The age-herald., 1900-01-16
Objections 0verruIed by a Strict
 Iy Party Vote.
FORMIDABLE ARRAY OF LAWYERS
The Franklin County Grand Jury Has J Returned an Indictment Against
 John H. Whallen, Charging
 Conspiring to Bribe

Frankfort, Ky, January 15.-The con- test boards sitting in the contests for gov- work today. Most of tine day was taken up with sparring between the attorneys over legal technicalities, and Tonight when adjournment was taken until tomorrow, only two witnesses had been examined.
 The proceedings were conducted with the utmost courtesy. The spectators evinced feeling of partisanship by applauding ou several occasions when their respective sides happened ito make a hit, but the demonstrations were not extraordinary and the sergeant-at-arms easily restored order.
 Governor Taylor was not a spectator during any of the proceedings.
 Senator Goebel and Lieutenant Governor Marshall were present during the after noon session.
 Senator-elect Blackburn returned from Washington today and occupied seat alongside the Goebel council tonight The senate committee on Judiciary, which was directed by resolution to inquire into the questions raised by Governor Taylor and Gieutenant Governor Marshall as to the eligibility of the senators who are serving on the two contest cases held a meeting this afternoon, but did not formulate its report
 The legislative committees drawn to hear the contests between Goebel and Taylor for the governorship and Beckham and Marshall for the lieutenant governorshio met at the Capitol hotel this morning and began the hearing of evidence.
 Samuel Coleman, chairman of the contest board in the lieutenant governors case. announced that the sitting of that body would be the same as those of the com mlttee trying the governors case, but act ing separately. There was an imposing array of legal talent present
 The attorneys occupying seats on the Taylor-Marshall side are ex-Governor Bradley, Judge W. 1T. Yost. T. B. Edel- Those on the Goebel side are Louis D. Me Quadn, zack Phelps, Aaron Kohn and James Andrew Scott.
 Filing of Papers
 The morning session was taken m with the filing of papers by the republican attor ney re-reviving the motion of Taylor and Marshall that the committees yacate be cause or their alleged illegal drawing by the house and senate clerks, and responding to the motions of contest served upon them on charges made against them as to the military. These were too vague to be sub stantiated.
 The arguments for Goebel objected to tbe filing of such papers, and they were taken under advIsement.
 Chairman Hickman, of the gubernatorial committee announced that after confer ence of the two committees it had been agreed that the sessions of the board should not interfere with the legislative ac- tion of the board, and on this account the boards could only hold afternoon and even ing sessions.
 The afternoon sessions will begin at o'clock and close at 5 o'clock, and the eyan- ing sessions will begin at o'clock and close at 10 o'clock.
 lowing to the fact that we are to enter tain a distinguished gentleman from Ne braska and to elect a United States sen- ator," he said, "the only sessions will be from to 12 o'clock tomorrow"
 Goebels attorneys asked until tomorrow to respond to the objection. Chairman Coleman granted the time, and Taylors at- torneys objected. eKohn, of GoebePs eoun- sel, filed the affidavits of all members of the contest board who are under challenge. and also the affidavits of the clerks of both houses of the legislature.
 The affdavits deny the allegation in the Taylor protest, and in the affidayits made at the morning session Judge Yost asked that Governor Taylor's attorneys be given till tomorrow to controvert the affidavits filed by MT. Kohn for the members of the contest board in response to Taylor's mo- tion that they vacate. MT. Kohn objected. and insisted that the trial be proceeded with.
 The response of MT. Sharp was also filed, and the objections of Taylors counsel on all of these matters were overruled.
 Argued the Exceptions
 Attorney Edelen then proceeded to argue the exceptions filed to the notices of con test The notices, he held, were insuf- ficient and defective in that they arrogated ito the contest board judicial powers not conferred on that body by law that in the allegation that several thousand voters were kept away from the polls by the mili- tia in Louisville, there was no allegation Ksat the persons kept away from the polls