The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE.
Joyous Anti-Hanna Men and Demo
crats--StrUggIe for Woman.

crats--StruggIe for n Woman.
COLUMBUS. o., Jan. 3.-There are many
interesting incidents connected with the
fight now going on here. Previous to the
converting OF the Legislature the Demo-
Gratis and the anti-Hanna Republicans
joined arms and marched from the Great
Southern Hotel to the Statehouse, forming
quite a procession, and during the noon re-
cess they went over together, joining in
luncheons and various gatherings of jolli-
fication. IS
AS the combine had no votes to spare
in the Senate and only one more than need
ed in the House to-day, it is evident that
the entire session will be one of close con-
tests. especially with the intense feeling
that prevails. An absentee or an director
at any time may reverse the control of Ell
Their body. For this reason the combine
has steering committees in both bodies to
see that all their members are always in
their seats.
During the noon recess a crusade was de-
veloped in Geographic 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 tenn. by receiving forty-seven
Democratic and nine Republican votes. He
received kilograms from constituents ask
ing him to resign, saying he would be hung
in effigy and that delegations We're en- route
to Columbus to hold an indignation meet
ing. Mr.. Griffith has withstood much agt-
tatiOn the past week. Last midnight the
Hanna workers got him into a conference
at the Neil House, and 1t is said that ne
was almost persuaded about o'clock
this morning, but he did not want to
change without consulting his Wife, VINO
fhn
bine'' that nominated her husband for
speaker pro tenn. The Hanna workers at
9 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 until a. M, when the kurtz
workers missed both Mr. and Mrs. Griffith
and proceeded to the Neil House after them
While being escorted out of the Neil House
the rival workers got into hight as TO
who should escort Mrs. Griffith. The anti
Hanna men succeeded in getting Mrs. Crit
fifth to return to the Great Southern Hotel
where she had the last interview with Mr..
Kurtz lust before the procession formed to
start to the Statehouse for the opening. ses-
sion The wives and relatives and other
friends of some members who were in the
doubtful list have had experiences the past
few days and nights almost like those OF
Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, and their troubles
have probably just begun in that line.
While the joint senatorial caucuses are
held next Wednesday night the balloting
in the Legislature does not begin for nine
days-on Wednesday, Jan. 12
The Hanna men this afternoon carried the
war into the counties of the nine Republic
ans who voted with the Democrats, and
trains will be chartered to bring their con-
stituents to the State Capitol to make
Rome howl" as one of the Hanna man
ayers expressed it.
Just as the Legislature was reconvened
at 2:SO it was announced that Charles T.
Kurtz. who had headed the combine OPP
position to Hanna and so far won in the
fight, would be the opposing candidate for
senator against Hanna. and that Governor
Bushnell and Mayor McKisson had con-
scented to this arrangement. The arrange
ment again revived the rumors that the
Hanna men would now combine with the
gold Democrats for the election of Calvin
S. Brice as a gold-standard man rather than
have a silverite win