Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-23
OHIO LEGISLATORS FAVOR HIM FOR
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
WANT BUSHNELL TO APPOINT.
GENERAL OPPOSITION TO A SPECIAL
SESSION TO ELECT.
Legislative Banquet Mt Columbus Last
Night. at which Both Bushnell
and Hanna Were Present.
Coz Likely to BE At
torney General.

Columbus. O.. Jan. 2.-The spacious lob
bv Of the Hotel Chittenden was crowded
this afternoon and evening by members of
the general assembly, state officials and
politicians, and the all absorbing topic was
the senior Ohio senatorship. A stranger
would have thought a senatorial caucus
was about to be held, instead of legisla-
tive reunion. About ninety members OF
both houses of the legislature came to at
tend the reunion, and most of them were
attracted wholly by the talk about the
seuatorship. 1t was an utter impossibility
TO get a poll of the members upon their
preference in event of a special session 10
elect a successor to Senator Sherman. Not
over a half a dozen would even say they
had a preference The drift of sentiment,
however, was against thescalling of spe-
cial session, and in favor of the appoint
1nent of Hon. Mark Hanna to succeed Sen
ator Sherman. This proved to be quite
surprise TO the friends of Governor Bush
nell, who have maintained that Mr.. Hanna
would not be appointed. Inasmuch as the
legislature is friendly to Governor Bush
nell, il was presumed that 1t would not
look favorably upon Mr.. Hanna. But there
were points upon which they had not reck-
oned Many of the members want to be
made postmasters under the Mckinley ad-
ninistration, and as a matter of policy, II
nothing more, they are friendly TO Mr..
Hanna.
The chairman of the national committee
arrived from Cleveland about O'Clock IN
the afternoon, accompanied by Major DICK.
Mr.. Hanna had engaged the parlors on the
first floor at the Chittenden. and as soon
as his arrival became known string OF
callers passed in and out OF his rooms:
Mr. Hanna maintained that he had not
come here in the interests. OF his candi-
dacy for United States senator, but that
he was merely the invited Sgsst tgd 81 ,,ae 1ae
greatly annoyed by the construction placed
upon his visit.
Ex-Governor Foster. who was expected
to be here, failed to put in an appearance,
and II was rumored that he had given up
the idea of becoming candidate for the
senatorship.
III was 10 o'clock before the members of
the general assembly and their guests were
seated at the banquet tables in the din
tables were arranged in the form of the
figures ''72," and contained covers for 200.
about half of whom were state officials and
guests of the members.
Mr.. Hanna was ampeg the first to enter
the room. His entrance was unheralded
anh IL was moment before the crowd
moments later Governor Bushnell entered
and he was given royal welcome.
Governor Bushnell, the toastmaster for
the evening. was seated in the center of
the west table. At his right was Lieuten-
an Governor A. W. Jones, and at his left
Ad,utant General Axline. Mr.. Hanna sat
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Gcodale at his right. Speaker D. L. Sleep
er came next, followed by Speaker Pro
Ten H. Boslsr. iSl,, MT BlaekpSrn d sEn,,aaiC and
At the left of General Axline were Judge
John A. Shauck, Clerk Caine and other
After ali the guests had been seated
they were greatly pleased at the electric
display which followed. The room was
forth from the ceilinfS Then beautiful
American flag in red. white and blue
came out of the darkness, eliciting round
II was just midnight when Speaker
Sleeper introduced Governor Bushnell A
loud burst of applause followed. lasting
several minutes. The governor then con-
graduated those present upon the fact
that no deaths had occurred since the
body was elected. The governor told sew
eral good stories, apropos to the occasion,
and called out a hearty laugh by stating
that he was thankful he did not have a
legislature on his hands.
sponded to the toast, THE Seventy-second
General Assembly the sentiment being
''The evil that men. do lives after them"
Adjutant General Axline responded to
the toast, THE Ohio Soldlery-Courageous
in War; Law-abiding in Peace: Ever
The introduction of Hon. NJ. A. Hanna
was very happy one. the toast being,
"Ohio. the Mother of Presidents" When
Mr.. Hanna arose, he was given an ovation.
He began by stating that he accepted the
invitation to attend the banquet on the
condition that he was not TO be called upon
to make a response. He had been caught
unawares, but could not refrain from add
ing his testimony to the sterling worth of
the present legislature.
Ohio was a great state. She had great
natural resources, and her sons took ad-
vantage of them. The country called pres
idents from different sections but, after
a few trials always came back to Ohio
for leader when any great crisis was
fronted. The Ohio man always made him
self known and felt wherever his lot was
cast. Whatever the exigency contingency
or emergency. the Ohio man was always
ready to respond to the call of duty, and
history did not record failure on the part
of an Ohioan. AS a native of Ohio the
speaker was proud of the record made
by Ohio in all the walks and callings of
life, and with others believed that in Ohio
all things were possible.
Mr.. Hanna made no personal illusions,
and his brief remarks were loudly ap-
plauded.
The toast Nineteenth Century Politics. -
was TO be responded to by Hon. c. l..
kurtZ. who was not present. and Hon. Levi
c. Goodali of Cincinnati, was called out to
respond to "Certainties of Life-Death and
Taxes"
1t was late hour when the banquet
closed.