Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-14
WILL NOT GIVE TAYLOR UP
GOV. MOUNT REFUSES TO HONOR
KENTUCKY REQUIsITION.
Says His Powers in Such Cases Are
DiscretiOnary-NO Chance
for Fair Trial.

Governor Mount of Indiana gave out a
statement at Indianapolis last night in re-
ply to a requistion from the governor of
Kentucky for w. S. Taylor.
The governor states that he has care
fully examined the constitutional provis-
ions for the extradtion of persons charged
with crime, and that he is convinced that
the discretionary power in such cases rests
with the governor
The statement continues:
1 depiore the assassination of the late
William Goebel, and would not for a mo-
ment refuse to return Mr. Taylor or any
other man charged with completely in that
crime, if l could persuade myself that the
party so charged, under existing conditions
would be accorded a fair trial
Il do not believe a fair and IMPARTIAL
trial can or will at this time be given Mr.
Taylor. When Judge Cantrill of lie trial
court at Frankfort declares that he would
not subject a sheep killing dog to a trial
under such circumstances as exist NAV |
not justly refuse to send Mr. Taylor back
10 De SUBJECTED to trial with this preju-
ace intensified and famed into hate?
w hen a man who is a controlling spirit
IN the prosecution. witness in this case
ana prominent in its councils uses the
monstrous language that when they should
get control they would hang republicans
like pigs to a pole tand these anarchistic
words have not, to my knowledge, been de-
nied), the question of guilt seems of little
consequence in this conspiracy against in
nocent men, the furtherance of which Is
indicated by indictments found by a parti-
san grand jury.
Upon such finding is based the requisi-
ton papers which 1 now refuse to honor
l regret the fact that the peace of your
state Is marred by bitter political strife.
W hen partisan rapacity leads to acts that
endanSer liberty and jeopardize life it is
remedy a nv ,t,,r I he.
evil instead of prosecuting the wronged
OF the law that has caused the strife in
your state, while its passage was pending.
the Louisville Courer-Journal said:
The Goebel bill will never be enacted
into law The democrats of Kentucky
have not sunk so low as that. There is a
limit even to the fury of fractional passion
There are bounds set upon the prosperous
rapacfty of sectional leadership
Gov. Mount here quoted extensively from
newspapers in condemnation of tie Goebel
election law, and continued:
Il have referred to editorials of demo-
cratic papers. rot to inject any political
bias into this case. but to reveal the in
famous injustice that has been forced
upon the people, and that the Indictment
of Gov. Taylor has for its real purpose
the palliatton of this crime and is fer the
purpose of diverting public attention from
this injustice by making 1t appear that
the man thus robbed of his office Is n
murderer and unfit 10 serve in the high ca
pacity to which he was chosen by the s,If-
frages of the voters OF his common
wealth. Mr.. Campbell. who has charge
of the prosecution Of this case was asked
today when the Indictment was found
against Mr.. Taylor and answered, June.
the 11th.' but the Indictment shows on its
face that it was returned April 10. Mr..
Taylor inquired of the commemorative
attorney if an indictment had been re-
turned against him. and the information
was denied him. This IL certainly a VIOLA
ton of the spirit Of the criminal code of
your state, and does not SAVIOR of an hon
est purpose to deal Justly with the accused.
Another phase of the question that de-
serves to be challenged Is the action of the
general assembly in setting aside the enor-
nous sum of 100000 as a reward for the
conviction Of persons suspected of having
been concerned in the killing Of Mr. GoebeI
That Of Itself is accepted by all right
thinking people as a tempting invitation
for the propagation of wholesale perjury
ard a premium on moral and physical as
saSsinatton.
In the fearless exercise of an estab-
ished right ard in the performance Of q
conscientious duty, l must refuse to honor
your requisiuon. demand upon this
office, under the circumstances to which
l have briefly referred is monstrous 1t
finds no parallel in the history of executive
practice in tho United States.
THE honoring of this demand and the
return of Gov Taylor into the custody of
men. who. blind to reason, have ignored
civil rights. and into environments where
rapacious hate dominates would be as
Stunning responsibility from the gravity of
which l shrink