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Show BECKHAM IS GOVERNOR. Court of Appeals of Kentucky so DecUK-s the Contest. The court of appeals of Kentucky has liauded duwn a decision in the governorship gover-norship case in favor of the Democrats. The opinion is by si.t of the judges, four Democrats and two Republicans. Judge Durelle was the only judge dissenting. dis-senting. The other two Republican judges, Burnam and Guffy, gave a separate sep-arate opinion from the Democratic judges, but which agreed with the Democratic members in its conclusion. Judge Hobson wrote the opinion of the court. The concurreuce of Judges Burnam anil Duffy with the four Democratic Demo-cratic judges was a surprise generally, but to the Republicans especially, and there is much speculation now as to whether the ta!ked-of appeal to the supreme court will be prosecuted. The opinion holds that the action of the legislature in seating Governor Beckham was Qnal and that the courts have no power to review It; that Governor Gov-ernor Taylor exceeded his authority in adjourning the legislature to London and that the journals of the two houses of the legislature being regular cannot bo impeached. The Republicans will now try to get a hearing before the United States supreme su-preme court. Thirty days must elapse before the mandate of the court of appeals, ap-peals, in accordance with the decision, is issued. Meanwhile no radical change in the relative position of the two state governments is expected. |