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@Mr.Election: I strongly disagree with – and have twice reverted – your edit removing the vote totals for candidates Brown and Blair in the infobox. Under ordinary circumstances, this might be appropriate, although I'm usually inclined to include all candidates unless it makes the infobox completely unwieldy. In this highly contentious and close election, however, the potential Goebel votes that went to Brown especially, but also to Blair, might have swung the result in his favor, a fact attested to by the published literature on the subject. Further, this article has already been reviewed as a featured article, and none of the reviewers expressed concerns about Brown and Blair's inclusion in the infobox. That wouldn't overturn a consensus to remove, obviously, but it should be given some up-front deference, I think. I'm glad to engage in discussion about the edit, as I hope others will. Acdixon(talk·contribs)15:51, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Taylor played by the Democrats *new* rules and still won. They didn't like that and when Goebel set up the fake Gov. office for himself across the street from the real one that Taylor occupied, it all hit the fan. Those 3 mountain men, saw the disrespect, the Dems trying to steal the office from Taylor and did what they thought would best fit the circumstances. They shot and tried to kill Goebel, although it did take him a few days to actually die after being shot.
Then the Democrats blamed it all on Gov. Taylor. He ended up having to run for his life or risk being put in prison for a murder he did NOT commit. I highly doubt the Dems would have actually looked hard for those 3 mountain men who did end up doing prison time for the killing. They just wanted Taylor out of office and didn't care how.
It's now 2025 as I write this and I am 67 years old, but I've known this story as told above but with more detail my entire life. I read the book written about Taylor and the election written in 1900, but it's no longer published. It is in the library of congress I think they told me if anyone wants to read what was written a year after it all happened. I also know the family stories that never made it to print, at times my mom telling me while I was wearing the black silk and sequined dress Mrs. Taylor wore to the Inauguration of Gov. Taylor.
William S. Taylor was my Great Grandfather, whom I grew up knowing as Pa and I speak of what I have been told by my Mom, my aunt and uncle, and my great aunt and uncle. First hand knowledge by Letha (Taylor) Bailey, daughter of Gov. Taylor, my great aunt beats anything written in a book. LComeno (talk) 05:49, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was interested in the same question. From the J. C. W. Beckham article, "Beckham remained governor, but because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the election, a special election was held on 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." It does not appear that we have an article on the special election itself. Jenks24 (talk) 06:00, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Seems a bit odd the article does not have a results table that lists all the candidates and their vote totals. Is this possible to add somewhere in the article? TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 20:09, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@TulsaPoliticsFan: Once upon a time, this information was in the infobox. I still think it should be, as minor party candidates were most definitely a factor in the election, but I guess the MOS won out. Anyway, the info you need to create a results table is in this revision. Feel free to add. Acdixon(talk·contribs)14:46, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
