The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-05
DEMOCRATS
HELD THE
WINNERS.
In Drawings for the Contest Com
mittess for Governor and
1teutenant Governor.
CLERK MANIPULATED BALLOTS.
Placing Democrats to Right and Re.
publicans to 1eft-Had to
"shake the Box"

9LEAHAg WIG dSSAsf
FRANKFORT. KY, Jan. 4.-rhe sem
ate part Of the joint committee to try
the governOrship contest was drawn
this afternoon. The men selected were
senators Frazer and Allen. Democrats.
and Crenshaw, (Goebel- -Popullst,S
IN the drawing for the lieutenant
governorship contest comrnlttee In the
senate the tirst name out OF the box
was that of S. B. Harrell. the author
Of the whallen alleged bribery expose.
The others were Senators coelman and
watson, also Democrats.
The Joint legislative committees
which viii sit IN the contests for gov
ernor and lieutenant governor were
drawn by lot to-day as provided by
law. The Democrats were successful,
as the drawing gave them ten Of the
eleven members of the committee on
the governors contest and nine out of
eleven on lieutenant governors con-
test. The committee to hear the gov
ernorship contest Is as follows:
Senators Frazier, Allen and Cren-
shaw and Representative Hickman.
Berry, Finn, Rennick, sledge, Lyon,
and Barton, all Democrats, and Var
berry, Republican.
In the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. contest
the names drawn were Senators Har-
relI, Coleman and Watson and Repre-
sentaHves Reed and Lilly, Republl-
cans. The house members of these
two committees were sworn in to-
night and 1t is probable that the joint
committees will organize and begin
taking evidence tomorrow
In the drawing over the formation Of
the legislative contested election COM
mlttees, the results were somewhat
more evenly divided. In the case Of two
senatorial contests the Republicans got
only one member out OF nine In each
committee, but in the house they got
majorities on ten out of the eighteen
committees which try contests. The
senate completed It's drawing at the
morning session, aud the only incident
connected with It was when Senator
Howard, Republican, objected to sena-
tor Goebels name being placed In the
box. Senator Goehel rose from his
seat and said:
"Jnder the law the names of all sem
ators present must be placed in the
box, but beg to assure the senator
that II my name should be drawn out,
/. of course, will not serve"
The house was occupied until late in
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 the
lieutenant governors contest.
Representative Haswell, leader of
the Republican minority, charged
chief Clerk Edward o. Leigh with ma
nlpulating the ballots so as to give the
democrats the advantage. Haswell
and Representative Berry representing
the Republicans, stood at the clerks
desk as the names Of the members were
placed in the box. and when the last
name was placed In 1t, Haswell walked
to his seat and addressed the house,
charging that Leigh had in placing the
names in the box systematically
throgn the names OF the Democratic
members on the right side of the box
and in like manner had thrown the
names CT the Republicans to the left.
He said he did not know how it hap
pened the Democrats got such ma
Iority on the governors contest COM
mlttee drawn few minutes before,
but he did know how 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
invited Haswell or any other Republl-
can 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 charge
made by him and Hasweli, mentioning
the alleged manner In which the names
had been placed In the box, hut Mr..
cantrell, Dcmocrnt, said that the
charges made by Haswell and Berry,
were serious and that rs long as they
had waited until the drawing was prac-
tIcalIy complete. he thought they should
be compelled to hle them in the proper |
way and not make them verbally as
they were doing Speaker Trlmblc
anally ordered the box thoroughly sha-
ken md this was done, with the result
that six Democratic and two Republic
cnn names were drawn out.