The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12

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 Harry C. Mason of Cleveland, speak CT of the House, tonight gave out the following:
 To the Public: The principal reason why l have been opposed to MT. Hanna IS because of the fact that two years ago. when the fifty-year franchise blil was before the Legislature, l was ap- preached by a man from Cleveland. who was lobbying in the interest of that blil; lie offered me bribe Of $lOn II l NouIu with Mir. Hanna last Saturday l told nm that this reason would prevent me rom supporting him, because l believed ne knew the street railway of which ne was president was behind the man Who or fered the bribe and he himself was on the bill. HARRY C. MASON
 The Democratic steering committee of the fusionists tonight issued the following manifesto:
 To the Public: Marcus A. Hanna will not be elected by this Legislature
 JAMES R. ROSS,
 F. Nj. DITTY.
 Colonel Jeptha Gerard of Cincinnati. who is spoken of as the candidate of the free silver Republicans. when in formed that Hanna had received enough votes to elect him, dlG not ap- pear surprised and spoke as If he eX- pected such a result. He said: Tt was lDDOSSlhle tQ secure Nslt NVlt Of llit Cincinnati delegation for Mckisson. as his sympathy for silver was doubted"
 Governor Bushnell tonight said: II simply desire to repeat the statement which I made a day or two since that the result of the contest rests with the. members of the Legislature. Whoever they may elect will receive my cordial support The Governor again reiterated that ne had been mis- represented and misquoted by certain newspapers. and declared that in some instances absolute maliciousness had been reached.
 Mayor McF.i isson of Cleveland was in conference during the evening with the opposition. and it was declared very emphatically by their leaders that the fight had not by any means been lost and they would again rally their forces in the joint ballot tomorrow to a sufficient degree to win the battle
 The Democratic members of the Leg islature held another conference to- night. at which Judge Ditty, a member of the fusion steering committee, re- ported that KurtZ had promised two more Republican votes on the joint ballot tomorrow. Notwithstanding this report. it was impossible to get the three Democrats who voted against McTisson to-day to pledge themselves for him tomorrow. Several other Democratic members refused to attend the conference. although they were re- peatedly sent for After repeated eff forts to get all of the Democrats to vote with the six dissenting RepubH- cans, and a failure to do so. the con- ference adjourned until o'clock to- morrow morning. The workers for the opposition against Hanna will not sleep tonight, but will put in all the time until the joint ballot is taken to-
 
 who voted for Senator Hanna to-day were in conference with the opponents of Hanna at the Great Southern Hotel tonight, but no changes were an- nounced. The chase for changes in the vote will be kept up even to the en- frances to the State House tomorrow, when the members can get relief on en- tering their respective halls.
 Among the propositions pending is one to drop McKisson tomorrow and vote for Garrard. Representatives DrOste and Lane. who have been fla vorable to Garrard. voted for Hanna to-day. Garrards friends say there was a time when the coalition might have elected him, but now they do not propose to have him nomina ted as a sacrifice.
 In connection with bribery stories to- night. il Is reported that witnesses will be called before the Grand Jury for indictments against several prom inent opponents of Hanna for con- spracy and on like charges at Cincin- natl for all connected with the Otis case and it's publication.
 The following statement was issued from the Hanna headquarters at the Neil House tonight.
 Mayor McKisson's Zeal in espousing the cause of the principles of the Bryan Democratic party is apparently carrying llIn even to the extent of 9SSllrinp his Democratic allies that he has been se- cretly one of them during the time in which he was posing a Republican seeking office at the hands of the Repub- liCan party and making speeches in sup port of Republican principles. The state ment was made in numerous quarters yesterday that Mckisson, before the Democratic caucus, in accepting the Senatorial nomination at the hands of that party. pledged himself distinctly and definitely to support the free silver doctrine of that party if elected. It now appears that in his excessive desire to convince his hearers of his loyalty to the silver cause and to Democratic principles generally, he said in his speech that he was q Bryan man at heart in 1896 and that he voted for Mir Bryan in the Presidential campaign. The statement was made by Grant Halliday of Elyria a well-known Democrat, who was a member of the Democratic National Con vention in 1896, and whose reputation for accuracy is unquestioned.
 This statement from MT. McKissOn places him in curious attitude in refer ence to party fealty. He gave every evil dence during the campaign of 1896 of loyalty to the Republican party, and was active in its campaign, was the nominee of the Republican party for Mayor in the spring following the campaign of 1896 and accepted the nomination and election from that party without a hint that he was not in accord with its principles and last fall during the State campaign made speeches in which he reiterated his loyalty to the principles of the Republi- can party. Now it appears that by way of self-commendation to the Democratic caucus he informed it's members last night that he was secretly Bryan man in 1896 and voted for him for President
 In confirmation of the report that Me hlssOn had made this assertion to the Democrats in their caucus last night Hon. M. NJ Leach of LinchfieId Ohio this evening furnished to the public the following statement:
 Columbus, Ohio, Jan. u.-Mr Grant Halliday of Elyria. former member of the Democratic State Committee said to me to-day in the presence of MT. Charles Ensign of Elyria. that Mir. McKisson said in the Democratic caucus last night that he was q free silver man and would support the free silver legislation of the Democratic party. and that he a Bryan man in 1896 and voted for him.
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