The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-04

demonstrations Of rejoicing.

The demonstrations OF rejoicing at
the latter place were beyond descrip-
ton. The opposition insisted that Han
ma was not as strong as Boxwell; that
Hanna would not have fifty votes in the
house and not seventeen in the senate,
or a total OF sixty-seven on joint ballot,
which is six short of election. 1t Is
conceded that Speaker Mason will dis
patch OF all the patronage OF the house
in the interest OF McKisson and Bush
nell and against Hanna, and with the
state executive administration also
against Senator Hanna his defeat is
conceded unless radical changes are
made within the next week.
1t is stated that the Hanna men will
enter on another programme, which
includes visiting delegations from some
counties to hold Indignation meetings
at the capital TO express protests on
the action of certain Republican mem
bers in voting against their regular
party caucus nominee and In proposing
to reverse the action OF the last Re
publican state convention that noini-
mated Hanna for senator.
Telegraphic Protests.
During the noon recess a crusade was
developed in telegraphic protests to
some of the Republican members who
had voted with the Democrats. The
most notable case was that of j. p
Griffith, the Republican member from
Union county. who was made speaker
pro TEN. by receiving AZ Democratic
and 8 Republican votes. He received
kilograms from constituents asking him
to resign. saying he would be hung In
effigy and that delegations were en-
route to Columbus to hold an indigna-
tion meeting. Mr.. Griffith has with
stood much agitation the past week.
| At midnight the Hanna workers got
| him into conference at the Nell House
| and IL IL said that he was almost
persuaded" about o'clock in the morn
| ing but he did not want to change
| without consolidating his wife, who was
| strongly in sympathy with the combine
that nominated her band for speak
| er pro tenn. The Il. Va workers at
a. m. went to the Great Southern hotel,
| got Mrs. Griffith up and escorted her
| to the Neil House, where she remained
| with her husband till a. m. when the
| Kurtz's workers missed both Mr.. and
| Mrs. Griffith and proceeded TO the Mel
| House after them. While being esort-
ed out of the Neil House the riva
workers got into fight as TO whc
should escort Mrs. Griffith.
| To Make Rome Howl.
| The anti-Hanna men succeeded In
getting Mrs. Griffith to return TO the
Great Southern hotel, where she hac
the last interview with Mr.. Kurtz, jus
before the people formed TO start to th'
state house for the opening session. Th'
wives, relatives and other friends o
some members who were in the doubt
full list have had experiences the pas
few days and nights almost like thos
of Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith and their trou
bles have probably just begun in tina
line. While the joint senatorial eau
cuses are held next Wednesday nigh
the balloting In the legislature does no
begin for nine days, on "Wednesday
Jan. II.
The Hanna men have carried the wa
into the counties of the nine Repub
| lican members who voted with tn
Democrats and trains will be chartere
to bring their constituents TO the stat
| capital to make Rome howl as on
of the Hanna managers expressed IT,