The herald., 1898-01-13
Ends the Senatorial Fight
in Ohio
HANNA TAKES THE POSITION
For. ROTH THE LONG AND THE
SHORT TERM
The Opposition Is Still Fighting and
the Investigating Committee Is
Already at Work
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 12.-Marcus
A. Hanna was elected today to represent
Ohio in the senate for seven years and
two months If Mckinley should be
reelected, Hanna would still be there
to the end Of the presidents second
term. Including both the short and long
terms, Hanna's time as senator will exe
pire in March, 1905.
Less than two years ago Senator
Hanna entered politics in advocating
William McKinley's candidacy for the
presidency. He was successful as the
leader of the Mckinley forces at the
st. Louis convention. and afterwards
as chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee For almost year
he has been in the senate as the sue
cessor to Secretary of State John Sher-
man. During his short service in public
life Senator Hanna has participated IN
hard fighting, but he never before won
such a victory as that of today.
fractional fighting has waged among
Ohio Republicans for years. Others had
been fighting under cover. Senator
Hanna came out openly at the state
convention in Toledo last June and de-
feated Charles L. Kurtz, the close friend
of Senator Foraker, Governor Bushnell
and others for chairman of the state
committee Kurtz had been member
of the state committee for many years
and its chairman for the two preceding
years. He was the Ohio Republican
chairman in 1895 and again In 1895. In the
later year Senator Hanna, who was then
managing the presidential campaign,
was not satisfied with the work in O1lio
and did not want Kurtz in that position
in 1897. Hanna defeated Kurtz at Nole-
do for chairman. and has had faotional
| war upon himself ever since.
Although Mr.. Hanna was duly de-
clared senator at noon today for both
the long and short terms. yet the oppo-
sition continued its fight In the afternoon
and is still fighting tonight. Just previ-
Gus to the separate ballot1ng yesterday
the opposition was disappointed by the
withdrawal Of Jeptha Gerard, the silver
Republican. for senator. 1t was thought
that Gerard would get the votes of
Representatives Droste and Lane, who
voted for Hanna. Gerrerd's friends say
he withdrew because he was being used
as a means for creating a deadlock for
the benefit of others.
| Previous to the joint balloting today
the opposition offered to support Sena-
tor Dodge Of Cleveland for the short
term with McKisson for the long term
Senator Dodge is a neighbor of Senator
Hanna in Cleveland, and was nominated
and elected on pledges for Hanna. Sen
ator Dodge stated that the senators and
representatives from Cleveland were in
structed for Hanna and Indignantly
rejected the proposal. The proposition
was also made to Mrs. Dodge, who wa:
as indignant as her husband
While there have been many negotia'
tions with the wives and other mem.
bers of the families Of senators and rep.
resentatives during the past week ol
more, the effort to secure the influence
of Mrs. Dodge was the last one re-
ported.
1t is stated that the last proposition
of the opposition, just before the legis
lature convened, was to Representa-
tives Droste and Lane, the silver fusion.
lists from Cincinnati, for the short an(
long terms for United States senator re
spectively, If they would accept tn
same and vote for each other rathe,
! than for Hanna.
The opposition today knew they wer,
defeated before the joint ballotinl
| began, but fought to the last on tn,
charges of bribery and coercion. In tn
joint balloting today there were n,
changes whatever by the senators from
their two ballots of yesterday for tn
| ,I,N t@rx HH4I
ceived nineteen votes and Hanni
seventeen. When the roll C the hous
was called it resulted in the ballots TO
both terms as follows: Hanna, Sc, Nc
Kisson, 81; Lentz, 1; one absent, Cramer
The joint ballot for both terms resulte,
as follows: Hanna, 73; McKisson, 70
Lentz, 1; one absent, Cramer.
The official declarations showed tina
Hanna had a majority of three over Nc
Kisson, of two over all voting, and O
one over all the members in the genera
assembly.
The demonstrations in the hall wer
unusually enthusiastic.
Gov. Bushnell and some other stat
officers were not present. When For
aker was elected senator on joint ballo
in the same hall two years ago, McKin
ley and Bushnell were both present, tn
one having just retired and the othe
having just been inaugurated governor
1t has been customary in former year
for the governor to be seated beside tn
lieutenant governor when the newly
elected senator was escorted into tn,
hall.
Senator Hanna was very busily en-
gagged in his contest last Monday and dit
not participate in the inauguration ex
ercises.
1t is stated that no invitation or spe
cial arrangement had been made fo
him on that occasion and that the sam,
was true regarding the governor today
Previous to the two houses of tn,
legislature going into joint convention
for the election of senator, resolution
were offered In both houses for an inves.