The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-14

sentatives-DOcumen Differ.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. 1S.-The Re-
publican state committee, through its
officials, and the organization formed by
disaffected Democrats during the recent
compaign have issued statements giving
their views of the political situation for
their support. The appeal issued by the
Democrats says
1.-THE men who in June deprived major
tty of the Democrats Of Kentucky OF
representation at the Kentucky conven-
ton are preparing to reverse, by the ac-
tion of the legislature, the decision the
people made at the polls. The general
assembly of the sovereign state of Ken
lucky is subject to the mere whim and
sued to your representatives through a
caucus, intimidated by force and de-
based treachery. All the rules Of eva
dence that prevail in civilized communi-
ties have been repealed; every principle
of justice has been rePudiated in ad-
vance.
1.-The candidate who was defeated by a
decisive vote, by the subservience of GER
tain of your representatives and by the
subsection of others through promise Of
official spoils,. has made them mas
ter of the legislative department of Ken
lucky. The Democratic party has been
put in the position of an enemy to the
public peace and menace to popular in
sututionS, with a record of unparalleled
outrages during the past year.
I'VE are about TO enter upon ma
tional compaign; the probable leader in
this campaign has made himself the as
sociate and the supporter Of the men who
were repudiated at the polls. He is to
return next week to Kentucky to aid
the conspirators in driving from office
men who have been elected. The success
of the schemes already. developed at
Frankfort would bury the Democratic
party for decade in ignominy and pop
ular contempt. The success of these
schemes would be temporary surrender
of a republican form of government. The
future is dark with threatened danger Of
the graVeSt character.
If the people of Kentucky will speak
directly to their representatives, in COM
mand1ng tones, they may yet save the
state and party from irretrievable disas-
ter and uneXampled disgrace. We appear
to you, therefore, to read in the record
of the past twelve months the darker
record Of defeat and disaster that may
follow during the twelve months to
form of 1896. and desire this year to give
your candidate for president the cleo
toral vote of kentucky, you must not
permit the political desperadoes in con-
trol of the Democratic caucus at Frank
fort to make the party responsible for
the action of the reckless and desperate
leaders now in control of the legislature.
REPUBLICAN MANIFESTO.
The epubllcan manifesto follows about
the same lines. 1t contains the following:
Two months after a general election a
defeated minority is derying the law,
violating the constitution, and seeking by
ieNoiutionary means to establish usurpers
in public positions already filled by men
you have chosen to conduct your affairs
political conspiracy against repre-
sentative government approaches q
climax Every right guaranteed by your
constitution is violated ruthlessly, alike
in party convention, by election commits
sloners, by officers of the judiciary de-
partment and by representatives in the
legislature.
Unless you will act so as to instruct
your representatives in the legislature to
execute your will, the enemies of respect
aple government may yet triumph, or in
woke bloodShed
Since the assembling of your legisla-
= tufe you have seen one act of usurpation
and outlawry tread upon anothers heels.
so fast they follow.
The provisions that contesting commit
tees shall be chosen by lot has been reck-
1ugglery and packed committees are to
near contests for the two highest offices
In the state.
Your members have been intimidated
by false charges of bribery made in adj
vance of the meeting of the legislature
ana the vote of a senator who onenIv
contesses that he has accepted a bribe is
necessary for the contamination of these
acts of usurpation.
In short, revolution in every depart-
ment nhaaf,o9 9t your. government proceeds un-
checkeu our rights are denied you and
you are deprived OF the privileges Of se-
lecting. your own officers by acts. and
pretended acts. which have about them
no,s no shadow of right or reason. The char
heter or your institutions is being
s changed and. without due process of Ia "
men are deprived of Office and other men
: ne ne; aepTlEed OF clearer rights than the
rights OF office holding.
IN justice to ourselves and IN i,atIna
to you, impelled by our regard for fhe
constitution and the laws. and by our de-
government. we make these representa-
tions to you, and we beseech YOU 80 to
act as to relieve your representatives
from them and through them fnII
opedlence to your will as expressed at
the polls" "
OUTLOOK SERIOUS
The situation in the contests for COVER
nor and the state offices, and the oues-
tion of what is going to happen when the
final result is declared are tonight fruit
full of the most extravagant speculation
If the adherents OF the contests the Re
publican incumbents Of the state offices
carry out the line of procedure they now
threaten, by refusing to vacate even In
case the legislature decides in favor of the
Democratic contestants, the situation will
be serious, and If the statements of some
of the men high in the councils of the
state are credited this is what they nro-
pose to do.
K. III. Hampton, secretary of the Repub-
lican state central committee, said this
afternoon that the talk of holding an anti
Goebel state convention here next week
was purely an invention, but he predicted
that several thousand anti-Goebel men
: from all parts of the state would be here
to protest by their presence against un-
seating Taylor and Marshall, and to sus-
tain them If the legislature votes to turn
them out. He denied that any of these
now here are soldiers in citizens clothes
as charged by the Goebel Democrats.
James Andrew Scott. one OF the attor-
neys for the contestants In minor state
contests, said tonight
1.-THE importation of soldiers and thugs
here for the purpose of intimidating the
legislature viii not work. They are bluff
ing, and no trouble will occur AS for
their threats that they will hold on In
spite OF the decision by the legislature
they may do this for few days, but the
courts would recognize the regular state
government, and II MF. Taylor does not
then give in he will subject himself to