Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-12-01 | Page 8 | The Case of Governor Taylor

THE CASE OF GOVERNOR TAYLOR I William Villiam S S. S Taylor was elected governor of Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- I tucky by the Republicans in in 1889 but he be was counted out and the governorship go was was given giyen to Mr r. Goebel A few days later Goebel was assassinated Governor I Taylor was WIS indict indicted d as an accessory to the murder of I of Goebel He fled to Indiana Many l requisitions I were ma made e for him but the Republican governors of olf Indiana refused to pay any attention to them knowing know know- I ing big that it was a partisan thirst for his blood that first produced the indictment and that urged the e ex- ex I tradition Kentucky has recently rejected B Beckham who was Goebel's Goebels 5 successor as governor go and now it itis itis itis I is believed that Governor Taylor will voluntarily go goback goback goback back to Kentucky and surrender himself for trial Kentucky is being sobered a little She has learned in the last year Jear that when the decent men of ofa a state are silent and satisfied to see partisan crimes committed it takes only a few years rears for a great many people to conclude that the best way to settle difficulties dim is by bJ direct means The present governor has tried his best to put pitt down the lawlessness of the state and so far has not succeeded When the decent decent de de- de cent people of the state look on without protest and aud see the laws disobeyed in order to satisfy a partisan or a private spite they have to pay par for it in the tho long run