The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02
HANNA'S FIGHT Is CLOSE.
NOT ENOUGH ToTEs AT THE CAUCUS
TO ELIOT BoxWELL.

West Have IS Votes 10 Become speaker, ana
Oniy 10 naenbcrs Atteuaea-Ten Absentses
In the House-Two Rspublcass Aiso Desert
the Cause In tho s~esate-slixed Situation.
COLUMBUS, Jan. LIN the Legislature oau-
cuses tonight two Republican Senators and ten
Republican Representatives were absent.
Boxwell, the Hanna candidate for Speaker.
received 81 votes, and in the Senate tho Hanna
candidates received 10 votes, making q total
Of SO. or ave short Of the constitutional ma
jority required to elect o Senator.
Boxwell's defeat for Speaker at the election
next Monday seems probable, but Senator
Hanna's managers say that Ave Of the twelve
absentees will vote for him for Senator and thus
insure his elect on.
The result 10 very doubtful, and both sides
are claiming the victory.
In tho House caucus the ten absentees
were Bramley and Mason OF Cuyahoga,
Grinith OF Clinton, Griffith OF Union, Jones
Of Stark, Joyce of Guernsey, Manuel of Mont
gomery, Otis OF Hamilton, Ruta OF Carroll, and
Scott Of Fulton. or these the two Grifiths and
Manuel are said to be Ill. but the others are
accused OF being In league with Democrats to
defeat Hanna. Hanna was unanimously favored
for Senator by those present.
The anti.Hanna Republicans and Democrats
named their candidates for minor offices, giving
the Chief Clerkship to Charles Cornish, who is
the bosom friend of Charles L. Kurtz, loader of
Republicans. 1t 10 asserted that by
this combination they will be able to muster the
necessary So votes for the organization Of
the House on next Monday night.
There was also q surprise in the Senate caucus
for the Hanna Republicans which only added to
the complications and renders the result OF the
Senatorial election a matter of doubt.
The Senate is composed Of seventeen Republi-
cans, one Independent Fusion Republican, and
eighteen Democrats. giving the Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor the deciding vote in the organization, but
this official. under the Constitution. has no right
to vote for Senator. even though there should
be q tie vote.
Two Republican Senators remained away
from the caucus..Burke of ,CuyahoRa county,
the election of Senator Hanna, and voight, tho
fusion member from Hamilton county, who had
a. along boon claimed with confidence by the
The absence Of Burke was expected. but hat
Is not conceded to the opposition. Senator
Hanna's managers say, on the contrary, that he
will vote for the Senator when the time comes
SRa n,so pc present at the Senatorial caucus on
The subsequent news, however. that voight
conference with the Kurtz.McLeen managers at
the Great Southern Hotel added to the fears Of
s sesnma to "G be a doSS saa 'n uSan ad%is f BSrke 6s
whereabouts have not been known since Thurs.
day, but he is conceded to the opposition.
The Hanna slate for caucus nominations in
QUESTION EhetSer they d"sst Viii 0 Be- a Il = to 9 n @astes
the election. of the caucus nominees. They
cannot DO this without Democratic aid, and tho
confidence that the Democratic members have
all been brought into line.
u This i T. :, denied a1Isd,u At tho Hanna %headauasEters.
tors. will vote with the Republicans in the OF.
ganization OF the Senate.
for any one other than = straight Democrat for
Senator 3 in opp0ssition to Hanna. This is laughed
Hanna must have seyenty-three votes to win
S9t. In the House caucus there were only
nfty;two votes, and In the Senate sixteen. 2
total OF sixty eight. or five short OF the required
The Hanna people say. however. that Ave of
for him for Senator. while four of the Ave will
vote against Boxwell, the Hanna candidate for
Speaker. because Of jealousies and disappoint-
As the situation appears tonight Hanna will
not have more than q bare majority. according
to his claims. The Kurtz combine insists that
Bowel Is a stronger candidate than Hanna by
sentee Republicans were locked in a room ad.
Joining the Democratic House and Senate eau
Tho House Democrats, forty-seven in number.
Endorsed Mason lRep.) for Speaker. and confer
ences. of the boilers, wit, the Democrats are
~ 80 PASeASoo a. Aohnb u ILo
two houses.
Gov. Bushnell spent the evening it the Hobbies
ton that was attended by nearly every leading
DEMOCRAT In the State, from II. L. Chapman. his
IA" The eu eombine GAINS inHs'ii 6 aSwf Hanna will be de-
feated by anywhere from 8 TO 8 votes. Mayor
McKisson Of, Cleyeland getting the short term
and Gov. Bushnell the long term.
Lieut.-Gov. Jones is conceded to have gone
over TO the combine. his reward to be the next
Gov. Bushnell In an interview to-day says he
owes oH"nrd Llama IA, n hH a In view o. 1 the treatment
t aSSofdG IA ni ad9 ~ s1 tbat be BE- i "a a I reesbti G9ny ssn.
didate.
The fight against Boxwell was intensified
because II was charged that he is a friend of
corporations. That was largely an excuse for
personal antaRonism.
general man ger against Hanna and has Allen
o. Meyers ana Louis Bernard as enthusiastic
aoint az lis h snte eenliy REACHED 6rSab the t most + d ! mort
dangerous task, than REORGANIZATION
Gov. Bushnell has been so far beguiled that
last night no was at the headquarters of the
There Is q story that Senator Foraker was tel.
come here. but e probably was not true, as he
s siifty bitterly fSf the that Rep Ss ess amy $y..a a%PsD0p H.
would be surprised to know how seriously and
sincerely many OF his old friends and udmirers
that they feel Is untenable.
Tho feeling that Gov. Bushnell has wronged
bnO iNcphpiiShu OrRdulLhtiOn Huu uIoTtBhTueu
the sentiments Of the party has many manifes-
.tations. and is likely to mar even the parade
and festivities of his inauguration for his sec
ond term.
One thing that makes the situation especially
for those enlisted in the enterprise to
beat Hanna Is that they have been for many
years more boastful of their regularity as Re-
publicans than of any other virtue.
the throng tonight and talked 70 all callers,
his candidacy for the Senate on tho
grounds OF the State Conventions Endorsement.
He has never been a seeker for public distinc.
tion and official place, but became interested In
because he believed that 1t was his duty
as a business maj to do so.
1t is an evidence Of public feeling that the
famous Columbus Glee Club, a feature of all
Republican naugurations will not sing
at the. approaching ceremony of Gov.
continuance, because they feel
Republican songs would he inappropriate in
view Of his assumption that no was wronged at
Toledo by the man he appointed for Senator.
The Governor has been grievously misguided.
The great fight was on Hanna. and 1t was q ma
tional, not q State affair.
The strong current of public opinion may do
much to improve the situation before the Sena- |
torial caucus on Wednesday by clearing away |
the COuBUiracV a0ainat Hanna |