The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-08-21

If Governor Taylor is not tried for muir
der it will be because Republican Gov
ernor in another state will refuse to give
him up to the Kentucky authorities.
Governor Mount of Indiana, republi-
can, has already refused to honor a re-
QUESTION from Governor Beckham of
Kentucky for Taylor and it is evident
that his refusal was upon the ground
that Taylor is brother republican.
Governor Mount by his action, has
protected murderer upon the ground
that he is republican and for no other
reason.
Governor Mount is not the only repub-
lican outside of Kentucky who has shown
a willingness to protect this murderer.
Taylor desired to attend the republi-
can national convention at Philadelphia
and before attending sought and re-
ceived assurances from Governor Roose-
welt of New York that he would not sur
render him if he was caught while pass
ing through his state, and from Cover
nor Stone of Pennsylvania that he would
not surrender him if caught while at
tending the convention which he at
tended upon these assurances.
These three republican governors out
side of Kentucky must put to shame the
men within their party WHO believe in
upholding the law and Furnishing crime.
No law abiding citizen can indorse their
course no matter how partisan a repub-
lican he may be, and every honest repub-
lican should denounce any alliance be-
tween their party and murderers, for no
party can succeed in this country by
murder.
The murder of Goebel was unjustifia-
BILE from any point of view, and he
would be foolish indeed who would seek
to justify murder on any pretext, but
while all agree that Taylor should be
punished, if guilty, what must be said
of those who, in utter disregard of the
law, protect and shield the murderer
and prevent his being tried. It will not
do to say that he cannot receive a fair
trial in Kentucky for there is every evil
dence to the contrary and such state
ment is assuming that the governor of
any state has a right to say that any
sister state is unable to conduct its own
affairs. For individuals to protect
murderer would not have such bad
effect, but when the highest officials of
their respective states will do so, then
people have right to ask what stand
does the republican party take on en-
forcing the law against murder for po-
litical purposes, and does it believe that
Governor Taylor of Kentucky having
murdered one democrat and planned to
murder lot more must be protected?
If republicans do not SO believe, why
don't they denounce Mount. Roosevelt
and Stone for defying and setting at
naught the law in the case of Taylor?
1t should not be question of republi-
cans protecting republican murderer,
but honest and law-abiding citizens
should unite in demanding that whether
the murderer was republican or demo
crat and regardless of the politics of the
murdered man, that the dignity of the
law must be upheld and murder pun
ished. The position of the republican
governors in this Taylor matter will re-
turn to plague the republican party in
years to come and will lose them the con-
fidence of many law abiding citizens of
the United States, for no honest man
will support a party that indorses or
protects murderers, as Taylor is, and the
prevention of trial in his case will hurt
the republican party and convict Taylor
before the world.