The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-09
NO HOPE FOR DR.. HUNTER
IMPOSsIBILITY OF HIS ELECTION AS
SENATOR CONCEDED.
Boiling Republicans Determined Not
to Return to the FOld-A Wag
Uses Mark Hanna's Name.

FRANKFORT. Ky. April S.-Some wag
wrote on the register of the leading hotel
tonight. N. A. Hanna. Ohio" There was
a regular stampede in the hotel lobby
among the politicians who did not catch
on to the joke. and the further fact that
the supposed visitor was assigned to Par
l0r A" the well-known headquarters of
Senator Goebel. leader of the Blackburn
Democrats. added TO the excitement. Ii is
now generally conceded that only some such
power the positive force that could be
exercised by the national chairman or the
national administration itself can break the
present senatorial deadlock. The deadlock
Is more pronounced than ever before and
the shrewd Blackburn sits smiling in his
headquarters. well satisfied with the way in
which he has played Bradley. the gold
Democrats, anti-Hunter Republicans and
everyone concerned. The impossibility of
Hunters election is now conceded by some
OF his leaders who have fought as gallantly
as he against great odds and who are grow
ing desperate enough to resolve against
letting any other Republican take his place
Their concession OF probable defeat comes
with last bitter anti-Hunter statement
from the six bolting Republicans, who alb
solutely burn the last bridges behind them
him too remote TO be considered
The hunter men this morning spared no
effort 10 bring the seven boiling Republic
ans into line. Arguments of all kinds per-
suasion and threats were used alike and il
was said by one of the boilers before the
Joint session convened that ne had been
onered $4,000 and any office within the gift
of the President for his vote He said that
he had refused the offer. When the roll
was called the silver Democrats declined to
answer to their names, hoping that, with
| the assistance of the boiling Republicans,
| they would be able to break a quorum. In
| this they were unsuccessful. the gold DEM
| ocratS answering with the Hunterites in
| order to force the balloting. and the roll
| call showed seventy-one present one more
than necessary to constitute quorum.
| voted for Blackburn, when the ballot was
| ordered, while the gold Democrats voted
| for their compromise candidate. Henry l..
| Martin. on motion of Kepresentative How
! ard. Rep, one allowed near the
! clerks desk during the ballot not even the
fear that something might be done. in case
that Hunter should be elected, that would
| cause trouble.
All but the paired members voted. There
were no significant changes, and the vote
stood: Hunter, 6l Blackburn. "A; Martin,
H. Boyle 4 Stone l. Necessary +, to
announced the vote he gave Boyle nine,
when he only had received seven. This oc-
| casioned a. stampede, and for time 1t
| looked as If there might be trouble. 1t was
| finally found that IL was purely clerical er-
| ror and a recapitulation of the vote was
| had. No motion was made TO adjourn. and
/ the second ballot was ordered by President
! Worthington. The excitement was intense
! at all times, and when. during the first bal
! lot. il looked as If one vote would elect DR.:
| Hunter there were dozen men around
| Senator Siege endeavorlng to get him TO
I cast the deciding vote. Siege. however,
voted for Boyle. There was no change on
! Hunter received sixty instead of sixty-one
and Martin twelve instead of thirteen. ow-
ing to pair The Generat asSemoy Sni ,hen
Kansas Bribery investigation.
| TOPEKA Kan, April S.-The special
committee appointed by the Populist ma
| jority of the State Legislature to investi-
gate charges of bribery and corruption
| noised about during the recent session of
| the States lawmakers got down TO busi-
ness to-day, and the very first sitting of the
| committee developed enough charges OF
bribery and wrong-doing to set political
| circles throughout Kansas agog. Henry
| Lands warden of the state penitentiary al
| Lansing stated that he had been ap-
| preached by Ex-Governor Lewelling and
! urged TO recommend the purchase or addi-
tional coal lands adjacent to the peni-
| tentiary property. though he was con-
yineed that the State had no no use & for such
| would be 80. 900 I'm II. but did not state
| who was to benefit by the money. Repre-
sentative Metzler testified that he had been
| offered $50 by n brother member TO vote
| against the Hackney amendment TO the
| railroad bill. This amendment had ii be-
| come law would have established a maxi
mum freight law i'm Kansas. Representa-
| tive Clark testified that he had been ap-
| proached by two colleagues and offered S2Jl
| 10 oppose the Hackney amendment. Sey-
eral other witnesses testified as TO rumors
| which they had heard. but there was no
! other direct testimony.
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