The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-13

uItii Tomorrow with its resolutions stiIl
under consideration. Consideration of this
resolution was resumed in the Senate this
afternoon and adopted by a vote of q to g.
The dissenting votes were Senators Blake
Carpenter. Garfield. May. Sullivan and
Noight, who explained that they regarded
the matter as buncombe. The Republicans
Votirg with the Democrats for the adop-
ton of the resolution were Senators Burke
Cable, Crandall, Lutz, Riley. Wightman and
Wclcott. There We're eight senators absent
or not voting. The committee of five ap-
pointed under this resolution began it's
work tonight, but nothing additional was
developed.
After their sessions tomorrow both
branches of the Legislature will adjourn
till Monday Following the adoption of the
resolution to investigate all bribery charges
the Bramley bill TO repeal the fifty-year
street-railway franchise law was discussed
at length, with many passages on the re-
cent senatorial contest. Senator Wolcott
Of Cleveland in supporting an amendment
to the bill, said he was pledged to his con-
stituents to do so and that he was not like
some of the political harlots" in this
Legislature who disregarded their pledges
to the people. The bill was amended and
passed.
Among the representatives during the aft
ernoon there was considerable agitation of
a proposition to reorganize the House by
ouoting Speaker Mason and all other Off
GERS Of that body who had been elected by
the fusion ten days ago. 1t was claimed
that the fifty-six representatives who voted
for Hanna to-day and constituted major
ity of three in the House would stand to-
gether for that purpose. No plans for the
reorganization of the Senate are considered,
for the reason that Senator Burke continues
tc co. operate with the Democrats. which
leaves that body standing 10 to II, as it was
organized. If Senator Burke co-operated
with the other Republicans the Senate
would stand tie politically and could not
be reorganized.
MKISSON'S STATEMENT.
At the headquarters of the opposition to-
night Mayor Robert Z. McKisson, of Cleve-
land, the defeated candidate for senator,
made the following statement:
In tie senatorial contest just closed the
question at issue has been whether the true
PRINCIPLES of the Republican party should
prevail or whether trusts and monopolies
should have their way. Mr. Hanna sue
ceeded simply because he brought to his
aid all the powerful influences of capitalistic
81 eed, of which he is a clear representa-
tive. BY reason of the interests for which
MIR. Hanna stood, the Republican members
of the General Assembly who refused to en-
ter the caucus felt that they could not sup
port him for rhe high office of United States
senator and unanimously selected me last
Monday night TO stand as their candidate.
The Democrats, being in the minority,
realized that 1t was impossible for them TO
elect any candidate OF their own party.
They were therefore ready to support any
Republican who would be willing TO repre-
sent the conf mon citizens of our Common
wealth in preference to selfish monopolies
or class interests. After had been unani-
mously chosen by the Republican members
referred to sS their candidate the Demo-
Gratis Ieque sted me, to appear and give my
did Sc, and then made the following state
mentS, and no others:
'E'irst-That l was not in favor of mono
metalliSm, but in favor of bimetallism.
'Second-That I was not in favor of Sec
retary Cages plan for destroying the use
of paper money.
additional power AID privileges to national
banks.
''Fourth-That would stand in favor of
the people at all times and against mo-
nopoles.
THE contest, now ended, was not between
parties in any sense, but between Repub-
licans, one representing plutocracy and the
other the common people Mr. Hanna mas
introduced into Republican politics a policy
of corrupt and lavish use of money hereto
fore unknown 20 our party, and which has
reached an alarming crisis within the last
few days. This policy Is serious menace
and if continued cannot help but threaten
it's very existence
Governor Bushnell, in an interview to-
night, says that all will acquiesce in the
action of the Legislature, that he had been
misquoted and misrepresented and that he
hoped all would now go we'll for the party.
He said he had been asked to be a candi-
date for senator, and had declined, and
that he would not have accepted the cleo
ton under the circumstances.
1t is stated that the last proposition of
the opposition, just before the Legislature
convened to-day, was to Representatives
Dreste and Lane, the two silver fusionists
from Cincinnati, for the short and long
terms for United States senator, respect
lively, if they would accept the same and
vote for each other rather than for Hanna.