The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-05
Democrats Are Lucky In the Draw
ingS For Committees.
ARE In THE MAJORITY
CHARGES OF FRAUD MADE N
THE HOUSE.
Chief Clerk Was Accused of Manipu-
lating the Ballot Box So That He
Could Throw Out the Names of
Democratic Members at His
Pleasure.

FTdUkIOTt, n.y. Jan 4.-AHe joint
legislative committees which sit in the
contests for governor and lieutenant
governor. were drawn by lot as pro-
vided by law, today. a lucky star pre-
sided over the destinies of the Demo-
Gratis as the drawing resulted in giving
them ten out of the eleven members of
the committee on the governors con-
test and nine out of eleven on the lieu
/ tenant governors contest
The committee TO hear the governor
| ship contest is as follows: Senators
Frazier, Allen and Crenshaw and Rep
resentatives Hickman, Berry, Finn,
Rennick, Sledge, Lyon and Barton, all
| Democrats, and Yarberry, Republican
In the lieutenant governors contest
the names drawn were Senator's Har-
! rell, Coleman and Watson and Repre-
sentatives Crawford, Alexander. Baird,
( Bell, Holland and Sharp. Democrats,
] and Representatives Reed and Lilly
! Republicans. The house members of
/ these two committees were sworn in to-
/ night and it is probable that the joint
| committee will organize and get down
to work taking evidence tomorrow.
This Was More Even. .
! In the drawing over the formation of
! lAlt lGSISAdlulG CUlAltElEu GAeCLlDal GOlll-
mittees the result was somewhat more
| evenly divided. In the case Of the two
/ senatorial contests the Republicans got
/ only one member out of nine on each
| committee, but in the house they got
majorities in ten out of the eighteen
| committees, which try contests. The
senate completed its drawing at the
morning session and the only incident
/ connected with it was then Senator
II F-Ts
| tor Goebel's name being placed in the
box. Senator GOebel rose from his seat
and said:
Under the law the names Of all SEN
ators present must be placed in the
box, but 1 beg to assure the senator
that if my name should be drawn out,
I Of course will not serve"
The house was occupied until late III
the evening with the drawing of the
legislative committees and there was
nothing noteworthy in the proceedings
until after the governorship committee
had been announced and just before the
drawing for the committee on lieuten-
ant governors contest.
Charges Against Clerk.
Representative Hasweu. leader Of the
Republican minority, charged Chief
Clerk Ed o. Leigh with manipulat NJ
the ballots so as to give the Democrats
the advantage. HasWell and ReDresen-
tative Berry representing the Repub-
leans, stood at the clerks desk as the
names of the members We're placed in
the box, and when the last name was
placed in il HaSweH 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 likewise had thrown
the names Of the Republicans to the
left. He said he did not know how it
happened that the Democrats got such
a majority on the governors contest
committee drawn a few minutes before.
but he did know how the ballots had
been put in the box for the drawing
DOW on and he asked that the clerk al
least be required to shake the box thor
oughly so as to mix the names as con-
templated by law.
They Shook the Box.
Speaker Trimble invited Aasweu or
any other Republican member to shake
the box, but they declined to do this.
saying this was the duty Of the clerk
Mr.. Berry, Republican, asked the
speaker to allow members to INSPECT
the box in order to verify the charges
made by him and HasWell, mentioning
the alleged manner in which the names
had been placed in the box. but Mr.
Cantrill, Democrat, said The charges
made by Haswell and Berry were seri-
Gus and that as long as they had wait
ed till the drawing was practically com
plete he thought they should be com
PEELED to file them in the proper way
and not merely verbally and personally /
as they were doing.
Speaker Trimble finally ordered the |
box thoroughly shaken and this was
done with the result that six Demo- !
Gratis and two Republican names were |
drawn out.
The Bribery Case.
1t is unoficiallY announced that the /
FRANKLIN county grand jury has found /
indictments against Colonel John II
Whallen and Charles Ryan. who. it is /
alleged, attempted to bride Senator /
Harrel in the gOvernorshiD contest.
The indictments are based on conspir- /
acy, and will be similar to these re- I
turned against W Godfrey Hunter. /
John H. Whallen. f. T. Franks and
others in the Hunter alleged bribery /
easee growing out of the Hunter Black !
burn senatorial contest ia 1897
The safety deposit box which HarreI !
designated as holding the money. was /
turned over to the grand jury today. 1
and found to contain four 81 600 bills 1
and FIVE 500 bills. The money. was /
sealed uD in plain white envelope.
without writing. This, in part. cOrrob- |
crates HaTrelTS story.
Ballot For Senator.
The Democratic leaders in the Iegis-
lature decided tonight to take the bal !
lot for United States senator next Tues
day. AS it seems settled in advance |
that Blackburn will receive a majority
in each house, a joint ballot will prob i
ably not be necessary. There is a ques-
ton as to whether the ballot should be
taken next TUESDAY, or Tuesday week.
friends decided. as a mat
ter of caution, to have a ballot on both