The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02
HANNA'S BAD SHOW OF HANDS.
NOMINEES ON HIS SLATE SHORT or
VOTES IN BOTH HOUSES.


Senate Slate One Vote short-Pres-
ent Outlook shows Hanna rive
Votes short of the Number He VIII
Need ON Joint Ballot.
Columbus, o., Jan. THE caucauses for
the nomination of officers of the legisla-
ture, which convenes next Monday. wers
held tonight. Usually these caucuses arc
of state interest only. Tonight the re-
election of Senator Hanna was directly
involved, and the open and aggressive re-
publican opposition in Ohio to President
Mckinley and his appointments assumed
organic factional form. The result of the
caucuses showed that the nominees on the
Hanna slate are short three votes of elec-
ton in the House and one vote in the Sem
ate. But the opinion prevails that Hanna
Will be short five votes Of election on the
joint ballot Wednesday, Jan. p, unless
changes are made in the mean time.
At the joint republican caucus next We'd
nesday Senator Hanna will have no op-
position for the nomination, but it is sta
ted now that there are enough republican
members who Will not enter the caucus to
prevent his election.
The legislature stands 20 republicans, 6i
democrats and five fusionists The latter
are pledged TO Alexander Boxwen for
speaker, and other candidates for places
on the Hanna ticket
Representative Dreste, one of these fus-
ionists, said he would not enter the fusion
caucus Wednesday, as he proposed to pre-
sent the name of Jeptha ID. Goddard
silver republican. for senator against Mr..
Hanna. OF a total of sixty-two republic
cans only hfty-two were present at to-
nights caucus. Those absent were report
ed either sick or in fusion with the demo-
cratic members, in an effort to defeat the
Hanna slate next Wednesday, and ons
week from Wednesday to defeat Senator
Hanna for reelection.
The democrats, m their joint caucus,
nominated Harry c. Mason of Cleveland
for speaker, and a complete list of candi-
dates for other places IN the organization
of the House. The opposition tonight
claim they will have enough votes Monday
TO organize the House.
While both sides claim the organization
of the House the opposition TO Senator
Hanna and the BoXwell ticket is most
demonstratiVe.
Representative Mason, the opposition
candidate for speaker tonight gave a the
ater party and a banquet afterward to his
republican colleagues who remained away
from tho Cepublican house caucus Mr.
Mason is.F--ssfiing for speaker on the issue
of anybody for senator to beat Hanna
The Hanna managers claim that the sem
atorlwill succeed even If the BoxweH ticket
is defeated
Gov. Bushnell and the entire state ad-
ministrati1n took an active part in the cau-
cuses tonight against Senator Hanna,
Joining in the demonstrations.
While the crowds around the opposition
headquarters are jollifying it is learned
that six democratic members of the House
were also absent from their caucus to-
night, which was secret. It is claimed these
SIX democratic members are opposed to
voting for republicans and want to vote for
democratic candidates for legislative Of
fees and for senator.
Late tonight Senator Hanna and his as
sociates gave out the following statement
regarding The result of the caucuses to-
night: '@The result of the caucuses to-
night assure the supporters of Senator
Hanna that the intrigues of disloyal per-
sons with the Allen O. Myers-John Nc
Lean democracy for the election of a free
silver man TO the Senate will not be sue
cessful Mr.. Kurtz and his associates had
claimed that the republicans could not
muster more than thirty-nine votes in to-
nights House caucus. They boasted con-
hdent.y that they would keep at least
twenty-seven republicans of the House
caucus; instead of that but one-third OF
that number remained away. In the SEN
ate caucus every republican member was
present except Mr.. Burke of Cleveland. OF
the ten absences two were detained by
illness, one Of them sending word that he
would support the nominees of the party,
while of the other eight it is known that
some will vote for Senator Hanna.
''To-nights results will encourage the
friends of Senator Hanna and the f1ght
will go ON TO the finish. They feel that the
sentiment OF the republicans of the state
ana country is thoroughly aroused against
this plot to overthrow the will of the peo-
pie and obtain control of congress by the
election of a free silver senator with re-
publican votes, and it Is confidently be-
ieved this public sentiment will be so
felt by the men who hold the power to
determine this question that they will not
refuse to vote for the nominee of the
party"
Columbus, o., Jan. 2, / a. m.-After the
antl-Hanna republicans and democrats
caucaussed separately they met jointly be-
fore midnight and nominated Mayor Kas-
son of Cleveland for the short term and
Gov Bushnell for the long term for sem
ator, and entered into fusion agreement
70 organize both houses. The fusion con-
ference was adjourned after midnight un-
III p. m. tomorrow, at which time the
steering committees will report
Gov. Bushnell, in an interview tonight,
made the first announcement of his can
didacy for the senatorship He said: 'I
am candidate only in the receptive sense.
l want the members of the general assem-
bly, to settle ii for themselves. If have
any political future I want to rest upon it
right now upon my opposition to Senator
Hanna. The people Of this state, in my
opinion, are tired of bossism.
II am blamed because Of my appointees
here; some of them are working against
Senator Hanna. The city is full of federal
employees from Washington working for
him hnd nothing is said about that. / am
tired OF this attempt to hold me up. 1t
seems TO me that l do not owe anything
to SENATOR Hanna after the way | was
treated by him and his friends in the last
state convention.
re Senator Hanna's friends think they
can scare me by trying to stop the inau-
guration exercises they are simply mis-
takeh in their man. Here is ex-Congress-
man A. G. Thompson of Portsmouth tell
Ing II about the hotel lobbies that II I
done look out ! will have no inaugura-
tion ceremony at ALL If the people of the
statedon't want It am sure don't care
AGED Woman Fatally Burned.