The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-05

The plank in the Republican platform
adopted at Toledo last June is being freely
Cited. 1t it as follows: '"The thanks of the
people of this State are due to Senators
Foraker and Hanna for their splendid ef-
forts during the present session of Congress
and we congratulate the people on their
| representation in the United States Senate.
Desiring to continue such representation
and appreciating Lis service to the party
and to the people of the State and Nation
| and his eminent and proven fitness for the
position, we indorse the candidacy of Hon.
Marcus A. Hanna for United Sta-es senator
to succeed himself, and pledge the support
of the party in the next General Assembly
to his election to both the short and the
long terms.
GRIFFITH FLOPS BACK.
Late tonight the Hanna managers lost the
two doubtful members that they had gained
to-day, so that there is no material change
from the situation yesterday, when the
House stood Sc to SO against Hanna. This
would give the senator only seventy votes
on joint ballot, or three less than enough to
elect. In connection with the change of
Representative Griffith back to the anti
Hanna camp there are most scandalously
sensational reports in circulation. Mr.. Grif-
fifth has been on both sides several times
and has so pledged himself III writing. In
these dispatches yesterday was an account
of the Hanna workers spending Sunday
night with Representative Griffith and of
him sending at 8 D. m. for his wife to come
from the Great Southern Hotel to the Neil
House to join him in a conference with the
Hanna men. AT 8 p. m. the Kurtz men saw
Mrs. Griffith, and the all-night work of the
Hanna men was undone just before her
husband went to the StatehouSe on Monday
morning to qualify as speaker pro tenn. with
the other candidates of the combine. After
the Legislature was organized Mr.. Griffith
had another night of conferences on both
sides of the senatorial case and this morn
ing he gave the Hanna MEL a written pledge
over his own name that he would vote for
the senator. Later in the day he was seen
by the opponents of Senator Hanna and to-
night he gave out the following as his latest
proclamation on his position:
ITO the Public--It is due to the public and
to myself that / make a statement of my
position on the senatorial matter While 1t
is true that the convention which nominated
me passed resolution requesting me to
support Senator Hanna, and while i, at
various times during the campaign, and
since, declared my intention TO follow that
request and even promised dozen or more
of my constituents in Mr.. Hannas head
quarters on Monday of this week that L
ing the particulars of the indignitieS heaped
on my wife Monday morning, reached the
conviction that l would be untrue to my
manhood should cast my vote for q man
who either uses employs such methods,
and shall resent the indignitieS and insults
heaped on myself and frlends, ana also 90
service for my State and country by voting
for a Republican other than Mr.. Hanna for
United States senator.
Notwithstanding the threats that have
been made to me that l cannot return and
live in Union county If do not vote for
Mr.. Hanna, it is my hope and belief that the
good people who have honored me with their
confidence and whom / love and honor will
uphold me in this determination that cannot
under any circumstances now be changed.
u. e. GRIFFITH"
When a copy of the statement purporting
to come from Representative Griffith was
shown to Senator Hanna this evening he
said: Il do not believe Mr.. Griffith ever
made this statement, because it is not true.
1t is represented to me that he is an honor
able man and therefore 1 shall not believe,
without some further evidence, that he ever
made or authorized any such statement"
Notwithstanding Senator Hanna regards it
as untrue that Representative Griffith him
self published this statement, yet it is known
that the document is in Griffith's hand
writing, whether he prepared it himself or
not. The last letter of Griffith has caused
not only a sensation, but the most bitter
feeling and the worst of charges on the part
of the rival workers.
MR.. MPECK'S STATEMENT.
The following statement was given out
tonight by Mr.. McPeck, neighbor and
personal friend of Representative and Mrs.
Griffith, of Marysville, Union county:
s'In regard to Mr.. Griffith's statement in
which he says that m n his wife @ had & regeyed
[ wish to say: When the newspapers re-
ported on Sunday that Mr.. Griffith had
refused to go into the Republican caucus,
alarmed at what that might mean came
over to Columbus from Marysville Sunday
afternoon to see him, having been his warm
personal and political friends. We secured
an interview with him at about $50 o clock
| in the afternoon, at Room 3l2 Great South
ern Hotel, Mrs. Griffith being present dur
ing the interview. From him we learned
that 1t was his purpose not to vote for the
Republican nominees. and we urged the
the agreement at the end of the interview
that he should come to the Nell House
regard to the matter Mr.. Griffith kept his
appointment and for probably three or four
hours the matter was discussed between
Mr. Griffith and his friends, with the con-
clusion that we believed that he was going
to support the Republican Legislative can
didates, and at Mr. Grifflth'S request Mr..
Chapman and myself went to the Great
Southern Hotel and told Mrs. Griffith that
Mr.. Griffith wished her to come to the
Neil House, saying, however, II she pre-
ferred to remain there until morning that
she should follow her own pleasure Mr..
Chapman and myself took a cab and went
to the Great Southern Hotel, found Mrs.
Griffith at Room 312, delivered the message
and she Immediately got ready and came
with us in the cab to the Neil. and Mr.
Chapman accompanied her to her room.
Afterwards she came to Room Is. where her
husband was. Her husband returned to the
Great Southern Hotel and left her in Room
10 in company with Mr.. Chapman and Jerry
=. Bliss. AS Mr.. Bliss did not seem inclined
to leave her room and give her chance
to retire we invited her into the public re-
ception room with the expectation that Mr..
Bliss would then leave the room. / also
had some conversation with her at the same
time. AT all times, while at the Neil
House, Mrs. Griffith received the most
courteous treatment on the part of Senator
Hanna and all his friends.
'I will say further. that for many years
past the relations between Mr. Griff1th's
family and Mr.. Chapman and myself and
our families have been of a very cordial
character and that Mr.. Chapman and my
self have been very warm political, as well
as personaE friends of Mr.. Griffith, and if
Griffith by any person while she was in our
presence we would have resented it. 1t is
not reasonable to suppose that Senator
Hanna or any of his friends would offer
any indignity to any lady, especially the
wife of q member who had promised to vote
for Mr. Hanna for United States senator
and whose vote at that time as he had
through the entire campaign fully expected
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