The sun., 1898-01-05
COUNTING NOSES IN ONO.
Kurts Crowd Say They WIN HANG Together
and Neat Hanna.

COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 4.-After q count of noses
by tho Hanna forces tonight 1t was asserted
that they have seventy members who can be re-
lied upon to vote for Mr.. Hanna for Senator
to the very ond. This is three short OF the re-
quired number. 1t was decided this afternoon
by the managers OF the Senator to withdraw
tho call for a caucus called for tomorrow even
ing. and Mr.. Hanna will go before the Lcgisla-
ture as the candidate Of his party named at
tho State convention. Tho combine still main.
tains that there has been no break in its col.
umn. and that all the mon who voted in the
House organization will remain firm. with the
possible exception of Joyce and Griffith. The
Hanna leaders make claim to these with alb
solutc confidence, and tho Kurtz people seem
disposed to admit that such a thing might
occur On the other hand, they say that Mr..
Hanna will lose some he Ia now counting on.
They put Mr.. Hanna's strength ate seventy on
the outside, and pretend to believe that he is
more likely to have sixty.eight than seventy.
They still refuse to give names.
II has become doubt whether the Kurt1
Democrats are not more likely to desert than
the boiling Republicans. Mr. Kurtz insists
that thero is not the slightest danger; that he
and his friends have beon true to their agree
ment In turning tho Senate over to the Demo.
Gratis in advance as q pledge Of their good faith.
is not yet n sure thing that Bushnell will be the
beneficiary of the combine vote. There are
s"mo Democrats who do not like to vote for him,
and among the number is Gen. Wiley, who
went into the caucus with the understanding
that he was not to consider himself pledged to
its actions. He did vote with the combine on
organization, but he Is not counted upon to go
any further unless the issue should turn on his
The visit of q trainload of Gov. Bushnell's s
neEhbors and friends, from springfield was a
dramatic event OF tho day: The deegation w was
ners and headed by band and huge white
elephant representing tho q. o. p.
and filed into the executive chamber, where they
found the Governor deep in tho cares OF state.
He erected them and I'll 9n to
ence at the convention held in this city when
the support Of his party was @ pledged to Hanna;
as spokesman. re minded him that the party had
only last November achieved great victory,
but that there bng o o aS OF
party by those who wore tho recipients OF its
favor. The issue transcended all personal con.
alone to Ohio but to the whole country.
CONGRESSMAN Weaver closed with strong ap;
to the ro to 6K ths Psry and
To the statement that theGovernor was present
at tho Springfield Convention the Governor de-
INJURED, but score of voices shouted:
"Yes, Governor, you were there"
Tho Governor finally recalled that he was
there. He then replied In vindcation of him
self He denied that he had attended q Demo
cratic caucus and called to mind that the Scna
tors and Representatives from his own county
were loyal to Hanna while but three fourths of
Hanna'5 own county delegation were for him.
The Governor insisted that he had been
tOrial matter, he went ON, was mattef to be
determined only by the members of the Legisla-
ture and not by outsiders.
At this point the Gubernatortal choler began
to rise. and he declared that II he was under
any obligations TO Senator Hanna they had
been cancelled year ago when he appointed
him a Senator. This was the first time in his
life that his Republicanism had been ques.
toned. Many, misses and groans greeted this
closed his reply by, asking his auditors. if
they had any respect for him. When asked IL
he had taken any part in the fight for any can
didate the Governor raised laugh by saying
that he had no vote in the Legislature
The fate of this call on the Governor was
such that the Hanna managers decided to
bring no more delegations to Columbus pending
the contest as they had planned. The oppo-
nents of the Senator secm disposed to worry
him all along the line. In the House one of the
combine Republicans introduced II measure to
so earnestly advocated by Mr.. Hanna two years
ago. while another member from McKinley's
county offered q resolution Of sympathy for
Cuba.
In the Senate Mr.. Burke, whose absence ena-
bled the Democrats.tO organize that body. ap.
pcared this morning and took the oath of office.
He voted with the Democrats on the only poit-
ical matter that was up. indicating continued
opposition to Hanna.