The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-09
Governor Taylor Showing No DisD0-
sition 10 Sign the Louisville Coh,-
promise Agreement.
THREATS BY THE DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE GIVEN AN.
OTHER DAY OF GRACE.
If Agreement he Not Accepted Rival
Government VIII he EstnsS-
Iished-Arrests Probable.

CINCINNATI. O.. Feb s-Judge william
H. Taft. who has just been appointed pres
ident of the new Philippine commission.
to-day gave notice to counsel that on next
Monday. at 2 o'clock p. m, he would hear
arguments on the petition of the state ofi-
GERS of Kentucky. other than Governor and
lieutenant governor, for restraining or
der against the three members OF the Ken
lucky State Board OF Election Commissions
ers and the contestants for state Offices.
other than those of Governor and lieusen-
ant governor
The Legislature in Kentucky hears and
decides contests for Governor and lieuten-
ant governor, but the contests for other
state officers come before the State Board
of Election Commissioners. sitting as a
contest board, in which said board has
final Jurisdiction This petition for an tn
junction against the present State Board
OF Election Commissioners and the Demo-
cratic contestants for minor state officers
is. therefore. not one affecting Governor
Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Marshall,
and will not conflict with the conferences
for an agreement that were begun at
Louisville last Monday, and which are still
in progress at that city and at Frankfort.
AS the petition prays that the incumb-
ents OF these minor state Offices shall not
be interfered with I'm the discharge of their
duties, it is readily seen that the Repub-
lican secretary OF state might not attest
the proclamations OF Governor Beckham
and that there might be some dispute as
to the use OF the seal of the common
wealth IL is also pointed out by those I'm
the Hobbies, who are commenting on the
application, that the state auditor would
indorse and the state treasurer pay out
funds for the maintenance OF militia under
the command of Adju,ant General Collier.
etc. There is no end to the applications In
practice under injunction. according to the
comment OF those who accompany the at
torneys, but the attorneys themselves re-
fuse to say anything. These attorneys
maintained absolute silence ali day and re-
fused TO state even the title OF the case
until tonight. when IL was ascertained that
all the papers here and elsewhere had pub
lished incorrect and sensational reports re-
garding IT,
CONFERENCE OF LAWYERS.
Former Governor w. o. Bradley and Mr..
Sweeney, OF Lebanon. KY. arrived in the
city early this morning and were soon
Kentucky. w. IL Mackoy. prominent at
torney. whose Office is in Cincinnati and
whose residence is in Covington. KY. was
soon called in as associate counsel. When
Ellis and Pryor resigned after issuing GER
tihcates of election TO the Republican can
didates on the state ticket, the third MEM
ber of the State Board OF Election Com
missioners. Mr.. Poyntz, appointed Judge
Fulton and Morton J. Yonts as his coll
leagues, .lnd these commissioners are ia
session now at Frankfort, and the injunc-
ton seeks to restrain them from seating
the Democratic contestants. After the res
ignations of Ellis and Pryor Governor Tay-
lor appointed Cochrane and Mackoy as the
successors Of Ellis and Pryor, TO serve
with Poyntz.
Attorney Mackoy. who worked all day
with Bradley, Sweeney and others in draft
ing the petition, was a mem~sr OF the
State Board of Election Commissioners
under appointment OF Governor Taylor un-
til that board was declared illegal by the
Kentucky courts Bradley and Mackoy
were the only ones OF counsel who called
on Judge Taft about noon After CONFER
ence of less than an hour the Judge an
nounced that he would hear arguments on
the petition on Monday. Feb. L. az p. m.
and that the defendants and their counsel
should be furnished with copies Of the pc
tition I'm the meantime.
Augustus 4. Wilson. OF Louisville and
other attorneys from Kentucky joined Cow
ernor Bradley early I'm the evening and
after "A conference IL was announced that.
in courtesy TO the court. the petition would
not be made public until ? p m. next Mon
day The only thing that Governor Brad
ley would say was that the petition ala
not directly or indirectly or in any way
affect Governor Taylor or Lieutenant Gov
ernor Marshall. and any reports about
their friends who have been engaged as
counsel for other state officers not acting
in good faith were false.
BULKY PETITION
The petition Is long. and. Judging from
its bulk. IL would fll TIE largest OF the
metropolitan papers II is understood the
petition recites the history OF the election
of last November In the case OF each OF the
minor officers, the returns from ll9 county