The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-09-13
A STRONG CHARGE.
Judge Cantrill Draws Contrast Be-
tween Feelings Aroused
BY Attack on President and Assassina
ton of Goebel-Protection Given
Fugitive by Republicans.
[Courier-J Journal.

Frankfort KY, Sept 9.-Taking up
the attempted assassination of Presi-
dent Mckinley by an anarchist and the
aroused public feeling over that la
mentable affair, and contrasting it
with the sentiment expressed in Ken
lucky shortly over a year ago, when
the life Of Gov. William Goebel was
taken by an assassin, the later action
of the Governors of four States in pro-
tecting fugitive Taylor from the strong
arm of the law, Circuit Judge Can
trill this afternoon delivered to the
September grand jury the strongest
charge ever made in the court house in
Frankfort
The speaker referred with sadness
and much feeling to the lamentable
circumstances of last Friday, which
marks "a dark day in the history of the
country and of the situation of affairs
now confronting not only Kentucky
but the Nation. He said that crime
had run rampant throughout the
United States within the last few
years and that it was easy to trace one
of the chief causes for such a condi-
ton. THE derelictions of the grand
and petit juries are more to blame for
the state of affairs in this country at
this time, and especially in this Com
monwealth, said he, THAN of all
other causes combined "
Another cause of the situation OF
affairs in Kentucky, Judge Cantrill
said, was certain of the public press
of this State, publications which, if
they did not approve and encourage
the murder of Goebel winked at it,
and after it's elimination asserted
that nobody knew or could find out
who the assassin was, who ever since
have been apologiziug that such a
thing was done and trying to mislead
public opinion and who spent much
time in villifying the Judge, Court
of Appeals and jurors.
81 do not hesitate to denounce their
conduct as that of lot of lecherous,
libelous, cowardly ours that no com
munity ought to tolerate " said he
The pulpits as rule, sent up no
supplication to the Throne of Grace
that the life of William Goebel should
be spared to his Commonwealth, " said
he. IF there were any expressions
or indications as to the feelings of the
pulpits the same pulpits in Kentucky
which are now Illuminating their
thunderbolts against anarchists and
anarchism, which is all right and of
which | approve) at that particular
time the publice knew nothing of
them and if there were any prayers to
the Throne of Grace they were secret
prayers that the life of that brave
citizen should not be spared and that
the person who was making the con-
test against him should be his sue
cessor. f"
II know whereof speak, - said he,
| in closing the above statement, which
was one of the strongest of many warm
passages.
Protection for Fugitive.
At another point he referred to the
protection from the law given to
fugitive Taylor by the Governors of
Indiana, and Of the states through
which he passed last year while en-
route to the Republican national con-
vention at Philadelphia and that given
John Powers and Berry Howard by the
Republican county and district officials
of Eastern Kentucky counties within
the past year. Referring especially
to the protection offered TAYLOR by
Gov. Roosevelt, of New York State,
he said:
Roosevelts Position.
And it is lamentable fact, if his
tory be correct, and if the newspaper
prints properly published, that the man
who is now the second great officer OF
this great nation, then the Governor
of the State of New York, openly and
above board assured the refugee from
justice and boosted of the fact that if
he came within his jurisdiction he
should receive ample and proper pro-
lection.
"These are facts that become and
are part of the history not only of
this Commonwealth, but of the great
nation in which we live And after
one Governor who had refused the re-
QUESTION of the Governor of this State
had gone out of Office and had been
succeeded by another Governor, that
other Governor when approached by a
reporter of the press and asked what
his intentions were as to the sur
render of that fugitive from justice
from Kentucky, gleefully announced
that the climate of Indiana was agree
ing very pleasantly with the gentleman
who was sojourning therein. | do not
mention these facts in any spirit OF
animosity. | do not mention them
with any feelings except a feeling that