, 1897-04-15
THE KENTUCKY sQUABBLE.
Election Of United States Senator Still
in Doubt.

Frankfort, KY, April 14.-Before tn,
joint legislative session convened toda,
it was learned that the grand Jury hat
decided to take up the bribery charge.
and would investigate. Then the legis
lature will act. Resolutions were read,
today for an investigation. Deput,
Sheriff Sullivan received another Ions
list Of witnesses, among them the lady
who says she saw DR.. Hunter go into
the Gaines residence, the member who
says he saw him en- route there, an Of
fetal who is said to have begun the me-
gotiation with Gaines and another whose
name has never been mentioned.
The question of the eligibility us a jur-
or Of a republican who is said to be op-
posing the indictments is also to be IN
before the jury. Before the balloting be-
gan the Blackburn democrats asked that
the absentees be called and answered
present. as did the boiling republi-
cans. showing they had made up their
minds to vote on all roll calls. The
completed roll call showed present 1874
six pairs and CO necessary to a choice.
There were no mate. ial changes on the
3Gth ballot, which gave Hunter 81,
Blackburn A, Martin u. Boyle 6, Stone
|; necessary to choice CO.
There was no motion to adjourn and
the 37th ballot began. Again there was
no change and the ballot was a copy OF
the Both.
A deputy sheriff arrived at the CAPT.
tol at II o'clock armed with subpoenas
for Representative Clark, one of the
tanti-Hunter men and a half dozen news
paper correspondents. 1t was also stat
ed that a subpoena had been issued for
Mayor Todd of Louisville, who has been
In Frankfort a great deal of the time,
e~ndeavoring to assist DR.. Hunter, but
the deputy was unable to find Mr.. Todd.
It was stated this morning that John w.
Gaines. father OF Captain Noel Gaines,
who brought the charge of bribery
against Hunter, had been summoned be-
fore the grand jury and that he would
swear that one Of the most prominent
men in Louisville had offered him money
with which to buy votes for Hunter.
AT the beginning of the 3Sth ballot
it was observed that the vote of Hunter
81, opposition GO, left the latter exactly
strong enough to win. All stuck to first
choice on the third ballot for the day.
During the fourth ballot the gold
democrats said that they would not pro
pose an adjournment till the republicans
asked for it, and the republicans said
they would never ask for it. There was
no material change in the vote. Sand
wiches and other refreshments were ord
cred.
During the sixth ballot Representative
Lyons, the Hunter leader, went over to
Senator Clarke and began to talk to him.
Clarke asked him some questions. Ly-
pms answered him facetiously, and
Clarke jumped up and started to knock
him down. Lyons jumped back and
clarke was caught by members round
him.
The lieutenant governor called to Ser
geant-at-Arms Sommers:
Arrest those men at once"
Sommers took him at his word and
pulled Lyons along toward the aisle,
when mutual friends explained that Ly-
ons never intended to make trouble.
When the roll call was done, Mr.. Goe-
bel said some confusion had resulted
because OF the SCRAP" and he wanted a
recapitulation Of the vote, which showed
no material change.
Senator Bronston moved a recess till
noon. The republicans voted no" and
the gold democrats helped them to de-
feat the motion.
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