The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-14
HANNA CLAIMS rs VOTES.
Five Boilers Said to Have Turned Back
M'Klnlcy Ee,ps Him Out.

M'Kinlcy Helps Him Out.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 10.-At The
caucuses last Saturday night, NJ. A.
Hanna was apparently beaten in hi.
contest for the United States senator
ship. To-day there are reliable re.
ports indicating that he has more
than the necessary s~eventy-threc
votes, and IL is predicted that he will
be elected on the first joint ballo,
next Wednesday. The men Mt the
Hanna headquarters are jubilant and
go so far as to claim sevcnty-flve votes
to seventy for the opposition.
The opposition has depended upon
h following ten Republicans voting
with the sixty. five Democratic mem.
bers OF the legislature: Representa-
tives Mason and Bramley Of Cuya-
hoga, Jones OF Stark, Griffin OF Union,
Otis OF Hamilton, Scott of Fulton,
Redkey Of Highland, Rutan Of Carroll,
Manuel of Montgomery and Senator
Burke OF Cleveland. This would make
the joint ballot stand II TO 20 against
Hanna.
At u public meeting at Dayton last
night Representative Manuel pledged
himself for Hanna, first, last and all
the time.
John =. Jones Of Starke county ha.
sent n telegram TO President McKin-
ley, promising to vote for Hanna.
Jones aged mother at Canton and
President Mckinley himself are re-
sponsiblc for Jones' desertion from the
boilers. His mother coaxed Jones away
from Kurtz's headquarters back to
Canton, and President Mckinley, who,
while he was governor, picked Jones
ont OF u coal mine and made him an
Inspector, personally appealed TO
Jones by telegraph. Jones. who is q
feet 10 inches tall, minds his aged
mother like n school boy, and looks
upon the President as q father.
Mother Mckinley, the Presidents
mother, when alive, had shown al.
most as much interest in Jones as she
did In her son. Jones's mother re-
minded him Of this, and that
he would be in the coal pits
instead OF a mine inspector had IL
not been for civilian" Her son
did not make any promises. but he
packed his grip. turned his room over
to Kurtz and went to Canton. When
he reached home, President Mckinley
made n personal appeal to Jones, and
Jones wired back n pledge to the
President within an hour. This was
the news which General Grosvenor
brought from Washington yesterday
morning. and President Mckinley has
also confirmed it by telephone.
Charles l. Kurtz, leader OF the Oh.
position, handed the following to the
press to-day: 1.-THE incorrectness OF
claims by Mr.. Hanna was proven by
the test votes in the matter Of house
organization. lie claimed the orCani.
zation up TO the time the test vote was
taken and lost. Tho same claims are
being made again on the senatorship
and will result the same Mr.. Hanna
will not be elected senator. C L.
Kurt"
The anti.IIanna men nd nit TINT
after securing control Of both branches
OF the legislature they made a great
mistake in I'D journing from Wednes.
day to Monday and having the mem.
bers 30 home till inauguration day.
The Republican members who are co.
operating with the Democrats against
Hanna have thus been confronted with
indignation meetings ut their homes,
which may turn the tide In favor OF
Senator Hanna.
Mrs. Griffith, the anti. Hanna wife
OF the Union county representative,
went home this afternoon to join her
husband at Marysville. GrifRth an
nounced ut meetings Of his constit-
uents last night and again to-day
that he did not want to vote for
Hanna. but II 1t was their wish he
would do so. There Is no lack of ef.
fort In Union county now upon the
part OF the people to express their
wishes TO their representative and he
is being transferred from the list OF
the opposition To that NJ Hanna