The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-11
DEMOCRATS NOW
IGNORE TAYLOR.
Continued From Page ono.

bodies all he desires 10 say concerning his
position ~ the present Iim"
Tn, decision not 10 sign the Louisville
agreement WAS reached ny Taylor few
minutes after / o'clock this afternoon. For
over JWo hours h" had been in conference
Win fully on" hundred and nifty prominent
Republicans from all parts of the S;at". In
Guiding county committeeman and four Re
iuhli"uu members uf th- Legislature. The
meeting was secret In the extreme. all
,aus" coming from The hIll before TdyIor
himself refusing To- sty ANYTHING concern
ing tho progress OF The deliberations
Ju-E" George benny presided and T.. 7
Petty acted Its secretary. The members of
tn. conference. With the exception Of Tay
'"r. gathered In the Legislature hall usG-
ally occupied 10y The House - Representa-
lives Ate: III" hail VAS fll"I Taylor Ell
s'r"l. an waA greeted with ringing burst
Of cheers. The door was then closed and
H." SECRET Proceedings began.
Taylor stated ru th, conference that there
w~r" "" courses 10 Zee pursued FIRST. 10
sign the Louisville agreement. the ~"cuiI.
in quietly withdraw IN" troops. allow the
Legislator" 10 rrcouN"u" IN IN. Capitol In
Frankfort. ga call off The session. now being
hold &. l..I5,u. and To ignore the Louisville
ucr-ru;Cut entirely.
~-vcra. sl"" he's worc made AMI q was
soon apparent thar rno sentiment IF the
th- second coEr-.. ana this was aiuptc
Tnis ar:ion va> decided apo" al o'clock.
..gI m. first Information II lh-, decision
was given ia thu outside world ly Taylor
himself he came rapidly through the
4aorS unattended and looking nervous and
GEgSd:i. lie walked hastily toward n"
t.pttoi stairway. repeating several times t.
-, urNsF.rar men who stood in the hall,
= '.u''T sign" 1 don't sign L don't
sign"
From the CAPITOL hc passed. 70 the Execu-
i.T" building. where h- ~ once made up
an. signed his proclamation. re-onvrHirS
his minority Legislature :, Frankfort
orders Were At once issued to General
Collier 10 prepare for the departure of the
troops, and in very short time large
number Of them were ready To leave. Six
G. :DYar!-s loft tonight. more Will leave to-
morrow. and only 4 small detachment VIII
remain hy Monday morning. These WI! be
T"E aimed only 9S e. peace guard. and Will IN
.o Way ha obtrudrd upon the legislators
Word was At On.r Ssat to the members ~
IN" LEGISLATURE, row in session At London,
that thu reNt session would be in Frank
fort. and a prompt reply was received TO
the effect t;lat they would all leave lr Il
body on Sunday. and ha ia Frankfort Non
day morning in ample time for business
After Taylor had left the hall, The follow
ing resolution, emboiying the sense Of the
meeting. was adopted:
Resolved. That II is the sense of TINS
meeting that Governor Taylor should not
sign jle agreement referred 10 him Ivy ;he
Louisville conference, and that, reposinS
Contd.n nee In MS ability and sense Of duty
-" are content to follow his leadership aft
~ tnaJ refusal
After the adjournment OF the meeting IL
vas the opinion of the Republicans that the
SUbeTnaJorill contest was practically oyer.
They unterSt oDd ;hc action OF to-day TO
mean, and il was intended To mean. hat
The matter should Row he fought out before
jn. courts. and the issue th-rr reported 80
b" accepted as ttual. There Was 10 intention
IF asking that "a new vote shall be taken
on tho iotrel-Tsylor contest. hut Taylor
stated 20 several prominent Republicans
be ratified ny 4 vote Of both Houses taken
c"ul!y anu without passion.
When Informed OF the action of the Dem
ocratic Legislature AZ LouiSvill" in refusing
10 come To Frankfort. Taylor said:
IT strikes me that their attitude ia some
hat Inconsistent. They claim they cannot
Ee protected at Frankfort, ara there IS no
body here to mUlest them They objected
To the presence of troops At tine when
there was far greater excitement and dan
ger than now. After things have quietod
down hey refuse 10 return because. they
say. they cannot he guaranteed protection" a"
The action OF Taylor to-day returns the
rHheruatOriIl fSht TO the exact position #
occupied on III" day following the Goebel
assassination. with the additional 0mplica-
tiun that there was but one Legislature and
one Governor IN fact whereas there ar,
now two claimants for I'll" position. and
two legislative bodies, each claiming TO be
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