The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-04
Col. Whallen Held for the Grand Jury
and Trust Company Ordered to
Produce Alleged Brfbe.
ANOTHER SENATOR NAMED
ASSELM j. MLAURIN TO REPRE-
SENT MISSISSIPPI.
Nominated by the Democratic Caucus
without n Dissenting VOte-Now
Governor of the State.

committee which will hear evidence in the
Goebel-Taylor and Beckham- Marshall con-
tests for Governor and Lieutenant Cover
nor, will be formed tomorrow. The law
provides that the members of the commit
tee shall be drawn by lot, three in the
Senate and eight in the House. The policy
of the Goebel leaders will be to push the
contests to final issue as speedily as pos
sible. The notices of contests by Goebel
and Beckham were filed in each house and
spread on the journals.
Governor Taylors attorneys are prepar-
ing not only rebuttal evidence to Offset the
charges of fraud set forth in Goebel's no.
tice of contest, but, according to Senator
Debbe, are going much further and at
tempting to show up counterfrauds of a
glaring nature on the Democratic side.
The senator says that, among other things,
it will be brought out that Taylor was
robbed of over 1000 votes iI Kenton coun-
ty. Goebels home The Goebel side, un-
der the Kentucky code of practice, in its
taking of proof, is restricted to the grounds
laid down in the notices of contest, but
under these they promise very sensational
testimony regarding the election in many
counties alleged to be damaging to people
prominent in the Kentucky political and
business world, compared with which the
Whallen alleged attempted bribery of Sem
ator Harrell is only a sample.
Colonel Whalen was arraigned for ex-
aiming trial on the attempted bribery
charge, before Magistrate Thompson this
afternoon and held over to the Franklin
He to1
by p Wat Hardin and Theodore Hal
lem. His bond was fixed at $4,000 and the
same bondsmen who stood surety for him
yesterday at the time of his arrest were
accepted.
In the Circuit Court this morning, Presi-
dent Hector ". Loving. of the Louisville
Trust Company, was before Judge Cantrill
charged with contempt for disobeying the
order of court to turn over the vault box
alleged to hold the $4,000 which, it is
claimed, was to be paid to Harrell in the
event he voted against Goebel in the con-
test. Loving stated that he merely desired
to protect the customers of his company
and his attorney moved to quash the sum-
mons against him. This the court over
ruled Thereupon response was filed to
the rule for contempt and in this it is stat
ed that Whallen, Harrell and Charles
Ryan rented the box in question and de-
posted something in it, the box being
sealed up and covered over with white
paper. The Trust Company officials were
notified not to allow the box opened except
in the presence and by the consent of all
three parties. Judge Cantrill adjudged the
response insufficient and ordered the box
to be produced in court at III o CLOCK to-
morrow. 1t is understood the order OF
court will be complied with, motion for
an appeal to the Court of Appeals having
been overruled. 1t is said an attempt will
be made to have Senator Harrell indicted
i'm Louisville where WhallenS attorneys
claim the prosecution should have been In
stituted If any offense has been committed.
The charge against Harrell would prob
ably be conspiracy or accepting bride.
Ex-Governor w. o. Bradley will be the
Republican nominee for senator. Congress
man Vincent Boreing had made quiet
canvass for the nomination. but ex-Gov-
ernor Bradley is the choice OF a sumcient
number of the Republican members to
make his nomination practically certain,
now that the Republican antf-Goebel coali-
ton on Gen. P. Wat Hardin has failed.
Bradley is being supported by both Gov
ernor Taylor and Senator Deboe.
The Republican leaders are exercised
over the action of the Democrats In the
House to-day refusing to vote the APP
pointment of committees to be composed of
two members from each party to inspect
the boxes and assist the clerks In prepar-
ing the ballots from which the contest
committee are to be drawn. This matter
was made the cause of holding a caucus
of the Republican members and leaders
tonight, at which 1t was determined TO
insist tomorrow on the appointment OF
the committees and to take other steps
to protect rights which they suspect might
be encroached upon.