The copper country evening news., 1898-01-13
MARK HANNA ELECTED
The Ohio Legislature Chooses
Him for Senator.
HOUSE VOTE Is SO, SENATE IS II.


Test-Attempt to o,,re the Passage of "A
Resolution TO Investigate Alleged Brib-
cry Defeated In tho House Wild Scenes
After the Vote Is Announced.
Columbus. o., Jan. 1S-Marcus A.
Hanna has been elected to the United
States senate for both the long and
short terms by the state legislature.
The roll of the senate was called first.
and there were no changes from the
vote of Tuesday-19 for McKisson and
IL for Hanna. The house vote was
Hanna Sc, McKisson 80 and Lentz l.
Although the joint bailoting for sena-
tor did not begin till noon, the legisla-
tive halls were crowded early in the
morning. AT the hotels the opposing
headquarters presented the same anx-
ious and busy scenes. The workers on
both sides showed more plainly their
weariness than on former mornings
The Hanna Hust!ers were up all night
on the watch. Their opponents spent
the entire night in getting some mem
bers out of bed and staying near 9TH
ers. There were several collisions In
the hotels between opposing workers
and watchmen before daybreak, and
their feeling had not abated any when
they met again in the state house.
Not One Man Lost,
There were reports about attempts
TO abduct certain members during the
night but no one was lost in any of
the alleged escapades. There seemed
TO be less curiosity over the result of
~,
the well-advertlsed dramatic perform
ance i'm connection with charges q
bribery conspiracy and other wrongs
made by both sides against each other
And in the midst OF all the cheering
there were sighs for relief from the
wearing suspense over the action Of
doubtful statesmen. II viii be two
weeks next Friday since Senator Han
ma arrived here, but most of his work
ers have been here more than fort
night and some of his opponents have
been on the seepless vigil for months.
Even those who had everything to gam
and nothing to lose seemed to dread
further tension of a deadlock. All were
ready for the curtain to drop
Won't Investigate Bribery Charges.
When the house convened at 10 a. IN.
RcDrGSSDtallNt
ognized on a question of privilege. He
made long statement regarding the
Boyce bribery charges. He said II was
due Is the house and himself to have,
| an investigation before proceeding fur
ther i'm the election OF a United States
serator and offered a resolution accord
irgly. on a motion to suspend the rules
for Immediate consideration Of the res
a N
hayes. On the motion being declared
| lost there were cheers on the Republic
an side and in the galleries. The vote
was precisely the same as all the votes
cast. and the two ballots for the short
ard long terms for senator There are
| 1O9 members of the house. The fifty-siX
Hanna men always voted solidly.
Cramer Still Very Sick.
| Representative Cramer was absent
and is still very sick. The other forty
| six Democratic members and the SIX
! boiling Republican representatives
] voted together for an investigation be-
| fore electing senator. Representative
! Stewart, one OF the Hanna leaders, SAID
! there would come proper time for the
! fullest investigation, but this was the
| time for electing senator. He moved
| to take a recess ultii HoOii ihc oIPo-
| sition moved to amend by taking re-
| cess for five minutes. There were calls
| of the house. demands for ayes and
| nays on everything and other dilatory
| motions, in which return OF the vote
stood Sc to 52, with Cramer absent The
| motion for recess of five minutes was
| defeated-ayes. So: nays, Sc; Bramley,
| Mason, Jones, Otis, Rutan and Scott
always voting with the Democrats
\ Pandemonium Breaks Loose.
After Hanna was elected senator for
the long term pandemonium reigned su-
| preme in the hall of the house. The gall
leries went wild and the senators and
| representatives participated in the DEM
| onstration On motion of Senator Alex
| ander IL was unanimously carried, and
| n committee Of five was sent to escort
| Senator Hanna to the hall. The gal
| leries and lobbies shouted loudly vivi
| yoce for the committee to escort Sen
ator Hanna to the hall. Senators Alex
ander and Sullivan and Representatives
| Stewart Leland, and Bolin were ap-
pointed as the committee OF escort, and
| while they were en- route to the Neil
House the crowds in the state house
and outside INDUCED in all sorts OF
demonstrations over the final result.