The herald., 1898-01-11
JUST ONE
MORE VOTE
Would Give Hanna a Seat
in the Senate
MONEY CANNOT BUY IT
And All Other Measures
Are Exhausted
DENUNCIATION OF B0LTERS
FAILS TO WHIP THEM BACK INTO
LINE
Voting Begins This Afternoon-If
DENUNCIATION OF BOILERS
FAILS TO WHIP THEM BACK INTO
LINE
Voting Begins This Afternoon-If
Human Effort Can Round UP
That Vote It Will Be
Secured
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. Ex-senator
Hanna Is believed to be short tonight
one vote of election. The opposition is
not sure Of 7s votes for any one man as
against only 72 for Hanna, but they feel
confdent1 at least, of preventing Han
mas election.
Last night the Democratic steering
committee demanded of Mr.. Kurtz that
he furnish at least eight affldavits to-
night from Republican members that
they would stand with the sixty-one
Democrats in voting against Hanna. The
Democratic steering committee report
ed tonight they were satisfied. Repre-
sentative Gayman, chairman Of the
house Democratic steering committee,
went SO far as to say that Hanna's de-
feat tomorrow Is assured. There Is no
doubt that Senator Hanna was beaten
week previous to last Friday when
Representative Manuel of Montgomery
county changed in his favor. On Sat-
urday the Hanna men secured Repre-
sentative Griffith of Union, but they
made no accessions yesterday nor to-
day, and 1t is the general belief that
they are short one vote tonight.
1t has been agreed by a conference
committee that the balloting In the two
houses will not begin until p. m. to-
morrow, and there may be several
changes in that time. The real work of
the fight on both sides Is being done to-
night. The workers will not sleep from
now until after the balloting begins.
There Is q feeling among many of those
opposing Hanna that If he is not de-
feated the first ballot, or rather by the
separate ballots tomorrow, that he will
not be defeated at all. These anti
Hanna workers say they had majority
of five against Hanna when they ex-
posed their strength in organizing the
legislature last Monday and If they come
down to a majority Of only one against
Hanna tomorrow that the coalition may
not hold together for another day.
While the opposition still insists on
Kurtz as the candidate against Hanna,
yet they say that Bushnell, Kurtz, OF
any other one will be dropped as soon as
1t is demonstrated that he cannot secure
all of the votes of either the anti-Han-
ma Republicans or the Democratic MEM
bers. One of the names most promi-
nently mentioned today was that of
| Representative John P. Jones, who
represents Stark county, the home of
President Mckinley. Mr.. Jones is a
| Republican and a prominent man in the
| Miners union. He Is for free silver and
is advocated as the labor candidate
against the capitalist.
| While the mass convention of the Re-
publicans this afternoon was the largest
and most Indignantly enthusiastic as
semblage ever known in this state, the
doubtful Republican members Of the leg
islature did not see it or feel 1t. They
were closely and literally entertained
| by the opposition at the Great Southern
hotel during the afternoon and they are
there tonight
| Owing to the apparent cloSeness of the
vote, there are still numerous rumors oi
bribery for another vote either way. L
Is noted by some of the more conserva
| tive observers that as soon as no further
changes were announced each day tha
the contending factions alternated IL
daily reports of bribery. The Hanna
men claim to have stenographic note'
of an offer of $4,000 by two promlnen'
members of the opposition. The opposi
ton in turn claims S. D. Hollenbeck, {
member of the Republican state execu
tive committee, went to Cincinnati Sat
urday with $4,000. Representative Oti
ie a Republican who was elected on {
fusion ticket in Hamilton county. III
has voted with the Democrats in the or
ganization, but it Is claimed that h
made friendly overtures to Hanna work
ers to entrap them into an offer for th
purpose Of exposing the same. and vii
do so on the floor Of the house.
It is said that Representative Otis vii
pile $4,000 on his desk tomorrow an
make a sensational speech when hi
name Is called on the senatorial ballot
The Hanna men make general denia
! Of the Otis charges and say that the.
anticipate other dramatic performance
tomorrow before the balloting begins.
THE BRIBERY CHARGE
Colonel T. c. Campbell Jerry P. Bills
and others opposing Hanna arrived wit
Representative John c. Otis from Gin
< cfnnati tonight. Several thousand word
! of senatorial matter was soon after givel
out to members Of the press about tn
offers of bribery to Representative Otit
: 1t was prepared by Colonel Campbell
, and makes two pages on late extr
edition that was gotten out during tn
: night by the Evening Press, the orgal
:. of the Hanna combine. A summar.