The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-11
Hanna is Almost Bnt Not Quite a
Winner.
COMBINE is UNABLE TO UNITE ON
ANY ONE MAN.
Democrats Announce That Hanna's Defeat
is Sure-Charge Now Made That Han
mas Men Offered Ten Thousand Dol
lars for Vote.

| ldrS tCr q vote.
| Columbus, Ohio, January Ex-senator
| Hanna is believed to be one vote short
of election The managers of the oppo-
sition are not sure of 73 votes for any
one man as against only 70 for Hanna,
| but they feel confident of at least pre-
venting Hanna's election. Last night
| the Democratic steering committee de-
manded of Mr.. Kurtz that he furnish at
leastA hight afjdavits tonight from Repub-
lica1a members that they would stand
with the 65 Democrats in voting against
Hanna. The Democratic steering COM
mittee reported tonight that it was satis-
fed. Representative Gayman, chairman
of the House Democratic steering COM
mittee said that Hanna's defeat tomorrow
was assured.
There is no doubt that Hanna was
beaten for week previous to last Friday
when Representative Manuel of Mont
gomery changed in favor of Hanna. On
| Saturday the Hanna men claimed he
preventative Griffith of Union, but they
made no accessions yesterday or today
and it is the general belief that they are
| short one vote tonight. It has been agreed
| by q conference committee that the tal-
loting in the two houses shall not begin
until two O'Clock. The workers will not
sleep now until after the balloting be-
gins. There is a feeling among many OF
those opposing Hanna that If he is not
defeated on the first ballot or rather by
the separate ballots tomorrow he will not
be defeated at all. The anti-Hanna work.
ers say they had a majority of five against
Hanna when they exposed their strength
| in organizing the legislature on Monday
| last and that il they came down to ma
| jority of only one against Hanna tomor-
| orw, the coalition may not hold together
| for another day. While the anti-Hanna
men still insist on kurtz as the candi-
date against Hanna, yet they say that
| Bushnell, KurtZ or any other one will be
dropped as soon as it is demonstrated that
he cannot secure all the votes of either
the anti-Hanna Republicans or the Dem
ocratic members. OF the names most
prominently mentioned today was trat
of Representative j. p. Jones of Stark
| county, the home of President Mckinley.
\ Mr.. Jones is a Republican and prominent
in the miners union. He is for free sill
yer and is advocated as the labor candi-
date.
| Representatives Griffith, Manuel, Sny-
| tention of the other side.
| There are at times lively scenes when
! Hanna workers invade the rooms of the
opposition at the Great Southern, and
| also when the bustlcrs for the opposition
come to the Neil house after some doubt
full members or their friends. There is
tonight doubt about the final vote of
some of those on whom both sides have
| been counting
| With tho result depending upon one
vote either way, there are several who
want to be on the winning side and may
! change at any time. Owing to the appar-
ent closeneSs of the vote there are still ru-
mors Of bribery. The Hanna men claim
to have stenographic notes OF an offer OF
| $4,000 by two prominent members OF the
| opposition. The opposition managers
claim that S. II. Hollenbeck, a member
Of the Republican state executive COM
mittee, went to Cincinnati last Saturday
with $10,0u0. 1t is charged that Repre-
sentative Otis was offered and accepted
| SlU,0 600. Representative Otis was elected
on fusion ticket in Hamilton county.
1t is said that Otis will pile $1,000 on
| his desk tomorrow and make a sensation
al speech when his name is called on the
senatorial ballot The Hanna men make
a general denial of the Otis charges and
say that they anticipate other dramatic
performances tomorrow before the ballot
| ing begins Outside the opposing sena-
torial quarters the city is filled tonight
! with excursionists yelling for Hanna. The
crowds and the excitement strpass any
of the usual convention scenes.
| Columbus, Ohio, January lO.--This has
been the most exciting Inauguration day
ever known in Columbus. Long before
noon the streets kwere thronged with ex-
cursionists from the country. At noon
| the railways estimated that there had
been IS, 600 arrivals on the 80 excursion
| trains reported in.
The Bushnell badges were in the ma
iority as the Hanna excursions were
not booked to arrive till afternoon in time
for the mass convention. During the fore
noon the State House was surrounded by
crowds yelling for Bushnell. AS it was
impossible for the crowds to get inside
the Capital building, the governor was
called out into the grounds, where he ad-
dressed the multitude and received in re-
view one delegate after another. The first
delegate to which the governor respond
ed was from his home at Springfield,
and included hundreds OF workingmen
from BushnelFs shops, bearing written
greetings OF confidence in him. These
demonstrations continued till noon, when
GOV Bushnell was escorted to the rotun.
da of the State House, where the decora
tions in floral designs and bunting were
lmore elaborate than ever before
The members of the Supreme Court,
legislature and all other state officers
were provided with reserved seats and
the crowds occupied all the space in the
windows, galleries and everywhere, while
tho streets and State House grounds were
crowded with shouters. The oath OF Office
was administered by Chief Justice Burk'
EFT, who was reelected on the ticket last
! November with Bushnell,
| The governor was given an unusual
ovation when he appeared on the plat
form and again when he appeared to de-
liver his inaugural address, which con
tanned no direct references to the Sena.
torial contests.
Arrangements were then made mt once
for the governor and his staff to proceed
to the grand stand on the north side of
| the State House to review the parade.
| After the exercises in the rotunda and
/ the greetings to Gov. Bushnell, the gov
ernor with others, repaired to the Senate