The age-herald., 1900-06-14
Governor Mounts Reply

1HuldndpOllS, lnu., June lo, l90U.
 "Sir-In refusing to honor the requisition for the return of Governor Taylor I desire to state that have carefully examined the constitutional provisions for the extradi- tion of persons charged with crime. The spirit of the constitution does not deprive the executive of the inherent, sovereign right to exercise his discretionary powers and in lieu of that power make of this CO., ordinate branch of government a mere clerkship with power to sign requisition papers regardless of whether in so doing he is imperiling the life and liberty of the man sought to be extradited, or whether he is furthering the ends of justice or dethroning justice and enthroning persecu- ton.
 "The governors of the several states have adopted rules regulating the extraditon of persons charged with crime. In the adop- ton of these rules the purpose has not been to violate the constitution, but rather to carry out in a uniform manner it's spirit The courts have repeatedly held that the exercise of discretionary power is a right that legally belongs to this office, and that it is the duty of the executive to exercise this prerogative.
 T deplore the assassination of the late William Goebel and would not for a mo- ment refuse to return MT. Taylor or any other man charged with complicity in that crime if l could persuade myself that the party so charged, under existing conditions, would be accorded a fair trial. I do not believe fair and impartial trial can or will at this time be given MT. Taylor When Judge Cantrill, of the trial court at Frank fcrt, declares that he would not subject a sheep killing dog to trial under such cir cumstances as exist, may 1 not justly re- fuse to send MT. Taylor back to be sub Jected to trial with this prejudice inten- sitied and famed into hate. When man who is controlling spirit in the prosecu- ton, witness in this case, and prominent in Its councils, uses the monstrous language that when they should get control they would hang republicans like pigs to a pole, and these anarchistic words have not to my Knowledge been denied, the que ton of guilt seems of little consequence in this conspir- acy against innocent men, the furtherance of Which is indicated 5S' indictments found by partisan grand jury.
 Refuses the Application
 Upon such finding is based the reouisi- tlon papers which l now refuse to honor l regret the fact that the peace of your state is marred by bitter political strife. When partisan rapacity leads to acts that endanger liberty and jeopardize s:se it is time to remedy the cause by reforming inc evil instead of prosecuting the wronged Of the lew that has caused this strife in your state, while it's passage was pending the Louisville Courfer-Journal said: The Goe- bel bill will never be enacted into a law. The Democrats of Kentucky have not sunk so low as that. There is a limit s~es, to the fury of factonal passion. There are bounds set upon the prosperous rapacty of sectional leadership
 'It seems that this prophecy was not f,u- filled, and. the limit even to the fury of factional passion did not find its bounds in the prosperous rapacity of sectional leadership This bill, thus denounced, was enacted into a law, and under its iniquitous provisions the people of Kentucky were deprived of their will expressed at the bal lot box. Adding insult to injury, the man chosen as the Governor of Kentucky has been defrauded of his rights and charged with bSng a conspirator to commit mur- der. After a partisan election board, cho- sen under the Goebel law, was forced to give certificate of election to Governor Taylor, further effort was made to de- prive him of his office through the unlaw- full methods of the Legislature. The Louis- vile Evening Post. Democratic newspa-
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