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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL VOLUME LXXXVII?SO. 63. SAN FRANCISGO^ 1, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOEBEL'SCONDITION. GOEBEL IS SWORN FRANKTpBT, _JKj., "Feb. IN READINESS TO CRUSH - this morning * I.?At 3|o'clock Goebel was asleep. .'- His\phy- siciaris. retired and nobody is IN AS GOVERNOR r THE CORRUPT MEXICAN in th"e sickroom except vthe . * -nurses. ? ? .: The [condition of' Goebel last Kentucky's Legislature, Prevented by night was better than at ;any Opponents of Burns Determined to time during the day. He,was ? resting comfortably, - no_^un- Troops From Meeting, Takes favorable symptoms ha<i \ap- Save the State From Representa- and: it was. announced that he would unquestionably Most Decisive Action. get throughthe night in good tion by the Defaulter. shape. There Is Now The Fighters for Double Gov- Good Princi- ernment inthe ples and Hon- Old Blue est Govern - Grass State, m en t W i11 and Serious Relegate the Trouble Is Boss to Po- Expected. liticalOblivion. Troops in Control at ? Frankfort, and ItIsa Caucus To-Night Will Question Whether Probably Adjourn They Will Obey Until Monday in Their New Com- Order to Enable the mander ? Taylor's Independents to Fix Act in Adjourning Upon an Acept- the State Lawmak- able Candidate ? ers Said to Be With- The Proceedings out Precedent. Will Redound to Ky.. Jan. SL-Never the Honor of the was there a more complicated po- litical situation than that which to- State. FRAICKFORT,night confronts the politicians of » ? Kentucky, and never was there one cf which it seemed so difficult to form an buy way the accurate guess at the outcome. Burns can't his into William Goebel, who was shot down by United States Senate with their an assassin yesterday, received the oath of office as Governor pf Kentucky to- votes. night. What the legislators were kept honorably from doing publicly they accomplished by They have and va- etea'.th. liantly obeyed their sense of pub- Allday through the streets of Frankfort soldiers marched and countermarched. lic duty under the stress of temp- Drills in the street were frequently held. In order that the men might be warmed tation that should land the tempt- by exercise after they had remained in the biting wind. ers in the State penitentiary. Around the Penitentiary was a line of These legislators have been troops, in front of the opera-house was a jruard. three companies stood at rest in threatened with the weapon of the open space in front, of the Capitol Hotel, seritriejs le.i.every.slde the Southern Pacific blacklist, rmtrojI Qf the .¦.:::?..:.- it. W"'* w. tx-Govtrnor Bradley that will rum them in business, r*~^def and a attachment of infantry held th«* courthouse against the possible com- and they have stood only more ing of the members of the Legislature with the Intention of declaring that net firmly to their posts. They have the living William S. Taylor, but the offered the bribes of place, dying William Goebel. was the lawful been head and extcutlve of the commonwealth patronage and power, and they of Kentucky. Th<« Republicans laid their plans we.l have rebelled. This much they end secretly. They carried them through done, vigorously. The proclamation declar- have and certainly tney ing that a Ftate of Insurrection will not undo their splendid existed in the State and warrants for the arrest of every Democratic mem- work. Itis natural that they ber of the Legislature were prepared last night. It was the intention of Governor should be apprehensive, for Taylor and his advisers that no meeting there no trick or that of the Legislature should be held to-day is treachery even though it proved necessary to arrest the Mexican does not know. end detain In custody all those who per- sisted in holding meetings. Once adopted So to the end they intend to the policy was carried out to the letter. vigilant. They cast Compelled to retire from the Capitol be have building they went to th«» opera-house. Burns out, but they are not haz- Held back from the opera-house they went to the courthouse; pre\*ented from arding what they have so stub- entering the courthouse they went to the Capitol Hotel, only to be told that any- bornly won by neglecting to meeting they might attempt to hold in watch everj* movement of the de- that building would be suppressed, all found taking part in it would be arrested feated Mexican. They are con- and the hotel itself seized by the soldiers. It was a hopeless game. The Democrats cerned now in seeking a man fcad no chance to win and they gave It who be to all up. Later In the day officers entered the shall acceptable hotel and told the Democrats that no con- and against whom no finger of ferences should be held and they at- tempted' to hold none. suspicion can be raised. ? There Governor Taylor and his attorneys re- in the mained all night In the State House. are many aspirants field. Threats had been made against all of Scott,. Bard, Barnes, Pillsbury, them, and it was thought the wisest .thing tor them was to remain where they were Barham, Paterson, Knight, until the excitement had In some degree abated. CALIFORNIA'S POLITICAL DOOR THE FEDERAL SENATE. Shortridge and others are in the This morning not a mtnbtr of the Leg- OUTLAWS. AT THE OF field,and each has his friends and islature knew whether or not the body permitted to In Capitol would be meet the on each side of the hall with fixed bayo- "Gentlemen. Ihold In my hand a procla- at significant followers. building. They knew that soldiers were nets. of stairs leading mation by tbo' Governor ALL HEADOUAR- Washington. The guarding every jrate At the foot the Issued of Ken-" How to reconcile these clash- and that nobody to .the legislative halls stood Colonel tucky. which Iwill read." M; fact of the day is the absolute would be allowed to enter without a pass. proclamation GOV. TERS, SACR A- decided, however, Williams and behind him a detachment He then read the In a loud TAYLOR j ing claims and from the field They to meet at the of soldiers completely blocking.up the voice and directed an orderly to pass MENTO, knowledge that Burns has been Capitol Hotel and. march In a body to the stairs. Colonel Williams carried in his copies of the proclamation ' Jan. 31.? draw the favorite is the problem Capitol. of out Into the ADJOURNS THE Clerk Edward Lee the House, band a large bundle of papers," one of crowd. The legislators were coming in The splendid fight beaten. He has exhausted even' with Representatives Kilday and Lewis, which he handed to each member of the too rapidly, however, and the pushing of the independent legislators. formed the advance guard and at 9:40 they House as they passed him. It was a shouting made Impossible any LEGISLATURE Burns has been artifice and subterfuge of corrupt presented copy and It for against D.M. The fight is absolutely an open themselves at the south gate of of the proclamation given above. explanation to be given the late, comers. the Capitol grounds. A young lieutenant Colonel permitted Adjutant fought As The politics to stay the flood of indig- only Williams Clerk Lee, General Collier then mounted FRANKFORT, Ky., and won. Call one. The hope that the was on guard. In command of a' small Assistant Clerk Henry the stairway and read the proclamation Jan. 3L?Gov- Fquad. As as Stone and a few ernor Taylor at o'clock this morn- the nant public opinion which is of can have is soon the members of tne Representatives to pass- up the stairs. a «»econd time. "When he finished a Rep- 10 announced this morning, . people California Legislature were Identified they were ad- Then the main body of resentative shouted: ing issued the following proclama- Legislature ¦ the ? ..-¦¦¦¦ political ¦ ? .? in the sweeping him from the that the best man may win. mitted and allowed to pass Into the Cap- came tramping through doorway "Mr. Chairman^" tion: .¦ ? . Mexican willhear his fate itol building.. a was In eight they the and To the General Assembly of the Com-_ Not soldier were stopped by the- soldiers in an "Well." said that gentleman, with a ? The finish of the most remark- ¦ Republican field in which he has been an ob- on the outeide of the building, but once Instant. and laugh, xnonwealth of Kentucky:. caucus. The mem- Loud cries exclamations "where is London?" Whereas, state of insurrection now the door was opened it looked like war. filled the and Williams, "It is In Kentucky," yelled a noxious presence. He has tried able Senatorial contest in the air. Colonel " another prevails ln ;tbe State of Kentucky, bers of the Legislature will meet Long lines of Infantry were drawn up mounting half-way up stairs, hjgggjl and. the shouted: voice. especially in .Frankfort, the capital' with bribes of money and- of pa- history of California is not re- thereof, by virtue of the authority vested to-morrow night in this caucus, in me by the'constitution of Kentucky, tronage to break the ranks of de- mote. D.M.Burns, who entered Ido hereby, by 'this proclamation, ad- and after organizing and taking ' ¦ journ at once the General Assembly: of cent legislators which are so sol- the race without the knowledge OATH TO GOEBEL. the State of Kentucky, .to meet at Lon- a few complimentary votes will ADMINISTERED don, Laurel County, Kentucky. Tuesday, idly facing him with the stern or consent of the people, now the sixth day of February, 1900, afl2' probably adjourn until Monday o'clock.

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