The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-12
BECKHAM ACCUSES DURBIN.
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 lection under which these two men seem to have rested since your incum- bency to the office. You are at least entitled to the credit of having faith fully carried out your reputed agree ment with them However, in doing so, you have violated your oath of of- flee and brought discerdit upon the high position you hold. But even with this understanding of your embarrass- ing position. confronted, as you were, on the one side by the law and justice, | and on the other by a miserable politi- cal bargain, I could not believe you would so forego the dignity and obliga- tions of your office and the courteous relations that exist among the chief executives of the various states as to 80 out of your way to offer gratui- tous insult to the people of Kentucky and to cast a reflection upon the courts and the public of this state.
 You criticise the recent trial of Pow CTS and denounce Judge Cantrill for his instructions to the Jury.
 You insinuate, too, that the judge has been influenced in his trials of these cases by his aspirations as candidate for the United States senate, If ru- mor speaks true, you are not above sus- picion in that respect yourself, and the rancorous spirit of your letter shows that you are making bid for the sup port of the inplacables and radicals in your own party, with view to that end. I doubt the wisdom of your poli- cy to secure such an honor.
 There is no doubt now that the as- sassination of William Goebel on the state capitol grounds was the result of q deliberate and carefully planned con- spracy, that he was shot from a win- dow in the office of the secretary of state, where W. S. Taylor was when the shot was fired, that Taylor imme- diately had all entrances to the build ing guarded and forbade the admission of the peace officers who sought to en- ter and search for the assassin; that he threw ever obstacle in his power in the way of preventing the arrest and con- Viction of any one suspected of the crime that he issued his pardon to some of those under suspicion, even be- fore their arrest and indictment; that he was presumably the beneficiary in the death of William Goebel, who Was contesting with him the title to the gov ernorship of Kentucky; that he refused to recognize the writ of habeas corpus, filled the state capitol with over 1000 armed desperadoes and threatened the entire state with revolution and anar- chy and that day he is a cringing supplicant at your feet. begging that he be not given over to trial on an in- dictment charging him with being a conspirator in the murder of his suc- cesful rival. It would be no satisfac- ton to any one to punish an innocent man for this crime. The mind of any civilized man revolts at such an idea The brothers and friends of the mur- dered governor simply demand the pun ishment of those who conspired to kill him. No political advantage could be gained by any one or any party in con victing the two self confessed criminals now basking in the smiles of your pro- tecting care. You ask again what was the object of appropriating $100,000 for the conviction of the suscected mur- derers of William Goebel? The same object which prompted the government to pay secret service men and other de- tectives to discover, if possible, whether the miserable wretch Czolgosz had any confederates in his dastardly crime. Only $7,000 has been spent of the Goebel reward fund, all in the legitimate ex- penses of the trials, and it is safe to as- sert that at least that much has already been spent in the laudable purpose of trying to discover the anarchist plot to murder our lamented president.
 Such a people as these could neither be helped by your praise nor harmed by your scurrilous abuse, and such a people would never know illgly permit any one to be unjustly de- priyed of his life or liberty"