The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-12
Governor Durbin OF Indiana De-
nOunced by Governor Beckham.
DURBIN'S ACTION THE RESULT OF A
POLITICAL BARGAIN.
Governor Beckham Replied to the Sanderous Let
ter that Accompanied Durbin's Refusal
to Honor Requsitons

defendant upon the testimony Of an ac.
complete or OF accomplces until the test-
mony be corroboratcd by other evidence
tending TO connect the defendant with the
commission of the offense and the corro-
boration is not sufficient IL it merely shows
that the orensc was committed and tho
circumstances thereof
as this any way to attack anyone? Is
IL right and proper 20 manufacture evil
dcnce to blackcn. If possible, his character?
You lnsinuate, too that the judge has been
Influenced on his trials Of these cases by
his aspirations as candidate for tho
United States senate. II rumor speak true,
you arc not above suspicion in that re-
spect yourself. and the rancorous spirit Of
your letter shows that You are making a
hid for the support OF the lmpncahics and
radicals In your own party with view
to that end
There is no doubt that the assassnation
Of william Goebel on the state capitol
grounds was the result Of a deliberate and
carefully planned conspiracy, that he was
shot frpm window In the office of the
secretary Of state, not over forty feet
from the governors Office. Where was
TAYLOR when the shot was fred? That
ing guarded and forbade the admission OF
the peace Officers who sought to enter
and search for the assassin; that he threw
every obstacle In his power in the way OF
preventing the arrest and convlctop Ok
anyone suspected Of the crime; that he is
sued his pardons to some or those under
susI1cion even before their arrest and ln>
dictment: thatt he was presumably tha
beneficiary on the death Of William Goebel,
who was contestnG with him the title to
the covernorshp Of Kentucky; that he re-
fused to recognize the writ Of habeas cor
nus, fled the State capital with over
thousand armed desperadocs and threat
cned the entire State with revolution and
anarchy aud that today he is a cringing
suppllcant Mt your feet, begging that he ha
! not given over to trial on an indictment
charging him with being a consprator In
the murder of his successful rival. 1t
| would be no satisfaction to anyone 10
pnnlsh an innocent man for this crime.
| The mind of any civilized man reyolts at
such an idea Tho brothers and friends Of
the murdered governor simply demand the
punishment Of those who copsplred TO Kill
him. No political advantage could be-
gained by any one or any party in convict-
! ing fine self-confcsscd criminals now bask-
ing In the smiles of your protecting care
You ask again what was the object In
npproprating 100000 for The conviction Of
suspected murderers or William Goebel.
The same object which prompted the gov
erpmcnt to pay secret service men and
other detectives TO discover II possible
whether the miserable wretch Cool
gosz had any confedcrates In his
dastardly crime. Only $1,000 has been
spent Of the Goebel reward fuud, all In the
| legitimate expenses OF the trial and IL Is
reasonable to assert that at least that
much has already been spent In the u1ld-
able purpose of trying to discover the an
archist plot to murder our lamented' presi-
dent.
',rhe honored name Of Kentucky needs
no defense at my hands. Her History Is
| one OF which we are justly proud Over
| a hundred years ago she became a common
! wealth in the American Union and her
/ pioneer citizens leveled the forests, built
| homes, schools, churches, established civil
government and quickly placed her among
the first States of the Union. Her people
arr brave, generous, hosptable and ohe-
dent to the law. Life. liberty land prop
! erty are as safe within her borders as any
where on earth Only one time In her his
tory were these blessings threatened and
that was brought about by these two fugi-
lives whom you harbor and some of their
associates. II was then that the great
body of Kentucknns showed their splendid
character, their forbearance and their pro-
found respect of the law and the con-
stituted authorities and 1t was their eour'
age at such critical time that brought
order out OF chaos, government out of an
archy. Such people as these could neither
be helped by your praise nor harmed BY
! your scurrllous abuse, and such people
, would never knowingly permit any one TO
be unjustly deprived of his life or no
erty."