Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
BOLTING DENOUNCED
Republican congressman on the Ohio
Senatorship Fight.
Reported Opposition to Hanna Re-
sarded With UnfriendIy Eyes-No
Excuse for DcsertfOn.

Inere is considerable comment among
congressman in the city over the reported
opposition of republicans to Mr. Hanna's
reelection to the Senate. The general drift
OIL the sentiment deprecates anything that
may seem to smack of an attempt to up-
set the verdict Of the people as interpreted
by the legislative elections
In recent conversations with Mr.. Hanna's
friends in this city some decided opinions
are Siud 10 nave been expressed by senators
and representatives.
Il do not believe there is perfi,ly enough
to induce one republican TO vote against
Mr., Hanna for senator" Senator Mason OF
Illinois is quoted saying. Every repuh-
mean I'm the legislature is instructed 10 vote
for him, and to violate that instruction
would be such betrayal of party trust as
10 put the betrayer outside the pale Of
civilized politics. Il wouii be exactly the
same as If he had been sent TO the electoral
college to vote for McKinIey and then
under some pretense of personal disan-
pointment, had voted for Bryan / am
proud. as an American citizen TO say that
no such person has eyer been found in
American history on either side or in any
party. and they will not find him in Ohio"
Cannot Credit the Reports.
Senator Burrows of Michigan is quoted
as saying:
newspaper reports from Ohio that the re-
publican Legislature Will not select and re-
turn Senator Hanna to the United States
Senate. First, he was indorsed unani-
mously by the state convention. which
amounts tacitly to an instruction to the
legislature from the highest possible polit.-
cal organization in the state Hanna led
the fight for the party for the whole ticket
and won high place I'm the affections of
the people Of Ohio and of the country for
ms splendid campaign. and 1 cannot be-
neve that any republican member of the
legislature will disobey the instructions of
the party or fail to recognize the splendid
service OF the senator. i am confident he
Will be reelected by ;he solid republican
vote Any other result would overthrow
the republican party IN Ohio for a quarter
OF a century and do incliculable harm to
the party at large"
Deserves the Fruits of Victory.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana is said to
have expressed the opinion that Senator
Hanna's Endorsement: by legislative con-
ventions and by the state convention and
by the republican press of the state was
unqualified and enthusiastic. He has made
a campaign characterized by exceptional
bitterness on the part o. the opposition.
and in all fairness he should now enioy the
fruits OF the victory he mas wono
Hanna the Issue That Won,
Representative Brownlow of Tennessee is
quoted in this connection as saying: Ger
tainly the candidacy of Mr.. Hanna was a
clear and distinct issue in the campaign:
nobody who was in the campaign or who
had opportunity to observe that can doubt
1t. In view of these circumstances the peo-
pie of Ohio came nearer casting a direct
vote for United States senator this time
than they ever did. and the man or men
VINO would attempt to set aside the will of
the people thus expressed would, il seems
to me, not only destroy their standing with
those people, but with those with whom
they would expect to be associated in pub
lie life hereafter, whether in Ohio or in
national councils. For this reason. as well
as for my personal knowledge of these gen.
tlemen, cannot believe there is any truth
in these reports. which seem to find circula-
papers.
As for any members elected to the leeis-
lature who would thus attempt by their
own votes to set aside the will of the peo-
pie there can be no doubt to what public
opinion would be regarding their conduct
and their political future. They would sign
their own death warrants politically by
such action. as indeed would any man who
would participate in or countenance it
The pretended friends of Senator For
aker and Gov. Bushnell who are assuming
that they could or would be a party to any
such performance as this are it seems
doing them great injustice, for the public
certainly cannot believe that they would be
either unwise politically or so lacking
in party loyalty as to either participate in
or countenance directly or indirectly a step
of this kind, and this would apply equally
to members of the legislature elected under
the circumstances which have been a lead
ing feature of the Ohio campaign"