on
from GoveTCC" Tly.G for entertaining
the belief they ev9re red
AAe~A - al l-lN ll-il lt-lle DS-ttlG ne AlcitA
received e copy Of the agreement. Gov
ernOr TAYLOR discussed the conditions
rs he understood them to be before re-
ceIvlng Official notice, and said:
Will Cast Ambition Aside.
Under no circumstances Will I dis
cuss the agreement before COPY Of it
| has reached me 1t would be ncet an
4 fair and most discCurteOus for me to
Clf0 Gro.al all 7
would say that if an agreement can be
made by which an election law viii be
given to the people Of Kentucky
/ through the operation Of which fair
election and an honest count are as
sured TO the citizens OF this state. NJ
/ personal ambition Of mine viii ba al
lowed % stand in the way"
After the three gentlemen VINO
/ brought the agreement had retired
/ Governor Tavlor remained alone in his
! office with the cOny of the agreemen.
/ he studied it carefully. went over it in
an exhaUetive manner. and late in the
/ afternoon declared he would tSke no
action Whatever until tomorrow.
wish TO see my attorneys" ne said.
and consult with them about certain
/ forms Of tire agreement before 1 an
nounce nv intention. | viii not say
what l intend TO do until after I have
OBTAINED legal advice
/ Inc consultation Of the attorneys was
| he'd in Governor TaylOT's office and
adjourned at late Tour. Senator
Blackburn, who returned ahis morning
from Louisville, exProsed himself to-
| night as being confident that the entire
trouble would be settled peacefully.
Republicans Given Time.
1T is entirely natural.7 ne said, that
the ether side SHOULD wish to take time
10 consider the agreement and to pre-
Pare its statement to be .1gueJ at The
same time the SIGNATURES are affixed I
nave no knowledge o. z0hat wiz be
zone, but I firmly believe that the OBJ
! Ject VIII be accepted substantially IS
| ADOPTED BY the members of the Louis
! vie conference, and 0llt all chance Of
trouSle VII be avoided"
When asked for his opinion Of the
conseq uences saOuld Governor Taylor
decline to accept the agreement, Sena-
tor blackburn said:
That is a question I do not care 10
discuss, nor even TO think about. If no
| settlement is made now, il viii lead to
endless complications before the end is
reach ed"
/ There is not in the city Of Frankfort
a single member Of the legislature. TIE
Republicans are all az LoE50n and the
Democrats in places along the bCTder Of
the state. from where ii VIII be ecsy 10
escape, SHOULD any artempt be made by
the military to arrest and convey them
70 London But such Republicans cf
pr0minence as are here 6eem III lined
TO believe that Governor Iaylor viii ac-
ceDt the agreement. They all admit
however. that he has given as yet no
oral O. wr-.,en evidence CT his -neen-
ton.