The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-01
GoEBEL's PROCLAMATION.

orders of Gov. Taylor, and take their
chances Of court-martial.
GoEBEL's PROCLAMATION.
The following proclamation was issued
tonight by Gov. Goebel:
commonwealth Of Kentucky. Executive
Department, Frankfort, KY, Jan 81:
Whereas, 1t has been made known to
me that certain persons without authority
OF law have banded themselves together for
the unlawful purpose of sforcibly prevent
Ing the general assemblyof Kentucky from
assembling and discharging their official
duties at the seat OF government. and
nave Tor said unlawful purpose assembled
IA the city or frankfort the First and Sec
ond regiments Of Fthe kentucky state,
guard, and by force:-of arms have unlaw-
iully taken possession of the hall of the
nSase ,.oI representatives and the senate
s ss ~, OF the state OF Kentucky as well
chlves of the commonwealth and have
been, by force, intimidation and violence
ea a by the general assembly from the
CaPltol buildings and refused to permit
the senate and house of REPRESENTATIVE
70 hoid their sessions therein, and are
now terrorizing the representative of the
p pee, and other representative of the
commonwealth therefore l, William Goe-
pei, governor of the Commonwealth Of
kentucky, do hereby command the said
FIRST and Second regiments of the Ken
a oaeny state guard. and each and every
IL
their homes and several vocations, and
tnere remain until lawfully called into
active service.
l also command all other persons what
soever who are now unIawfully engaged
IN interfering with and intimidating mem
pers or the general assembly of this com
t mpnwealth to disband and desist from
members of the general assembly and a II
other good citizens of this commonwealth
~, GIVEN under my hand as governor of
ns XIV ahia 90, Of Kentucky at
1900. NWi1iiam G Sanhtary'
s. Inc democrats mad a unique plan for
getting the legislature together tonight
which would have been carried info af,
rect had they not succeeded In obtainjno
the signatures to the. GoebeI and Beck.
nam statement earlier in the evening
FRANK Keenan, played "a Poor Relation
at the opera house tonight, and il was
the intention Of the Democratic senators
ana representatives to go to the enter
talnment, one by one.t@At the end of tho
nrst act Speaker Trimble was to mount
the stage. call the legislature to order
and adopt the majority report of the CON
testing board. The scheme would prob
ably have been carried to successf,,l
tempt it. ~ -
Extreme vigilance is practfce5 bv al,
guards around the state house GROUNDS
tonight. The orders are more strict than
tney nave been any time heretofore. and
NOBODY without a uniform Is allowed in
SIDE the grounds. All passes issued
carrier In the day were taken I'D when
ever presented
COMPLICATED SITUATIONS
Never was there more comnI.ea+ad M.
Htlcal situation than that which tonight
eonfronts the politicians of Kentucky.
ana never was there one In which II
seemed so difficult to form an accurate
guess at the outcome.
Inc republican party, which two DAYS
ago was vafnly striving to hold its mem
oers IN their seats upon the floor of tina
mouse, and which seemed almost power
Tess, Is tonight In the saddle, strong and
vigorous and carrying things with
nlgn hand The powerlessness Of the Re-
publieans ofStwo days ago is more than
equa1ed by the apparent helplessness of
the democrats today. All day long the
democracy have been grouping around,
trying to find some way In which 1t
could seat in the gubernaterial chair its
leader, William GoebeI, who lies slowly
dying OF the wound inflicted by the bull
let Of an assassin
NO matter which way the Democrats
turned, they were confronted by the same
| prospect-a line of blue, edged with steel,
and 1t was fully understood by both par
ties that the line and the steel were there
Tor business particularly There was no
PUN. no false alarm about it.
All day through the streets of Frank
Tort soldiers marched and counter.
marched. Drills in the street were fire.
| quently held In order that the men might
De warmed by exercise after they had
remained in the biting wind. Around
ioYsxy xryo two Of fvp
| Irenr OF the opera house was a guard,
three companies stood at rest In the open
| space in front Of the capitol. sentries pa
trolled every side Of the building in which
/ ex-Gov. Bradley resides, and a detach-
| ment of Infantry held the court house
against the possible coming of the MEM
bers Of the legislature with the intention
OF declaring that not the living Taylor
/ but the dying Goebe1 was the lawful head
| and chief executive of the common
wealth of Kentucky
LARGELY SENTIMENT. :.
/ 1t is largely a matter of sentiment
/ with the Democrats that lead them to
| make such desperate efforts to crown
] their king before he died. They wanted
| him to leave the world a victor before the
/ end. They fought hard for their man,
i but the fortune of war was against them,
and their dying leader will, in all proba-
/ bility, sink into theagrave without being
| declared governor Of his state. He has
no more chance for the glory than he
has for his life, and stha5ds little.
The Republicans laidfdheir plans well
and secretly. They CARRIED them through
vigorously and triunlphantly. The proc
| lamaf1on declaring tnatea state of ins,lr-
rection existed in the s6ate and warrants
for the arrest of everydD Democratic MEM
| Der of the legislature were prepared last
night. 1t was the intention Of Gov. Tay-