The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-01
good shape.

FRANKFORT, ky, Jan. I.-Wi!ilanl
Goebel was shortly before . O'Clock to-
night sworn in as Governor of Kentucky.
and J. C. ". Bcckham a few minutes ialer
took the oath OF Lieutenant-Gorernor.
The oath was administered TO both men
by Chief Justice Iiazelrigs. of the Court
of Appeals.
The olan to make Goebel Governor was
SET in motion carly in the afternoon. a
statement was prepared saying that the
boards which had heard the contests
for Governor and Lieutenant-GoVernor
had decided in favor of Goebel and Beck
ham, and that the boards intended 10 re-
pert their findings 10 the Legislature, but
that they had been prevented from SO
doing bv the action Of Governor Iayior
in declaring the Legislature adjourned
DRIVEN FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
The statement then goes on to say taat
th, members of the Legislature were
driven from place to place By the 1nllltia
and threatened with arrest whenever fhey
ATTEMPTED 10 hold q meeting. II was de-
clared the belief of all the ssners OF me
statement that Goebel and Bechham We're
the legally elected Governor and Lieuteh-
antIGoveinor. and each man as he signed
the paper, announced that he voted 1or
the adoption of the majority rep II OF
the contest boards, which declared Goebel
and Bccliham TO be the men risii'iuiis
entitled TO the Office.
1T is signed ty a majority OF tie mem
bers of both. Houses.
The statement in full is as follows:
THE STATEMENT.
ITO the Ci,izens of the Commonwealth of
kentucky:
.,On tho ttlirty-tirst day Of January,
1908. AT $50, the hour TO which the House
OF Representatives had adjourned, the
members thereof attempted TO assemble
in the State Capitol, for the purpose OF
performing the duties With which they
are charged under the laws of the Com
monwcalth An the entrance to the House
they We're met by armed soldiers, COM
manded by The Adjutant-General OF the
State under tho orders of the ActinS
Governor. and the members OF your
House Of Representatives We're by the
soldiery not only refused admission 10
the House. but commanded TO 'disperSe
as an unlawful assembly
ATTEMPTED TO MEET ELSEWHERE.
."Thereupoa Your representatives attempt
ed 10 Inect at other places within the city
of Frankfort, but were pursued by the
same soldiery and Dispersal at the point
Of the payonet; Furthermore, as II these
Nnwarrartcd acts-hitherto unheIrd of
and without precedent under any form of
observation-disclosures not q sufficient assump-
ton of tyrannical powers, notice was then
and there attempted to be served upon
your representatives by uniformed officers
that he the acting Governor, had adjourn
ed the General Assembly 10 meet in Lon
don, in a remote mountain county IN IL
heart of that section of State notorious
throughout The nation for its lawiessness,
nsurdarous feuds and assassinadons.
where he and his predecessors have re-
peatediy acknowledged their inability TO
enforce the law. aven with the fuii ASSIST
ance OF the military power OF the state.
This outrageous. rsurpation of power and
authority, denied 10 the legally consG-
tut1oned Chief Executive of the Common
wealth by the constitution. The acting
Governor attempts 10 base upon an ai!eS-
ed state OF insurrection which he. Win
out warrant of fact. declares 10 exist
throughout the State, and especially IN
the vicinity of Frankfort.
Now. therefore. We, the undersigned
representatives of Kentucky. do protest
10 the people of tie commonwealth.
First-That no insurrection exists in this
vicinity of Frankfort or elsewhere.
Setond-That no dangers or indications
OF dangers exist except such as have
arisen from time to time from the pres
ence and threatening movements of pro-
x1rsscuous hordes of armed mountain Re
pubhcans. brought here by the acting
governor and his political colleagues for
the sole but vain purpose of provoking
resentment and 5counter-deraonstrat:on
on The rart of the law-abidlng citizens
L OF the State. which course of conduct
had its logical and inevitable ii not its
contemplated eulmination last Tuesday
,norning in the assassination, from
Z window Of the Executive building in the
e Immediate vicinity of the Office Of the
Acting Governor, of the Hon. William