The age-herald., 1898-01-11
\ RED HOT TIME. FOR HANNA'S BAR'L. Was Short One Vote of Election
 Last Night.
 ANOTHER PULL IN HIS LEG May Bring Him That Necessary Vote Be-
 fore BalIOtinS Begins. CHARGES OF BRIBERY ARE. RIFE Dramatic Scenes Expected When These
 Changes Are Made. GOVERNOR BUsHNELLs INAUGURAL Republicans in Mass Convention Passed Res- olutions Calling for Fealty-The Night
 Closed With Both Sides Laying
 Plans for the Morrow.
Dramatic Scenes Expected When These
 Changes Are Made.
GOVERNOR BUsHNELL's INAUGURAL

Columbus, O., Jan. 10.-Senator Hanna is believed tonight to be one vote short of election. The opposition is not sure of 73 votes for any one man as against only 72 for Hanna, but they feel confident at least of preventing Hanna's election.
 Last night the democratic steering com- mittee demanded of MT. Kurtz that he fur nish at least eight affidavits tonight from republican members that they would stand with the 65 democratic members in voting against Hanna. The democratic steering committee reported tonight that they were satisfied. Representative Gayman, chair man of the | . SC democratic steering com- mittee, went so far as to say Hanna's de- feat tomorrow is assured.
 There is no doubt that Senator Hanna was beaten for a week previous to last Fliday, when Manuel of Montgomery changed in his favor. On Saturday the Hanna men secured Representative Grif- filth of Union, but they made no accessions yesterday or today, and it is the general belief that they are short one vote to- night.
 The Plans Before the Battle.
 The real work of the fight on both sides is being done tonight The workers will not sleep now until after the balloting begins. There is feeling among those opposing Hanna that if he is not defeated on the first ballot, or rather by the separate bal lots, tomorrow, that he will not Ee de- feated at all. These anti-Hanna workers say they had a majority of against Hanna when they exposed their strength in organ izing the legislature last Monday, and that if they come down to majority of only l against Hanna tomorrow the coalition may not hold together for another day.
 While the opposition still insists on Kurtz as the candidate against Hanna, yet they say Bushnell, Kurtz or any other one will be dropped as soon as 1t Is demonstrated that he cannot secure all of the votes of either the anti-Eanna republicans or the democratic members. One of the names most prominently mentioned today was that of Representative John P. Jones, who represents Starke county, the home of President Mckinley. MT. Jones is a re- publican and a prominent man in the miners union. He is for free silver, and is advocated as the labor candidate against the capitalist.
 Charges of Bribery Rife.
 Owing to the apparent closeness of the vote. there are still numerous rumors of bribery for another vote either way. It is noted by some of the more conservative observers that as soon as no further changes were announced each day, that the contending factions alternate in daily re- ports of bribery. The Hanna men claim to have stenographic notes of an offer of S50O0 by two prominent members of tho opposition. The opposition in turn claim c T, I11.a mo of a republican state committee. went to Cin- cinnati last Sunday with s10000. Repre- sentative Otis is a republican, elected on a fusion ticket in Hamilton. He has voted with tho democrats in the organization. But it is claimed he made friendly over- lures to the Hanna workers to entrap them into an offer for the purpose of exposing the same and that he will do so on the floor of the house tomorrow. It is said he will pile s1o,ooo on his desk and make sensational speech when his name Is called on the senatorial ballot.
 CanpbclI's Story of Bribery.
 Col. T. c. Campbell and others opposing Hanna arrived with Representative John c. Otis from Cincinnati tonight. Several thousand words of sensational matter was soon after given out to members of press about the offers of bribery to Representa- tive Otis.
 A summary of the long story, according to Col. Campbell's statements, is that Henry H. Boyee, of New York, called on Col. Campbell last Friday at the latters office in Cincinnati and offered Campbell $l.0O0 as Q fec to get Representative Otis to vote for Hanna. Camobell and Otis had fr~quent meetings with Boyce who claimed to be representing J. Picrpont Morgan and otlhsrs who Lave interests in Ohio that might he affected by legislation in the ntate Col. Campbell and Mir. Otis say they determined to give Boyce all the latitude Ec wanted and set d trap to catch him. HoHenbecl, wl.o was said to be the middle nan. was also taken into their council ac- oording to tho statements. Campbell andl osis say the money was produced and that they arc holding it in trust and that a statement accordingly will be made in the ;yousc tomorrow. Following the publication of this story tusSslst assong denial was given out from