THE SUKANTOiN TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, MAY 24 1900e
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SCUANTON, MAY 24, 1000.
For Vice-President,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
State.
Contrrc5mcn-aM.ar:e OAU'SHA A. OllOW,
uoHKUT it. Koi:itni:r.nt.
Auditor Ccneral-K. It. lIAilDKMlUIKm.
Legislative.
Plrst HNIrlrt THOMAS .1. lli: NOI.HS.
cVmml Di.trltt -IOIIV K'tlFIVI' .lit.
TMnl Hiitrlit-i:i)UAIin .TAMI-s, J II.
V'uinth DMrict-P. A I'llU.IHN
The nliolltlon of the time limit marks
nn epoch In the evolution of Method
ism. To the will of the majority nil
must bow. It is for the ministry In
the Methodist rhureh to make sure
that this ehnnpe In church poveinment
shnll not mean n change In minis
terial character, ellkiency or devotion.
In Dead Earnest.
TTENTJON Is called to the
rewards offered by Mr.
SturRCH and Ms associates
for Information leading to
the nrio.it and conviction of any pcr
in who shall endeavor to bribe or
'Ilx" n juior and for the conviction
of any Jut or yielding to corrupt inllu
tnce. These reward? are sulllciently
M-ge to furnish an Incentive for pub
,lo co-operation in the endeavor to
euro fair trials of the public officials
,iow under arrest. It may be assumed
.hat they will not be the only meas
ures taknn by tho gentlemen In charge
of the purification movement to safo
iniaril the operations of Justice. Since
the Jury room is the key to the situa
tion, it 's evident that It must bo held
under vigilant surveillance. To this
no honest man can object. On the con
trary. It Is a purpose with which every
law-abiding and law-respecting citi
zen ncccss.it lly sympathizes.
We have collected and present in an
other column a number of opinions
f the state press concerning the local
pforni movement and one point noted
.n them deserves to be emphasized.
The present piosecutlons are In no
sense political; the fact that they oc
cur during n political campaign Is n
coincidence merely. Much of the evi
dence upon which tlmso nrrests have
been based was collected months ago
nnd we understand that it was the in
tention of Mr. Sturges and his col
leagues to set in motion the machinery
)f the law much sooner than they did,
.heir delay having been due to the
nrgely abortive Interposition of the
ecent grand Jury which skimmed the
mrface of municipal Ills.
It is perfectly true, as the Philadel
phia Times contends, that In the final
analysis the people In bulk are re
sponsible for such abuses In city gov
ernment as are at present In tho course
of investigation in this city. That,
however, do?s not excuse the bribe
giver nor the bribe-taker. They both
deliberately violate well known laws
and upon fair conviction merit exem
plary punishment. The majority of
citizens are slow to take the initiative
In processes calculated to bilng about
n better order of things municipal;
but they ate quick to give their sup
port to honest men who with pure
motive and clean hands do. This Is
clearly Illustrated In tha attitude of
public opinion toward the leaders in
the prc-pnt cius.ide. Il Is one not only
of i-onfldeneo and expectation but of
cordial ro-opniation. Conditions had
simply become so bad In this city that
they were not longer tolerable. In the
readjustment of them some persons
may get hurt but the purification will
be warranted on the principle of the
qreatest good to the greatest number.
High Vs. Low License.
A LOCAL, contemporary pre
sents In concise form nn ex
cellent summary of tho ar
guments against the Ilrooks
high license law as that statute ap
pears In operation In this community.
It notes the manifest Injustice of ex
acting from licensed liquor denlers
large fees for a monopoly over the sale
of Intoxicants which exists on paper
but not in fact, and It contends that
a fulrer plan would bo to moderate the
fee and let licenses be taken out by
air who desire.
Such a plan would doubtless reduce
the number of unlicensed places, es
pecially if In connection with It there
was a vigorous piosecutlon of dealers
belling without a license. There can
be no doubt that the magnitude of the
present license fee operates against
the conviction of persons charged with
selling without licenses, especially In
the case of widows or cripples who en
gage In the speak-easy business when
other means of support are lacking.
Juries have tho habit of taking an
extremely sentimental view of such
offenders and convictions i In such
cases are few and far between.
But It must bo remembered that
ours Is an exceptional community In
many respects; and that while local
conditions cause tho high license law
to appear a failure there are many
communities In the state,' a large ma
jority of them, In fact, In which the
same law which hero looks Hko a
sham there works admirably, fulfilling
revenue requirements and making pos
slblo a degree of restriction upon the
liquor traffic which has the general ap
proval of the people affected. If It
were posslblo't'o' apply special legisla
tion to tho exceptional conditions
prevalent in the coal fields, that would
open tho way to material remedy. That
A.
privilege being denied, wo see no Im
mediate relief savo In a more ener
getic and thorough enforcement of tho
law ns It stnnds, ' with Increased
pressure In favor of the better educa
tion of tho peoplo In the merits of tern
reranco and obedience to law.
A communication will go to councils
tonight from certain property ownets
in the Seventeenth ward complaining
of damage to property wrought by In
Biifllclont drainage In tho vicinity of
Vine street and Harrison avenue.
Councils have required property own
eis on Harrison nvenue to lay side
walks within CO days, but the way
freshets sweep down In the locality
mentioned calls rather for pontoon
bridges. There has been gross neglect
In providing for the disposition of sur
face water In this portion of the city
and It Is high time that steps were
taken to remedy It.
The Vice Presidency.
THE VICE-I'IIESIDENTIAL.
makers In Washington ate
all at sea In tho selection
of a candidate. No two of
them agree either as to tho candidate,
the state or the section. It Is a friendly
contention and Its object Is to nomi
nate the most available canldate.
If It was settled now, nearly one
month befoio the convention meets in
Philadelphia, tho great Republican
gathering In the Quaker City would
lose much of tho deep Interest It has
evoked throughout the country. Rut
It Is not settled and the nomination
will not bo settled until It U settled
bv the convention. It will not bo
settled by a coterie of Washington
politicians. It will not be settled this
year by a dicker. Republican senti
ment has been aroused against a mer
cenary nomination. The nomination of
n strong man is n vital party obliga
tion. Whether the candidate shall bo
an eastern or western man Is a ques
tion about which people may honestly
differ. Hut the dominant question now
Is personal availability.
Is the candidate nn honest man, a
capable man, a tried man Is he some
body or nobody? Will his name give
prestige to the national ticket, or will
the nomination tcscue his name from
obscurity? Is he fit to be president?
If he Is, It makes no difference whether
he Is ftom Massachusetts, Indiana,
Iowa, or tho sreat state of Pennsyl
vania. If he Is, It makes no difference
whether ho Is indorsed or itrnored by
his state convention. If he Is, the
Philadelphia convention will nominate
him. We believe that Charles Emory
Smith will be nominated. He Is fit to
bo piesldent.
The modern Juryman has the advant
age of a Supreme court Judge every
time. The Ignorant member of the
pane! of twelve can tie up the other
eleven at will, while the learned. jurist
can only fllo a dissenting opinion.
Re-elect Taylor.
HAT SHALL become of
William Sylvester Tay
lor, the regulatly elected
but technically unseated
of Kentucky, is a matter
occasioning a good deal of
governor
which Is
comment,
and very properly so. Tho
American peoplo love fair play. They
recognize that while Taylor as occu
pant of the ofllee of governor may have
been stampeded Into a mistake when
he adjourned the legislature immedi
ately following tho assassination of
Goebel, it wns, if nn error nt nil, merely
an error of judgment excusable In view
of the tumultuous circumstances, nnd
It In nowise overthrew the validity of
his commission from the people, which
has since been cancelled by the most
Impudent fraud.
The consequences of that fraud af
fect more than Taylor. They challenge
the justice of the peoplo of Kentucky
nnd raise the question whether usur
pation carried to completion by pros
titution of the forms of law Is to bo nc
qulesced In by the manhood of tho
niue Grass commonwealth. Whether
Taylor shall remain In public life or
disappear Is of small account viewed
from tho personal standpoint. No doubt
after what ho has ensured he would
prefer to end his days In peace, afar
from the memories of the fraud and
violence that have worked upon him
Inestimable wrong.-- ,
Iiut the matter Is In the hands of the
people of Kentucky and they must dis
pose of It In accordance with their own
dignity and honor. They elected Tay
lor governor nnd have been cheated
out of their will. To Taylor nnd to
themselves they owe a re-election
which shall bo effective.
In spite of frequent warnings It Is
Impossible to make the young woman
believe that there Is anything danger
ous In olco-lce-cream.
Let the President Alone.
ONE OF THE most highly keyed
newspapers In the country on
the subject of our duty to the
Uoers Is the Washington Post,
which appears to believe that President
McKinley should declare war on Great
Urltaln Instanter. It probably would
not word Its belief as we have worded
It, but that It holds substantially this
opinion is Indicated in the following
excerpt from its editorial columns;
If the 1'ost veere the government, the l'ot
would proclaim with etory cfnphasU tint tol
einnfty and sAlousiicss could lend to the an
nouncement, the heartfelt fjnipatliy of the Amer
ican people for the South African republic In
their splendid struggle for life and national hon
or and existence. The 1'ost would speak In this
case ai the American people, through their
chosen u presented es, liae alwajs hitherto
spoVcn in like cases. It would follow the glori
ous examples of the past and renew the sacred
traditions to which, in simple loyalty, we are
hound. Tho Post would offer to the South Afri
can republics the tribute of our loe and admir
ation, and, bearing In mind the fart that this
great nation is the result of similar heroin re
sistance to similar tjranny and wickedness.
would glte the Ilocra at least our moral aid ami
our rcurcnt prajers.
A "tribute of love and admiration"
would afford tho Ilocrs mighty poor
protection against the bullets and can
non balls which moro than 200;000 Brit
lsh soldiers are preparing to aim at
the burghers In Johannesburg and Pre
toria If they do not iue for peaco before
Lord Roberts arrives at those cities. It
would, so far as the Roers are con
cerned, avail nothing; but In other
directions It would have an effect upon
w
tho United States which the Post
should consider with care. It would
alienate the good will of the one nation
on earth which stood by tho United
States when It was In the thick of Its
war with Sptin. It would affect Injurl
ously our commerce with England and
all hor colonies, who together buy 60
per cent, of all tho goods wo sell to
foreigners. It would turn against U3
the now 'friendly hand of every Eng
lishman In every foreign city In tne
world and leave our diplomatists Iso
lated In every foreign capital, whero
tho representatives Of the continental
nations are already Jealous of and
secretly hostile to American Influence.
It would, In short, bo nn exhibition of
practical folly unexampled In thd
world's history which, In later yenra,
would cast reproach upon the short
sighted statesmanship responsible for
It.
And this Is not all. For If our gov
ernment were to yield to mere senti
ment to tho extent of sending a "trib
ute of lovo and admiration" to the.
Boers, It could not with consistency
deny tho logical consequence of that
tribute, which would be material aid In
the form of men nnd guns. That would
mean war with England; tho unequal
conflict of our small navy with Eng
land's Immense one; tho recruiting of
an army twice tho size of the army re
cruited to engage Spain; and war taxes
In proportion. The Washington Post
had better let President McKlnloy man
age this nffalr. He knows his business.
From the varied tone of recent dis
patches from London and tho Trans-
vnal, It IsXdlfTlcult to determl:
President Kruger is for pec
Ine whether
ger Is for peace at any
nrlce or war to tho bitter- end.
Tho well known Urltlsh poets seem
singularly silent when one considers
the present opportunities offered for
something genuine It. the line of
lhythmlea! rejoicing.
Tho readiness with which terms of
peace were accepted In Kentucky
shows that war has ceased to be an
attractive novelty in the Clue Grass
State.
Press Opinions on
Local Reform Mov?
To Be Commended.
from the Philadelphia Press.
Tlure hae been more or lcs3 definite rumors
for some time cf r.ihciil conuption in Scranton,
so that the arrest of eighteen members of coun
cils of that lity on bribery chargrs will not he
60 much of a surprise. Still more arrests arc
promised, and if the indication1) are borne out
the people of the city will probably be called
upon to elect nearly a whole outfit of new coun
illmen by the time the storm U oer.
It is the fame etc. the public has become
familiar with wherever reflations are made.
Private intcrcbts l.ave bought councilmen to sere
them insteid of tho people who elect them, and
vhile no salary attaches to the office corrupt men
who lue no isible income hac been enabled
to live luxuriously on a membership In council.
If that has been done in Scranton it is nothing
to boast of. In Philadelphia men have been
known to pay out n good deal of money to get
elected to the non-balaried office of councilman
nnd get rich in a few terms. They sell out
the Interests of the public, get tho pay prhately
and put it in their pockets.
Scranton, which is growing rapidly, and is one
of the most thrhing of all Pennsylvania cities,
enterprising, with new improcmcnls in all di
rections, would natunlly be a fertile field for
the operation of corrupt councilmen. It will
be most adwntagcous to tho future of the city
if the present mocment to expose and punish
bribery lias been comprehensiio and effective
enough to afford the people protection hereafter.
It appears to have been undertaken with courage
and intelligence on tho part of citizens who com
niand popular confidence and understand their
business. If juries can be kept from corruption
vlilch is sometimes difficult, as those who will
bribe councilmen will not hesitate to bribe Juries
thers is encouraging prospect of wholesome re
sults. The se crest punishment known to the law is
not too seere for men who, elected to responsi
ble positions, betray that trust and sero prl
ato interests for gain. When they accept bribes
they do not merely Fell themselves they sell
every public Interest and the people who had
suWelent confidence in them to elect them.
There can be no protection of public interests
while The bribery -and corruption of officials goes
unpunished.
Tho People Responsible.
1'rom the Philadelphia Times.
Municipal corruption is both common and con
tagious. This is due primarily to the careless
ness of the voters and taxpayers, who permit
men to be elected to councils and other muni
clpil offlcis who seek the office not to serve the
public, but themselves. With this class of men
controlling municipal legislation and municipal
umtracts, the mission of the agents of firms and
corporations that furnUli municipal supplies and
bid fur municipal contracts Is an easy one if
nobody gives the game avvaj. The councilmen
are rcatly to be bribcel, want to be bribed, are
hunting for bribes, and the lobbjlst, with his
hand full of bribes, is in search of the men wlm,
for a consideration, will award contracts and
orders to those who will pay most for the favor.
This sort of thing has become so common in
our great cities that" the public concle-nco has
become callous and few seem to be shocked at It.
As a matter of faet, the public have come to
regard bribery and corruption in the connection
with public contracts as something that e'annot
bo prevented and that must be submitted to. In
the smaller towns and cities people still hold the
old fashioned notion that councilmen who accept
nrbles ore scoundrels and that they deserve pun
ishment. A Miamokln jury recently found a
lot of councilmen and lobbying contractors guilty
of brlbeTy, since which eighteen councilmen cf
the city of Scianton have been held for trial
for a similar offense. There Is no telling now to
what lengths this sort of thing will go, Possi
bly conviction may become as contagious as cot.
nipt rnllcltation In time
It may be accepted as certain, however, thit
neither in the great cities nor In the little ones
will the offense of bribery lie extlngjlshed by the
mrro processes of punishing bribe givers and oribo
takeis. Those who give and those win accept
I lilies richly eleserve punishment, nnd punish
ment should be meled out with certainty and
severity where proof of the crime can le estab
lished. ,5 long, however, as tho peoplo centime
to elect political adventurers wilho.it character,
ccnsclewe or responsibility to councils and other
municipal offices, bribery anl corruption will
Ihurish. If one set oi scoundrels are eonvleted
nnd punished others will cor.trivo new ways of
offering and acetptlns bribe's that will baffle ex
posure, and the old game of rottenness and fraud
will continue to be practiced at tho old rtandi
the country over.
While conviction and punishment will have a
slightly deterrent effect, the real and permanent
remedy for municipal corruption lies alone In
the election of men who arc Incorruptible. Such
men can be found In every community; they are
known to everjbody, but they are not political
adventurers seekhrg ofllee. They are not dema
gogues ready to promise Impossible things to se.
euro an election. In most Instances thty tra
not willing to accept on election, and yet could
be induced to do bo as a public duty. II the
people want councilmen nnd other officials who
svlll not sell contracts to the highest instead of
the lowest bidders, and accept cheap work and
materials for the money, they must seek m'n
who ore honest In nil their transactions and who
have established leputations. for Integrity,
Mako Honesty Fashionable.
Trem the Harrlsburg Star-Independent.
Tho first fruits of the conviction of the Eha.
mokln coi'iicilmm, In tho Northumberland county
court on Saturday evening, was the arrest yes.
trrday of eighteen members cf the councils of
Scranton, accused ot tlnillar offences. ' liiesej
men are accused of accepting bribes to vote on a
question of taxing tht gross receipts ot a cor
poration, and tho accuser, a detective serving In
the capacity of agent of the corporation, de
clares that he intda the bargains and paid the
money.
If these, men arc guilty they ought to bo con.
v titcd and punished to the full extent of the law.
It has come to be the understanding among some
councilmen that office Is a personal asset out of
which they have the same right to make money
as If It was a gtotciy store or a Ash market.
Some who would sccrn an offer of money eonsld.
eratton for voting for this propeslllon or that
think It Is all right to support or opposo legisla
tion because It will help or Injure their rroP
erty or Vuslness. L'nder tho law that Is Just as
much an offence as taking money direct and
whenever punishing councilmen for corrupt
solicitation bccoirea fashionable, those who are
thus Influenced will be called to account.
It Is safe to conjecture that If the Shamoktn
fellows had been acquitted the Scranton fel
lows would not have been arrested, and If the
Scranton culprits arc brought to justice there
will be a deluge of prosecutions all over tho
state. Such things go In waves and while hun
dreds of people know of cues that ought to bo
prosecuted they arc restrained from acting for thi
reason that it Isn't customary to convict and
when the fashion charges the flood will be In the
direction of reform.
Not a Political Move.
From tho Wllkes-Ilarre Record.
The city of Scranton has a new sensation, and
It is not one of an ordinary character cither. At
the instance of four prominent citizens Colonel
Henry M. Poles, Captain William A. May, K. I).
Sturges and J. A. Lansing eighteen members
of the city councils have been arrested on the
charge of soliciting bribes, and some of them are
also charged with accepting bribes In connec
tion with municipal legislation. It Is Intimated
that other councilmen will be arrested on simi
lar charges, and that the exposure of gigantic
Jobbery will follow, Reports from Scranton
arc to the effect that the prosecutors in these
cases have been quietly at work for months col
lecting evidence that would warrant prosecutions,
Ono of the prosecutors was himself a member
of councils at the time the alleged jobbery was
put through, and claims to have full knowledge
ot corrupt transactions. Shrewd detectives from
New York were employed who have been quietly
operating In Scranton for months without their
real character being suspected.
Messrs. Doles, May, Sturges and Lansing are
all prominent business men of Scranton, being
concerned In manufacturing and mining Indus
tries, and arc among tho most responsible and
rcpcctcd citizens of that city. This fact of it
self gives assurance that the proceedings ngalnst
the councilmen arc not entered upon lightly or
without having been fully considered. If the
charges shall be sustained n case of almost un
precedented municipal corruption will be pre
sented. Nearly one-half ot the councilmen fro
already under arrest, and it is alleged that tho
end Is not yet, that moro will bo prosecuted
This looks like a bold strike for the purification
of municipal government in Scranton. Further
proceedings and developments will be awaited
with great interest. Coming so closely in the
wake of the prosecution and conviction of five
Slnmokln councilmen on charges of bribery, the
people in other cities will be likely to scrutinize
the acta of officials a little moro closely than
they have In the past.
The alleged bribery, it Is said, grew out of the
recent telephone, electric light and street paving
deals. It Is hoped that the prominent citizens
who have undertaken the prosecution of the coun
cilmen will not overlook tho principals or agents
of the corporations in whose interests municipal
lawmakers were corrupted, if it shall appear that
they were tempted and yielded to temptation.
The man who offers a bribe Is an offender equally
with the man who accepts the bribe. No alle
gations of "political persecution" will avail in
these Scranton cases. Messrs. Boles, May, Lansing
and Sturges arc not In active politics; they are
prominent only as intelligent and successful busi
ness men.
KENTUCKY'S DUTY.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
There should be unanimous satisfaction In Ken
tucky with the Supreme court decision In the
gubernatorial contest cases satisfaction that the
contention Is determined definitely, finally. That
the decision merely an acknowledgement of the
law's Impotence to re-establish right dethroned,
to save suffrage from the basest subversion, to
maintain the verdict of the majority against the
usurpation of the minority must prove a disap
pointment to the people and a delight to the
political faction rioting In fraud and reveling in
force is inevitable. Hut for the former there Is
recourse, for the latter there is menace in the
aioused righteousness of a sovereign ballot.' From
tho highest legal tribunal there is appeal to the
most ealted court of equity, the popular will as
expressed at the polls. William Sylvester Taylor
lias been defrauded of a commission conferred
upon him by the people of Kentucky, constitut
ing him the state's chief magistrate. In that
outrage tho people suffer equal indignity with
their chosen executive. The courts at no point
and In no sense have reviewed the matter on
merit or in any degree sustained the shameful
proceeding. They recognize that robbery has
been committed, that usurpation has been ac
complished, that as damning a rape of the ballot
as is possible in fraud, force and partisan ty
ranny has been committed, but with such deft
ness of villainy such bold ot scoundrcllsm, such
adroitness of legal legerdemain, as to techni
cally escape revision and defy reversal, Crime
has been done, black, disgraceful, disgusting
crime, but under the forms of the law.
What a travesty on justice! What a mockery
of legal power! What a debauchery of political
purity and integrity of citizenshipl Dut the ver
dict of a helpless court stands. Uowbelt, It
stands cowering, craven, contemplble in the face
of these facts, disputed by no man, established
In the eternal verity of recorded history: That
upon Nov. 7, 1509, the people of Kentucky by
ballots cast and counted, elected W. S. Taj lor
governor of Kentucky for four years. That fact
was duly certified to in accordance with the
law and the constitution, the returns being duly
deposited wltn the secretary of state. These re
turns were duly tabulated and the result for.
mally declared by Judge Pryor and Captain Ellis
and the certificate of election issued to V. S.
Taj lor. This act aroused against these faithful
servants of the people the most bitter, vindictive
and vituperative element in the Democratic par.
tj-, who demanded that these men should violate
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NOTICE Orders taken now (or Deceratsr delivery.
their oaths of office In order to aecuro a party
triumph at the expense of representative govern
ment Tno defeated candidates for governor and
lieutenant governor then mado a final appeal to
tho legislature chosen Nov. 7 by tne same bal
lots, under' the same law, before the same offi
cers by which and through which the same voters
Nov. 7 iclected V. B. Taylor governor of Ken
tucky. This legislature had the right to hear
this appeal and the right to confirm the choice
of the people by rectifying any error committed,
by correcting any count, by remedying any
wrong by which the candidate rejected by the
people bad been given the certificate. The law
and the constitution clearly set forth the means
and tho methods by which such a contest la to
be determined. It seeks to eliminate all partisan
Influences. It puts the members on honor, as
well as on oath, faithfully to declare, faithfully
to establish, the will of the people as the law
of tho land.
In the course of these proceedings, all the de
cencies of the occasion wero violated. The plain
est directions of the law wero treated with con
tempt. The plainest mandates of the law were
not fulfilled. The rules of evidence wero scorned.
'Jne issues did not accord with the law and the
evidence. The petition stands as an Indictment
of the Democratic party, which countenanced and
demanded It. In any court, where one lawyer
could have been heard, It would have been
thrown out on demurrer. Not an allegation It
sustained would Justify tho petition! not one al
legstlon was sustained. Not before the French
revolutionary tribunal would an aristocrat have
been condemned on such evidence, and the trial
ot Dreyfus, by this comparison, becomes an ex
ample of dignity, Justice and truth. The report
which followed this failure was never acted on:
was never submitted to tho general assembly of
Kentucky. It was never put in form for consid
eration. It was reported for hurried action, but
as It stood discredited every name signed to it,
nnd In time will lead to their liumllatlon. The
general assembly never considered that report.
It cannot elect a governor. It cannot, by this
process, and a majority vote, Impeach the gov
ernor. It has but one question to decide, on
oath, on honor, on loyalty to the state: "Who
was elected governor of Kentucky, Nov. 7, 1800?"
That question tho general assembly never an
swered. All the legislative flummery of Its rump
proceedings was beneath contempt. All the pre
tense of action Impeached tho participants. It
was an effort to embody a lie In law. It failed.
Nineteen senators and fifty-one representatives
not one less could declare what all know to be
untrue that Ccneral Taylor was not elected ;
that Senator Ooebel was elected, and from that
decision, duly reached nnd duly recorded, there
could be no appeal; but It would be a lie, never
theless. That action was never taken. In the
meantime let us all bear In mind that the people
choso W. S. Taylor governor Nov. 7, 1890. That
verdict has been contravened, not legally, but by
fraud, trickery, tyranny. Usurpathm is accom
plished, and tho courts, acknowledging the out
rage, say it is not within their province to pre
vent. Dut what the peoplo did In November,
1S99, they can and will elo again In November,
1900, elect William Sjlvestcr Tajdor governor of
Kentucky. And he will serve. Now, let tho
Republicans of Kentucky do their duty. Let
those Democrats who repudiate this outrage
against popular suffrage do their duty. Renomi
nate and re-elect William Sylvester Taylor gov
ernor ot Kentucky, and In that act, so far as is
within their power, redeem their state from the
depth of shame into which Goebclisin and the
mad faction behind it has sunk its good name.
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