The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-07
ON THE DEFENSIVE.
The Opposition Kept Busy Defending
Its Ranks.

Columbus, ., Jan. TINE senatorial
contest today changed somewhat. The
anti-Hanna combine is on the defen-
sfye. AS ethe count of noses" stands
now with the steering committees, Sen
ator Hanna is beaten. The opposition
has a majority on joint ballot of three
or four on the concessions of Repub-
lican members who are supporting
Hanna The opposition claims from
six to seven majority against Hanna
and that it is secretly making acces-
Sions. The opposition is kept busy de-
Tending its ranks, as the Hanna work
ers are after the doubtful members
here constantly and are starting hot
fires for some of them at their homes.
The Republicans in some counties are
aroused to Indignation towards Cover
nor Bushnell, the dissenting Republic
an members and others. These things
have disturbed some of the Republican
members who are cooperating with
the Democrats. The opposition work
ers will be required to keep up the
closest vigil for another week or more
to hold their men in line. The pressure
from the constituents of the boiling
Republican members is increasing
every day. and is likely to be over
whalming in extent and intensity by
next week.
WAR OF NEWSPAPERS.
The Republican papers of Ohio are
full of accounts of the proceedings and
resolutions of Republican committees,
clubs and other organizations, de-
nouncing Governor Bushnell and the
Republican boilers. There are almost
200 Republican newspapers in Ohio, In
Guiding both dailies and Weeldies, and
the one at Springfield in which the
governor is interested is said to be the
only Republican newspaper in the state
that is not denouncing the Republican
opponents to Hanna as the Republican
nominee for senator. Some of the let
tiers and kilograms to the governor and
some of the boiling members are the
most severe and diScOurteouS that could
be made giving vent to popular feel
ing. So far as his own and the eff
forts of his managers are concerned
Senator Hanna would be beaten if
ballot We're taken today. The organi-
zatiOn against Hanna is the most COM
pact and complete that was ever known
in Ohio. but it has much yet to stand
from the popular revolution that is set
ting in and will sweep over the heads
of the boilers for the next week. The
inauguration viii bring many here next
Monday who will not be in the parade,
but viii repeat with their representa-
tiVes the experience that Governor
Bushnell had with his neighbors from
Springfield.
WOMAN PARTICIPANTS.
A feature of the contest is the par
tlcipation of ladies' Since Mrs. Crit
fifth induced her husband to change
from Hanna to the OPP )sition, it is re-
ported that Mrs. Snyder. the wife of
the member from Greene county, is
now in sympathy with the opposition,
although her husband is pledged to
Hanna Mr.. Snyder was in the Repub
lican caucus Saturday night and voted
for Boxwell Monday, but Mrs. Snyder
has urged him to give the opposition
workers an audience. The wives of
several Democratic members are urg-
ing their husbands to vote for a
straight Democratic nominee for SEN
ator rather than for d Republican. The
contest IS so vigorously prosecuted that
the workers do not overlook any MEM
Ders of a representatives. family or
any OF his relatives, friends and neigh
bors.
As Senator Burke, the only doubtful
member OF the senate, is at home to-
day. there are no chances in the esti-
mates in the senate The Hanna men
claim that Representative Jones of
Starke county. who comes from the
home of President Mckinley, has
promised some of his constituents TO
support Hanna Jones has been prom
He presented Mason's name for speak !
er Monday and was one Of the Repub-
licans voting to fill all Offices in the
organization. The opposition claims
that Representative Snyder, who voted
for Boxwen and the entire Republican
ticket Monday, VIII not remain on the
Hanna list.
COMBINES CANDIDATE.
The most important development to-
dav was a conference in favor of Jep- I
tina Garrard of Cincinnati, a Silver Re
publican, as the man on whom the op- [
position win try to concentrate against /
Hanna.
Some of the Democrats refuse to vote +
for Republicans like Bushnell, Kurtz I
and McKissGn, who have not been pro- /
nounced for free silver, but they have /
sad they would vote for Garrard. The +
Silver Democrats prefer Mclean to any /
other man. and they tried to get up d I
for Garrard for the short /
term and Mclean Tor the long term, /
bur the Republicans opposing Hanna I
said they could not vote for Demo- /
cratic senator. Among those here to- /
day assisting in the Garrard move /
ment was General a. J. Warner, pres /
ident Of the American Bimetallic i
league: NJ A. Nef of Cincinnati and |
Judge Brown of Wauseen, who was /
Representative Otis and Droste two
Republican members from Hamilton
cotnty, are listed for Garrard now
With the 60 Democratic votes, Garrard /
needs only eight Republican votes to
elect, and it is claimed that he viii get
more than that number. Garrard is to-
day listed as the leader, the Hanna
men claiming only II votes, while the
concede them only 6S votes.
SENATOR BURKE.
It is learned that Senator Burke went
home with the balance of power in the
senate in his custody. He will re-
that body throughout unless
he gets what he wants Monday or
Tuesday, and it is said that he will be
president pro tempore and vote against
Hanna.
The opposition has prepared a bill to
re-apportion the congressional districts.
This is intended as a strike at the Re
publican cOngressmen who are here
working for Hanna. Numerous bills
Of this sort have been prepared for the
same purpose as the repeal of the So
year street railway franchise law
MASS CONVENTION.