The Portland daily press., 1898-01-12

by the Republicans opposed to Hanna.
They assured him last night that they
had eight Republican votes against
Hanna and only showed six on the bal
lots, one in the Senate and i've IN the
House.
A FIGHT FOR TIME.
Columbus, Ohio, January 1.-THE fol-
| lowing statement was given out this af-
ternoon by the Republican members OF
the general assembly who refused to vote
for Mr.. Hanna;
Whereas, charges of attempted bribery
In connection With the election OF u
S. senator have been made on the 1oor
| of the House of Representative agalnsb
| M. A. Hanna, Charles Dick, s. d. Holen-
beck and one Henry Boyce and.
| Whereas, other charges OF bribery nave
been made in connection with saIo eleoz
tion; now, therefore, we, the undersigned
members of the 73d general assem- ply Oh
| the state of OHIO, earnestly ASK onAI pc
fore proceeding further with the eleotlon
| of senator to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation Of the Hon. Jonn oner,
man, that joint committee % appolnteo
from the Senate and House OF represen-
tatfve with power tossend for persons and
papers and to thoroughly investigate
and report to the respective houses the
truth or falsity of said charges.
Having an abiding faith and conf
6ence in the truth of the charges of bri-
berry made against the above named par
files. in the name of the people Of this
Great state, in the name of justice and
1urity of conduct, in the name OF public
morals and in the name OF everything
that il dear to patriotic people, we ask
and demand that suoh Investigation be
had and regardless OF our determined op-
position to the election :of Senator Hanna.
If such investigation shall result in show
f,Ha of hpth area
true, we pledge ourselves to vote for
Senator Hanna In the general assembly
of Ohio for both the long and short terms.
G. G. Rutan,
Vernon II. Burke,
VIM. A. Scott, Jr.,
Harry G. Mason,s
John P Jones'
I Join in earnestly asking for the inves-
tigation, but cannot in any event vote
Tor Mr.. Hanna. Tor I absolutely know
'''''' - 49, John G. Otis.
concur in asking for an investigation
of the whole matter.
NJ L. Bramley.
FIGHT NOT YET OVER.
| Columbus, Ohio, January 1.-THE
| Democratic steering committee of the
Efusionists tonight issued the following
manifesto:
ssTo the public: Marcus A. Hanna
will not be elected by this legislature.
| (signed)
| Gov. Bushnell tonight said: II simp-
| ly desire to repeat the statement which
| I made day or wosago, that the result of
| the contest rests with the members of the
| legislature. Whoever they may elect will
receive my cordial support.
Mayor McKisson of Cleveland was in
conference during the evening with the
opposition and 1T was declared very en-
phatically by the leaders that the fight
| had not by any means lost and that
| they would again rally their forces In
the joint ballot tomorrow to sufficient
degree to win the battle.
FORAKER INTERVIEWS MCKINLEY.
T Washington, January 11.-When cabi-
| net meeting today was attended by all
the members of the cabinet except SEQ
retary Alger, who is still in bed.
The President saw only few persons
before the meeting. Half an hour before
| the meeting of the cabinet the persons
who were in waiting to secure a hearing
FROM the President had to give way to
Senator Foraker, who called by appoint
ment and WAS Immediately olossted with
| the President.