The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-04

Removes Ad1t. zen. COll1er ana HIS
Assistant and Orders Militia to
Return to Their HoInes-GOv.
Taylor Is Temporarily Restrain
ed From Interfering With Meet
ings of the Legislature.
TRANSPORT, KY, Feb. 3-Exactly
one hour after the death of Mr.. Goebel,
j. c. w. Backham was sworn in as gov
ernor of the state, the oath being ad-
ministered by s. J. Shackelford, clerk Of
the court Of appeals.
1t had been determined to keep secret
the news of the death of Mr.. Goebel until
Mr.. Beekham should have been formally
inducted into Office, and the delay was
made greater by the inability Of DR.. Nc
Cormack to leave the room Of Mr. Goebel
and make the proper certificate Of death.
Until this had been done the Democratic
attorneys were unwilling that the oaths
of office should bs administered.
The ceremony took place in a small
room on the same floor as that in which
MIR. Goebel died, and but few doors to
the west of it. In the room at the time
of the administration of the oath were
Senator-efect Blackburn, Col. B. S. Young,
Col. Phillip Thompson, Eph Lillard, ]. II.
Lillis, Lieut.. e. Mckay, s. j. Shackel-
ford,- clerk OF the court of appeals: Dr..
w. P Wells, Col Harry Mckay Col.
Jack Chinn, DR.. Mccormack, Joseph
Blackburn Jr. and three representatives
of the press.
I Col Young, who was one Of the leading
Democratic attorneys throughout the
Goebel-Taylor contest, and Senator-elect
Blackburn sat at table in the center Of
the room, upon which they had drawn
UP the papers necessary to the admins
tration Of the oath of office to MIR. Beck
ham. After the papers had been COM
pleted there was wait of nearly ten
minutes for DR.. Mccormack. The death
certificate had already been prepared,
and Dr. Mccormack Immediately signed
his name and swore to the contents of
the paper, which read as follows:
State of Kentucky, County of Franklin.
Frankfort, KY, Feb. 81, Joseph N. Nc
Carmaek, attending physician of William
Geebe.. governor of the state OF Ken
tucky, do certify that l was present in
the room of said William Goebel, in the
state and county aforesaid, on the I'd day
of February, 1900, at the time of his
death And / do hereby certify that said
William Goebel departed this, life on the
Sd day Of February, 1900. In the said city
of Frankfort. at the hour of 6;4j D. M,
and thereafter communicated the fact
Of the death of said William Goebel to
T. c. w Beckham, lieutenant governor
of the state of Kentucky. who was then
sworn in as governor of the state.
Witness my hand this. the Sd day of
February, 1900
Subscribed and sworn before me this
- '''s = IS. K. shackelford,
Clerk of the Court OF Appeals.
BEcKHAM SWORN IN.
Now, Mr.. Beckham. 1t is your turn"
said Col. Young.
Mr. Beckham, who had been standing
in the far corner of the room, at once
advanced to the table with flush Of ex-
element on his youthful face
Sign the oath,'' said Col. Young, push
Ing the paper toward him.
Mr.. Beckham hesitated. and Col. Young
repeated his request.
LET me be sworn first" said Mr.. Beck
ham.
You must sign the paper before YOU
take the oath,'' said Col Young. I'VE
want your oath to the signature.
Mr.. Beckham advanced to the table
and affixed his signature. and then, step
ping back, he held up his right hand for
the OATH which was read to him by Clerk
Shackelford, of the court of appeals. The
light was none of the best, and the writ
ing on the paper none of the most legfble,
and Mr.. shackelford made slow work of
1t. All of the time Beckham stood before
him, with his eyes shining and a deep
flush on his face.
When the clerk read the concluding
words Of the oath. so help you. God,'
Mr. Beckham's reply came:
"I do and then. with greater empha-
sis, land may God give me strength to
do my duty
Il devoutly hope he will" rejoined Col.
Young.
The oath of office administered to Mr..
sBeckham was as follows:
State of Kentucky, County of Franklin
Il, j. Z. w. Beckham, do soiemnly
swear that will support the constitution
of the United States and the constitution
of Kentucky, and be faithful and true to
the commonwealth of Kentucky SO long
as am citizen thereof; that l will
faithfully execute, to the best of my
ability, the office of governor, according
to law, ana 40 mere SOtcIuLly swear
that since the adoption of the present
constitution !, being citizen of this state,
have not fought duel with deadly weap-
ons within the state nor out of it, nor
have / sent or accepted a challenge to
fight d,leI with deadly weapons nor have
/ acted as second in carrying a chal-
lenge; nor aided or assisted any person
thus offending, so help me God.
j. c. w. Beckham.
Feb. 8, 1900.
Clerk shackelford then attested the
oath as follows:
Frankfort, State OF Kentucky, County
of Franklin: 7, Samuel j. Shackelferd,
clerk of the court of appeals of the COM
monwealth of Kentucky, do Ger ify that
l did, on Saturday, the Sd day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1900 at 7:45 o'clock p. M, in
the county of Franklin, state of Ken
lucky, administer unto j. c.. w. Beck
ham, both the oath required by the con-
stitution, by 1865, section of the Statutes
of Kentucky, to be administered TO the
said j. c. w. Beckham, and to be taken
by him, Inducing him into the office of
governor of the state of Kentucky, and
do further certify that said oaths were
taken by j. G. w. Beckham before me,
at said time and place
Given under my hand, this Sd day Of
February, A d. 1900.
IS. ]. Shackelford.
FIRST OFFICIAL ACT
The first official action of Mr. Beckham
was the appointment OF q new adjutant