The herald., 1898-01-10


posifively that he will support Hanna
His opposition was solely against noA,
well for speaker. Meantime Jones Oh
Stark, Redkey of Highland, hutan or
Carroll and other Republicans WHO
voted with the Democrats last Monoay
have since undergone such hre from
their constituents that they are expect
ed yet to square themselves by Young
for Hanna. While there were ten ols-
senting Republican members last week
the Hanna men say there Will De only
two or three this week. Ana tne
changes are attributed more to the work
that has been done in the counties than
here.
while there have been charges and
counter-charges of bribery, there was
considerable stir today over the publica-
zion of the following in the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune and, In different
FORMS, in other Republican papers:
"while Senator Hanna and his man.
ayers havo been careful to make no I'M
proper use of money in the senatoriai
contest. they have all along known
that the ethics of the case were not SO
strictly observed by the opposition.
Therefore, when an opportunity was
offered to get incriminating evidence
against the combine, Mr.. Hanna's man
ayers were quick to improve it. A trap
was set for the opposition, working
through one of the members of the
combine who has been trying to get
awav from Senator Hanna. Some OF the
opposition kept trying to get an audi
ence with this member, until 1t was de-
OF fhpY1o
Accordingly, an interview was ar
ranged for in certain room OF certain
hotel. but in advance the precaution
had been taken by the member to con-
ceal a stenographer in the room. VINO
took down every word of the interview,
an important part Of which was an oiler
of $4,000 cash made to the member If ne
would vote against Senator Hanna. just
what use will be made of the stenograph-
er's notes will be governed by the course
Of the Hanna people"
It is stated on good authority that the
above case became known to the op-
position soon after their organ MADE
sensational publication about the grand
1ury's being called on to investigate tine
action of several workers for Hanna. AT
any rate, there has been nothing said
about the grand jurys work since last
Wednesday,. The notes of the secreted
stenographer have been written out, and
the comprise several pages of matter,
which are in the possession OF a very
prominent Republican. The two men
who are accused of offering $4,000 are as
well known in Ohio politics as is either
the senior or junior senator or the gov
ernor. One of them holds an important
state office, and the other has been an
important official and leader in this city.
These two prominent workers against
Hanna were not the ones in the room
with the member of the legislature and
his concealed stenographer, but they
sent their man to the legislators room
and when the member insisted on know
ing who authorized the offer the names
of these two prominent parties were
Given, authorizing the offer of $4,000.
The Democratic steering committee
reported to Mr.. Kurtz this afternoon
that it must have assurances from him
that the dissenting Republicans will hold
out, before it can give him guarantee
of the solid Democratic vote of 65. 1t is
said that the Democratic steering COM
mittee finally gave Mr.. Kurtz until Mon
day midnight to produce affidavits from
at least eight Republican members that
they would vote against Hanna The
Hanna members claim that Mr.. Kurtz
cannot secure the requisite number of
af1idavits and that the contest will be
over Monday night.
Ex-Gov. Charles Foster, who was Sec
retary of the treasury under Harrison,
arrived in the city tonight. He has been
considered a compromise candidate for
senator, and by some considered as un-
friendly to Hanna, but he soon declared
himself for the senator under the exist
ing circumstances and was in conference
with the senator soon after his arrival.
The following was given out tonight
by the Hanna men: Some recent devel-
opments regarding the early history of
the present senatorial campaign are
especially pertinent to the present
movement because they fully justify the
course of those men who are now asking
to withdraw from any agreement which
they may have made to support another
than Senator Hanna. 1t is now known
that the plan to elect Gov. Bushnell or
Mr.. Kurtz for the senatorship developed
Immediately after the appointment of
Mr. Hanna on March 4th, and before the
month of March had ended, pledges on
behalf of Gov. Bushnell were being OBJ
tanned in various parts of the state from
men ambitious to become members of
the legislature. The managers who out
lined this plan knew who would be likely
to be candidates for the nominations,
and in cases where 1t was possible to
make combinations with them did so,
requiring the candidates, in return for
their support for the nomination, to
pledge themselves to vote for Gov. Bush
nell. 1t is known that in number of
cases agreements of this kind were made
in March or April, long prior to the
meeting of the state and county conven-
tions, which, when held, declared imme-
diately for Senator Hanna.
"It is not surprising that many men
who made these pledges prior to the ac-
tion of the state and county conventions
have voluntarily and with frankness
which marks them as men of a high
sense of honor, asked to be released from
their promises. Indeed, honorable men
could not consistently do otherwise, and
the only surprise is that either of the
men to whom these pledges We're made
should not expect or demand that they
be kept Every individual who thus
pledged himself has since doing so been
informed by state and county conven-
tions that his people desire and demand
that he support Senator Hanna and no
other, and thus every one of them is not
only justified in Withdrawing that