Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-05

49, Contest Com" ees--A
| on Ins situation described.
FRANKFORT, KY, January The
Joint legislative committees which will
sit IN the contests for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor were @"n by
lot so.day as provided by law The
nsmocrats were successful, as the
drawing gave them ten Of ing eleven
members Of the committee on the
Governors contest and nine out Of
eleven on Lieutenant Govefho
test The committee to hear ane
ernorship contest is as follows
Senators Frazier, Allen and @"
shaw, and Representatives Hlckm'
Berry Finn. Rennick. Sledge, Lp
and Barton, all Democrats anu ! aio8 :
ry, Republican.
| Tn the lieutenant governors contests
the names drawn were Sc eatofs Ear-
rell Coleman and Watson slu nspfe-
sentatiyes Crawford, Alex der bard,
Bell. Holland and Sharp democrats,
and Representatives Rec ana Lilly,
/ Republicans. The Housf mempers OF
| these two committees we Worn IN To-
night and it is probable lat the JOINT
| committees will organize ana begin
/ taking evidence tomorrow.
/ In the drawing over the torplatlon OF
| the legislative contested ei> ~ com-
mittees, the results Were lne"naI
more evenly divided. In ,dse TWO
senatorial contests the ReFF 'canS sJt
only one member out OF ~ edcn
committee, but in the 10 'neS got
majorities on ten out OF q teen COM
| mittees which try conteSls ne oen-
| ate completed its drawing at me morn
| ing session and the only lnciaent con-
nected with it was when Senator HOW
| ard, Republican, objected to senator
| Goebels name being placed in the box.
| Senator Goebei rose from his seat and
said:
| "Under the law the names OF all Sen
ators present must be placed IN the pox,
| but | beg to assure the Senator tnat II
my name should he drawn out, |, OF
course, will not serve"
| me House was occupied till late In
| the evening with the drawing OF the
legislative committees and there was
nothing noteworthy in the proceedings
until after the governorshlp committee
had been announced and just before the
| drawing for the committee on the lieu
| tenant governors contest
Representative Haswell, leader OF the
/ Republican minority, charged Chief
Clerk Ed. o. Leigh with manipulating
| the ballots so as to give the Democrats
| the advantage. Haswell and Repre-
sentative Berry, representing the Re-
publicans, stood at the clerks desk as
the names of the members were placed
! in the box, and when the last name was
placed in it, Haswell walked to his seat
and addressed 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 in like man
ner had thrown the names of the Re-
publicans to the left.
He said he did not know how it happened
| the Democrats got such majority on the
| Governors contest committee drawn a
| lew UClOIS. Dul nc NiQ kliOW HUW
| the ballots had been put in the box for
| the drawing now on, and he asked that
| the clerk be required to at least shake the
| box thoroughly so as to mix the names. as
| contemplated by law. Speaker Trimble IN
vited Haswel or any other Republican
member to shake the box, but they de-
| clined to do this, saying this was the duty
| OF the clerk.
| Mr.. Berry, Republican, asked the speak
| err to allow members to inspect the box IN
order to verify the charge made by him
| and Haswell, mentioning the alleged man
| ner in which the names had been placed
in the box, but Mr.. CantreH, Democrat
| said that the charges made by Haswell
| and Berry were serious and that as long
as they had waited till the drawing was
practically complete, he thought they
i should be compelled to file them IN the
| proper way and not make them verbally.
| as they were doing. Speaker Trimble fin
ally ordered the box thoroughly shaken,
| and this was done with the result that
! SIX Democrats and two Republicans were
: drawn out.
! 1t is urofficially announced that the
Franklin county grand jury has found in
dictments against Col. John II. WhaIlen
/ and Charles Ryan, who, 1t IS ALLEGED at
/ tempted to bride Senator Harrel IN the
/ Governorship contexr