The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-01-12
STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE
FACTIONS Is ON.
PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHES
Big Sensations Promised In the Way of
bribery ChRrges-Esoh side Making
peoiho Allegations Against the
other The Hanna Mass
Meeting Held-Other In
teresting Political News

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan l1.-Senator
Hanna was short last nigh& one vote
OF election. The opposition was not
sure of 70 votes for any one man, as
against only 70 for Hanna, but II felt
confident at least Of preventing Han
na's election.
IL was agreed by a conference com
mittee that the balloting in the two
houses would not begin until p m.
to-day. The real work of the fight on
both sides was done last night The
workers will not sleep now until after
the balloting begins.
Owing to the apparent closeness of
the vote, there are still numerous ru-
mors Of bribery for another vote
either way. The Hanna men claim to
have stenographic notes of an offer of
s., 600 by two prominent members of
the opposition. The opposition, in
turn, claim s. ID. Hollenbeck, IA mem
Der Of the Republican state executive
committee, went 20 Cincinnati last
Saturday with $4,000 Representa-
tive Otis is n Republican who was
elected on fusion ticket in Hamilton
county He voted with the Democrats
In the organization, but ii is claimed
that he made friendly overtures to
Hanna workers to entrap them into
an offer for the purpose of exposing
the same, and that he will do so on
the floor OF the house to-day. II is
said that Representative Otis will pile
$40, 900 on his desk and make a sensa-
tional speech when his name is called
on the senatorial ballot The Hanna
men make a general denial of the
Otis charge, and say that they antici-
pate other dramatic performances be-
fore the balloting begins.
Sunday night the Democratic steer
ling committee demanded of MIR. Kurtz
that he furnish at least eight afiidavits
from Republican members that they
would stand with the sixty five Dem
ocratic members in voting against
Hanna. The Democratic steering
committee reported last night that
they were satisfied. Representative
Gayman, chairman OF the house Dem.
ocratic steering committee, went SO
far as to say Hanna's defeat was as
sured.
While the opposition still insists on
J Kurtz as the candidate against Hanna
yet they say that Bushnell, Kurtz, OF
any other one will be dropped as soou
as II Is demonstrated that he cannot
secure all Of the anti Hanna Repub
ucans or the Democratic members
One of the names most prominently
men toned yesterday was that of Rep
resentative John p. Jones, who rep
. resents Stark county, the home o
President Mckinley, Mr. Jones is /
Republican aud prominent man II
the miners union. He is for fre'
silver, and is advocated as the labo
> candidate against the capitalist
While the mass convention of Re
= lpubllcans was the largest and mos
q Indignantly enthusiastic assembling
o ever known in this state, the doubtfu
y Republican members of the state di
aot see it or feel IT, They were closel
+ and literally entertained by the OF
- position at the Great Southern hote
sr during the afternoon and they wer
Il there last night Representative
), Manuel, Griffith, Snider aud other
4. had the undivided and constant al
\ tention Of the other side. There wer
l. Al times lively scenes when Ham
r workers invaded the rooms of th
8. opposition at the Great Souther
Ia hotel, and also when the hustlers 10
4. the opposition come 10 the Neil hous
after some Of the doubtful member
or their friends