New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-02-14

John B. Castleman, the al utant gen-l
leraL Upon him will devolve the duty.
OF carrying ont Gov. Beckham' i pur-
pose to protect his associates from
armed interference, whether it come
from Frankfort or London, OF. both.
Little can be learned OF these defen-
sive plans. Gen. Cas..eman declared
no steps had been taken toward organ
izing military force. as
he only purpose OF the proposed mill
tary organization said he, lis to main
tain peace, and SO long as there is no dis
turbance and civil authority ru.es, there
will be mo need for the use OF military
Won't submit to Arrest.
The democratic legislators. are not
so careful Of arrest as they have been.
Of late. 81
Eve will not submit to arrest, = said.
Speaker Trimble. I'VE know our rights,
and will call upon the civil authorities
to protect us in our resolve to resist any.
attempt Of republican force to take us to
London or any other place 81
Il fully concur with Speaker Trimble,''
said President Carter, of the senate. We
will not be arrested. This is the shortest
way to putt. Both houses will act joint
$ly in this matter, il any attempt to arrest
is made, and we expect the local authorities
to aid us in our efforts to protect our rights.
We will not go to London 81
Both houses of the legislature met
at noon and after the transaction of
some legislative business of no gem
eral interest took recess until three
o'clock. >.-E. Ae''@~ S. *z.5=,E> .5.%&s @
The democratic leaders say nothing
more will be done by them in the mat
ter of the peace negotiations. They
say they came to an agreement with
seven accredited agents of the repub-
lican administration, which agree
ment was signed by all of the IA con-
ferees. Phe republicans; they say,
gave assurances that the terms they
made would be accepted by Gov. Tay-
Tor. One clause of the agreement,
they say, was that things should re-
main in status quo until next Mon
day and the democrats regard the pro-
ceedings before the federal court at
Cincinnati and Gov. Taylor's message
to the London legislature, asking that
warrants be sworn out for the arrest
of absent members, as "a departure
from the spirit of the agreement
The republicans now in the city
who were present at the conference
refuse to make any statement as to
the present conditions of the confer
ence of last Tuesday. One of them.
Lieut.. Gov. John Marshall, has gone to
London, to attend the session of the
republican legislature there.
Republicans Meet and Adjourn. Z
London, KY, Feb. 12.-Both houses
met as usual. Lieut.. Gov. Marshal pre-
mediately adjourned till Monday, at
IL o'clock. Il !
Obtains Copy of Bill. E-'
Cincinnati, Feb. 12-Col. A. j. Scott,
attorney for the defendants in the in
junction proceedings to be heard by
Judge Taft, of the United States cir
cult court, on Monday next, in the
Kentucky state officers case, Saturday
received a copy of the bill to be fled
here. Col. John F. Hager, of Ashland,
KY, assistant counsel, arrived Satur-
day and with Col. Scott and Lawrence
Maxwell, Jr., of this city, who has
been engaged as associate counsel,
began the preparation of their case.
Judge Scott stated that the char
acter of the petition was practically
as has been outlined in the dispatches.
He stated that if he was giving his
version of the petition he would say
that it was an incorporation of the
speeches that were made by Former
Gov. W. O. Bradley in the campaign"
Gov. Bradley is the leading counsel
for the plaintiffs, and the author of
the original petition. It is evident
that the attorneys for the democratic
defendants are doing everything in
their power to be ready for the hear
ing next Monday afternoon and that
they do not want any delay.