The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-13

LOUISE ana OuSL1nS speaker mason
Columbus, Jan. 12.-Marcus a. Hanna
was elected today to represent Ohio
in the senate for seven years and two
months. If Mckinley should be re-
elected, Hanna would still be there to
the end of the presidents second term.
Including both the short and the long
terms. Harna's time as senator Will
expire in March, 1905
Less than two years ago Senator
Hanna entered politics in advocating
William 8IcKinley's candidacy for the
presidency. He was successful as the
leader of the Mckinley forces at the St
Louis convention and afterward as
chairman of the Republican national
committee. For almost a year he has
been in the senate as the successor of
Secretary John Sherman. During his
short service in public life Senator
Hanna has participated in hard fight
ing, but he never before won such a
victory as that of today.
HANNA AND KURTZ.
fractional fighting has waged among
Ohio Republicans for years. Others
had been fighting under cover. Senator
Hanna came out openly at the state
convention in Toledo last June and de-
feated Charles L. Kurtz, the close
friend of Senator Foraker. Governor
Bushnell and others, for chairman of
the state committee. Kurtz had been
member of the state committee for
many years, and its chairman for the
two preceding years. He was the Ohio
Republican chairman in 1895 and again
in 1896 In the latter year Senator
Hanna, who was then managing the
presidential campaign, was not salts
fed with the work in Ohio, and he did
not want Kurtz in that position in 1897.
Hanna defeated Kurtz at Toledo for
chairman and has had a fractional war
upon himself ever since.
GERHARD.
Although Mr. Hanna was duly de-
cIared senator at noon today for both
the long and short terms. yet the Op-
position continued its fight in the after
noon and is still fighting tonight. Just
previous TO the separate balloting yes
terday the opposition was disappointed
by the withdrawal of Jeptha Gerard,
the silver Republican candidate for
senator. 1t was thought that Gerard
would get the votes of Representative
DrOSte and Lane, who voted for Hanna.
Gerrard's friends say he withdrew be-
cause he was being used as means for
a deadlock for the benefit Of
others.
SENATOR DODGE.
Previous to the joint balloting today,
the opposition offered to support Sena-
tor Dodge of Cleveland for the short
term, with McKisson for the long term.
Senator Dodge is a neighbor of Senator
Hanna in Cleveland, and was nOminat-
,la MI 70
Senator Dodge stated that the senators
and representatives from Cleveland
were instructed for Hanna, and indig-
nantly rejected the proposition. The
proposition was also made 10 Mrs.
Dodge, who was equally as indignant
as her husband. While there have
been many negotiations with the wives
and other members of the families of
and representatives during the
past week or more, the effort to secure
the influence of Mrs. Dodge was the
last one reported.
1t is stated that the last proposition
Of the opposition, just before the legis-
ature convened, was to Representa-
-ives Droste ard Lane, the silver fus-
onists from Cincinnati, for the short
and long terms respectively, if they
would accept the same and vote for
each other, rather than for Hanna.
HOPELESS FIGHT.
The opposition today knew they were
defeated before the joint balIoting be-
gan. but fought to the last on charges
# bribery and coercion. In the joint
today there were no changes
whatever by the senators over their two
ballots of yesterday for the long and
short terms. McKisson received 10
TCteS, and Hanna IT, When the roll of
he house was called, it resulted in the
ballot Cor both terms as follows: Han
Ia, IS: McKisson, 81; Lentz, l; Zone
ibsent), Cramer.
The joint ballots for both terms re-
suited as follows: Hanna, 10; McKis-
son, 20: Lentz, l; absent, one, Cramer.
The official declaration showed that
Hama had a majority of three over
McKissOn, of two over all voting, and
me over all the members of the general
assembly. The demonstrations in the
TALL were unusually enthusiastic.
BUSHNELL ABSENT.
Governor Bushnell and some other
state officers were not present. When
Foraker was elected senator by the
ONT ballots in the same hall two years
sgo, Mckinley and Bushnell were both
present, the one. having Just retired,
md the other having just been inaug-
lrated IS governor. 1t has been Gus
cnary in former years for the gov
.rnor TO be seated beside the lieutenant
governor when the newly elected SEN
Itor was escorted into the hall.
Senator Hacna was very busily en-
ragged in his contest last Monday, and
lid not participate in the inauguration
exercises. It is stated that no invita-
ion or special arrangement had been
made for him on that occasion, and
hat the same was true regarding the
governor today.
HANNA'S COMMISSION.
Colonel j. L. Rogers, the secretary
o the governor, came to the Neil
House at o. m, bearing the commits
ion of Senator Hanna as a senator for
ne short term. Senator Hanna, ac-
ompamed by Judge A. C. Thompson,
Ion. John Little, Major E. c. Rath-
zone, Hon. Charles Kinney, Judge
George K. Nash, congressman North
way. Grosvenor and Burton and Hon
Warren Keifer. repaiIed to the Ia
les parlor, where Colonel Rogers, in
fesenting the commission to Senator