The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-09

rested by the Military While At
tempting to serve IL Notice of Le-
lsal Proceeding Upon Gov. Taylor.
Frankfort. Ky. Feb. 4. The first
clash between the executive and jill
diciary powers OF the state occurred
yesterday. y still greater clash is im-
mlnent to-day. and beyond the posi-
bilities of to-day lies sea With skies
so lowering and Of so stormy an aspect
that no politician of either party can
predict where it will carry the Ken.
lucky ship of state. There is the
chance tina, things will, as Congress
man June Gayle expresses it, drift
around all right" but there arc other
chances also. and if things are to drift
around all right" they must strike IL
counter current. and strike it soon.
There can be no longer any conceal
ment of the fact that affairs in this
state are bordering upon Il conflict
with arms. and the beginning of the
crisis is ut hand. 1t may be the poli:i-
cal difficulties may be settled by courts
of law. but heads are hot in Kentucky
now, and legal processes that may
prove n remedy for a dilatory peace
may be irritating ana start the trouble.
The clash came yesterday when an Of
ficer of the court of Franklin county
was arrested by the military while at
tempting to serve Il notice of legal
proceeding upon Gov. Taylor, The
next n
Clasl, May Come
when the officers of the court ATTEMPT
to enforce the rulings of its presiding
judge. Behind this Judge the Demo
crafts will have for the first tine an
active head in the person of Acting
Gov. Peciliam, and, frcm tho Demo
cratic standpoint. Il regularly appoint
cd adju1ant general whose orders the
troops now eEcampetl around the cap
itol building are now bound to obey.
If they decline to obey the new a,liu-
tant general will. the ncc::..:@cratS cl.im.
have the power to organize military
forces of his own aut! proceed asa.ns,
al people who defy the authority Of
his olhvc aud that Of the governor Of
the state whom he represents. On the
ether hand. the Republicans arc fixed
in their attitude that there is III in
Sulrtctinn in the state that Rcckham
and his actions. his adjutant general
and his orders are those of people act
ing in opposition to law. They believe
that they alone are in the right and
as there can be but one right and all
else wrong. those who show resistance
to the proclamations Of Gov. Taylor
are in rebellion against the common.
wealth. They will resist any attempt
OF any kind to remove them from their
position around the capitol lnectins
force with force and cause civil WIFE
Legislature Holds Secret scssion-
The Democratic members of the leg
islatIre yesterday effected IL regular
organization for the first time since the
swearing in of Gov. Gocbel. \ secret
session Of the members of both houses
was held i'll the parlorS Of the Capitol
hotel. ut which the election of
William Gocbel as governor aud J. w
BeckEam as lieutenant governor was
reafilrmed. first in separate sessions of
the mousse ANA senate. and afterwarl in
a Joint session Preceding this action
the members elected as president pro
TEN. Senator Carter. No further SEES
sion will br held until Monday. 1T
seems to be we'll understood among
the Democratic members that the scs-
sion ut London will be ignored alto
gether by them. and that no Democrat
VIII attend until compelled to do So
1t was practically decided that no NOR.
formal demands will be made to hold
sessions of the legislature in the state
mousse by the Democratic members in
body. who will continue sessions ut
some convenient place until the politi-
cal atmosphere has cleared. This plan
of action was decided OH to forestalI
any attempt on the part of the Repub-
NcinS to arrest them and compel their
attendance int London, which action.
according TO the Democratic members.
mas been determined on by Coy. Tny-
lor. III arrests are attempted no IT..
sistance will be made by the Demo-
Gratis, either to arrest or attending the
session ut London should they he ar
rested. 1t was determined that NIL
acts of violence should he avoided and
that the battle for supremacy here
after should be fought out in the
courts.
Some Hope for Gocbel.
The condition of Mr. Goebcl was
any time since he was shot. The iron
Will and determination of the wound
ed man that he will not die by an as
sassln.s bullet is. however. still consid-
cred the main factor in sustaining him.
but last night the attending physicians
for the first time held out some hone
for his ultimate recovery.
Beckham Acting Governor,
Frankfort. Ky. Feb. 4.-Lieut. Gov.
Beckham will to-day be acting governs
or i'll place of Gov. Goebel, who is now
incapacitated from performing the du-
ties of the office. \ physicians certiff.
cate was made out last night declaring
that Gov. Goebel was unable. and will
be for some time unable to act. and by
virtue of this, rcins of power will be
placed i'll the hands of Lieut.. Gov.
Beckliam. who will Immediately exer-
else all the functions of the position.
President will Not Interfere.
Washington. Feb. 4.-Nearly the. en-
tire time of tie cabinet meeting vesta,.