The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-03

foFCC OF Hts OWN III the soAu1ers Ne-
fuse to Obey His Orders-Gov. Taylor
VIII Resist All Efforts to Serve Court
Notices ON IIim-One Court Officer Ar
rcsted-Goebel's Recovery Quite Like
ly.
Frankfort, KY, Feb. 2.-The first
clash between the executive and judi
cial powers of the state occurred ITO
day. A still greater clash is imminent
tomorrow, and beyond the possibility
of tomorrow lies a sea with so stormy
an aspect that no politician of either
party can predict where it will carry
the Kentucky ship of state. There is
the chance that things will, as Con-
gresham Gayle expresses it, drift
around all right" but there are other
chances that they will not There can
no longer be any concealment of the
fact that the affairs are bordering on
conflict of arms. 1t may be that the
QllICItuC6S Will Ut SGlL1cd Wy lhC SOul tS
but the hearts of men in Kentucky are
hot now.
The clash of to-day came when an
officer of the circuit court of Franklin
county was arrested by the military
while attempting to serve notice of
legal proceeding on Governor Taylor.
The clash of tomorrow may come when
the officers of that court attempt to en-
force the rulings of it's presiding justice.
Behind the judge the democrats will
have tomorrow for the first time an
active head in the person of Acting
Governor Beckham, and, from the dem
ocratic standpoint, regularly appoint
ed adjutant- general, whose orders the
troops now encamped around the capitol
building are bound to obey. If they
decline to obey the new adjutant-gener-
al will, the democrats claim, have. the |
power to organize military forces Of his
own and proceed against all people who
defy the authority of his office and that I
of the governor of the state whom he
represents.
On the other hand, the republicans are
fixed in their attitude that there is an
insurrection in the state, that the ac-
tions and orders of Beckham and his |
adjutant-general are those of people act
ing in opposition to law. They believe
that they alone are in the right and |
that those who show resistance to the |
proclamation of Governor Taylor are in |
rebellion against the commonwealth.
They will resist any attempt to remove |
them from their position around the /
capitol, meeting force with force, and |
that means civil war.
The first clash of to-day came when
Alonzo Walker, stenographer en-
ployed by the democratic attorneys, was
arrested in the capitol grounds charged
with conduct tending to incite mutiny
and riot The conduct consisted of pin
ming to the door of the private office
of Governor Taylor notice that to-
morrow morning the democratic attor-
neys would appear before Judge Can
treu of the superior court and ask for
an injunction restraining Governor
Taylor from interfering with the legis-
lature Walker was placed in custody
by orders of Colonel Roger Williams,
the commanding officer of the forces
now gathered around the capitol. To-
morrow the injunction will be asked for
and there is no doubt that it will be
granted Judge Cantrell has the repu-
tation of being man who will attempt
by all means in his power to enforce
the rulings handed down from his
bench. He will most certainly use all
the power in his hands to secure the
operation Of his injunction. 1t is GER
tain that the republicans will pay no
attention to Judge Cantrell or his writs.
The democrats claim that the action of !
the republicans in arresting Walker '
while he was attempting to carry out
The orders of the court has placed them
IN contempt of court and they will
make all of the point possible.