The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-02
No Action by the President, Who Is
Hopeful that Kentuckians VIII Set
tie Their Own Troubles.
WILL AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS
BEFORE GIVING GOVERNOR TAYLOR
A DEFINITE ANSWER.
Democrats to Present the Goebel Side
of the Case to Mckinley To-Day
-Opinions of Lawyers.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-President Nc
Kinley has received g. long message from
Governor w. s. Taylor, of Kentucky, dated
to-day at Frankfort. Governor Taylor re-
cites at length the situation in Kentucky;
declares that he considers himself the le-
gally elected executive of the State and as
serts that the condition of affairs at the
present time is most critical He says that
a riot may occur at any time which will
cause much bloodshed. Governor Taylor
says that he is doubtful of his power to
control the situation, and appeals to the
President to end the matter and secure
peace in the State by recognizing him as
the Governor of Kentucky. The appeal is
very earnest and the aid of the administra.
tion is urgently requested.
Governor Taylor's communication Is In
its nature memorial. 1t goes at great
| length into the situation in Kentucky, max
| ing an explanation Of the conditions there.
| While definite and absolute information on
| this point is not obtainabe, there Is reason
/ to believe that a specific request for the
] immediate presence Of federal troops Is
not made. No action of any kind has been
taken on Governor Taylor's memorial and
J 1t can be positively stated that up to mid
i night no decision whatever with reference
| to 1t had been reached. Tomorrow is the
regular day for Cabinet meetings and FRI
days session will be very opportune for
| careful consideration by the President and
all his advisers of the course for the ad-
| ministration to take. No conclusion will be
reached save with great deliberation and
| after the most careful discussion of the
L rtt, t. IN IA. a
| affects the federal government.
| The President will go very slow in the
matter in the hope that events in the State
| itself will so shape themselves as to re-
| lieve the administration Of the necessity of
| any action. At the same time there are
contingencies which may practically COM
| pei the President to move. If such contin-
| gencies can be averted they will be. The
| tension In Kentucky Is intense and its in
| tensity is felt here to be likely to lead to
some peaceful solution o. the question.
| Action by the federal government at this
time. 1t is feared, might further roll rather
than smooth the angry passions that have
prevented an adjustment so far.
| HOPES FOR PEACE.
| To-day the first attempt was made to Sc
| cure a peaceful way out Of the muddle.
| This attempt met failure in an absolute
refusal on the part Of the Democratic man.
| ayers to let the United States Supreme
| Court decide the case. The position of the
administration, however. is that efforts
along the line of judicial determination
of the claims of Messrs. Taylor and Goe-
| bel should not be abandoned because of the
| impossible barrier met to-day but that
| Il
an understanding with the Democratic
managers. The President is in communica-
tion with Governor Taylor and 4 is possi-
BILE some statement regarding their corre-
1 spondence may be made public later. This
will depend largely on whether such a
statement would tend in President McKin-
| ley's opinions TO allay public excitement
| For the present no information at all is
| to be had from the White House as to af-
| fairs in Kentucky.
| The memorial from Governor Taylor
| could not be obtained at the White House.
| where its receipt would not even be ad-
| mitted. However. it can be said definitely
| that the President has been appealed to in
long memorial by Governor Taylor and,
| as already stated, that he has reached no
| conclusion on the subject of the said
| memorial.
| In view of the appeal for federal aid 1t
| was stated here to-day that the exact
| functions of the United States army when
| acting within State have been most care
| fully defined and set out in General Order
26. promulgated July "a. 1894 Under the
terms of this order the government of the
United States can of its volition use the
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| insurrection, violence. unlawful combina-
| ton or conspiracies In any State so OBJ
struct or hinder the execution Of the
| laws thereof and Of the United States as to
deprive any portion or class of the people
of such State of any Of the rights, privi-
| ieges o. immunities or protection named
| in the Constitution and secured by the laws
| for the protection Of such rights, privileges
or immunities and the constituted authori-
ties of such State are unable to protect or
| from any cause fail in or refuse protection
of the people in such rights.
| Another case In which the United States
| troops might be employed is set out in Sec
tion 5297, Revised Statutes, authorizing the
| President to employ troops in case of an
insurrection In any State against the gov
| ernment thereof ION application of the
| Legislature of said State or Of the execu-
tive thereof when the Legislature cannot
| be convened"
1t will be noticed in the cases above cited
| in which troops may be employed the Presi-
dent is allowed to exercise his discretion
| in meeting the request; 1T is not manda-
| tory on him to accede 10 IL. Were IL not
| the case upon the President. after all.
| might be placed responsibility for de-
cislon between the rival claimants for the