The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-05
GOEBEL IN in LUCK
DRAWING OF COMMITTEES OF CON-
TEST RESULTS IN DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITIEs
REPUBLICANS ENTER PROTEST.
ALLEGE MANIPULATION OF THE
BALLOT BOX, AND A SHAKING
UP is ORDERED
RESULT PROVES AMUSING

Six Democrats and Two Republicans
Are the Net Outcome of the
Amended Drawing-Objectfon to
Senator GoebeI Overruled by His
Announcing That He Would Not
Serve Should His Name Be Drawn.
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 4-The joint
| legislative committees which sit In the
| contests for governor and lieutenant CAV
ernor were drawn by lot, as provided by
| law, today. A lucky star presided over
| the destinies of the Democrats, as the
drawing resulted in giving them ten out
| of the eleven members of the committee
on governors contest and nine out Of
eleven on the lieutenant governors con-
| test
! The committee to hear the governorship
| contest is as follows: Senators Frazer,
Allen and Crenshaw, and Representatives
Hickman, Berry, Finn, Rennick, Sledge,
| Lyon and Barton, all Democrats, and
Yarberry. Republican.
| In the lieutenant governors contest the
names drawn were: Senators Harrell,
N''N'AN~~
tives Crawford, Alexander, Baird, Bell,
Holland and Sharp, Democrats, and Rep
resentatives Reed and Lilly, Republicans.
The house members Of these two COM
| mittees We're sworn in tonight and 1t is
probable that the joint committees will
organize and get down to work taking
evidence tomorrow.
In the drawing for the formation of
the legislative contest election commit
mittees the representatives were more
| evenly divided. In the senate the Repub-
licans got only majority on one out of
the eleven committees, while in the house
| they got majorities on ten out of the
! eighteen committees.
! The senate completed its selection at
the morning session, and the only in
cident connected with 1t was when Sen
ator Harold, Republican, objected to SEN
ator Goebers name being placed in the
| box. Senator Goebel rose in his seat and
said:
Under the law the names Of all SEN
| ators present must be placed in the box,
| but I beg to assure the senator that,
| should my name be drawn out, /, of
! course, will not serve"
| The house was occupied until late in
the evening with the drawing Of the leg
!, islative committee, and there was moth
ing noteworthy in the proceedings until
after the governorship committee had
been announced, and just before the
! drawing of the committee on the lieuten-
ant governor contest.
MANIPULATION ALLEGED.
Representative Haswell, leader Of the
minority, charged Chief Clerk Leigh with
|
| the Democrats the majority. Haswell
| and Representative Berry, representing
| the Democrats, stood at the clerks desk
| as tho names were placed in the oox,
| and when the last name was placed in it
| Haswell walked to his seat and address
| ed the house, charging that Leigh had,
in placing the names in the box, syste-
| matically thrown the names of the Dem
ocratic members on the right side of the
box, and In like manner had thrown
the names Of the Republicans to the left.
He did not know how it had happened
| that Democrats got such majority on
the governors contest committee, drawn
few moments before, but he did know
how the names had been placed in the
box now, and he asked that the clerk be
asked to shake the box so as to mix the
| names, as provided by law.
| Speaker Trirnble invited Hasweu or
any other Republican member to shake
| the box, but they declined to do this
saying it was the duty of the clerk
Representative Berry asked that the
box be examined In order to verify the
| charges made by Haswell, mentioning
the alleged manner in which the names
had been placed in the box, but Repre-
sentative Cantrell (Dem) said as the Re-
publicans had waited until the drawing
was practically complete, he thought
they should be compelled to file them in
| the proper way, and not verbally and
personally, as they were doing.
Speaker Trimble finally ordered the box
thoroughly shaken, and this was done
with the result that six Democrats and
two Republican names were drawn out
WHALLEN IS INDICTED.
It is unoff1cially announced that the
Franklin county grand jury has found in
dictments against Col. John H. Whal-
len and Charles Ryan, who, it is al
legged, attempted to bribe Senator Har-
rell in the governorship contest The
indictments are based on conspiracy and
will be similar to those returned against
w. Godfrey Hunter, John H Wilson, E..
T. Franks and others, in the Hunter al
legged bribery cases growing out of the
Hunter-Blackburn senatorial contest in
1897.
The safety deposit box which Harrell
designated as holding the money was
turned over to the grand jury today and
found to contain four $1,000 bills and five
$100 bills The money was sealed UP in
a plain, white envelope, without writing.
This in part corroborates Harrells story.
The Democratic leaders In the legisla-
ture decided tonight to take the ballot
for United States senator next Tuesday
AS 1t seems settled in advance that
Blackburn will receive a majority in each
house, joint ballot will probably not be
necessary.
There is a question as to whether the
, ballot should be taken next Tues
day or a week later. Blackburn
friends decided as a matter Of caution
to have a ballot on both days, SO there
/ may be no bubble over the legality OF
: this election. 1t has been understood
: all alcng that ballot would not be taken
until week from next Tuesday.
Chief Clerk Edward Leigh Indignantly
denies that the ballots were placed in the
box on the drawing of the committees to-
day in the manner charged by the Repub-
lican members. The Democratic members
all insist that the charge is withuot foun-
dation The Republicans however, arc
not altogether satisfied over the result
There was no complaint over the drawing
of the senate committees.