New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-12
WHY GOV. TAYLOR GRANTED PARDONS
HE BELIEVED REWARD OF 100000 WOULD
SECURE CONVICTION OF INNO-
CENT PERSONS

Louisville, KY. March u-According TO state
rnent made by Governor ". s Taylor tonight TO
a representative OF THE Commercial" he has
granted a pardon each OF the persons for whom
warrants have been issued charging them with be-
ing accessories TO the assassination of Goebel in
GLIDING the Secretary OF State. Caleb Powers, and
the ex-Secretary of State, Charles Finlay. In his
statement Governor Taylor recites the conditions
under which he claims have been elected and
charges the Democratic contestants for State
offices with conspiracy TO secure control of the
government. He continues:
Notwithstanding these conspirators de-
feated the polls to the State offices, they sue
houses Of the General Assembly, and in retain
ing in power the State canvassing and counting
While many Democratic members were honestly
elected yet others We're elected by the manlpuIa-
ton of dishonest precinct officers and county
wasting boards before and during the election. and
in and counting out until the majority aforesaid
was obtained As thus constituted the General As
sembly and canvassing Board have decided that the
be set aside It is needless to saw that such con
spracies as this almost inevitably produce revoIu-
ton, because a free people will not willingly be
deprived OF their right OF suffrage or consent that
the minority instead Of the majority shall rule.
Pending this unfortunate struggle William Goe-
bel, the contestant OF the ONCE OF Governor was
assassnated by some person. whose Identity Is I'M
fasten this heinous crime upon all of the
State officers elected by the people, the purpose
and 10 terrorize in The Assembly all opposition In
cured an act appropriatinE 500 900 ostensbIy for
the purpose OF detecting the criminals, and have
employed lawyer whose in the criminal
proceedings was so odious a riot result
ing in the destruction of the courthouse and the
loss of over forty lives.
Following this employee of The Cincinnati
Enquirer has made affidavits charging that Caleb
Powers, Secretary of State: his brother, John
Powers. captain of company of State militia;
". H. Cuton. d clerk in Auditors office;
Charles Finlay, x-Secretary of State and Captain
John Davis, policeman of the State House grounds,
conspired. aided and assisted in said assassination
Warrants issued and said w. H CultOn
during the night OF March taken from his home,
cerated in the county jail without bail or given an
opportunity IL. on the day of said
assassination Holland Whitaker, whose residence
is in Butler County, Ky, arrested and charged
with said crime and assassination, and was placed
in Jail and kept confined without trial for over one
month in defiance OF the provisions Of the law
requiring speedy examining trial. and that
person charged with crime shall be brought out
every two days. Upon the trial he held
without bail. Notwithstanding there was absolutely
evidence introduced showing his guilt For
some cause, without cause our courts, COM
posed almost entirely Of Democratic judges have
become partisan that IL is practically, II not