The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-01-31
C. 0. P. DEFIANCE
Gov. Taylor Sends Ken
tucky's Legislature to
Republican Strong
hold.
FRANKFORT FILLED WITH SOLDIERS
Efforts of Democrats to De-
clare Goebel Elected Frus-
trated By Militia.
FRANKFORT FILLED WITH SOLDIERS

not expected that Mr.. Goebel will survive
the afternoon. He has been slowly sink
| ing throughout the morning. The noise
and confusion in the streets and in the
Capitol Hotel have worried him greatly
His fever has increased and the doctors
| have about given up all hope.
| At $40 o'clock this morning, Dr. E. 3.
Hume. who had been in attendance upon
Senator Goebel throughout the night came
| from the wounded mans bedroom and an
nounced that there was hardly a possibil-
| ity that he could recover.
''The only thing that keeps him alive"
said DR.. Hume, '.is his splendid nerve. He
| cannot keep up on that alone, however,
and 1 consider that death is practical
certainty and that within very short
| time
Mr. Goebel was slightly better at day
break than he had been since five o'clock
| yesterday afternoon. During The aariy
part of the night he failed steadily and
about eleven o'clock 1T was thought tiiat
he could not last much longer. About
midnight, however he rallied and from
that time until this morning held his own
| and q little more. He was troubled dur
| ing the night with frequent spells of
nausea, which the physicians declared to
| be a bad symptom The internal
hemorIGhage ceased, however, and this.
was looked upon as an evidences that he
might after all pull through. The cour-
| age of the wounded man never failed him
for an instant, and when able to talk ne
| insisted that he would recover.
| No progress had been made toward ap-
pretending the man who did the shooting,
and it is not likely that any
| will be made.
| To all appearances as much is known OF
the would-be assassin today as ever will
be known. The police have practically
! abandoned the case and there is nobody
/ but the police to take it up. The force
! of mountaineers are in the building from
| which the shots were fired and nobody
| has been allowed to enter it. Access to
| it is made still more difficult now by the
| force of soldiers which is stationed at
every gate Nobody is admitted to the
| Capitol grounds without pass, and
passes are not issued in profusion. All
| night soldiers poured into Frankfort and
! at seven o'clock this morning fully one
! thousand men, with two Calling guns,
were stationed in the Capitol building.
Eight hundred more are expected during
| the day.
Large crowds are expected in Frankfort
| today and the prediction is made that by
/ nightfan fully 5000 strangers will have
arrived The city at present is very quiet
1 and there is no surface indication OF
| trouble from any source.
/ IT is largely due to the conservative at
| titude assumed by the leading politicians
/ of both parties that there has not been
| fighting in the streets of Frankfort. Tele-
grams were poured into the city last night
/ from every direction announcing that
bands of armed men were more than
| readv to come down and create all sorts
| of trouble in the land
To each and all of these messages were
| sent telling them there is no place ike
home and urging them to remain there
| One crowd came in from Lexington yes
| terday afternoon and behind them walked
| boy carrying valise which contained
| eighteen revolvers belonging to the party.
| It is certain now that the Legislature
will seat Goebel at the first session which
it holds. If he is seated, the Republicans
will pay no attention to the matter and
will refuse to surrender any of the Offices
! They have made up their minds that the
| seating of Goebel by joint ballot is
illegal even under the Goebel eiecflon
| law. which provides that contesting can
didate for Governor shall be seated py
majority of both houses. They will re-
| sist fatty any effort of the Democrats to
seat officers by joint ballot
| Governor Taylor and his attorneys re-
| mained all night in the State House.
Threats had been made against all OF them
and it was thought the wise thing for