The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
0lII0'S SENATORIAL FIGHT
HANNA IS WORSTED IN THE FIRST
ROUND or THE BATTLE.


Showing of Strength Reveals That Hanna
is Short Three Votes of Election.
Columbus, O., Jan. 3.-The combina-
tion of ten anti-Hanna republicans with
the democratic members succeeded in
organizing the legislature to-day in the
interest of the opposition to the re-
election of Senator Hanna. There are
more dates for tests of strength-the
joint senatorial caucuses next Wednes-
day night and the joint balloting for
senator one week from next Wednesday.
The Hanna men tonight began des-
perate fight for the senatorskip. They
deny that they will form coalition
with Brice for a gold democrat for SEN
ator rather than be beaten by a free
silver republican or that they will do
anything else but fight it out. While
they are not able to give a list long
enough to elect they claim that Hanna
regular republican candidates in the or
ganization of the legislature and that
the opposition has not enough votes to
elect a senator. Mr. Hanna's support
ers have carried the war into the home
counties of the boiling republican mem
bers and expect change Of votes next
Wednesday,
While ex-Chairman Kurtz was
thought to have been organizing against
Hanna ever since the republican state
convention in June the participation of
Governor Bushnell and others had not
been fully anticipated. The democratic
state headquarters have been kept in
operation by John r. Mclean and 9TH
ers ever since the November election os-
tensibly to prepare for a grand free
silver carnival here on st. Jackson's
day, January 8. 1t now transpires that
the democratic headquarters were kept
open for the purpose or getting all the
democratic members in line for what
took place to-day and ultimately for the
defeat Of Hanna. Meantime Mr.. Kurtz
was marshalling every possible repub-
lican in line against Hanna and COM
municating with the democratic leaders.
Many republicans tonight openly
complained against the management of
Hannas interests. The superior organ
ization of the opposition was shown to-
| day when it secured nearly all the
| doubtful votes. The feeling Of the re-
| publican members who voted for the
! caucus nominees Is openly expressed
against Governor Bushnell more than
against Mr.. Kurtz and others who com
| bined with the democrats.
Both sides are spending the night in
| close conference. Whatever changes
there may be are anticipated from
among the representatives. 1t is con-
ceded that Senator Burke, one of the
| republican senators from Cleveland,
| who has not yet appeared, will vote
against Hanna. The senate will cast
| seventeen votes for Hanna and nine
| teen against him. If Hanna is no
stronger in the house than the Boxwell
ticket was to-day, when Boxwell re-
ceived SO votes and Mason Sc, for speak
er, then Senator Hanna would have
only 70 votes on joint ballot and 73 are
necessary to elect Notwithstanding
the result of the vote on the organiZa-
tion of both houses, both sides seem
equally confident in claiming the SEN
atorship on joint ballot.
| After long conference of the Hanna
managers tonight a statement was
given out from the senator's quarters
which, in part, says: while the fail
ure of the republicans to organize the
two houses of the Legislature was sur
| prise and matter Of regret to the sup
porters of Senator Hanna, they do not
believe that it has any bearing upon the
senatorship. The members of the legis-
| lature were not pledged or instructed
| by their constituents, in any way, to
vote for any individual. In the case of
the senatorship the case is different
The people of "a or the SO counties de-
clared in conventions assembled their
| desire that Mr.. Hanna be elected SEN
ator by this general assembly which
has been to-day organized and the state
convention SO declared unanimously.
I'm view OF these facts and Of the
| general expression of public opinion
| since the election, it Is felt that the ac-
ton of to-day cannot be construed as
having any relation to the senatorial
question Already several of the men
who to-day voted against the nominees
| of the republican cancus have volun-
tarily stated that they intend to vote
for Mr.. Hanna. Mr.. Hanna and his ac-
tive supporters confidently believe that
| he will receive the votes of the men,
bers of his party when they are called
upon to perform this special feature of
the duties for which they were elected.
| 1t is not considered possible that any
| republican in the Ohio legislature would
| be willing to pursue a course which
would result in the substitution in the
United States senate of supporter of
the dangerous doctrines upon which the
democratic party based its campaign
of 1896 for the man who led the republi-
can party to victory against that party
and those principles, especially as that
action would result in turning over to
the democracy and the friends of free
| silver the control of the senate during
at least one-half if not all of the term
of President Mckinley"
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