The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-10

torial situation has not changed today
The conferences continue day and
night,-and the doubtful members are
given no rest. But no such fiops were
announced today as those of the previ-
Gus two days in favor of Hanna The
workers for the senator say they now
have enough votes. The Kurtz workers
say they can spare another vote or
two and still defeat Hanna. But they
insist that they have lost all of their
doubtful men now and will stand to
the last with at least eight Republi-
cans and the sixty-fve Democratic
members against Hanna They even
say that they expect to get Manuel,
of Montgomery, and Griffith. of Union,
back on their side again before Tues
day. 1t is also claimed by the opposi-
ton that while Senator Hanna's forces
have been charging on their lines
they have been successfully attacking
his lines and have promises from mem
hers on whom the senator has been de-
pending. The Hanna men claim two
accessions today, but they will not give
any names as they did those of Repre-
sentative Manuel Friday night and of
Representative Griffith last night. The
opposition to Hanna has no betting yet
in its favor The bets, ranging from
$500 to $4,000 for even money on Han
mas election, have remained posted at
the Neil house for two days without
takers, and there are other bets offered,
among them being one Of $500 by Gen
Grosvenor on Hanna's election. None
of the bets are on the result of the first
or any other ballot, but all are offered
on the final result.
While the workers on both sides
have been chasing doubtful members
and holding secret conferences today,
the general public has been agitated
over the result tomorrow of the inau-
guratiOn at noon and the Hanna mass
meeting IN the afternoon. Both sides
are today arranging to avoid street col
lisiOns or any kind of trouble, If posi-
bic, at that time. The mass meeting
will not be called to order by Chair
man George K. Nash, of the state Re-
publican committee, till 3 p. M, and
those in charge of the Inauguration of
Gov. Bushnell will seek to have the
Inauguration exercises over before the
clubs begin the march to the audito-
rum for the mass meeting. The rail-
roads have arranged to run the eXcur-
sion trains for those attending the in
auguration early in the morning and
for those coming to the mass meeting
later in the day. The Hanna men are
seeking to have as many here as pos
sible in the afternoon, and the opposi-
ton is equally energetic in ralIying all
they can in the different counties for
the morning demonstration. The militia
and other organizations are arriving
tonight to take part in the inaugura-
tion. In the morning parade there will
be a marked absence of Republican
clubs. All the police of the city and
many detectives will be on hand for
both occasions. There have, in addi-
ton to the regular authorities, been
over 100 sergeants-at-arms appointed
for the mass convention in the after
noon, with ex-Chief of Police Alexis
Keeler as chief sergeant-at-arms.
Chairman Nash will state the object
Of the mass convention, that it was
called on the requests of county Repub
lican committees, etc, and then he will
introduce as chairman of the mass con-
VentiOn Congressman Walter Weaver,
of Springfield, who was spokesman last
week Of the Republican delegation that
came from Bushnells home to call on
the governor and protest against the
course of his eXcellency in this sena-
torial contest. A. c. Caine and John
r. MalGoy, the Republican caucus can
didates respectively for clerks of the
senate and the house, will be the sec
retaries. All the Republican caucus
nominees, who were defeated by ten
Republican members voting with the
Democrats on the organization of the
le legislature, are included in the list of
sci geants- alarms.
While the resolutions that will be
resented at the mass convention to-
morrow will not differ materially from
those heretofore adopted in the coun-
ties, it is intimated that there will be
one appealing to Senator Foraker, as
the senior senator from Ohio, to de-
clare himself. There is no doubt about
the tone of the resolutions on Gov.
Bushnell and the boiling Republican
me mbers of the legislature and in them
demanding the resignation of Charles
L. Kurtz, as the Ohio member of the
Republican national committee, but
there are differences of opinion among
the Republican managers as to the For
aker resolution. Since the epidemic Of
local indignation meetings and the cru
sade for a general gathering here to-
morrow, some of the managers of the
opposition say two mistakes have been
made on their side. The first alleged
was in exposing their strength
in organizing the legislature, and the
second in allowing it to adjourn from
Wednesday until Monday, so that such
members as Manuel, of Montgomery,
and Griffith, of Union, could go home
and meet their constituents. 1t was
thought that the organization of the
legislature would settle things, but 1t
is cited that since Mason has been
made speaker he is calling on Senator
Hanna, and since Griffith has been
sworn in as speaker pro tenn he has
come out publicly for Hanna. Repre-
sentative Joyce, of Guernsey, who vot-
ed with 'the combine" in organization,
has announced positively that he will
support Hanna. His opposition was
solely against Boxwell for speaker.
Meantime Jones, of Stark; Ru-
tan, of Carroll, and other Re
publicans who voted with the Dem
ocrats last Monday have since under
gone such fire from their constituents
that they are expected yet to square
themselves by voting for Hanna While