Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-26
TRUMPS IN KA|NTUCK
Guns So Frequently Win Down
There That They Are
Adopted in Politics.
ARMED MEN INVADE FRANKFORT.

Stack Their -WeePons" and Then Lay
Down Their Law TO the Legislature
Sort of Government by Guns and Petit
tions. the Latter Having Very Much the
Tone of COmmand-Lster They - Train
and HE Away Home.
Frankfort. Ky. Jan. 2G.-The armed
men of the mountains. contrary 10 eN-
pectations, on the advice of the Re
bulican authorities here left Frankfort
at . o'clock last night. The CONSENSUS
Of opinion here iS that the visitors
mistook this for the day on which the
contest boards We're 10 make their re-
port. The men were an hour getting
aboard their train and amused them
selves during the delay by dichar"iug
their guns.
Frankfort. Ky. Jan. 2G.-The ar
rival i'll Frankfort yesterday morning
OF from 500 10 1000 men armed with
rifles might have terroriZed COM
munity less Injured TO unusual and sen
satiOnal happenings. but by nightfau
the excitement caused by the appear
ance of the war-like visitors had sub
sided and The people We're prepared
for another turn in the events now
making history al The state capital.
The train that bore the armed men WAS
made up of fourteen coaches. Appar-
emily hut few here knew that il was
expected. The men Left the coaches
in front of the Louisville and Nashville
station. and forming into companies
marched 10 the state house. where
their arms We're deposited promiScu-
OuSly and the men scattered about the
buildings. Lunch was served to them
n the rear of the state house. Most
of the visitors More badges Of white
ribbon adorned with II picture OF Gov
eNrnor Taylor.
Not There by TayIor's Order.
While il iS generally believed that
many OF the men are soldiers no person
in authority viii stand sponsor for the
statement. while Governor Taylor and
Adjutant General Collior disclaim any
connection with them. The men hail
from various sections of the state.
Shortly after their arrival the visitors
gathered i'll front OF the main STATE
bnilding. where eX-Secrctary of State
Finley addressed them. afterward in
Producing stephen Sharp. of LeXing-
ton. former judge of Fayette county,
and treasurer of state 10y appointment.
succeeding the abscondinS treasurer of
state. j. W. Tate. Judge Sharp spoke
briefly and put himself at the service
of the men. y committee was ap-
pointed 10 draft resolutions which in
dicated the purpose OF their mission.
The resolutions as adopted will be pre-
Sented TO both houses of the legiSla-
ture today.
Pith of the Army's Demand.
The resolutions adopted. and which
are to be presented 10 the legiSlatu ture
begin with the declaration that all
power is from the people and that the
legislature iS only the agent of the peo-
pie. They petition the legislators to
avoid being led into the temptations
of partisan pride in the crisis which
s. on us. We beSeech them to remem-
her that their own just powers were
loaned them 10y us at the polls. and
that among these was the Jurisdiction
To decide judicially and by due process
of law and not otherwise what was
then our expressed will. not their pres
ent political preference We implore
them that they do not on slight or tech
nical preteNt nor fiimsy or trivial
causes permit the SubversiOn of that
supreme law of the land. the will of
the people.