Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-11-11
OHIO REPUBLICAN.
Hardly Amy Doubt as to the Status of
the Legislature.
RUMOR OF A HANNA COMBINE
Calk About Contestins the Vote OF the Sol
diers' Home-Reported Interview with
Allen o. Myers, of the Democrat
ic state Headquarters.

COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 7.-According to
the official returns from most of the
counties and official statements of the
present standing of others in which
contests are in progress, the next leg
stature will open with 10 democrats
and IL repu blicans in the senate and
81 democrats and IS repu blicans in the
house, or 20 democrats and rs repub-
licans on joint ballot There will GER
tainly be several contested seats, but
under the law making each house SUI
preme judge of its own membership
these cannot be settled until the legis-
tature shall meet the first Monday in
January next.
Since it seems to be settled that the
repu blicans will have a small majority
On joint ballot the rumors have been
revived about a combine of certain re-
publican members with the 20 demo
cratic members for the election of
some one other than Senator Hanna on
the joint ballot. Mr.. Hanna was in
dorsed at the last state convention for
| the senate, but the old factional fight
that formerly existed between Sher-
man and Foraker, and later between
the friends of Mckinley and Foraker.
has been revived this year with as
much intensity as ever, and it is said
that about dozen of the republican
members who had some factional OPP
position in their counties, especially
for their nominations, do not feel
kindly towards the junior Ohio SEN
atOr.
There has been so much talk about
com bines that it is certain that the
repu blicans will hold a joint caucus
and Senator Hanna will no doubt be
the caucus nominee. 1t is thought
that as the regular nominee there will
be no trouble about his election, as no
repu blican member could refuse, under
the circumstances. to support him.
Some republicans are said to be work
| ing for an anti-Hanna combine, but
none OF the members are known to
| favor such movement.
The repu blican managers declare
| that they do not fear the action of any
court on the Wood county contest, for
| the supreme court has held that cleo
tionS canvaSsing boards cannot go be-
| hind returns and cannot hear evidence
or throw out any votes returned to
| them in legal form. AS an Offset, how
ever, to the democratic contest, the re-
pu blican candidate for representative
has fled a protest against the count
ing or the vote OF Ere0QOm township,
| where the ballots were Tailed in blocks
of five. The face of the official tally
| sheets in the county shows a republic
an plurality of 81 for representative.
| There is talk of contesting the re-
turns of the vote of the soldiers home
| at Dayton on the ground that the vot-
ing place was outside of the precinct
and also that the inmates had no right
| to vote, but nothing is expected to re-
| suit from this.
The Dispatch to-day prints an inter
view with Allen o. Myers, of the dem
| ocratic state headquarters, in which
Mr.. Myers says: 81 stand to-day where
| stood the day after the election, with
| Judge Nash, chairman of the repub-
| lican state committee. who says the
| senate will be II republicans and 10
democrats and the house SIS repub-
licans and 81 democrats, giving the re-
| publicans five of a majority on joint
ballot for United States senator" Mr..
Myers. in the report, does not say di-
rectly, but intimates that nothing
will come of the efforts to get up
contests in the legislature.