The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-05
0III0'S SENATORIAL FIGHT
SENATE 10 TO II And HOUSE SIS 10
81 AGAINST HANNA.


If "The Combine" Holds Firm the Total
Vote Will be Seventy-four to Seventy-one
Leaving Hanna Three Short of Election
A Deadlock Is the General Prediction
Misses and Groans for Bushnell.
Columbus O., Jan. 4.-The political
future of Senator Hanna is certainly to-
night in a closely poised balance. Whlie
there are now reported to be only nine
dissenters among the eighty republican
members, one in the senate and eight
in the house, yet the really doubtful
list is limited to two or three. Some of
the dissenting senators are not likely to
be reconciled to Hanna. They have
burned their bridges behind them and
openly admit it. Professor Griffith and
Joyce of Guernsey, who voted with the
combine on the organization of the
house. stated to-day that they would
vote for Hanna. This gives Hanna If
ty-four in the house and seventeen in
Ine senate, a IOCal OIL seventy y-oAe, VI
two short of the necessary majority
Droste of Hamilton, who voted for Rox-
well for speaker. announced at the time
he would vote for Gerard, q silver re-
publican for senator, so that the net
gain for Hanna to date over the vote
on the organization is only one. The
Hanna men say they expected to get the
votes of Scott of Fulton and Rutan of
Carroll who are instructed for Hanna
and voted with the combine on the or
ganization.
1t is believed that Mayor McKissan
will give way to Kurtz for the short
term for senator, while Governor Bush
nell has all along been regarded as the
candidate for the long term. Represen-
tatives Wayne, Powell, Niles and other
radical free silver democrats are not
satisfied with Kurtz and Bushnell and
if they are to vote for republicans they
want them with pronounced silver rec
ords like that of Gerard and others
that are named. Some Of the demo-
Gratis insist that the breach is so wide
and 50 deep between the republicans
that John r. Mclean or some other sill
ver democrat can be elected over
Hanna.
The senate and the house will ballot
separately next Tuesday for senator.
The senate will stand nineteen to sew
enteen against Hanna by Senator Burke
voting with the democrats. The house
on Monday stood fifty-six to f1fty-three.
1t is now f1fty-five to fifty-four against
Hanna. This will settle the contest il
1.-The combine" of both houses can con-
centrate ON any one candidate against
Hanna and when the two houses meet
on the following day, Wednesday, JAM
uary 12 to canvass in joint assembly
the vote Of the previous day as cast by
each branch separately there would be
nothing to do except to announce the
total result of seventy-four to seventy
one against Hanna. But if Hanna has
not majority week hence it is
doubtful whether any opponent will
have 1t and the general prediction is
for deadlock, In the event that the
balloting next Tuesday does not show
majority for any one the general as
assembly and continue to do so until
there is an election.
A delegation of $50 men from Spring
field, the home of Governor Bushnell,
marched into the state house to-day
wearing Hanna badges and with ban
ners bearing severe Inscriptions, and
called on Governor Bushnell. The gov
ernor showed much emotion in his re-
sponse. He referred to the fact that
the representatives from Clarke county
were strong adherents of Hanna while
three of the Cuyahoga delegation were
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derstood and nlisrepresented in the
present controversy and charged that
it was not true that he had attended a
democratic conference to defeat Hanna
He said that he did not know that such
Il conference had been held. But" he
continued, "all people have their prefer
ences and prejudices. Until to-day my
republicanism was questioned. Hiss
es and groans, mingled with cheers
greeted this statement, and Governor
Bushnell raised his hand to quiet the
assemblage. Have you taken any ac-
ton for candidate?" inquired one OF
the delegation. 81 have no vote. I dis.
charged my duty last spring when ]
appointed Mr.. Hanna United States
senator. Now the members of the leg.
islature must discharge theirs
The following was given out this af
ternoon by the republican steering com.
r1ittee: ''The sentiment Of the house
and senate as expressed to the chair.
man of the two caucuses is that it is
unnecessary to call a senatorial caucus
The universal expression is that as Mr.
Hanna had been indorsed by the Toledo
convention and by the county conven
tions of the state, and was nominated
by the people in their primary capacity
at the polls, it is more respectful tc
their constituents to accept their actor
as conclusive, in accordance with the
precedent of two years ago, than tC
supplement it by formal nomination
of their own. No caucus therefore will
be called
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