The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-12
MORE BRIBERY CHARGES
DRAMATIC SCENE EXPECTED IN
LEGISLATURE TO-DAY.
The FACTONaL WARFARE NOT OVER
There viii be Ano.ner Day of it. Democrats
Say They nrl Nio--Tde Speakers
Objection to Senator Hanna
Ioint 5allot To Oav.

Joint oaIlot 70 Day.
Columbus, o., Jan. 1.-THE factional
warfare against Senator Hanna is not
over. 1t will have at least one more
day of charges and counter charges.
The fight has never been more bitter
than tonight. Senator Hanna received
73 votes to-day, a majority of one over
all in a total membership of 100. The
Senate voted 10 for McILissOn and IL
for Hanna.
The House vote stood: Hanna, Sc;
McKisson, 40; Wiley, /; Warner, /;
Lenz, l. and l absent
The only absentee was Representative
Cramer, the DemOcratic-PO POpulist men,
Der from Baulding county, who is Sc
riously sick. His physician stated to-
night that he could not possibly be in
his seat tomorrow. After the vote was
recorded to-day in each branch of the
Legislature separately, a majority Of a
quorum of those present is all that is
necessary in the joint balloting t0-mor-
row, so that the serious illness of Rep
resentative Cramer might become an
important factor.
The scattering vote to-day for Lentz,
Wiley and Warner was cast by Repre-
sentatives Wiley, Haziett and Hess, all
Democrats. III Cramer had been present
and all other Democrats in line Nc
Kissons vote in the House would have
been 80, or still three short of a ma
jority in that branch of the Legislature.
With Hanna having majority of three
in the House. McKisson having a ma
jority of two in the Senate, the chair will
announce tomorrow that there was no
election to-day and that a joint ballot
will be in order.
If all the Senators and Representatives
tives are recorded on the joint ballot to-
morrow as they were recorded to-day on
their respective ballots, Senator Hanna
will have a majority of only one over
all. But in the absence of Representa-
tive Cramer, and in the event Of some
Of the Democrats refusing to vote for
Mayor McKissOn, he is likely to have a
larger majority.
With the result apparently hanging on
the change Of only one vote, the con-
test has continued all night, as it has
been going on other nights for the past
two weeks.
The seven Republicans who refused
to vote lor Senator Hanna to-day have
since signed a statement that burns the
bridges behind them. Senator Burke,
Representatives Scott, Mason, Jones and
the Otis charges are proven to be un-
true. Representatives Otis and Bram-
ley. however, simply signed a cOdicil to
the statement Of the other five dissent
ers in which they concur in asking for
an investigation. Otis states, however,
that he will not vote for Senator Hanna
under any circumstances.
While the bureaus of claims and
charges are in full operation, there are
also reports about the bribery charges
being presented to the grand iuries of
Hamilton and Franklin counties.
The grand jurors are in session in both
of these counties and there are current
reports tonight of efforts to secure in
dictments before tomorrow noon. As
Representative Otis claims to have
been offered a bribe at his home in Gin
cinnati, that case could be brought only
before the grand jury of Hamilton coun-
ty, and it would be necessary for Rep
resentative Otis to be there as a witness.
Mr.. Otis and others who would be want
ed as witnesses in that case are here
tonight, and it is not thought to be prob
able that Mr.. Otis would be absent
tomorrow. If the vote is cast tomor-
row as it was cast today the absence OF
Mr.. Otis and others opposed to Hanna
~.
would have no effect on the result.
There was talk of filibustering. but
the opposition could not break a Joint
quorum if all their members should re-
main away. The other case of alleged
bribery comes from the other side. Rep
reseptathive Snider, of Green county.
who has been stopping at the Neil House
during the past week, voted today for
Hanna, for Boxwell for speaker last
Monday week, and attended the Re-
publican House caucus one week ago
last Saturday. The opponents of Sena-
tor Hanna have been after him closely,
and constantly. 1t is alleged that Mr.
Maddey came to the Neil House last
week to see Mr.. Snider, and that he
claimed to represent Kurtz and Bliss.
Represen tatiye Snider had been antici-
pating the visit and a stenographer was
concealed in the bath room adjoining his
apartments. II is charged that Mr..
Snider was offered FIVE thousand dol
lars for his vote, and that the names
OF his hackers were given by the cali
ler. The stenographer report of the con-
versation between Snider and Maddev
is in the hands of Hon. e. G.. Rathbone.
who was assistant postmaster general
undef Harrison, and it is here as one of
the managers for Hanna. Tt has been
repoled for several days that this case
the grand jury Of Franklin
county, bat when that body closed its
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