The sun., 1918-12-15

I conference. The physicians nodded
agreement and Goebel wrote half
dozen words, suggesting that he be
inaugurated Immediately. Prepara-
| tons were made. The Chief Justice
| was sent for and after Goebel mad
! slept a while he was sworn In rs
! Governor Of the State-the most
extraordinary Inauguration that ever
| took place in the history OF any
American state.
The next task was to get the Demo-
cratic Legislature to declare Goebel
| Governor but this became a difficult
thing. The militia, under orders from
Gov Taylor and Secretary OF State
| Powers, and commanded by cour-
ageous officer, Gen. Collier, who had
not yet made way for the commander
| appointed by Goebels first official act,
Gen. John r. Castieman, barred every
effort OF the legislators to ind a meet
ing place. They were barred from the
State House, from the Opera House
from the Court House and from the
| public streets, and Taylor meanwhile
ordered them TO assemble at London.
Republican stronghold. All Frank
! fort was an armed camp and the wom-
enfolk were nearly mad from appre-
hension.
Goebel died and little by little good
counsel took control OF the situation
so far as mob violence was concerned
| Caleb Powers was arrested on March
! 10. 1900, and placed in Jail at Lexing-
ton. Gov. Taylor promptly fed from
/ the State and took refuge In Indiana,
successive Governors Of which refused
10 honor acquisitions for his person.
| On August 10 he was convicted ana
given life sentence, both Youtsey
and Jim Howard having already been
! convicted and sent to the penitenuary
for life. Youtsey was a confessed per-
jurer yet in all the years that Powers
fought for freedom no jury could be
found I'm all Kentucky brave enough
| TO turn him loose. IL was Justice
Harlan of the United States Supreme
Court, himself Kentuckian, who said
of the Caleb Powers case:
1T is true that the trial OF the &C
cused make an exhibition OF miscon-
duet on the part OF administrative
officers connected with those trials
which may well shock all who love
justice. Further, the case as made by
the record, It must be conceded, tends
to show II II does not justify the
belief, that administrative officers hay
ing connection with the trial OF tho
accused had 1t in mind at each tria
TO exclude from the jury, SO far as II
was possible to do so. every person
however, competent who belonged tc
the same political party as the ac-
cused"
Whatever Goebels sins had beer
land they were black enough) thf
circumstances OF his death made its
Arrangement a party issue, and tended
to throw upon the Republican party
however innocent, the odium OF the
crime. Therefore few Republicans
were ever permitted to sit upon thte
jury In any case against an accused
man, and the thing became palpably
shocking to the world. Powers, in
deed, was tried four times, the last
jury standing 10 to 2 for acquittal
In 1908 Governor Wilson, Republi'
can, pardoned him, and let free, at tho
same time Howard who was accused
OF the actual assassination, Youtsey
having sworn that Howard fired from
a window of Powers's Office.
1t is interesting to recall thai
Powers sought revenge and got Il
| against men that had been active ir
keeping him out OF the free air anC