The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-02

Washington. Feb. I-Prcstleut Mckinley
has received a long message from ". :
Taylo- Of Kentucky dated today At
Frankfort. Mr. Tavior rsrit-s ~ length III.
situation in Kentucky; declares that he con-
sidcrs himsel: the Legally Gle ted ExeclI-
i've % thu State and asserts that The con
ditiOn Of affairs At the present time - most
critical. lie says that a riot may occur at
any time which viii cause much h!ooGshod
Governor Taylor says that ne is doubt
III! OF his power 70 control the situation
and appeals To thu President to end tnc
matter and s"cur" peace in the State by
recognizing him as the Governor OF KIN
lucky The appeal is very earnest AM the
f.d Jf the administration Is urgently rr-
quest" d.
Governor TayioT's communication goes at
great length into III" SITUATION in kr.-
lucky, making AN explanation Of the CON
Citions there. While definite and absolute
information on this point is not cbtaiua hle
there is reason to believe that a specific re-
quest for the immediate presence Of Federal
troops is not made. No action Of any kind
has been taken on Governar Tiylrr's me
mortal and il can be positively stated that
up TO midnight no decision whatever with
reference TO it had been reached. To-nor-
row Is the regular day :Ur Cabinet met
inCs and Fridays session Will b. very Up-
FORTUNE for Il careful consideration by the
President and all his advisers of the course
Tor the administration to take.
No conclusion Will be reached save with
great deiiberation and after the most care
full discussion OF the kentucky situation in
all its aspects as it affects the Federal Gov
ernmenL The President Will 60 very slow
IN the matter IN the hope that events in
the State itself will so shape themselves :,s
TO relieve the administration Of the n-ccs-
Sity of any action.
Ea
which may practically compel the President
10 move. If such contingencies can he
averted they will be The question in Ken
lucky is intense. and its very Intensity is
felt here 10 be likely 20 lad to some peace
ful solution Of the question. Action by the
Federal Government at ;his tine, It Is
feared. might further rouse, rather than
smooth, the angry passions that have pre-
vented an adjustment 50 Gar.
To-day the first attempt WAS made to
cure a peaceful way on. OF the mUd;le
This attempt met failure in an absolute re
fuSat on .he part of tn" Democratic man
ayers 10 let the United States Supreme
Court decide the case
The position Of the administration. how
ever. Is that efforts along IN" line of 4
Judicial determination cf the claims Of
Messrs. Taylor and tirchcI should not be
abandoned b-caus. Of tn. I'M. .pssihie bar
ricr met to-day. hut that furth.: attempts
should he made /" reach an understanding
win the Democratic manag gers. The
President is In communication with Gov
crnpr Taylor. and II is possible that some
statement regarding their correspondcnce
may bc made public later This will de
pend largely on whether such a statement
would tend. in President NckinIcy's
opinion to allay public excitement. For the
present. no Information at all is to be had
from the White House. as t. affairs in
kentucky. The memorial from Governor
"A la- q.
House. where its receipt would not even be
admitted. HoWeyc! IL Can b. said
definitely that The President has been ap-
pcal"d - III a long memorial by Governor
Taylor. and. as already stated. tina; he has
reached 10 conclusion on the subject of the
said memorial