The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-11
The TWO RIVAL SHOWS.

Bushnells in Forenoon and Hanna's in
Columbus, January 10.-This is the day
before the balloting in the Senatorial con-
test. In addition to the usual conferences,
the legislature reconvened in the morn
ing. The Inauguration of Governor Bush
nell occurred at noon. The Hanna con-
vention was billed for the afternoon and
the final conferences on the senatorship
at night.
Although the balloting begins in both
branches of the legislature tomorrow, 1t
is settled in advance that there will be no
election at that time.
The Senate will stand nineteen to
seventeen against Hanna and the House
will likely give him majority OF one or
more. There Is no election unless both
houses are carried by some one candidate.
In the event of Hanna or any one else
having majority in both bodies on Tues
day. the two branches would meet in
joint convention on Wednesday to hear
their journals Of the previous day read
and approved and the result OF the vote
on senator would be formally and official
| ly declared. But when the majority IN
one of the houses is different from that CT
| the other, then the two houses In joint
assembly must proceed on Wednesday to
ballot, and in case OF no election on the
| Joint ballot, the legislature must continue
| to ballot in joint assembly from day to
| day till some ona receives constitutional
majority for senator. The vote on tues
day cannot be decisive so far as Senator
Hanna is concerned, as it is conceded by
his workers that the Senate Will stand
nineteen to seventeen against him on the
separate ballots. His majority must come
from the house. If the opposition shows
tomorrow the strength that it claims to-
day and casts all its votes for one man,
| there will be an election as it would then
have majority in both houses on senator
as it did have one week ago today. The
opposition still claims the house by at
least So to 54, which would make the
general assembly stand "a to II on joint
ballot against Hanna. But even after
the mem bers are all recorded in their re-
spectiye houses on the roll calls of Tues
day, there is nothing to prevent any Of
1 them changing their votes on Wednesday
when the minutes OF the proceedings OF
| the preyious day are read in the Joint
meetings.
And II the record of quick and repeated
| fops during the past week is kept up
| thereswill be no certainty about the final
result until q decisive joint ballot is taken
and the official announcement declared.
/ The inauguration of Governor Bush
nell. and other events in connection with
the Inauguration, caused no cessation of
| the conference and the hustling in the
senatorial contest The resem bling of the
| legislature brought all the members back,
| and the contest was waged more per-
sistenrly and bitterly today than ever.
| In the house today resolution was
L ,An 20 aNy ,f fIIf ion syfa
that United State Senators shall ba lected
by a direct vote Of the people The house
| adjourned till ten CLOCK tomorrow.
In the senate there WAS an effort to
limit admission to the lobbies and
galleries by ticket during the senatorial
| balloting, but it was lost. The senate
took q recess till p. n.
| The State House and all places in the
oity were crowded with visitors today.
4 message was received from Governor
Bushnell officially advising the senate OF
the resignation of John Sherman as
senator for the term ending March 3,
1899, and of the appointment of Marcus
A. Hanna to fill the vacancy.
There has been much more talk today
about bribery. Hon. E. G. Rathbone
formerly assisting postmaster general
under Harrison, and one of Hanna's
managers, claims. to have the stenograph1t
notes of his secretary, who was concealed
and heard one OF the opposition make an
offer of $4,000 to one of the members. To
day the opposition say they have mem
ber who viii, when his name is called or
the ballot tomorrow, announce thai
double that amount was offered him ane
it is further stated that one OF the boltinf
Republicans will produce the money II
the session, and with it piled on his desk
make sensational speech on the manne1 q !,
in which he was approached, and on MI
rejection of the proposition and OF the
money, which will be sent back, anc
which it is claimed was takensas part OF
preconcerted trap plan.
The opposition claim that their case ol
bribery against one of the Hanna workers
will be sprung in the open session OF the
lerislature tomorrow for the purpose o.
having an immediate investigation. L
is claimed that a certain emissary went
to Cincinnati, over Sunday to see Repre'
sentative Otis, and that he carried Sl0,O0(
with him and that every word OF the con.
yersation has been taken down and will
| be laid before the house. There are many
reports about the use of money, but only
| two charges, one on each side are made
| specihcally. These charges have no ap-