Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
SHY ON BETS.
The Anti Hanna Men Still Leave
Good Money Untaken.
limitations Of Bribery Are Made Against
opposition--A stenographer's copIous
Notes Of an Interview.

Columbus, O., Jan. 9.--The senatorial
situation has not changed materially
today. The workers for Senator Hanna
say they now have enough votes. The
. Kurtz workers say they can spare an
other vote and still defeat Hanna. The
Hanna men claim two more accessions
today, but they will not give any names
The opposition to Hanna has no bet
ting yet in its favor The bets, ranging
from $500 to $4,000 for even money on
Hanna's election, nave remained posted
at the Neil House two days without
takers, and there are other bets offered,
among them being one of $500 by Gen.
Grosvenor on Hanna's election.
In order to avoid possible trouble, the
Hanna rally will not be called tomorrow
until 3 o'clock p. M, by which time it
is expected Gov. Bushnelrs inaugural
exercises will have been completed.
The Hanna men are striving to make
the demonstration for Hanna as great
as possible while the opposition is rail-
lying all possible forces for the inau-
gural demonstration of the morning
While there have been charges and
countercharges of bribery, there was
considerable stir today over the publ
cation of the following story in the Gin
cinnati Commercial-Tribune, and in diff
ferent forms in other republican papers:
while Senator Hanna and his man.
ayers have been careful to- make no
improper use of money in the senatorial
contest, they have all along known that
the ethics Of the case were not so strict
" observed by the opposition. There
fore. when an opportunity offered to get
discriminating evidence against the COM
bine, Mr.. Hanna's managers were quick
to improve 1t. A trap was set for the
opposition, and worked through one of
the members of the combination who
has been trying to get away from SEN
ator Hanna Some of the opposition
kept trying to get an audience with this
member, until it was decided to accom-
modate it. Accordingly an interview was
arranged at a certain hotel, but in adj
vance he precaution had been taken
by the member to conceal a stenogra-
pher in the room who took down every
word OF the interview, an important
part of which was an offer of $4,000 cash
made to the member if he would vote
against Senator Hanna. Just what use
will be made of the stenographer's notes
will be governed by the course of the
anti Hanna people.
above case became known to the "op-
position soon after its organ made a
sensational publication about the grand
jury being called on to investigate the
action of several workers fol Hanna At
anyrate, there has been nothing said
about the grand jury's work since last
Wednesday The notes of the secret
stenographe. have been written out,
and they comprise several pages of mat
8 M i- f11e 49,
srfeTeHlinent-Fep republican. The two men
who are accused of Offering $4,000 are as
well known in Ohio politics as are the
senior or the junior senator, or the gov
ernor. One of them holds an important
state office, and the other is an import
ant official leader in this city
THESE two prominent workers against
Hanna were not She ones in the room
with the member of the legislature and
his concealed stenographer, but they
sent their man to the legislatures room
and when the member insisted on
Knowing who authorized the offer, the
names of these two prominent parties
were named as authorizing the offer of
$4,000.
The democratic steering committee
reported to Mn. Kurtz this afternoon
mat 1t must have assurance from him
that the dissenting republicans will hold
out before 1t can give him a guarantee
OF the solid democratic vote of IS. 1t is
said that the democratic steering com
mittee finally gave Kurtz till Monday,
at midnight, to produce affidavits from
at least eight republican members that
they would vote against Hanna The
Hanna managers claim that Mr.
Kurtz cannot secure the required num-
Der of affidavits, and that the contest
will be over Monday night.