The age-herald., 1900-02-03
Beckham Will Grasp the Reins
 This Morning.
HIS ORDERS TO BE DIsREGARDED
He Will Appoint an Adjutant General Who Will, be Empowered to Orr ganize Military to En-
 force His Orders

Frankfort, Ky, February 2.-The first clash between the executive and Judiciary powers of the state occurred today. A still greater clash is imminent tomorrow and beyond the possibilities of tomorrow lies sea, with skies so lowering and of so stormy an aspect that no politician of either party can tell where it will carry the Kentucky ship of state.
 There is the chance that things will, as Congressman June Gayle expresses it, drift around all right" but there are other chances also, and if things are to drift around all right" they must strike a counter current, and strike it soon. There can no longer be any concealment of the fact that affairs in this state are bordering upon conflict in arms, and the beginning of the crisis is at hand. It may be that the present difficulties will be settled by the courts of law, but the hearts of men are hot in Kentucky now, and legal process may provide a remedy too dilatory to please a few of the more impatient.
 The clash of today came when an officer of the circuit court of Franklin county was arrested by the militia while attempt ing to serve notice of a legal proceeding upon Governor Taylor. The clash of to- morrow may come when the officers of that court attempt to enforce the rulings of its presiding judge. Behind this judge, the democrats will have tomorrow for the first time an active executive head in the person of acting Governor Beckham, and from the democratic standpoint regularly appoint ed adjutant general, whose orders the troops now encamped around the capitol
 
 cline to obey, the new adjutant general will, the democrats claim, have the power to organize military forces of his own and proceed against all people who defy the authority of his office and that of the gov ernor of the state, whom he represents.
 On the other hand, the republicans are fixed in their attitude that there is an in- surrection in the state, that Beckham and his actions, his adjutant general and his orders are those of people acting in opposi- tion to law. They believe that they alone are in the right, and as there can be but one right, and all else wrong, those who show resistance to the proclamations or Governor Taylor are in rebellion against the commonwealth. They will resist any attempt of any kind to remove them from their position around the capital, meeting force with force, and that means civil w9f. The first clash of today came When Alonzo Walker stenographer employed by the democratic attorneys, was placed under arrest in the capitol grounds, charged with conduct tending to incfte mutiny and riot. The conduct consisted in pinning to the door of the private office of Governor Taylor a notice that tomorrow morning the demcratic attorneys would appear be- fore Judge Cantrill, of the circuit court, and ask for an injunction restraining Gov ernor Taylor from all interferences with the movement of the legislature, and from his announced attempt to remove it to London, in this state. Walker was at once taken into custody by orders of Colonel Rodger Williams, the commanding officer of the forces now gathered around the capitol.
 Tomorrow the injunction, will be asked, and there is no doubt that it will be grant ed. Judge Cantrill has the reputation of being a man who will attempt by all means in his power to enforce the rulings handed down from his bench He will most cer- tainly use all the power in his thand to se- cure the operation of his injunction.
 It is equally certain that the republicans will pay no attention to Judge Cantrill or his writs. The democrats claim that the action of the republicans in arresting Wal ker while he was attempting to carry out the orders of the court has placed them in contempt of court, and they will make all of the point that is possible.