The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-31
Leaders Are Hopeful of Making Good
Their Claim Before an Impartial
and Honest Tribunal.
MILITIAMEN ARE ON GUARD
THREE HUNDRED CAMP IN THE
sTATEHOUsE AND GROUNDS.
Fifteen Hundred More Will Arrive
Before Noon To-Day-PIans for Re-
sisting an Armed Attack.

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! FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 3O.-While VIII
liam Goebel lay at the point of death in
his room, as a result of an assassin's bull
weeks had been listening to the evidence
| in his contest for the governorship chair,
declared him entitled to the seat.
The boards having in charge the contest
between Goebel and Taylor for Governor
and Beckham and Marshall for Lieutenant
Governor. met at o'clock tonight in the
City Hall to consider the evidence SUBJ
mitted to them, and prepare their report
to the Legislature. A few legal authorities
were read to them at the request Of Sena-
tor Allen. who wished light shed upon a
| few doubtful points. The vote was then
taken. and by a strict party vote of 10 to /
William Goebel was declared to have been
legally elected Governor of Kentucky. The
Beckham- Marshall contest was then voted
upon, and a strict party vote of to set
tied this natter
No announcement was made Of the
reasons leading up to the report being made
one leap. Each ssne of the members of both
committees aiifionlced that he had made
up his mind as to the merits of the case,
and voted promptly as his name was
called. In the contest for Governor Repre-
sentative Garberry was the one to vote iD
| favor of Taylor and in the Beckham- Mar
| Marshall.
| An effort was made by a number of
| Democrats to get together quorum of
both houses. hold night session. hear the
| reports of the two committees at once and
adopt them. and declare Goebel the Gov
| ernor of Kentucky before morning They
were anxious to give him the honor before
he died. So many legislators had gone to
Louisville and Lexington for the night that
it was found impossible to carry out the
programme. 1t is certainty that Goebel
will be made Governor tomorrow if he is
alive.
WILL co TO THE COURTS.
The Republicans will probably, as soon
as the decision is rendered in favor of Goe-
bel, make application in the United States
Circuit Court at Cincinnati for an injunc-
ton restraining Goebel and Beckham from
taking their seats, and the battle will then
be continued before Judge Taft, of that
court. The Republican attorneys and Gov
ernor Taylor are confident that at least a
temporary injunction will be granted, and
that the ultimate victory will be I'm their
favor. The grounds on which the injunc-
ton will be asked are the prejudice of the
legislative body, the alleged unfitness of
several members of the contest boards to
| sit in judgment on the case. and several
other grounds which the attorneys decline
| tonight to discuss.
Three hundred men of the Second Ken
lucky Infantry were camped around the
Capitol building tonight, and 1,5O0 more
are expected during the night and before
noon tomorrow. Word was received that
the Louisville Legion, the First Kentucky
Infantry, would bring with 1t the famous
Gatling gun that has figured so extensively
/ in the evidence presented by the Demo-
cratic attorneys in the gubernatorial con-
test case. All through the building in
which the adjutant generals office is situ-
ated lay sleeping soldiers, every man with
his cartridge belt buckled around his
waist. Outside the door the rifles were
stacked, sentries walking beats beside
them. The Gatling gun of the Lexington
company was posted just to the west of
the Capitol steps, and tall sergeant, who
had it in charge, had carefully calculated
the range to row of small stores and
dwelling houses south of the Capitol
grounds. For weeks it has been the story
that when an attack should be made on
the state government by the discontented
of either party the firing would commence
from the upper windows Of these build
| ings. Night after night they have been
dark, and rumor has garrisoned them al
ternately with desperate mountaineers, all
| of them for Taylor, or with fighting men
from Henry and Owen counties, who were
| ready to die for Goebel. The story was
| always the same. Its nature depended en-
| tirely upon the political bias of the man
who told II. Rumors were thick that armed
bodies of men were forming on the out
skirts of town, and that before morning
they would pass into the city. 'just for
| little bombardment-"
Colonel Williams. commanding the troops
| gathered around the Statehouse tonight,
too4 very little stock in any OF these sto-
ries. but he was none the less ready to
join in the "little bombardment' when
ever it proved agreeable to the other sida-