The age-herald., 1900-02-22
ID BE TRIED BY JUDGE FIELD Everything Will bs neto Hasten TO BE sETTLE THREE WEEKS If Either Side Desires Writ of Error to Supreme Court of the United
 States it Should be
 Granted

Frankfort Ky, February 21-The con- tests over the offices of governor and lieu
 tenant governor of Kentucky were simplI-
 fled tonight by an agreement entered into by all parties concerned, and by this agree
 ment the injunction suits filed at George
 town and Louisville are to be consolidated into suit, and the trial is to begin be-
 fore Judge Bmett Field at Louisville on next Tuesday, The court will be asked to
 give a speedy hearing, and if there is an
 appeal the parties to the sdit win ask for an early hearing.
 All parties agree to abide by the decisions of the courts, and the party which wins. will have undisputed possession of the off, flee of governor. The agreement which is l s.gred by all the parties interested in the controversy through their attorneys, fol- | lows:
 There are now pending in the Jefferson atlrciltt court two suits entitled respectively | w. S. Taylor vs. J. c. w Beckham, ct al, | ard John Marshall vs. J. c. Beckham, ct al, and another suit in the name of J. c. Beck | ham vs W. S. Taylor and John Marshall. l Process has been served in the | two first named suits, and the | defendants agree at once to enter their l appearance in the last named. All of said
 suits are to be placed upon the ordinary | docket and tried by the court on the law l and facts.
 l One answer and the subsequent plead l tngs in the two first named suits may be | filed and applied to both cases, and they are 1 to be consolidated, the same evidence shall be heari In aM hhe cases, the three cases bttnIg tried and heard together Tho plead ings shall be made by Tuesday. February
 27, or sooner If it can be done
 Dispositions to be Taken
 .lalt lxo record unless otherwise agreed upon and shall be taken as soon as possible, say
 within ten days from the time the plead-
 ings are closed.
 In the preparation of the said cases in
 the circuit court all parties agree in good faith to do all they can to speed the final
 determination eff the cases on their merits and it Is hereby agreed that should any party desire to introduce in evidence the proceedings of the contest boards or of the general assembly such party may use, as evidence, copies of the transcript of such proceedings and Ievidenca furnished to | counsel by AlonZo Walker, the official ste- nographer of the said contest boards, the necessity for having such transcripts att tested or certified being hereby waived, l but nothing herein shall be construed to waive an objection to the relevancy of comptenecy of any and all evidence intro- duced or offered on the trial of said cases. When the said cases shall be finally deter
 
 agreed that all parties hereto will unite in
 a request to the said court to docket said
 cases immediately and advance them for hearing at the earliest day upon which the court can hear them.
 Ut is further agreed that on such ap- | peal, the original evidence used in the cir | cult court if volumnious may be taken to | the court of appeals as a part of the rec 1 ord on the appeal, without being copied, | thus saving time and cost. As to an Appeal | Should any party after the final determi- | nation of the causes by the court of ap- l peals desire a writ of error to the supreme | court of the United States review such de- | termination, it is agreed that such wrts | shall be applied for and diligently prosecu- | ted if secured, and that all parties to said | causes will unite in an application to said | federal supreme court to docket and ad- l vance said cases and to give them the earl l fest hearings and determination possible. | "The said causes shall be tried in the Jeff | ferson circuit court by Judge Emmet Field. | before whom one of the said causes is now | pending.
 "It is further agreed by the parties to the | said suits that they will submit to ana | abide by all the orders and judgments of | the courts made in said suits, reserving, l however, the legal right to stay proceedings | of such orders judgments in manner l provided by law.
 l (Signed "W. s; TAYLOR, | JOHN MARSHALL. By w. H. Yost and Helm Bruce, attor- neys
 "J c. w. BECKHAM, "L. M CARTER, "J. B. CASTLEMAN By Louis McQuowan and John Kendrick. attorneys.
 February 21, 19Oo"
 General Election There Is general elation in political cir
 cles here tonight over the agreement be- tween the attorneys, as. 1t is conceded the
 matter will now be passed to a speedy fin- dsh. Both sides are pleased over the terms agreed upon.
 Ex-Chief Justice W. S. Pryor. one of Governor Beckham's attorneys, said to- night he thought it probable that the case would be settled far the state courts were concerned within three weeks, and that early in March Governor Beckham will be installed in the executive building The attorneys on that side all say they have no fear that the supreme court Of the
 United States will grant a writ of error to
 that court after decision rendered by
 Judge Taft of the court of appeals, but the
 republican attorneys firm in their be-