Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-14
Allegations of Bribery Being
Sifted at Columbus
HANNA AND OTHERS sUBP0ENAED.
Rathbone. Hanna Leader, Says the In.
vestigation WIN BE Thorough 0usting
of Kurtz as National Committeeman De-
manded-Work of the Legislature.

anu bne HleI1DbTS OF Int legislature nave
gone home, but all will return by Tues.
day next The leaders on both sides are
still here preparing for another fight
next week.
The opposition to Hanna was defeated
in his election, but it proposes to fight
now against him being seated for the
long term His enemies say they have
not the time to interfere ON the short
term, bat they will press the bribery
charges, as such charges were pressed
ON Henry 3. Payne, IA years ago, to the
United States senate. SubpWnas have
been issued for Senator Hanna, Major
Dick, w. d. Hollenbeck, H. II. Boyce
and others to appear before the senate
committee next Tuesday night.
Libel suits have been brought against
several Republican newspapers for dam
ages hi connection with the bribery
charges, notably one by T. G. Campbell
for 100000 against the Ohio State Jour
nal
Among the managers for Senator
Hanna who is still here, and will re-
main till the investigation is completed.
is Hon. &. G.. Rathbone, who says he
wants the bribery investigation pushed
to the last ditch He says those who
were in that business are raising the cry
against others, and chat the investiga-
ton viii show who is guilty and who is
being prosecuted and as well as Sian
dered
While The senate committee, Of which
Senator Burke is chairman. has begun
the investigation, the house committee
will not be appointed till next Tuesday
The Otis resolution was adopted in the
house yesterday, but Speaker Mason
wanted time for the selection of the
five men to do the investigating. AS
Speaker Mason is anticipating all at
tempt to oust him, he is disposed to
confer with the members before naming
the house committee. In the standing
committees announced by Speaker
Mason it was seen that he gave tie Re-
pubicans, who voted for Hanna, good
places. But it is said that the latter
will not accept the olive branch and a
| majority has signed document to Gust
Mason and the other officers. Speaker
| Mason has never missed moment out
| of his chair during the sessions of the
| past two weeks.
AS Speaker Pro Tenn. Griffith is now
with the Hanna members, Mason knows
| that in his absence, resolution would
| be offered and adopted to reorganize the
| house. AS Mason will refuse to recog-
nize anyone offering such resolution
| there are those who expect violence in
| the house before the proposed reorgani-
zation is effected. Mason was very ar
| bitrary in his rulings yesterday and the
| Republican members are ready to resort
| to desperate efforts next week for re-
organization. AS the fusion Republican
| members from Cincinnati were assured
of support on the Republican side for
| certain bills for the reorganization of
their city, their support, with the ex-
| ception Of Otis, is counted on in displac-
| ing Mason. The Democratic side is de-
| pended on to support the Cincinnati
bills i'll any event.
w. P. Hackney has appointed the fol-
| lowing committee of Democrats to ar
range plan of organization for the
party, to be presented for ratification to
the next state convention. The commit
| tee is; r. M. Dirty of Hillsboro, George
| W. Long, Troy; E. H. Moore, Youngs-
| town; John A. Poland, Chillicothe;
! James Ross, Columbus; George Kinder,
Ottawa; John 7. Kenney. Celina; T. ].
Mulvihill, Cincinnati. The appoint
ment of this committee was authorized
by the conference here last Saturday,
previous to the jackson banquet.
Almost another thousand congratula-
| tory kilograms were received for Sena-
tor Hanna again yesterday and for
warded to him at Cleveland. They in
| clude his colleagues in the senate, in
Guiding Senator Foraker, who wired:
81 congratulate you not only upon
your election, but also upon your happy
remarks to the general assembly.
Senator T. G. Platt sent a strong dis
patch to Senator Hanna saying: Your
success means the salvation of the
party, and still more vigorous one to
Major Dick.
Some Of these congratulatory tele-
grams continue to denounce traitors
in the severest language.
At the jollifcation meetings in some
counties the resignation is demanded by
resolution of Charles l.. Kurtz as the
Ohio member of the Republican national
committee.