The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-04


Bo,tom or the Whole business, Allotted
.,y Renegade 1Snrtz-Thu Boiting Re
pnbllcrns Hearing Thing. Drop Mt Their
Home connties-A Number OF Governor
Bu,hneii's Appointees its,isn In Dis
get with Ills Conduct.
COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 3.-Thc senator
ial contest On the Ohio legislature has be-
come desperate. The couhIne OF ten
anti-Hanna Republicans with the Demo-
cratic members won at the caucuses last
Saturday night and again to-day in or
Ganizins both branches OF the legislature
in the interest of ''the combine" opposi-
tion to the reelection of Senator Marcus
"A. Hanna.
There are two other dates for tests OF
strength-the joint senatoria. caucuses
next Wednesday night and the joint bal
loting for senator one week from next
"Wednesday, January II. With the COM
pllcations Of the legislative organization
and It's patronage disposed Of the Hanna
men tonight began a desperate fight on
the senatorship. The Hanna men deny
that they will form coalition with Brice
for n gold Democrat for senator rather
than be beaten by a free silver IepubI!-
can or that they will do ANYTHING else bu.
fight It out of It takes oil winter. While
they are not able to give a list long
enourh 10 elect tbev claim that Hanna
Is stronger than Boxwell and the other
regular Republlcan candidates in the or
ran.zation Of the legislature and that the
5opposit,on has mot enough votes to elect
( n senator The Hanna men concade that
thew have lost 4he power OF the oreaniza-
ZION OF both branches. can name no
cbairmen. place no members In desirable
positions on any of the committees or
dispose OF any OF the other state patron
age. but thew have carried the war into
the home counties OF ",he boiling" Re-
publican members, and expect the neces-
gary changes before next "wednesday.
= The Developments OF last Saturday
night and to-day have caused the Hanna
men to admit they were out-done In the
preliminary organization for this contest
and they under estimated the opposition,
especially the extent Of It since the No
vemSeT election. While e1-Chairman
Kurtz was thought to have been organ
Ilng against Senator Hanna ever since
the Republican state convention at Tole-
DO, in june. yet tho participation OF Gov
eznor Bushnell and others had not been
fully anticipated. The Democratic state
ton by John R arcLan and others ever
eince the November election. os.ensibly
20 urepare for a Grand free silver carni-,
val here on St Jackson day, January s.
1tnow transnires that the Democratic
rea.e neadouarters were kent open to get
all thu Democratic members in line for
what took placs TODAY and for the de-
feat of Hanna Meantime. Mr.. Kurtz
was marshallinr every nossible Repub-
l,cau In line against Hanna and corumu-
ntcatipr with the committee ON arrange
rnents for ST. Jackron dav. When this
fact was no longer concealed tonight by
the opposition. .the-ewer. many Republl-
cans openly complaining a against Senator
Hanna's managers. Senator Hanna did
no, arrive here iii last Friday evening.
and was in Washington till the holiday
recess. He heard complaint about his
..
.ha orron4z,t,or q, ,bo ,,no.I.y,, 4, ,
v.rv 1ood.r,,uroa ,,,,,or ona ins.s,.s
that bo would wIr nu,
K /. y1s-1.>-' q.
The supertor organization OF the oppo-
sItion was shown in the combine secur-
!ns to-day all OF the doubtful votes. The
opposition has had an army of workers
here for a week with detachments that
kept close TO each one OF the doubtful
Republicans. the oppos,1ion marched 10
the state house IN line Ike troops ana
worked for weeks like soldiers under or
-dsrs. They mad been doing pitcket duty.
diminishing and WALKING ,-rard lines and
they had their triumnhal march .n the
mos. unpe,,,, man n er hecons. of the con.
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