The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-11
HE LACKS ONE Won
III the Opposition comb'as thy CHI
Beat haans. S'
IRE "Bossr HAS ONLY SEvENly.1Wo
Scventy-three Votes + Necessary q
Elect Senator.
rHosr ,ArrIDAylTs clynN
Blight Republicans Sworn to vote
with the Democratic,
BRIBERY HAS BEEN OPENLY CHARGED.
BRIBERY HAS BEEN OPENLY CHARGED.
Hrnna'a Methods TO ne Exposea -
Money 10 He Put In Evidence.

Columbus. Ohio. January 10. --senator
Hanna is believed tonight to be short ono
vote OF election. The opposition Is not
sure of seven.y-thrce votes for any one
man as against only scvcnty-two for Han
ma. but they feel confident at least Of
preventing Hanna's election
Last night the democratic steering
committee demanded of Kurts that he
furnish at least eight aifiday.ts tonight
from republican members that thcy: would
stand with the sixty-iive democrats 10 yot-
Ing against Hanna. The democratic steer
Ing committee reported tonight that they
were satisfied. Representative Gaynan.
chairman OF the house democrats steering
committee. went SO far as to sly I'anna's
defeat tomorrow was assured.
There il no doubt that Senator Hanna
was beaten for week previous to last
Friday. when Representative Manuel OF
Montgomery county changed In his taver.
On Saturday the Hannl mon secured
Representative Griffith OF unlon. but they
made no accession yesterday or today and
n IS the general belief that they are slcrt
one vote tonight
1t has been agreed by conference COM
mittee that the ballotng In The Two houses
h,ty, - M
and there may DO several changes III that
time.
The real work cf inc tgdt on ssosht si,iss I
is being done tonight. Thu porscri will
not sleep now until after the Dailotlng be-
posing Hanna that II he is mt defopied
on the first ballot or rather by the sega
at ALL These anti Hanna -soriscrs say
they had majority OF five against Hanna
when they exposed their strength in or
gapizng the legislature last Monday and
that II they come down 10 minority OF
only one against Hanna tomorrow the CO.
aition may not hold together for another
day.
While the opposition still insists on
Kurtz MS the candidate against Hanna, yet
they say Bushnell, Kurtz or any Other one
Will be dropped as soon as It Is Demon
strated that he can not secure nll Of the
votes of either the anti Hanna repnplsrsns
or the democratic members.
One Of the names most prominently men-
toned today was that OF Representative
John +. Jones, who represents starks coun-
". the home Of President Mckinley.
MIR. Jones liz republican and a proml-
pcnt man IN the miners union. He is for y
free silver and Is advocated as the labor
candidate against the capitalist
While the mass convention OF the repub-
licans this afternoon was the largest and
most Indignantly enthusiastic assemblage
ever seen in this State. the doubtful mem
bers Of tho Legislature did not zee or feel II,
They were closely and literally entertained
by The opposition at the Great Southern h0- n
tel during the afternoon and they are there Il
tonight. Representatives Manuel, Griffith. 81,
Snyder and others are having tho undivided
and constant attention OF tho other side. IN
There are ai times lively scenes when "
Hanna workers invade the rooms Of the OPS 4
position at the Great Southern hotel. ana N
also when tho hustlers for the 0pposltiodfs
came to the Ncil house after some of the ~
doubtful members or their friends There
IL tonight doubt also about tho
final vote OF some OF those who both sides
are claiming. Il
with the result pending on one vote u
either way there arc several who want p - ais