Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-10-12

sooner or later learn that they muat
submit to and obey the law.
The City Of Louisville.
I But the Republican platform chargI
es that the city of Louisville was dis
franchised and deprived of the right
to participate In the conduct OF the
state government. Goebel received
the highest number Of legal votes and
was elected without the change OF
single vote in the city of Louisville.
Glaringly outrageous as was the con-
duct of the Republican officials, with
respect to the election there, IL was
not necessary for the board or for the
general assembly to consider the OBJ
lections made as to this vote. But In
asmuch as misrepresentation and con-
ceaiment have been resorted to for the
purpose OF deceiving the public, | pro-
pose 70 show that the grounds of con-
test relating to Jefferson county were
Well taken, and required its vote to be
result. oiO0'
H. is declared by the constitution OF
tne commonwealth (Section 81 that
an elections shall be free and euual.T
lnls provision had its origin In the
venerable statute of Edward l.. where
IN u was declared that because cleo
.ions ought to be free, the king COM
luanuetn, upon greae forfeiture, thar
no man py force OF arms, nor by mall
Ice nor menacing, shall disturh anv 81
make free elections"
Another fundamental princ,no, a.
cared In our constitution (Secfion 91l
is that "the military shall In All cases
and at all times, be in strict snbordi-
nation to the civil power" This nro-
vision Is derived from the DecIaratIo,,
OF independence, wherein Il was strS-
ca, as one of our grievances. that tha
KING had affected to render the u1tVi-
tary Independent of and superior tn
the civil power"
These principles, so vitality imnoy.
tant for the protection of the libertv
OF the citizens, were disregarded ana
Vloiated by the Republican executive
ana nearly 5000 voters thereby dis
Iranchlsed In the city OF Louisville.
Inc militia Of the state, in anticipa-.
tion OF the event, was reorganlzed ON
partisan basis. Democratic conn
panles were either mustered ont or
uisarned, under the pretext of furn-
isnlng them with better arms. Bua
these equipments never came.
Gov. 5radleys Acts.
Gov. Bradley reached the city OF
Louisville a few days before the eIee-
ton. A few days prior to his comins
equipment, arms and ammunition for
the Louisville regiment were shipneI
from frankfort, and on the day before
tne election two Gatling guns. with
thirty thousand rounds OF ammu-
milton, arrived On the morning of the
election, before the polls were opened
ne called the regiment to the arnorv
IN the heart of the city and put Il IN
der arms. All these events vera
chronicIed in the most sensational
manner by the daily press. During the
interval between hasty orders for
Gattilng guns and ammunition the Re-
publican governor was making Repub-
mean speeches and comforting with
that highly respectable, but exceed
lngly nervous and suspicious aggrega-
uon OF political phaTisees known in
current history as honest election
Ieaguers." The Louisville Dispatch
and Evening Post were filled with
bloody threats and startling instnua-
lions as what was to be done with the
militia, with the governor in personal
command, on election day. The result
upon the public mind may be ex-
pressed In the terse Language of the
witnesses themselves: "The alarm
was extensive, people were In fear
ana dread, the talk about the prepa-
ration Tor the militia being called out
and the Introduction of cannon. gums
ana ammunition in the city was cur
rent on the Streets" "a great many
men We're unquestionably kept from
the polls" people were afraid there
would be clash at the polls" Much
more to the same effect was proven.
Effect On the Vote.
1t required no prophet to foretaII
the result. There was a total loss OF
1906 registered votes at the election.
The entire registered vote of the
city, In round numbers, was 42.O42.
Inc entire vote cast was 32,236. The
democratic registered vote was q. 600:
tne vote cast l3,400-a loss of 5000
democratic votes. The registered Re-
publican vote was 13,700: the vote cast
was 16,560-a Republican gain of 1850
over the registration.
There was loss of about rs par
cent or the vote Of the city. The re-
cord shows that the usual falling OF
Is not more than 10 per cent, and this
Is generally distributed between the
parties about in proportion to their
It Is perfectly plain that this
extraordinary result was produced by
mlntary intimidation The spectacle
indeed was extraordinary. No such
event had ever transpired in Kentue-
KY. Peaceful and law-abiding citizens
asked with wonder and amazemeAt
where this unprecedented display OF
military would end. They had read in
the constitution of the state that the
governor should not personally take
command OF the militia unless advised
so to do by resolution of the general
assembly; they had read in the law
that the militia when called omt
should be directed to report to may
or OF a city, sheriff, jailer, marshal:
they had read that the militia should
only be employed in aid OF the civil
power OF the commonwealth for The
NJ tha Iaxu