 having risen from the bed .   Legislative chaos ensued as Taylor refused to acknowledge the Assembly 's decision and vacate the governorship . The Republicans in the legislature obeyed Taylor 's orders , while the Democrats ignored Taylor and followed the orders of their leadership . Finally , on February 21 , 1900 , Taylor and Beckham agreed to let the courts settle the matter . The case first went before the Louisville Circuit Court , which found in favor of Beckham . Republicans appealed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals , at that time the court of last resort in the state . On April 6 , 1900 , the Court of Appeals upheld the ruling of the lower court . Taylor appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States , which declined to hear the case on May 21 , 1900 . Taylor 's only supporter on the court was Kentuckian John Marshall Harlan .   Following the Supreme Court ruling , Taylor fled to Indianapolis , Indiana , fearing he would be implicated in Goebel 's assassination . Beckham became acting governor , but because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the election , a special election was held November 6 , 1900 , to determine who would complete Goebel 's unexpired term . Beckham ( now of age ) won the election over Republican John W. Yerkes by fewer than 4 @,@ 000 votes . Shortly following the special election , Beckham married Jean Raphael Fuqua of Owensboro . The couple had two sons .   As governor Beckham sought to unite his party and the state . As part of this effort he supported changes to the blatantly partisan Goebel Election Law , authored by his late running mate while the latter was a member of the General Assembly . He stressed non @-@ controversial issues such as improvements to roads and the state 's educational system . He recommended passage of a law to set uniform school textbook prices , a reform both he and Goebel had advocated during the gubernatorial campaign . However , his passive leadership ensured that the General Assembly did little to address his agenda . The only major pieces of legislation passed during Beckham 's term were a tax increase that added a half million dollars to the state 's revenue and a child labor law that forbade children under 14 to work without their parents ' consent .   = = = Second term = = =   Although the Kentucky Constitution prohibited governors from serving consecutive terms , Beckham announced he would seek a full term as governor in 1903 . His candidacy was challenged in court , but the court ruled Beckham had not served a full first term and was eligible to run . Due to his record of reconciliation and supporting non @-@ controversial reforms , he had no significant opposition in winning his party 's nomination . His record also deprived his Republican opponent , Morris B. Belknap , of any significant campaign issue in the general election . Beckham defeated Belknap and three minor candidates .   In his message to the legislature in 1904 , Beckham again raised the issue of a uniform school textbook law , which had not passed during his first term . The law was one of few significant reforms that passed during the 1904 session . During the session funds were approved for building a new capitol building and a memorial to the late Governor Goebel .   In March 1904 , Beckham signed the Day Law mandating racial segregation of all schools in Kentucky . Berea College , a private college in eastern Kentucky that had been integrated since the 1850s , immediately filed suit to challenge the law . The substance of the law was upheld in the circuit court and the Kentucky Court of Appeals . Berea appealed to the Supreme Court , and in 1908 the court handed down an 8 – 1 decision against the college . Only John Marshall Harlan dissented .   Near the close of the 1904 session , legislators approved the creation of Beckham County from parts of Carter , Elliott , and Lewis counties . Olive Hill was made the county seat . Soon the county 's existence was challenged in court on grounds that it fell short of the 400 square miles ( 1 @,@ 000 km2 ) required by the state constitution and that it reduced the counties it was carved from to less than 400 square miles ( 1 @,@ 000 km2 ) . Carter County joined the lawsuit , claiming the border of Beckham County passed too close to Grayson , the seat of Carter County , and Vanceburg , the seat of Lewis County . The state constitution forbade county borders to pass within 10 miles ( 16 km ) of a county seat . On April 29 , 1904 , the Kentucky Court of Appeals found in favor of the plaintiffs and dissolved Beckham County .   During the 1906 legislative session , Beckham urged investigation and prosecution of corrupt insurance companies , following the lead of New York attorney Charles Evans Hughes . In particular , he recommended reducing the practice of deferred dividends , which allowed the insurance companies to keep large stores of cash on @-@ hand for illegal purposes . He further advocated that insurance companies doing business in the state be required to invest a certain percentage of their earnings in Kentucky , bolstering the its economy and providing policyholders some protection against fraud .   Beckham refused to send troops into the western part
Ġhaving Ġrisen Ġfrom Ġthe Ġbed Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠLegislative Ġchaos Ġensued Ġas ĠTaylor Ġrefused Ġto Ġacknowledge Ġthe ĠAssembly Ġ' s Ġdecision Ġand Ġvac ate Ġthe Ġgovern orship Ġ. ĠThe ĠRepublicans Ġin Ġthe Ġlegislature Ġob eyed ĠTaylor Ġ' s Ġorders Ġ, Ġwhile Ġthe ĠDemocrats Ġignored ĠTaylor Ġand Ġfollowed Ġthe Ġorders Ġof Ġtheir Ġleadership Ġ. ĠFinally Ġ, Ġon ĠFebruary Ġ21 Ġ, Ġ1900 Ġ, ĠTaylor Ġand ĠBeckham Ġagreed Ġto Ġlet Ġthe Ġcourts Ġsettle Ġthe Ġmatter Ġ. ĠThe Ġcase Ġfirst Ġwent Ġbefore Ġthe ĠLouisville ĠCircuit ĠCourt Ġ, Ġwhich Ġfound Ġin Ġfavor Ġof ĠBeckham Ġ. ĠRepublicans Ġappealed Ġto Ġthe ĠKentucky ĠCourt Ġof ĠAppeals Ġ, Ġat Ġthat Ġtime Ġthe Ġcourt Ġof Ġlast Ġresort Ġin Ġthe Ġstate Ġ. ĠOn ĠApril Ġ6 Ġ, Ġ1900 Ġ, Ġthe ĠCourt Ġof ĠAppeals Ġupheld Ġthe Ġruling Ġof Ġthe Ġlower Ġcourt Ġ. ĠTaylor Ġappealed Ġto Ġthe ĠSupreme ĠCourt Ġof Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ, Ġwhich Ġdeclined Ġto Ġhear Ġthe Ġcase Ġon ĠMay Ġ21 Ġ, Ġ1900 Ġ. ĠTaylor Ġ' s Ġonly Ġsupporter Ġon Ġthe Ġcourt Ġwas ĠKent uck ian ĠJohn ĠMarshall ĠHar lan Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠFollowing Ġthe ĠSupreme ĠCourt Ġruling Ġ, ĠTaylor Ġfled Ġto ĠIndianapolis Ġ, ĠIndiana Ġ, Ġfearing Ġhe Ġwould Ġbe Ġimplicated Ġin ĠGo eb el Ġ' s Ġassassination Ġ. ĠBeckham Ġbecame Ġacting Ġgovernor Ġ, Ġbut Ġbecause Ġof Ġthe Ġunusual Ġcircumstances Ġsurrounding Ġthe Ġelection Ġ, Ġa Ġspecial Ġelection Ġwas Ġheld ĠNovember Ġ6 Ġ, Ġ1900 Ġ, Ġto Ġdetermine Ġwho Ġwould Ġcomplete ĠGo eb el Ġ' s Ġunex pired Ġterm Ġ. ĠBeckham Ġ( Ġnow Ġof Ġage Ġ) Ġwon Ġthe Ġelection Ġover ĠRepublican ĠJohn ĠW . ĠY er kes Ġby Ġfewer Ġthan Ġ4 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġvotes Ġ. ĠShortly Ġfollowing Ġthe Ġspecial Ġelection Ġ, ĠBeckham Ġmarried ĠJean ĠRaphael ĠFu qua Ġof ĠOwens boro Ġ. ĠThe Ġcouple Ġhad Ġtwo Ġsons Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAs Ġgovernor ĠBeckham Ġsought Ġto Ġunite Ġhis Ġparty Ġand Ġthe Ġstate Ġ. ĠAs Ġpart Ġof Ġthis Ġeffort Ġhe Ġsupported Ġchanges Ġto Ġthe Ġblatantly Ġpartisan ĠGo eb el ĠElection ĠLaw Ġ, Ġauthored Ġby Ġhis Ġlate Ġrunning Ġmate Ġwhile Ġthe Ġlatter Ġwas Ġa Ġmember Ġof Ġthe ĠGeneral ĠAssembly Ġ. ĠHe Ġstressed Ġnon Ġ@ - @ Ġcontroversial Ġissues Ġsuch Ġas Ġimprovements Ġto Ġroads Ġand Ġthe Ġstate Ġ' s Ġeducational Ġsystem Ġ. ĠHe Ġrecommended Ġpassage Ġof Ġa Ġlaw Ġto Ġset Ġuniform Ġschool Ġtextbook Ġprices Ġ, Ġa Ġreform Ġboth Ġhe Ġand ĠGo eb el Ġhad Ġadvocated Ġduring Ġthe Ġgubernatorial Ġcampaign Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġhis Ġpassive Ġleadership Ġensured Ġthat Ġthe ĠGeneral ĠAssembly Ġdid Ġlittle Ġto Ġaddress Ġhis Ġagenda Ġ. ĠThe Ġonly Ġmajor Ġpieces Ġof Ġlegislation Ġpassed Ġduring ĠBeckham Ġ' s Ġterm Ġwere Ġa Ġtax Ġincrease Ġthat Ġadded Ġa Ġhalf Ġmillion Ġdollars Ġto Ġthe Ġstate Ġ' s Ġrevenue Ġand Ġa Ġchild Ġlabor Ġlaw Ġthat Ġforb ade Ġchildren Ġunder Ġ14 Ġto Ġwork Ġwithout Ġtheir Ġparents Ġ' Ġconsent Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠSecond Ġterm Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠAlthough Ġthe ĠKentucky ĠConstitution Ġprohibited Ġgovernors Ġfrom Ġserving Ġconsecutive Ġterms Ġ, ĠBeckham Ġannounced Ġhe Ġwould Ġseek Ġa Ġfull Ġterm Ġas Ġgovernor Ġin Ġ1903 Ġ. ĠHis Ġcandidacy Ġwas Ġchallenged Ġin Ġcourt Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġcourt Ġruled ĠBeckham Ġhad Ġnot Ġserved Ġa Ġfull Ġfirst Ġterm Ġand Ġwas Ġeligible Ġto Ġrun Ġ. ĠDue Ġto Ġhis Ġrecord Ġof Ġreconciliation Ġand Ġsupporting Ġnon Ġ@ - @ Ġcontroversial Ġreforms Ġ, Ġhe Ġhad Ġno Ġsignificant Ġopposition Ġin Ġwinning Ġhis Ġparty Ġ' s Ġnomination Ġ. ĠHis Ġrecord Ġalso Ġdeprived Ġhis ĠRepublican Ġopponent Ġ, ĠMorris ĠB . ĠBel kn ap Ġ, Ġof Ġany Ġsignificant Ġcampaign Ġissue Ġin Ġthe Ġgeneral Ġelection Ġ. ĠBeckham Ġdefeated ĠBel kn ap Ġand Ġthree Ġminor Ġcandidates Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġhis Ġmessage Ġto Ġthe Ġlegislature Ġin Ġ1904 Ġ, ĠBeckham Ġagain Ġraised Ġthe Ġissue Ġof Ġa Ġuniform Ġschool Ġtextbook Ġlaw Ġ, Ġwhich Ġhad Ġnot Ġpassed Ġduring Ġhis Ġfirst Ġterm Ġ. ĠThe Ġlaw Ġwas Ġone Ġof Ġfew Ġsignificant Ġreforms Ġthat Ġpassed Ġduring Ġthe Ġ1904 Ġsession Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġsession Ġfunds Ġwere Ġapproved Ġfor Ġbuilding Ġa Ġnew Ġcap itol Ġbuilding Ġand Ġa Ġmemorial Ġto Ġthe Ġlate ĠGovernor ĠGo eb el Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠMarch Ġ1904 Ġ, ĠBeckham Ġsigned Ġthe ĠDay ĠLaw Ġmand ating Ġracial Ġsegregation Ġof Ġall Ġschools Ġin ĠKentucky Ġ. ĠBere a ĠCollege Ġ, Ġa Ġprivate Ġcollege Ġin Ġeastern ĠKentucky Ġthat Ġhad Ġbeen Ġintegrated Ġsince Ġthe Ġ1850 s Ġ, Ġimmediately Ġfiled Ġsuit Ġto Ġchallenge Ġthe Ġlaw Ġ. ĠThe Ġsubstance Ġof Ġthe Ġlaw Ġwas Ġupheld Ġin Ġthe Ġcircuit Ġcourt Ġand Ġthe ĠKentucky ĠCourt Ġof ĠAppeals Ġ. ĠBere a Ġappealed Ġto Ġthe ĠSupreme ĠCourt Ġ, Ġand Ġin Ġ1908 Ġthe Ġcourt Ġhanded Ġdown Ġan Ġ8 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1 Ġdecision Ġagainst Ġthe Ġcollege Ġ. ĠOnly ĠJohn ĠMarshall ĠHar lan Ġdiss ented Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠNear Ġthe Ġclose Ġof Ġthe Ġ1904 Ġsession Ġ, Ġlegislators Ġapproved Ġthe Ġcreation Ġof ĠBeckham ĠCounty Ġfrom Ġparts Ġof ĠCarter Ġ, ĠElliott Ġ, Ġand ĠLewis Ġcounties Ġ. ĠOlive ĠHill Ġwas Ġmade Ġthe Ġcounty Ġseat Ġ. ĠSoon Ġthe Ġcounty Ġ' s Ġexistence Ġwas Ġchallenged Ġin Ġcourt Ġon Ġgrounds Ġthat Ġit Ġfell Ġshort Ġof Ġthe Ġ400 Ġsquare Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ1 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġkm 2 Ġ) Ġrequired Ġby Ġthe Ġstate Ġconstitution Ġand Ġthat Ġit Ġreduced Ġthe Ġcounties Ġit Ġwas Ġcarved Ġfrom Ġto Ġless Ġthan Ġ400 Ġsquare Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ1 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġkm 2 Ġ) Ġ. ĠCarter ĠCounty Ġjoined Ġthe Ġlawsuit Ġ, Ġclaiming Ġthe Ġborder Ġof ĠBeckham ĠCounty Ġpassed Ġtoo Ġclose Ġto ĠGrayson Ġ, Ġthe Ġseat Ġof ĠCarter ĠCounty Ġ, Ġand ĠVance burg Ġ, Ġthe Ġseat Ġof ĠLewis ĠCounty Ġ. ĠThe Ġstate Ġconstitution Ġforb ade Ġcounty Ġborders Ġto Ġpass Ġwithin Ġ10 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ16 Ġkm Ġ) Ġof Ġa Ġcounty Ġseat Ġ. ĠOn ĠApril Ġ29 Ġ, Ġ1904 Ġ, Ġthe ĠKentucky ĠCourt Ġof ĠAppeals Ġfound Ġin Ġfavor Ġof Ġthe Ġplaintiffs Ġand Ġdissolved ĠBeckham ĠCounty Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠDuring Ġthe Ġ1906 Ġlegislative Ġsession Ġ, ĠBeckham Ġurged Ġinvestigation Ġand Ġprosecution Ġof Ġcorrupt Ġinsurance Ġcompanies Ġ, Ġfollowing Ġthe Ġlead Ġof ĠNew ĠYork Ġattorney ĠCharles ĠEvans ĠHughes Ġ. ĠIn Ġparticular Ġ, Ġhe Ġrecommended Ġreducing Ġthe Ġpractice Ġof Ġdeferred Ġdividends Ġ, Ġwhich Ġallowed Ġthe Ġinsurance Ġcompanies Ġto Ġkeep Ġlarge Ġstores Ġof Ġcash Ġon Ġ@ - @ Ġhand Ġfor Ġillegal Ġpurposes Ġ. ĠHe Ġfurther Ġadvocated Ġthat Ġinsurance Ġcompanies Ġdoing Ġbusiness Ġin Ġthe Ġstate Ġbe Ġrequired Ġto Ġinvest Ġa Ġcertain Ġpercentage Ġof Ġtheir Ġearnings Ġin ĠKentucky Ġ, Ġbolst ering Ġthe Ġits Ġeconomy Ġand Ġproviding Ġpolicy holders Ġsome Ġprotection Ġagainst Ġfraud Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠBeckham Ġrefused Ġto Ġsend Ġtroops Ġinto Ġthe Ġwestern Ġpart