The age-herald., 1900-02-06
LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES CONFER
 AND PEACEFUL AGREEMENT RESULTS
Order COnVenng Legislature at London Revoked and Troops
 Will be Withdrawn from State Buildings
TAYLOR WILLING
 TO ARBITRATION

the gubernatorial chair of Kentucky to any three fair minded men in the world, these three men to be selected by the United States supreme court. He will allow them , to arbitrate the case and will abide by their decision. This announcement he made to a correspondent of the Associated Press at 6 o'clock tonight in his office in the execu- | tive building. The declaration made by Governor Taylor regarding arbitration was | at once wired by the Associated Press cor | respondent to Lieutenant Governor John Marshall and Attorney David w Fairlegh, republican member of the political confer
 ence held tonight at Louisville.
 Chaotic is the only word that will describe the political situation as it existed today in
 Frankfort. This condition arose not so
 much from anything that was done by
 either side as from the countless stories and rumors that were spread broadcast dur ing the day.
 1 Early in the morning it was positively as- | serted by the democrats and confirmed by
 a few republicans that the legislative ses- sion in London was about to be called off. The democrats claimed to have had the | highest possible assurances that Governor | Taylor would take such action, and that the next session of the legislature would be
 held in Frankfort in the capitol building to- morrow morning.
 1 Governor Taylor late in the morning. how | ever, altered the situation entirely by de- | claring to correspondent of the Associated | Press that no order has been issued revok- | ing the meeting at London, and that it would proceed ar originally intended by 1 him. He denied in the most emphatic man. | ner that there had been any intention on l the part of the republican party to abandon | the London session. This was a bombshell l to many of the democratic members of the | legislature, who, acting on the advice of the | attorneys here, left the city Saturday night l and on Sunday morning to be away from the capital in case it was decided by Cover
 nor Taylor to convey them to London for
 the purpose of helping out quorum. They had left the city as directed, and early this morning large number of them were told | to return, as everything had been settled and an agreement reached which would al- low the legislature to occupy the chambers in the capitol building. They came in from all directions and on every train, and by noon time fully thirty of them had rived.
 -E Legislators Arc at Sea They knew nothing of the situation ex- cept what had been confined in the mes
 sages received by them, and these were
 found to be misleading when they were con- fronted on their arrival in Frankfort by the statement of Governor Taylor. They
 immediately began preparations to leave
 the city, and at nightfall democratic mem-
 bers were as scarce as they were in the
 morning before the first train arrived. Late in the evening word came that adjust ment favorable to the democrats might be
 made at the Louisville conference, which was expected however to last through the
 greater portion of tine night. By this time the democratic members were pinning their faith once more to legal advice and were beyond the reach of reassuring telegrams Today in Frankfort was court day, which
 comes on the first Monday of every month, and brings to the city anywhere from 1000 to 1000 outsiders. The number today was smaller than usual, for many assurances had gone forth from here that there was a strong possibility of trouble and nobody without special business should take it upon himself to come to toWn The crowd, however, was sufficiently large to crowd the streets, and this, coupled with the fact that the democrats were re- turning to the city in numpers and that during the morning at least political ex- citement high, induced AdJutaml Gen. eral Collier to make more ample prepara- tfon5 for the suppression Of possible trouble than he had done at amy previous time. A 3-inch rifle cannon was brought from the armory on the hillside and placed in the capitol grounds pointing directly down St. Cladr street. Ammunition was placed be- side 1t and beside the Gatling guns which were on both sides of it,, commanding the approaches to tse capitol building from fine southwest and southeast
 When asked why he was making more extensive preparations than had existed yesterday, General Collier replied: "The old gun has been locked up for long time and we just brought 1t out to give it a | little air.''
 Election Commissioners Meet | The state board of election commission CTS met today dn the Capitol hotel for a l short session, and then decided to make l an attempt to visit the offices of the com mission in the capitol building. They l rehched bhese after considerable trouble
 with the sentrdes, and promptly adjourned l unul l o'clock tomorrow morning to meet | in the Capital hotel.
 l Although every leader of the democratic | panty is now away from Frankfort, 1t is understood and believed by such of those who remain that dhe democratic party in l case of a failure to agree with the repub- | hcans in Louisville. will at once proceed to l organize state government. In order to 1 do this with the least possibly delay it is | necessary that the contests for the minor l positions on tine state ticket shall be de- termined at once.
 Governor Beckham has at the present I time mo secretary of state, no treasurer and no auditor It will be possible, of l course, Dor him to ntansact state business until uhese officers have been seated and | r. is with the object of facilitating matters 1 in this respect that the election commsslon- l CTS are now at work. All these contests | are Mttle more than matsers of formality i and every one of them are resting upon tine same evidence which caused the legislature to decide the Goebel-Taylor contest in favor of the former. The contests wfll be decided by the election commissioners, and their election is already a foregone con-
 clusion.