Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-01-13

Columbus, Jan. 12.-The fractional
warfare against Hanna is not over.
1t will have at least one more day
of changes and counter-changes.
The fight has never been more bitter
than at present. Hanna received
70 votes Tuesday, majority of one
over all in the total membership of
las. The senate voted 10 for McKis-
son and II for Hanna; while the
house vote stood: Hanna Sc; Nc
Kisson, 40; Wiley, /: Warner, /;
Lentz, /, and one absent. The only
absetee was Representative Cramer,
the democrat populict member from
Paulding county, who is seriously
sick. His physician stated Tuesday
night that he could not possibly be in
his seat today. AS soon as the two
bodies meet in joint convention to-
day their respective journals of Tues
day will be read and the lieutenant
governor will make the usual official
resentatives are recorded on the joint
ballot as they were recorded Tuesday
Hanna will have a majority of
only / over all. But in the absence
of Cramer and by some democrats
refusing to vote for Mckisson he is
likely to have larger majority on
the record of the joint con-
yention. With the result apparently
hanging on change of only one vote,
the contest continued all night. While
the bureaus of claims and charges are
in full operation on both sides, as
usual there are also reports about
bribery charges being presented to the
grand jury in Hamilton county and
Franklin county. The grand jurors
are in session in both of these counties
and reports are current that efforts will
be made to secure indictments before
noon today. While it is not likely that
any indictment will be made, yet it is
quite probable that there will be an
attempt in the legislature for a dra-
matte scene on the charges of bribery
The opposition is charging the Hanna
men with voting down the motions
and resolutions Tuesday for an inVeS-
tigation of the bribery charges made
by Otis. The Hanna men say that they
will give the fullest consideration TO
this investigation at the proper time,
but the purpose of these charges now
is to stampede the Legislature on bal
letting for senator and that such "a
scheme cannot be carried through.
Some of the Hanna men also state that
at the proper time they will reorgan-
iZe the house, as the vote Tuesday
shows that they have majority OF
three over all in the body.
Speaker Mason of the house Tues
day gave out the following: ITO the
public The principal reason why
opposed Hanna is because of the fact
that two years ago when the 50-year
franchise bill was before the legisla-
ture was approached by man from
Cleveland who was laboring in the in
terest of that bill. He offered me a
bride of $1,000 if l would vote for the
measure. At my conference with
Hanna last Saturday | told him that
this reason would prevent me from
supporting him, because | believed that
he knew the street railway officers
He, as president, was behind the men
who offered the bride and he himseli
was On the ground lobbying.
The democratic steering committee
of the fusionists issued the following
manifesto: ITO the public: Marcus
A. Hanna will not be elected by this
legislature.
Ryan, Burke, Scott and Jones, the
republican assem- blymen who refused
to vote for Hanna, gave out a state
ment saying that as charges of at
tempted bribery in connection with
the senatorial election he'd been made
on the floor of the house against NJ
A. Hanna, Charles Dick, S. ID. Hol-
lenbeck and Henry Harrison Boyce
that a joint committee should be ap-
pointed to investigate the bribery
charges before proceeding further with
the election and that if the investiga-
ton shall prove the charges untrue
they will vote for Hanna for both the
short and long term.
John G.. Otis followed this by givins
out the following signed statement: Il
join in earnestly asking for an inves-
tigation, but cannot in any event vote
for Hanna, for l absolutely know that
he did attempt TO BRIDE"
NJ. L. Bramley also asks for an in
yeStigation of the whole matter.