The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-09
Ryattersons Statement.

, aEX processing by Whlch hepuDledl
government has been for the time be
. ing struck down and military dicta
t5fship set up in is place, Is the Louis
; vile L Nashville Railway Company
In the recent State campaign it sup
piled material resources in such abund
/ anee as to draw out all the dangerou.
i elements Of society and TO put into
: activity all the forces of political adj
venture. The two leading parties &c
/ the contest were as nothing by com.
parison with its gigantic machinery foi
corrupting the elections. The hordes
OF desperate mountain men who were
precipated upon the State capital could
never have got there except through
/ its agency. 1t IS said at this moment
to be the backbone of the movement to
transfer the State Capitol from the
+ city Of Frankfort, its lawful abode, to
the little village Of London in Laurel
county, situated upon one ofits branch
e., in tue heart OF the vendetta region
whose turbuleney has for years dis
+ graeed the State. It is believed that
the withdrawal Of its support from the
deiacto would stop these dangerous
and lawless proceedings.
The sole purpose of the Louisville &
Nashville was at every cost and haz-
ard to defeat the election OF Mr.. VIM.
Goebel to the Governorship of Ken
lucky. Mr.. Goebel was a man of I'm
impeached purity Of private life and of
conceded professional ability. But in
some way, he had given deadly offense
to the management of the Louisville &
Nashville and this management felt
that it must destroy him.
cit has certainly done this. But in
doing SO, it has brought upon the
people of Kentucky the incaleulable
wrong and the dire disgrace of trans
actions unexampled in the history OF
Republican government. There is not
at this moment nor has there been at
any moment, the least disorder, or
monaco of disorder, except such as has
emanated from the hand Of the de facto
Governor Taylor.
''The mountain men were brought
to Frankfort if not by his express COM
mand, yet by and with his knowledge
and consent. Their presence in Frank
fort could have but one meaning and
purpose; and, as if to augment both
this meaning and this purpose, some
of hem who had been arrested by the
local police for carrying deadly weap-
ons and for disorderly conduct were,
in advance OF trial pardoned by the de
facto Governor. The shot that killed
Mr. Goebel was fred from an upper
window Of the executive office, which
swarmed with adherents Of the de facto
Governor. Admission to this building
was at once denied the civil authorities,
a Gordon of troops was thrown about
it, and there under the pretense of be-
ing in state of siege, the de facto
Governor has ever held himself vol
untary prisoner though surrounded by
the State militia, called out by himself
and issuing thence proclamations dis
banding the general assembly and
transferring the seat of government of
the commonwealth.
All this while the contestants before
the Legislature were proceeding strict
+ ~ IN accordance with the laws Of con-
test, as old as the Constitution of the
State, with not the least threat Of vio-
lenee or show of disorder There was
positively no thought of instruction
outside the Imagination Of the Cover
nor. By MS orders, the general as
senbly of the commonwealth has been
denied access to its chamber IN the
State Capitol, close by, guarded by
troops; BY his orders its members have
been chased through the streets OF
Frankfort from one place to another,
seeking q legislative abiding place;
and by his orders the processes Of the
Courts Of law, including the writ of
habaes corpus are denied service and
i the lawful procedure of the peace Off
GERS has been put at defiance, whilst
martial law has taken the place Of the
civil law and, on these lines an armed
conflict is invited.
"This IS the exact situation in Ken
lucky. l give it in answer to nnmer-
Gus kilograms and letters from all
pirts Of the country asking it. have
10 party interest to serve. am not
now and have not been for years il
active fellowship with the leaders Of
my own party; and my sole purpose is
to represent to the sober sense and
good feeling Of all parties that the con
dition of affairs in Kentucky is moi
that Of force against force, justifying q
certain neutrality in public opinion
but that of a military usurpat.on, war
ranted By law, against what the law
writer's cali the peace and dignity O.
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