The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11
CALLED BACK TO FRANKFORT.
TAYLOR ORDERS REPUBLICANS no
LEAVE LONDON.

| VIII ne
main In Louisville.
Frankfort, KY, Feb. 10-'I have only
this to say: After mature deliberation ana
conference with my friends from every
section of the state, have concluded to
allow this controversy TO take it's due
| course, vigorously contesting every inch of
ground and upholding the rights Of the
people to the uttermost If these rights
be destroyed the responsibility for that
destruction must rest with those who sit
in judgment.
ut is due to say that the e. .lnent gen.
| tlemen, my friends, who secured the prop
| ositions resulting from the Louisville con
ference, acted in perfect good faith. from
| the highest motives of patriotism, and did
| the very best they could
The above was signed by Gov Taylor
and issued as proclamatio9, The decision
not tdF sign the Louisville agreement was
reached by Gov. Taylor this afternoon.
For over two hours he had been in con-
| ference with fully 150 prominent Republ-
| cans from all parts of the state. The meet
ing was secret in the extreme, all those
who came from the hall before Gov. Tay-
lor himself refusing to say anything of
| the progress of the deliberations.
The members of the conference, with the
exception of Gov. Taylor. gathered in
| the legislative hall usually occupied by
| the state House of Representatives.
Two Courses Open.
Gov Taylor stated to the conference
| that there were two courses to be pursued.
| First, to sign the Louisville agreement,
| the second to quietly withdraw the troops,
| allow the Legislature to reconvene in the
| Capitol in Frankfort 10 call off the ses-
sion now being held in London, and to ig
more the Louisville agreement entirely.
Several speeches were made, and 1t was
soon apparent that the sentiment of the
gathering was vey strongly in favor Of
| the second course. and this was adopted.
| This action was decided upon at / O'Clock,
and the first intimation of the decision
was given to the outside world by Gov
| Taylor himself. He came rapidly
through the doors unattended, and look
| ing nervous and haggard He walked
hastily toward the Capitol stairway, re-
peating several times to the newspaper
men who stood in the hall: 81 don't sign"
Il don't sign" 81 don't sign
Recalled From London.
From the Capitol he passed 10 the execu-
tive building, where he at once made up
and signed the following proclamation, re-
convening the Legislature at Frankfort:
"Frankfort, KY, Feb. 10, 19OO-The ex-
cltement recently prevailing in this city
has 20 some extent subsidized, and there
appearing now TO be no necessity for the
general assembly to remain in session in
London do hereby, by this proclama ton,
reconvene same in Frankfort, KY. Feb.
Il, 1900, at Il o'clock noon
Wv S. Taylor,
Governor of Kentucky"
Orders were at once issued to Gen. Col
lier to prepare for the departure of the
troops, and in a very short time large
number of them were ready to leave Six
companies left to-night, more will leave
tomorrow and only small detachment
will remain by Monday morning. These
will be detained only as a peace guard
and will IN no way be obtruded upon the
presence of the Legislature.
Word was at once sent to the members
of the Republican Legislature now in ses-
sion at London that the next session
would be in Frankfort and prompt re-
ply was read to the effect that they would
leave in a body on Sunday and be in
Frankfort Monday morning in ample time
for business.
They viii Follow Taylor.
After Gov. Taylor had left the hall,
resolution embodying the sense of the
meeting was adopted:
Resolved, That 1t is the sense of this
meeting that Gov. Taylor should not sign
the agreement referred TO him by the
Louisville conference. and that. reposing
confidence in his ability and sense of duty,
we are content to follow his leadership
after that refusal"
After the adjournment of the meeting
it was the opinion Of the Republicans that
the gubernatoral contest was practically
over. They understood the action of to-
day to mean, and 1t was intended to
mean, that the matter should now be
fought out before the courts and the is
sue there reached to be accepted as final
There was no intention of asking that a
new vote should be taken on the
Goebel- Taylor contest, but Gov Taylor
stated to several prominent Republicans
he would ask that any former action be
ratified by a vote OF both Houses taken
coolly and without passion.
When Informed OF the action of the
Democratic Legislature at Louisville in
refusing TO return to Frankfort, Gov.
Taylor said:
1T strikes me that their attitude is
somewhat inconsistent. They claim they
cannot be protected at Frankfort and
there is nobody here to molest them. They
objected TO the presence Of troops at a
time when there was far greater excite
ment and danger than now. After things
have quieted down they refuse to return
because they say they cannot be guaran-
teed protection"
The action of Gov Taylor to-day re-