The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-12
DIRECT CHARGE OF BRIBERY
WHAT OTIS OF OHIO SAYS OF SENA-
 TOR HANNA.

The Charge Follows: "I Join in Earnestly
 Asking for an Investigation but Cannot
 fin Any Event Vote for MT. Hanna for I
 Absolutely Know That He Did Attempt
 to Bribe."
 Columbus, O., Jan. 1.-The following statement was given out this afternoon by the republican members of the gen. eral assembly who refused to vote for MT. Hanna:
 Whereas, charges of attempted brib- cry in connection with the election of a United States senator have been made on the floor of the house of rep resentatives against Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, Charles Dick, s. D. Hollenbeck and one Henry Harrison Boyce, and Whereas, other charges of bribery have been made In connection with said election; now therefore, we, the under signed members of the seventy third general assembly of the state of Ohio earnestly ask that before proceeding further with the election of senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the res ignation of the Hon. John sherman, that a joint committee be appointed from the senate and house of repre- sentatives, with power to send for per sons and papers and to thoroughly in vestigate and report to the respective houses the truth or falsity of said | charges.
 Having an abiding faith and confi- | dence in the truth of the charges of | bribery made against the above-named | parties, in the name of the people of this l great state, in the name of justice and purity of conduct, in the name of pub | lie morals and in the name of every | thing that is dear to a patriotic people, we ask and demand that such inves- | tigation be had; and regardless of our | determined opposition to the election of 1 Senator Hanna, if such investigation l shall result in showing that said charg- es of bribery are untrue we pledge our selves to vote for Senator Hanna in the | general assembly of Ohio for both the | long and short terms. (Signed) C.. 0. Rutan, Vernon H. Burke. William A. Scott, jr., Harry c. Mason and John P. l Jones.
 | q join in earnestly asking for the | investigation, but cannot in any event vote for MT. Hanna, for I absolutely | kow that he did attempt to bribe.l | (Signed) John C. Otis.
 q concur in asking for an investiga- i tion of the whole matter. (SigneD M, l.. Bramley."
 | Harry c. Mason of Cleveland, speaker
 of the house, tonight gave out the fol- lowing: tTo the Public-The principal reason why have been opposed to MT. | Hanna is because of the fact that two years ago, when the fifty-year franchise l bill was before the legislature, I was approached by man from Cleveland, l who was lobbying in the interest of that 1 bill He offered bribe of s1,00O if would vote for that measure. At my 1 conference with MT. Hanna last Sat l urday told him that this reason would prevent me from supporting him be- cause believed the new street railroad,
 of which he was president, was behind the man who offered the bribe, and
 that he himself was on the ground to 1 bind the bribe."
 The democratic steering committee of the fusionists tonight issued the fol- lowing manifesto: ITO the Public
 Marcus A. Hanna will not be elected
 by this legislature. (Signed) Allen O. 1 Myers, Chairman"
 The Bitter Battle for Ballots. l. The factional warfare against Sena-
 tor Hanna it will be seen is not over | It was at least one day more of charges
 and counter charges. The fight has never been more bitter than to-day. Senator Hanna received seventy-three
 votes to-day, majority of one over all
 in total membership of 145. The sen
 ate voted 19 for McKisson and IT for Hanna The house stood Hanna 56,
 McKisson 49, Wiley 1, Warner l, Lentz
 l. and one absent. The only absentee was Representative Cramer the demo-
 cratic -populist member from Paulding county, who is seriously i'll. His physi-
 clan stated tonight that he could not
 possibly be in his seat tomorrow. If all the senators and representatives
 are recorded on joint. ballot tomorrow
 as they are recorded to-day on their
 respective ballots, Senator Hanna will
 have a majority of one But in the absence of Representative Cramer and
 in the event of some of the democrats
 refusing to vote for McKisson, he is
 likely to have a larger majority With
 the result apparently hanging on the
 change of only one vote the contest
 has continued all night as 1t has for the past two weeks.