Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-17
THE KENTUCKY CONTEST.
Taylor Brings an Injunction Against Beck
ham.

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The Kentucky situation does not
look quite as alarming today as it did
last Tuesday. The contending par.
ties seem to have turned their thoughts
from bloodshed TO the law.
A Republican effort to get the mat
ter into the United States court on last
Wednesday, through injunction pro-
ceedings, failed, Judge Taft holding
that the court was without jurisdic-
ton. This was followed by the filing
of suit in the circuit court at Louis.
Vile, on the same day, by counsel for
Governor Taylor, seeking to restrain
J. C. w. Beckham from acting as gov
ernor and General John B. Castleman
from attempting to discharge the du.
ties of adjutant general. Summonses
were served on the defendants this
afternoon. The suit will be allotted
to one of the circuit judges by draw.
ing. This drawing may not be held
for several days. When it is held an
application for a restraining order will
be made. The suit is brought by Gov
ernor Taylor for himself individually
and as governor of Kentucky. The
petition asserts that Governor Taylor
was elected to that office, November
8, 1899, and after received from the
board of election commissioners GER
tificate of his election and qualified as
governor.
The petition continues: Since the
time of his said qualification to the
present time, the plaintiff has eontinu-
ally been and is now performing the
functions of the Office, and is recog-
nized as governor by the other state
officers. But plaintiff says that the
defendant, J. C. w. Beekham, is now
and for some time has been claiming
and pretending to be the governor OF
Kentucky, and to have the right to
perform the functions of said Office,
claiming that on the aforesaid Novem-
ber 7, 1899, one William Goehel was
elected governor of said state, and
that he, the said Beekham, was then
elected lieutenant governor, and that
bv reason of the subsequent death OF
said Goebel he, the said Beckham, has
become invested with the powers OF
governor of said state. And he is now
and for some time has been pretending
to exercise the powers and performing
the functions of the Office of governor
aforesaid. He has been pretending to
send messages as such governor to the
general assembly of Kentucky and
has pretended to appoint defendant,
John B. Castleman, rs adjutant gener-
al of Kentucky, and to invest him with
power and control over the military of
said state, and the said defendant,
Castleman, is now claiming and pre-
tending to be such adjutant general OF
the state.
Plaintiff says that by reason of the
aforesaid acts of defendants herein,
great confusion has been produced and
is now existing in the state OF Ken
lucky, and plaintiff is being greatly
ham pered and interfered with in the
performances of his duties rs governor
of the said state.
Wherefore plaintiff prays for an in
junction against the defendant, J. Z.
w. Beckham, enjoining and restrain
ing him from performing, or attempt
ing to perform, or claiming the rig ht
to perform, any of the functions of the
Office of governor Of Kentucky, and
against the said John B. Castleman
from performing or attempting to per-
form or claiming the right to perform
any of the functions of the Office Of
adjutant general of Kentucky, and an
injunction against each of the defen-
dants from interfering in any way with
the performance by his plaintiff of the
duties or functions of the office OF gov
ernor aforesaid. He further prays for
his cost herein expended, and for any
other relief to which he may appear
to be entitled.