The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-02-15

and will call upon the OWL author-
tiles to protect US In our resolve to
resist any attempt Of republican force
to take us to London or any other
place."
81 fully concur with Speaker Trim
ble," said President Carter of the sem
ate. "We will not be arrested That
is the shortest way to put it. Both
houses will act Jointly in this matter
if any attempt of 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"
The democratic leaders say nothing
more will be done by them in the
matter of 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. The republicans, they say,
gave assurances that the terms they
made would be accepted by Gov. Tay-
lor. One clause of the agreement, they
say, was that things should remain
in statu quo until next Monday, and
the democrats regard the proceedings
before the federal court at Cincinnati
and Gov. Taylor's message to the Lon
don legislature advising that warrants
be sworn out for the arrest of alb.
sent members as a departure from the
spirit of the agreement.
The republicans now in the city who
were present at the conference re.
fuse to make any statement as to the
present conditions of the conference
of last-Tuesday. One of them, Lieut..
Gov. John Marshall. has gone to Lon.
don to attend the session of the re.
publican legislature there.
Frankfort. n.y.. Feb. 11.-Gov. Tay.
lor has not signed the peace agree.
mcnt Saturday mornirg. and as usual
declined. to give any hint of his in.
tention. The men throughout the
state who have been wiring him to
stand firm. and whom he invited here
to talk over the situation appeared in
fairly large numbers Saturday morn.
ing. About sixty of them went to the
governors Office. among the number
being many of the leading republican
politicians from Lexington and the
territory adjacent to tlrat city. Ser.
GeaN1' III II W. 'lN auU Nt'i u.t
expected in Frankfort from London
Saturday mc,'nin,r with warrants for
the arrest of dem members OF
the Legislature. It is dit.igult to see
how they can eNccnte their mission
here, as there is not. at the present
| time, a single M n,ber of the legisla.
ture in or around Frankfort. Every
democrat has !~rnr to Louisville.
Secretary X. j. Hampton, of the re.
publican state central committee. who
arrived in Frankfort Saturday morn
ing from Winchester, gives it as his
opinion that the injunction proceed
ings at Cincinnati will have no bearing
whatever on the gubernatorial situa.
ton.
81 am unable even to predict the
outcome" said he, "but the repub.
Leans are confident of making a good
case for both the courts and the peo.
pie. I see no chance of getting the
legislature together unless the demo.
Gratis should be taken to London. II
warrants have been issued they will
be taken to Louisville at once foI
service"
TTauh IoTt, n.y., TtD. L. lie SJdJe
troops, which have been on duty here
for nearly two weeks, have nearly all
returned home, only the soldiers from
Covington, Newport, Lexington and
Morgantown are camped in the Capt..
tai square. Adjt. Gen. Collier said
that only few companies of infantry
would be kept on duty here for short
time, to do police work around the
Capital square and guard the public
building. They would, he said, inter.
fere in no way with the actions OF
the members of the legislature and
access to the Legislative halls would
he as free and unrestrained as it was
before Taylor issued the proclnma.
ton declaring Frankfort in a state OF
insurrection.
The members of the republican legis.
lature are nearly all here. No init.
nation has been received as to wheth.
er or not the democratic members OF
the legislature would adjourn their
session at Louisville and come to
Frankfort to take part in the general
session. 1t is believed here, however
that they will do so, probably by the
latter part of the week.
Plan of the Democratic.
Louisville, KY, Feb. 12.-It is re.
ported that the republicans will this
week seek to bring the contest for