charged with the murder of Mr. Goebel, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is at this time-1911-serving his term in the State prison at Frankfort. James Howard was also arrested, tried and convicted of complicity in the crime, and was afterwards pardoned by the governor. Indictments against others have been dismissed or filed away and the murder will no more receive the attention of the courts.

What a terrible aftermath followed the Music Hall convention and the conference at Frankfort which brought about the contest. Kentucky has suffered unspeakably through the unholy greed of men for office and political power and not until the older generation has passed and newer ones come to take their places, will this fateful chapter in her history cease to be held against the state. For years after the death of Mr. Goebel, pitiful politicians, used his assassination as their stock in trade in their pursuit of office and even now, when he has lain in his grave for eleven years, there are not wanting some whose souls are so small, that ghoul-like, they metaphorically dig up his remains to excite the populace and accomplish their pitiful little ends.

Peace to the soul of the murdered Goebel. Those who needlessly accomplished his end accomplished nothing, unless it be that they have consciences which must daily suffer untold tortures.

The Democratic candidates for the minor offices on the State ticket shared the fortunes of the governor and lieutenant governor and in due time were installed in their respective offices. Among these was Judge Robert J.

Breckinridge of Danville, who became, for a time, attorney general of the state. The candidate for this office on the Republican ticket was Clifton J. Pratt, who contested in the courts the holding of the office by Judge Breckinridge and was successful. Judge Breckenridge retired gracefully to private life. and Mr. Pratt enjoyed the responsibilities and emoluments of the office during the first term of Governor Beckham, being the only one of the candidates elected on the Republican ticket who had such good fortune.

It will be remembered that one of the grounds of contest on which it was sought to seat Mr. Goebel in the office of governor was that the election held in Louisville was void by reason of the fact that the Democratic voters were intimidated by the military power of the state. It is presumed that the contest committee recognized the force of this change, if not its untruthfulness, and that it entered into the conclusion that Mr. Goebel received. a majority of the legal votes cast at the election in that city which had given a majority for Taylor. At the time of that election there were chosen members of the house and senate in certain of the Louisville districts, but it does not appear that any of them subsequently relinquished their seats after the joint session of the senate and house had, in effect, declared the election held in Louisville at which they were chosen, to have been illegal, void and therefore of no effect. In other words, the election was void for certain purposes and entirely valid for other purposes. And such is partisan politics.

KENTUCKY, MOTHER OF GOVERNORS

In the publication of the Kentucky Historical Series John Wilson Townsend has issued a volume entitled "Kentucky, Mother of Governors," in which he proves the correctness of the title chosen.

In his introductory Mr. Townsend says: "Virginia, the Mother of Presidents; Kentucky the Mother of Governors. And it is in a larger, truer sense, that Kentucky is the Mother of Governors than it is that Virginia is the Mother of Presidents. It has been many years since the Old Dominion furnished a president and she has furnished but five in all-while the Blue Grass State has been making governors for her sister states since the republic was founded. To be exact, Kentucky has given one hundred and five governors to twenty-six commonwealths or territories. This count, however, regards a Kentuckian and a term of office as synonymous; but it does not include Justice John Boyle, who declined the governorship of Illinois territory in 1809, nor Gen. William O. Butler, who refused to govern Nebraska in 1855, nor James Birney, son of James Gillespie Birney, who was lieutenant governor of Michigan in 1860, nor Governor Moses Wisner of Michigan, who died in Kentucky; nor does it include the brilliant Jesse D. Bright, lieutenant governor of Indiana, and a citizen of Kentucky for many years. By a Kentuckian the present writer means a native son; an adopted son, who has lived at least ten years in Kentucky;

one who has lived but a few years in this State, a sojourner; and one who was educated in whole or in part, in this state. Under these four heads-although, perhaps, admitting that the first two are the only legitimate claims a state can hold upon a man or woman, and that the last two are merely interesting-the theme will be considered. The Kentuckians who were to the manor born will be discussed first, beginning with Missouri, because it is generally known that more sons of Kentucky have occupied the gubernatorial chair of that state than of any other."

The present writer choses to condense from Mr. Townsend's interesting publication, references only to native-born Kentuckians who have been governors in other states, beginning with Missouri.

Lilburn W. Boggs, born in Kentucky in 1798, became governor of Missouri in 1836, and his administration was marked by vigorous opposition to Mormonism.

Thomas Reynolds, born in Bracken county, Kentucky, in 1796, was governor of Missouri in 1840.

John C. Edwards, a Kentuckian born, was educated in Tennessee, going afterwards to Missouri of which state to become governor in 1845.

Claiborne F. Jackson was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, in 1807, followed the stream of immigration to Missouri and was elected governor in 1860. He sympathized with the

Kentucky, in 1811. He was elected governor in 1860 and held the office but four days in consequence of his being elected to the United States senate.

The twenty-third governor of Indiana, Claude Matthews, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, in 1845. He was elected governor in 1895. Gov. Matthews was "a Free Silver Democrat and a prominent candidate for the presidential nomination in 1896." Mr. Townsend says of this candidacy: "But Mr. Bryan's glittering 'cross of gold' so dazzled the delegates' eyes, and his 'piercing crown of thorns' so punctured all previous booms that the gifted Kentuckian was as one with Richard Parker Bland, better known as "Silver Dick" and a Kentuckian born. Governor Matthews died in Indianapolis August 28, 1898the last Kentuckian to govern the Hoosier

state.

One of Ohio's greatest men was Thomas Corwin, born in Paris, Kentucky, in 1794. In 1830 he went to congress from Ohio, serving in the house for ten years. In 1844 he was elected to the senate and six years later he entered the cabinet of President Fillmore as secretary of the treasury. He subsequently served another term in congress.

Ohio's thirty-fifth governor was Richard M. Bishop, born in Fleming county, Kentucky, in 1812. In 1859 he was mayor of Cincinnati and in 1877 was elected governor, dying in 1893.

The sixth governor of Arkansas was Henry M. Rector, born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1816, and elected governor in 1860.

Another native of Louisville, Thomas J. Churchill, was the thirteenth governor of Arkansas, elected in 1880. He served in the Mexican war and as a major general in the Confederate Army.

John Long Routt was the only Kentuckian ever elected governor of Colorado. He was born in Eddyville, Kentucky, in 1826. He served in the Union army and when General

Grant became president, Routt was appointed governor of the territory of Colorado. When Colorado was admitted to the union, in 1876, he was elected governor. He was elected mayor of Denver in 1883, and in 1890 was a second time elected governor.

David S. Walker, seventh governor of the state of Florida, was born in Logan county, Kentucky. He was elected governor in 1865.

The fifth governor of the state of Idaho was Frank W. Hunt, born in Newport, Kentucky, in 1861. He served in the war with Spain and in 1900 was elected governor.

The twenty-third and twenty-fourth governor of Kansas, Edward W. Hoch, was born in Danville, Kentucky, in 1849. He was elected governor of Kansas in 1905 and reelected in 1907.

The thirteenth governor of Louisiana, Robret C. Wickliffe, was born at Bardstown, Kentucky, and in 1856 was elected governor of the state. He was the son of Governor Charles A. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, and an uncle of Governor J. C. W. Beckham, of the same state. Governor Beckham's mother, the sister of Governor Wickliffe of Louisiana, enjoyed a distinction no other woman has ever held, in that she was the daughter of a governor, the sister of a governor and the mother of a governor.

Montana's third state governor, Robert B. Smith, born in Hickman county, Kentucky, was elected in 1896.

The present governor of Montana, Edward L. Norris, born and reared in Cumberland county, Kentucky, was elected in 1908.

The twenty-fourth governor of Tennessee, Albert S. Marks, was born in Davies county, Kentucky, in 1836, served in the Confederate army as Colonel and was elected governor in 1878.

His successor was Alvin Hawkins, a native of Bath county, Kentucky, who was elected governor in 1880.

Benton McMillan, born in Monroe county,

Kentucky, in 1845, was for twenty years a prominent member of congress from Tennessee, in 1889 was elected governor of that state and re-elected in 1901.

The seventeenth governor of Texas, John Ireland, born in Hart county, Kentucky, was elected governor in 1882 and re-elected at the expiration of his first term.

John Floyd, born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, was the only Kentuckian who ever held the office of governor of Virginia, he having been elected in 1830. In 1832, South Carolina voted for Governor Floyd for president.

Not only has Kentucky been generous in supplying her sister states with governors, but she has shown equal generosity to the territories where many of her son's have exemplified the high capacity of Kentuckians for political positions of responsibility, as will be seen from the following list:

During Mr. Cleveland's second administration Benjamin J. Franklin, a native of Germantown, was appointed and served as governor of Arizona territory, from 1896 to 1897.

Robert Crittenden, of Logan county, as secretary and acting governor of Arkansas territory, served in that capacity for about a year, owing to the delay of the regularly appointed governor in reaching his station.

Willis A. Gorman, the second territorial governor of Minnesota, was born in Flemingburg, Kentucky, in 1814, and served in that capacity from 1853 to 1857.

Montana's second territorial governor was Gen. Green Clay Smith, born in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1832. While serving in congress from Kentucky in 1866, President Johnson appointed him governor, and he did much to prepare the territory for statehood. At the conclusion of his term of office he entered the Baptist ministry. He died in Washington, D. C., June 30, 1893.

The seventh territorial governor of Montana was Samuel T. Hauser, a native of Falmonth, Kentucky, who was appointed by President Cleveland in 1885, serving two years.

His successor was another Kentuckian, a beloved gentleman of the old school, Preston H. Leslie, born in Wayne county, Kentucky, in 1819. In 1871, Gov. Leslie defeated for governor of Kentucky, Gen. John M. Harlan, now, and for many years past, a justice of the supreme court of the United States. In 1887, President Cleveland appointed Governor Leslie governor of Montana territory, in which position he served for two years. In 1894 President Cleveland appointed him United State's attorney for the district of Montana. He died at Helena, Montana, in 1907.

The fifth territorial governor of Nebraska, William A. Richardson, born near Lexington, Kentucky, in 1811, was sent to congress from Illinois in 1846, and in 1858 was appointed to that office. Serving but a few months, he returned to Illinois, and was elected to the United States senate to fill the unexpired term of Stephen A. Douglas, on the latter's death.

The last territorial governor of Nebraska, Alvin Saunders, born in Fleming county, Kentucky, served in that capacity from 1861 to 1867 and was afterwards a member of congress from Nebraska. He died in Omaha in 1899.

The first provisional governor of Texas was Henry Smith, born in Kentucky in 1784. He was elected governor in 1835 and later declined the presidency of the republic of Texas. when Gen. Sam Houston was elected. GovSmith was the first secretary of the treasury of the infant Republic.

Two Kentuckians have been governor of the territory of Utah-Gen. Eli H. Murray and Caleb W. West. Gen. Murray was born in Breckinridge county in 1844. He fought in the Union army and was brevetted as brigadier general at its close. For ten years, he was United States marshal in Kentucky. President Hayes in 1880 appointed him governor of the territory of Utah and President Arthur reappointed him, but he resigned during President Cleveland's administration.