The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-12
VICTORY FOR HANNA.
The Ohio Senator Secures Enough
Votes to Elect Him,
ANOTHER DAY OF BALL0TING.
The Senator Must Carry the Joint
Convention ofthe Legislature Before
He Is Sure of His Seat-Domocrats
Say tic Cannot DO 1t.


Say tie Cannot DO 1t.
Columbus. O., Jan. 12.-The factional
warfare against Senator Hanna is not
over. 1t Will have at least one more
day of charges and countercharges.
The fight has never been more bitter
than 1t is this morning. Senator Han
ma received 70 votes yesterday, a ma
jority Of one over all in a total mem-
bership Of 109. Mayor Mci{isson, of
Cleveland. receiving IS votes. The sem
ate voted 10 for McKissCn and II for
Hanna. The house stood: Hanna, sc:
McKisson, 40; Wiley, !; Warner. i;
Lentz. l. and one absent.
The only absentee was Representative
Cramer, the Democratic-Popu MEM
Der from Paulding county, who is seri-
ously sick. His physician stated last
night that he could not possibly be in
his seat today. After the vote was
recorded yesterday in each branch of
the legislature separately majority of
p quorum of those present IL all that
ia necessary In the joint balloting to-
day, so that the serious illness of Mr..
rramer might become an important
factor
The scattering vote yesterday for
Lentz, Wiley and Warner was cast by
Representatives Wiley. Hazlett and
Hess, all Democrats. If Cramer had
been present and all other Democrats
in line McKisson's vote in the house
would have been 53 or still three short
of a majority in that branch of the
legislature. With Hanna having a ma
jority of three in the house. Mckisson
having majority of two In the SEN
ate, the chair will announce today that
there was no election yesterday and
that joint ballot will be in order. If
all the senators and representatives are
recorded on the joint ballot today as
they were recorded yesterday on their
respective ballots Senator Hanna will
have majority of only one over all.
But In the absence of Representative
Cramer, and in event Of some of the
Democrats refusing to vote for Mayor
McKisson, he is likely to have a larger
majority. With the result apparently
hanging on the change of only one vote
the contest continued all night as it has
for the past two weeks.
The seven Republicans who refused
to vote for Senator Hanna yesterday
signed statements that they have burn
ed their bridges behind them. Senator
Burke. Representatives Scott, Mason,
Jones and Rutan say they will vote for
Hanna if the Otis charges of attempted
bribery are proven to be untrue. Rep
resenta.ives Otis and Brnmley, how
ever, simply signed a codicil to the
statement of the other five dissenters,
in which they concur in asking for an
investigation, but they state that they
will not vote for Senator Hanna under
any circumstances.
While the bureaus Of claims and
charges are in full operation on both
Sides as usual, there are also reports
about the bribery charges being pre-
scented to the grand jury of Hamilton
county and Franklin county. The grand
jurors are in session in both of these
countless and there are current reports
of efforts to secure indictments before
noon today. As Representative Otis
claims to have been offered bribe at
his home in Cincinnati, that case would
be brought only before the grand jury
Of Hamilton county, and it will be
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absent himself today.
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ststsi aay ''ie a'se'lIe Vi MI. o,'5
have no effect on the results. There
was TAIN VI nhpus'eliiis' put .he oppo-
ei''o,, touiu iio' p,cah Jo'ilt quorum
- al 'ii9A h'e'''oSlS siiou'u renlu'i
away
nc o'Iei ''Se VI a,ieseu plloely
coii'eS iiot'' 'iie othcr sue represent
a'Ne 'ol!iuei' VI H,eell county VINO mas
"eFi' 9''ppl"s a' tne wen fiouse uurlns
tLe past "eeh' No'eu yesterday LOT
mamma iof i'oA"e'l loi speahef last
N'"n""y "eeh' ana at'ehueo the fe-
iu"iCali h"u"s raucus one week ago
'd"' na'"io"A' ihe oPpoH"hts ol neh-
"''i i."1'h" nave "'eli attet hh'' cioSe-
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MI Hiauucy 'a'i'e u ihe Nc1i fiouse
last "eeh !" SET M'' 0hluel, ana that
ne claiiheu u represent HurlZ ana
Bliss. IL Is charged mat Mr. Shlder
was oheEeo @S'CVo loG MS Fo'e' ana that
,he names OF MS packers were given by
the caller q report Oh the conversation
peI"ern ''h'oeF anu Nauoey' secured
ny hiaaen steiostapner' Is Ill the
ia,luh Vi il""' l." ". ha'hpoIe'
"nis 1t ~ n"' 'Ne'S 'iat any m
u'"t''ent VIA De i''ane, yet 1t Is qu'te
pi"p""ie 'uHl tHtTe VIII DE an attempt
dramatic scene on the bribery charges.