Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-01-31
70 SEE JUSTICE Done
One Thousand Armed Men at
Frankfort, KY.
THEY COME ON A SPECIAL TRAIN.

Grounds and Stacked Arms-Each One
Ia Given u Badge Bearing the Portrait
of Governor Taylor - Ex-Seeretary OF
State Finley Addresses the Men and
Resolutions Are Adopted.
Frankfort, KY, Jan. 26.-A special
train bearing more than 1000 men
carrying Winchester rifles, arrived in
Frankfort at $50 o'clock in the morn
ing. The men hail from the counties
Of Bell, Allen. Knox, Harlan, Whittier,
Metcalf and Edmunson. Frankfort is
OverflOwing with visitors but none ex.
cept those arriving carry arms. Gov
ernOr Taylor stated to an Associated
Press representative that the men
were not soldiers. He dlsclaimed any
knowledge of the Identity or purpose
OF the armed visitors.
Stacked Arms ut State House.
On arriving the men were supplied
with badges bearing portrait of Gov
ernOr Taylor. They then marched to
the state house, stacked their guns and
took up positions in groups about the
buildings. Adjutant General Collier
states that he had no knowledge that
the men were coming. Many Of the
visitors are members of the state
guards. The total number arriving on
the special train cannot be stated ex-
actly. The train had seventeen cars.
Ex-Secretary of State Finley ad-
dressed the visitors from the steps of
the state house. He said the object Of
the gathering was to see justice done.
A committee was appointed to draft
resolutions. Stephen Sharp Of Lexing-
ton was chosen chairman and made an
address.
Resolutions Adopted.
The resolutions committee drafted
the following, which was presented to
the legislature:
I'VE, Kentuckians here assembled,
in token of all the free and equal men
of Kentucky, do reassert the great
and essential principles Of liberty and
free government proclaimed in the bill
Of rights, not as derived to us there
from. but as inherent Our property
we may ALLEVIATE from ourselves and
our children, but our liberty as heri-
tage in us in trust for all generations,
and we may neither surrender nor en-
cumber it.
hight ana Authority Declared.
"We declare again the prerogative
right of freely communicating our
thoughts and opinions and to assem-
BILE together In peaceable manner for
our common good and the good of our
fellowmen of Kentucky. More es-
pecially do we declare our right and
authority, conferred on us by Almighty
power, and not otherwise. of appealing
to those invested with the power Of
government by either petition or re-
monstrance, and we represent to them,
our brethren of Kentucky, our agents
in the legislature convened, that the
government Of Kentucky Is founded on
our authority, and instituted for our
peace. safety and happiness and the
protection of property-our own and
theirs-as well as that of the stranger
within our gates.
Peril lowering Near.
I'VE petition them. our proxies in
the general assembly, to heed that
there is peril lowering over all those
things so dear to us and them, and
that calmness and prudence and wis
dom need be invoked in order that
truth and justice may prevail; and we
exercise our right Of 'remOnstrance'
against their suffering themselves to
be led into the temptations Of partisan
pride in the crisis which is on us. We
beseech them to remember that their
own just powers were loaned them by
us at the polls and that among these
was the jurisdiction to decide judicial
ly and by due process of law and not
otherwise, what was then our ex-
pressed will. not their present political
preference.
The Will of the People.
I'VE implore them to not on slight
or technical pretext nor flimsy or triy-
ial causes permit the subversion of
that supreme law of the land-the will
of the people. We beg of them that
they receive from the hands of our
messengers and consider and do not
spurn or despise, this. our earnest ad-
dress, petition, and remonstrance, and
that they by their considerate action
protect preserve and promote the safe
ty and welfare, and, above all, the
honor of Kentucky committed to their
keeping"
The resolutions are signed by
Charles Finley. DIR. Thomas w. Berry,
A. w. Razor, and Claude Chinn.
All but Ladies' Excluded.
The lower house of the legislature
met ut IL o'clock and on motion of
Cantrell, Democratic leader, a resolu-
ton was adopted excluding all but Ia
dies from the chamber and galleries.
Catron, Republican, asked the consent
Of the house of representatives to per-
init a non-member to present a resolu-
ton, but Speaker Trimble ruled that
nobody but member could do so.
A rumor is in circulation. but per
sistently denied, that Judge Cantrill of
the local circuit court. has summoned
all Democratic deputy sheriffs of the
state to come to Frankfort Common.
wealth's Attorney Franklin SAYS he
knows of no such order.
Would Precipitate "A Conflict.
Cincinnati. Ian. 2G.-A Times Star
special from Lexington. speaking OF
the movement of armed men from
southwestern Kentucky Ia Frankfort.
adds: They are 10 he present at
Frankfort when Gorbcl men will M.
tempt forcing action on contest over
seats in the house IL is given out
that these Republicans will serve no
tice on Gocbel members that they don't
intend seeing Republicans who have
been honestly elected thrown out for
Goebel Democrats This would cause
SpaaEar rriu,htn IN ar,lnr III, lnlkio.