The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-06
REPUBLICANS GIVE Up
FIGHT IN KENTUCKY
R,rkb2m to Be Seated As Governor, Troops to Be
Withdrawn, Legislature to Meet at Frankfort.
rvr Promised Immunity From Prosecution For His Acts
Result of Conference at Louisville.

Frankfort in the capitol building to-
morrow morning.
/ Governor Taylor, late in the morning,
. however, altered the situation enJlrely
I by declaring to a correspondent OF the
/ Associated Press that no order had
been issued revOking the meeting at
J London and that it would proceed as
originally intended by him. He denied
in the most emphatic manner that
there had been any intention on the
part of the Republican party TO aDan-
I don the London session.
This was a bOmbsheli to many Of the
Democratic members OF the legis azure
; no, acting on the advice of t1eir at
torLeys. had left the city Saturday
night ana on Sunday morning in order
to be away from the capital in case
it was decided by Governor. Taylor to
convey them to London for the purpose
of helping out a quorum.
They had left the city as directed
and early this morning a large numl er
{ of them were told TO return, as every
thing had been settled and an agree
ment reached which would allow the
+ legislature to occupy the chambers in
/ the capitol. They came in from al r.
/ Snctions and on every train, and by
nGJ1 fully thirty of them had arrived.
They knew nothing of the situation
] EAtEBL NtldL Adl BtGA EOltdluEu IN
/ messages received by them, and th-se
were found 90 be misleading when they
+ were confronted on their arrival in
( Frankfort by the statement of Cover
nor Taylor.
Democrats Leave Again.
/ They Immediately began preparations
/ to leave the city and at nightfall Demj
/ ocTauc members were as scarce as they
/ train arrived. Late in the evening word
came that an adjustment favorable t.
4 the Democrats might be made at the
. Louisville conference, which was ex-
+ pected, however, to last through tn
] greater part Of the night BY this time
I the Democratic members were pinning
their faith once more to legal advice
and were beyond the reach Of reassur-
/ ing kilograms
Today in Frankfort was county court
day, which comes on the first Monday
Of every month and brings to the city
. anywhere from 1000 to 5000 outsiders.
The number today was smaller than
usual Tor many assurances had gone
Iorth from here that there was strong
| possibility Of trouble and nobody with
J cut special business should take il upon
( himself to come TO town.
/ The crowd, however, was sufficiently
large TO throng the streets. and this.
coupled with the fact that the Demo-
I Gratis were returning to the city in
numbers, and that during the morning
at least political excitement ran nigh.
induced AdjutaHt General Collier TO
make more ample preparations for the
suppression Of possible trouble than he
had done at any previous time
Brings Out More Guns.
A three-inch rifed cannon was
Drought from the armOry on the hill
sue ana placed in the capitol grounds.
pointing directly down St. Clair street
Ammunition was placed beside il ans
beside the Calling guns which were on
. ooIn SIDES or II, commanding the an
proaches to the capitol building from
/ the southwest and southeast.
Inc state board of election commits
/ sloners met today in the CapitoI hotef
/ Tor short session and then decided to
/ make an attempt Ia visit tie Office of
/ me commission in the capt i building
/ Iney reached there after considerable
II lLouD!e with me sentries and prompt
/ ~ ADJOURNED until 10 O'Clock tomorrow
. morning 10 meet in the Capitol hotel
Although every leader of the Deno-
CIauc party Is away from Frankfort
/ IL is understood and believed by such
. or IhCSe who remain here that rho
/ democratic party, in case of q fafIura
/ 10 agree with the Republicans in I,ouis-
. NiHe, VIII at once proceed to ORGANIZE
/ a state government
Democrats to Organize Government
In order to do this with the least nos
/ sole delay, II is necessary that the
. contests Tor the minor positions on ere
state ticket shall be determined inn7a-
/ olate-y. Governor Beckham has at the
+ present time no secretary of state no
/ treasurer and no auditor 1t will not
/ De possible, of course, for him to trans
atJ state business until these officers
f nave Deen seated, and it is with the
+ OBJECT OF facilitating matters in this
/ respect that the election commissioners
are now at work
All these contests are little more than
{ matters of form. every one of then
/ resting upon the same evidence which
/ caused the legislature 10 decide the
/ Goeoel-Iaylor contest in favor of the
] former The contests viii be decided
: ny the election commissioners. and
/ their decision is already a forepona
/ conclusion.
among the arrivals today was Colonel
/ InomdS c. Campbell Of New York and
! formerly of Cincinnati. 1t is stated
/ lAaJ ne had previously been working
/ ON the contest as counsel for the dead
/ contestant He was in conference TO
/ DAY and tonight with the friends of
/ Governor Goebel, including the brothers
! arthur and JuStus II is stated tbat
: eoionel campbell is assisting in work
/ ing up vigorous prosecution ana that
/ mere mas already been much informa-
/ loh gathered by detectives on which
/ arrests are expected soon.