The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-10

very prominent republican, The Two men
who are accused OF offering $1,000 are as
known in Ohio as their senior or junior
senator. One Of tho holds an important
State Office and tho other has been an
important official and director OF the
city. These two prominent workers
against Hanna We're not the ones in tho
room with the members Of the legislature
and his concealed stenographcrs, but they
sent their man TO tho legislators room.
and when the member insisted on know
Ing who authorized the offcr, the names
Of these two prominent rurtics were given
as authorizing the OFFER OF $4,000.
Ex-Governor Charles Foster, who was
crstary OF the TREASURY under Harrison,
arrived in the city tonight. He has been
considered as compromise candidate for
senate. and by some considered as UNI
frioadly to Hanna, but he soon declared
himself for the senator under the existing
circumstances and was In conference with
the senator soon after his arrival.
The following was given out today by
Hanna:
Some recent developments regarding tho
early history of the present senatorial
campaign are especially pertinent 10 the
present moment. because they fully justify
the course of those men who are now ask
ing TO withdraw any agreement which
they may have maze TO support another
than Hanna. II is now known that the
plan 10 elect Governor Bushnell or MIR,
i<urtz TO the senatorship was developed
Immediately after the appointment OF MIR.
Hanna on March 4, and that before the
month of March had ended the pledges IN
behalf OF Governor Bushnell were Obtained
in various parts OF the state from men am
bilious to become members OF the lcgis'a-
ture The managers VINO outlined their
ulan knew who would be likely TO be
candidates for the nominations, and where
1t was possible TO combine with them
did SO and pledged them to vote for Gov
error Bushnell for the senate. II is known
that in a number of cases agreements or
this kind were made In March and April,
long prior to the meeting of the State aud
county conventions, which when held dc.
clarcd for Senator Hanna. That the cx-
istence OF these pledges thus became a
matter OF temporary embarrassment TO the
men who had made them without the
knowledge that the conventions would de-
clare for any Individual, goes without say
ing. but that their first duty after ac-
cepting nomination and election under
these circumstances was to withdraw their
pledges made before these conditions
arose. is equally apparent. Those pledges
were made upon the suspicion that the
election OF senator would follow the usual
course, and that each member would be
entirely free to vote for such individual
candidate as HIS Judgment might dictate.
When it developed later, however, that
both the State and county conventions
declared uneu,Iivocally for a single indi-
vidual. the men accounting nominations
We're pledged In; an entirely new position.
Their first duty as republicans was TO obey
the mandate OF the party or decline TO
be its representatives 1t is not surprising
then In view OF these facts. that many
men who made these pledges p,lor tn the
action OF tho State and county conventions
have voluntarily and with a franknesH
which marks them as men OF n high sense
of honor. asked to be released from those
promises. Indeed, honorable men could
not consistently do otherwise. and tho
only surprise is that any OF the men TO
whom those pledges were made should now
Every individual who thus pledged himself
stats end nn,r,n ooy,,,,, uiu,ea ny ~, III.
people desire and demand that he support
every one of then 70 no nn,n ,,'s.t u mus a.,
withdrawing that pledge. but Is In duty
II is learned that ,ho.o .r,do,,,,. -
qucsted OF MI. kurtz arc wanted for the
Gratis in line There ara some onnosed N
voting for any republican for senator. and
signlfied their desire IN vote for Con.
greSsman John j. Lentz Representative
the sixty-fiye demooratIe members is
very sick at his rooms, and his doctors
week or more. His vote win be needed
to defeat Hanna on the hasts of tho stun