Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-25
Over a Thousand Armed Men Visit
Kentueky's Capital
PETITION TO TEE LEGISLATURE
Declares Belief That a Great
Wrong is impending
WARNING TO DELEGATES

FRANKFORT. KY, January pa spe-
cial train bearing more than 1000 men car
rying Winchester rifles arrived in Frank
fort at $50 o'clock this morning. The men
hail from the counties of Bell. Allen, Knox,
Harlan. Whitley. Metcalf and Edmunson.
Frankfort is overfiowing with visitors, but
none except those arriving today carry
arms
Governor Taylor stated to an Associated
Press representative that the men were not
soldiers. He disclaimed any knowledge of
the identity or purpose of the armed visit
The men marched to the state house,
stacked their guns and took up positions in
groups about the buildings.
Adjutant General Collier states that he
had no knowledge that the men were COM
ing. Many of the visitors are members Of
the state guard.
The total number arriving on the special
train cannot be stated exactly. The train
had seventeen cars. Ex-Secretary of State
Charles Finley addressed the visitors from
the steps of the state house. He said the
object of the gathering was to see justice
done a committee was appointed to draft
resolutions. Stephen Sharp of Lexington
was chosen chairman and will make an ad-
dress.
Draft of the Resolutions.
The resolutions committee drafted The fol-
lowing TO be presented to the legislature
toda-:
We Kentuckians here assembled in token
of all the free and equal men of Ken
lucky do reassert the great and essential
principles of liberty and free government"
proclaimed in the bill of rights, not as de-
rived to US therefrom, but as Inherent
Our property may ALLEVIATE from our
selves and our children, but our liberty is
a heritage to us in trust for all genera
ET.,-
incumber il We declare again the pre-
rogauve right of freely communicating
thoughts and opinions. and to assemble to-
gether in a Veaceable manner for our COM
mon good and the good of our fellow-men
Of Kentucky. More especially do we de-
clare our right and authority, conferred on
us by Almighty power. and not otherwise,
of appealing to those invested with the
power Of government by either petition or
iem"nstrance, and We represent to them,
our brethren of Kentucky, our agents in
the legislature convened that the govern
ment Of Kentucky is founded on our au-
thortty and instituted for our peace, safety
and happiness and the protection of prop
erty-our own and theirs-as we'll as that
Of the stranger within our gates
Peril lowering Over the State.
We petition them. our proxies in the gen
tral assembly, TO heed that there is peril
lowering over all those things so dear to
and them. and that calmness and pru-
that truth and justice may prevail. and we
exercise our right of ''remonstrance'' against
their suffering themselves to be led into
the temptations of partisan pride in the
crisis which is on US. We beseech them to
remember that their own just powers Were
leaned them by US at the polls and that
among these was the Jurisdiction to decide
Judicially and by due process of law and
hot otherwise. what was then our express
Ell will, not their present political prefer
ence-
We implore them that they do not on
shght or technical pretexts nor flirnsy OF
trivial causes permit the subversion of
that supreme law of the land, the will of
the people.
We beg Of them that they receive from
the hands of our messengers and consider,
and do not spurn or despise, this our ear
nest address, petition and remonstrance
and that they, by their considerate action,
protect. preserve and promote the safety
ana welfare. and. above all, the honor Of
Kentucky, committed to their keeping
tSignedy CHAS. FINLEY
DIR. THOS. W. BERRY
A. w. KAZOR,
CLAUDE CHINN