The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-08
OHIO CONTEST ENDED.
Republicans Will Have a Majority
on Joint Ballot.
LOOKS LIKE HANNA WOULD WIN.

Some of the Members of the Legislature
Said to Have an Unfriendiy Feeling for |
the Junior Senator-Arrests at Philadel.
phia for Alleged Frauds in the Issuance
of Naturalization Papsrs-The Arrested
Men Give Ball In the Sum of $4,000.
Columbus O., Nov s.-The contest for
control of the Ohio Legislature is con-
sldered ended. The official counting in
some counties will continue for awhile.
but there has been such close watch
ing that no material changes are ex-
pected. The indications are that the
next senate will stand nineteen Demo
Gratis and seventeen Republicans and
the house ifty-one Democrats and fif-
ty-eight Republicans, with a majority
of five Republicans on joint ballot.
There may be several contested seats,
but these cannot be considered until
the legislature meets the first Monday
in January next. Since it seems to be
settled that the Republicans have
small majority on joint ballot the ru-
mors are revived about a combine OF
certain Republican members with the
seventy Democratic members for the
| election Of some one other than Senator
Hanna on the joint ballot.
VIII Hold "A Senatorial Caucus.
When Senator Foraker was indorsed
| by the Republican state convention two
years ago for his present position in the
| senate, there was no legislative caucus
| 1t is announced now that there will be
| Republican senatorial caucus when
| the legislature convenes next January.
Senator Hanna was indorsed at the last
state convention for the senate, but the
old factional fight that formerly existed
between Sherman and Foraker's FOL
lowing and later between the friends or
| Mckinley and Foraker has been revived
this year with more intense feeling than
heretofore. 1t is said that there ave
| about dozen of the Republican mem
I bers who had some factional opposition
in their counties for their nominal
tons, who do not feel kindly toward the
junior Ohio senator. There has been SO
much talk about combines that IL is
certain that Republicans will hold a
Joint caucus for the nomination OF a
candidate for senator, and Senator Han
ma will no doubt be the caucus nominee
Working for an Anti Hanna Combine.
II is thought that as the regular nom
inee there will be no trouble about his
election, as none Of the Republican mem
bers would refuse under the circum'
stances either to enter the caucus or u
] support its nominee. There are som'
Republicans who are not members or th'
legislature who are said to be WORKING
for an anti Hanna combine, but non'
of the members is known to favor suci
a movement. Governor Bushnell VII
have a Democratic senate on which u
depend for the confirmation of his ap
pointments, and no partisan Legislation
can be passed. In addition to watchinl
: the official counting the representative
| of candidates are out in the countie
seeing the members elect for support i
the offices at the organization or bot
branches. and the senatorial questio
will enter largely into the organizatio
! of 10Th branches as well as into IN
| cases of contested seats
What Allen o. Meyers Says.
The Dispatch prints an interview
with Allen o. Meyers Of the Democrat
ic state Headquarters, in which MI
Myers says: Il stand today where
stood the day after the election. wit
Y Judge Nash, chairman of the Reput
Iican state committee who says Tn
senate will be seventeen Repupllcaf
and nineteen Democrats, and the hous
ffty-eight Republican and htty-or
Democratic, giving the Republicans n\
of a majority on joint ballot for Unite
States senator
Mr. Myers, in the report, does M
say directly but intimates that notf
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