Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-05
To Investigate the Kentucky
Election
DRAWN IN HOUSES
Democrats Got the Best of All the
Drawings-The Republicans Make
Charges of Fraud-Taking Of Tes-
timony Begins Today.

Frankfort, KY, an. 4.-The joint legis-
lative committees which sit in the con-
tests for governor n lieutenant gov
| ernor were drawn by lot as provided ny
law today. A lucky star presided over
the destinies of the democrats, as the
drawing resulted in giving them 10 out
| of II members of the committee drawn
to hear the governorship contest and
nine out of eleven on the lieutenant gov
ernor's contest. The committee to hear
the ~governorship contest is as follows:
! Senators Frazier, Allen and Crenshaw,
! and Representatives Hickman. Berry,
| Finn, Remick, Sledge, Lyon and Parton,
| all democrats, and Yarberry, republican.
In the lieutenant governor contest the
names drawn We're Senators Harrell.
| Coleman and Watson n Representa-
tives Crawford, Alexander, Baird, Bell,
| Holland and Sharp, democrats, and Rep
resentatives Lylly and Read, republicans.
The house members Of these two COM
! mittees were sworn in tonight, and II IS
j probable that the joint committees will
organize and get down to the work OF
taking evidence tomorrow.
In the drawing over the ormatlon OF
the legislature contested election commit
tees, the result IA somewhat more even
ly divided. In the case of the Two sena-
tolial contests the republicans got only
ore member out Of the nine on each COM
mittee. but in the house they got majori-
ties in seven out of the eight committees
which they contest. The ena cOmplet-
ed it's drawing at the morning session.,
and the only incident connected with it
was when Senator Howard, republican,
objected TO Senator GOebers name being
placed in the o Goebel rose from his
seat and said Under the law the names of
ali senators present must be placed in
the box, but I beg to assure the senator
that If my name should be drawn out, /,
of course, will not serve"
The house was occupied till late in the
evening with the drawing of the legisla-
tive committees and there was nothing
noteworthy in the proceedings until at
ter the g~overnship committee had been
announced, and just before the drawing
for the committee on lieutenant govern
or's contest. Representative HasWell,
leader Of the republican minority, charg-
ed Chief Clerk Leigh with manipulating
the ballots so as to give the democrats
the advantage. Haswell and Representa-
tive Berry, representing the republicans,
stood at the clerks desk as the names of
the members were placed in the box, and
when the last name was placsd in 1t
Haswell walked to his seat and address
ed the house, charging that Leigh had,
in placing the names in the box.
systematically thrown the names of
the democratic members on the right
side Of the box and likewise had
thrown the names of the republicans to
the left. He said he did not know how 1t
happened that the democrats got such a
majority on the governors contest com
n.ittee drawn a few minutes before, but
he did know the ballots had been put in
the box for the drawing now on, and he
asked that the clerk at least be required
to shake the box thoroughly so as to mix
the names as contemplated by law
Speaker Trimby invited Haswell or
some republican member to shake the
box, but they declined, saying it was tbs
duty of the clerk.
Mr.. Berry, the speaker. asked the
speaker to allow members to inspect
the box in order to verify the charges
made by Haswell, but this was re-
fused.
Speaker Trinnble finally ordered the boz
} thoroughly shaken ard this was done
with the result that six demOcratic anC
two republican names were drawn out.
1t is officially announced that the
Franklin county grand jury has founG
Indictments against Col. John H. Whal'
len and Charles H. Ryan, who 1t is al
legged attempted to bride Senator Harrel
in the g~overnorship contest. The indict
iments are based on conspiracy and will
be similar to those returned against w
G. Hunter. John Fl. Whallen, +. T
Franks and others in the Hunter ALLEGED
bribery cases growing out of the Hunter
Blackburn senatorial contest in 1898. TIL,
! safe deposit box which Harrell has deslg
} mated as holding the money was turEe,
} over to the grand jury today and foun,
to contain four 1000 bills and five $40
) bills. The money was sealed up in
plain white envelope without writing
! This in part corroborates Harrelrs story