The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-05
HANNA LOSES TWO.
One Of Them Is Griffith, Whose Con-
duct Is Remarkable.

Columbus, Jan. 4.-Late tonight the
Hanna managers lost the two doubtful
members that they had gained today,
so that there is now no material
change from that of yesterday when
the house stood 56 to SO against Hanna.
This would give the senator only 20
votes on joint ballot, or less than
enough votes to elect. In connection
with the change of Representative
there are most scandaiously sensa1-o-l-
al reports in circulation. Mr.. Griffith
has been on both sides several times,
and so pledged himself in writing. In
these dispatches yesterday was an ac-
count of the Hanna workers spending
Sunday night with Representative
Griffith and of him sending at a. m
for his wife to come from the Great
Southern Hotel to the Neil House to
join him in a conference with the
Hanna people.
At s a. m. the KurtZ men saw Mrs.
Griffith and the all night work of the
Hanna men was undone just before her
husband went to the state house on
Monday morning to Qualify as speaker
pro tenn with the other candidates of
1.-The combine" After the legislature
was organized, Mr.. Griffith had another
night of conferences on both sides of
the senatorial case and this morning
he gave the Hanna men a written
pledge over his own signature that he
would vote for the senator. Later in
the day ne was seen by the opponents
of Senator Hanna and tonight he gave
out the following as his latest procla-
nation on his position:
columbus, Jan. 4.
ITO the Public:
TT is due to the public and myself
that make statement of my position
in the senatorial matter
while it is true that the convention
which nominated me passed a resolu-
ton requesting me to support Senator
Hanna, and while l. at various times
during the campaign and since, de-
clared my intention to follow that re-
quest, and even promised a dozen or
more of my constituents in Mr.. Han
mas headquarters on Monday of this
week that l would do so, l have, how
ever, since learning the particulars of
the indignities heaped upon my wife
Monday morning, reached the convic-
ton that l would be untrue to my
manhood should 1 cast my vote for a
man who uses or employs such
methods, and shall resent the indigni-
ties and insults heaped upon myself
and friends, and also do a service for
my state and country by voting for a
Republican other than Mr.. Hanna for
Notwithstanding the threats that
have been made to me that l cannot
return and live in Union county if 1
do not vote for Mr.. Hanna, it is my
hope and belief that the good people
who have honored me with their chief
office, and whom 1 love and honor, will
uphold me in this determination, that
cannot under any circumstances be
changed. J. z. GRIFFITH"
n Of
porting to come from Representative
Griffith was shown to Senator Hanna
this evening, he said:
Il do not believe Mr.. Griffith ever
made this statement, beca use it is not
true. 1t is represented to me that he is
an honorable man, and therefore / shall
not believe without some further evil
dence that he ever made or authorized
any such statement"
Notwithstanding that Senator Hanna
regards it as untrue that Representa-
tive Griffith has published this state
ment, yet it is known that the docu-
ment is in Griffith's handwriting,
whether he prepared it himself or not.
The last letter of Griffith has caused
not only a sensation. but the most bit
ter feeling, and the worst of the
charges on the part of rival workers.
Congressman Grosvenor left for
Washington tonight, and the anti-Han-
ma men say ne has gone there to con-
fer as to the legatee, which the oppo-
sition report as likely to be Secretary
Sherman.
General GrOsvenor stated that he had
to be in congress on Thursday to take
part in the debate, and that ne was
leaving for that purpose, and would be
back the last Of the week.
J. Park Alexander of Akron, a trus-
tee of the Ohio imbecile asylum, today
resigned because of Governor Bush
neifs course on the senatOrship. The
four Republican clubs of Columbus to-
night resolved not to participate in the
of Governor Bushnell next
Monday.