The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
TESTIMONY AGAINST HIM
GOEBEL PROFITED NOTHING BY
THE HEARING YESTERDAY.
Time Is Extended on Both Sides of
the COntest-A Notable Detection
from the Cars Ranks.

FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 2.-It will be
approximately three weeks before the
gubernational contest boards will be able
to make their report to the Legislature
and a vote thereon can be taken by that
body. Chairman Hickman. of the Goebel-
Taylor contest board, announced to-day
that 1t had been determined to allow each
side four days longer for the presentation
of evidence. AT least two days will be taxi
en- up by arguments, and Mr.. Hickman
said the board would require at least one
week in which to go over the evidence and
prepare its report. Ex-Governor Bailey,
for the contestee, asked for more time and
the Democratic attorneys gave him two
days out of their four The churches of
Frankfort to-day united in a prayer service
asking that all trouble from the political
situation might be averted and that all
danger of bloodshed be avoided. Three
services were held in the Episcopal Church,
one in the morning, the second in the
evening and the third at night. All. par
ticularly the last, were well attended.
Louisville and it's election troubles were
the sole topic of the evidence presented to
the contest board to-day.
Clarence Walker, of Louisville, official
stenographer of the court in Louisville
over which Judge Toney presides, was the
first witness introduced by the Republic
ans. He declared that Judge Toney was
in Mr.. Walkers office in Louisville short
time after the issuance of the injunction
declaring that the Brown-Johnson inspec-
ors should be admitted to the polls. when
Dl,aI,, for
the Democratic party came in and asked
to be heard the injunctions- Judge
Toney, the witness said, told them to issue
notice of motion to dissolve the writ and
he would hear it later. According to the
statements of the witness the judge told
the attorneys 1T would be unjust to the
Democratic party If they did not take
steps to have the injunction dissolved.
They declined to do so and, according to
Walker. seemed to prefer to have him
overrule their motion that they could
take it to the Court Of Appeals. Both At
torneys Phelps and Kohn engaged in
the present contest and the latter conduct
ed the cross examination, but the witness
stuck closely to his original statement.
At the night session John B. Baskin, an
strain as many others who have pre-
ceded him on the Republican side. He
said the presence of the militia in the
armory had beneficial effect upon the
situation and deferred nobody from going
to the polls. Col. c. c. Mengel, command
er of the troops that were gathered in the
armory, told of the manner in which the
| troops were handled on election day.
| Major John b. Purtell, whose evidence was
unfinished at the time of adjournment.
gave similar evidence to that of Mr.. Bas-
| kin.
The House to-day decided the case of
| Mckinney, Democratic contestant against
| Taylor the Republican contestant OF
| Trigg county, in favor OF Mckinney. Tay-
| lor was declared ineligible because holding
| the position of postmaster at the time of
| his election.