Items of Interest February 8, 1900 Issue

Items of Interest

State Senator William Goebel, contestant for the office of Governor of Kentucky, was shot down on the State House grounds at Frankfort, January 30, by a hidden foe. The following day, when Goebel was thought to be dying, the Democratic members of the Legislature, who comprise a quorum, decided the contest for Governor in favor of Goebel, and he was sworn in as Governor by the chief justice of the Supreme Court. He died February 3, and J. C. W. Beckham, Lieutenant-Governor under Goebel, was sworn in as Governor. Taylor, the de facto Governor, holds the State House by force, having the entire National Guard under arms and on duty. On the face of the returns Taylor, the Republican candidate, was declared elected and assumed office. Goebel contested the right of Taylor to the office, and the Democratic majority of the Legislature favored Goebel and declared him elected.

William J. Bryan opened the preliminary presidential canvass for the Democratic party in New England at a great mass meeting held in Boston, January 30. He then started on a speech-maing tour of the New England states.

President McKinley has decided to leave to the new philippine commission the question of the disposition of the property of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines and Porto Rico.

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