El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-10
He Is Now Only Two Votes
Short of Election.
OPPOSITION LOSING HOPE.
The Whole Of the Republican Party of
Ohio Has Been Brought to Bear to
Gain the Election of Hanna to the
Senate.

CLEVELAND, January 1O.-Political
feeling runs high among the repub-
lican factions in this city, the bone Of
Senator Hanna. The Tippecanoe club,
a leading republican Organization, was
almost disrupted today by rival excur-
sions run to Columbus 1t is claimed
both part es distributed tickets with
lavish hand. The first excursion left
this city at O'Clock this morning, in
charge of Frederick Eaton, an anti
Hanna man. The object of this excur-
sion is to land passengers in Colum bus
in time to attend the inauguration of
Governor Bushnell. It was an en-
thusiast'c crowd, aud men shouted FOR
Bushnell a-d Ku-tz as the train sped
sway. AT the second exodus, the
Bushnell N : excursion left at l
o'clock with John Blood in command.
COLUMBUS Ohio, January 1O-As
the caee stands this morning, Senator
Hanna nee ds two more votes. 1t is
difficult to see where Senator Hanna
can get them. The general opinion is
that be has resched the sticking point
in the fight. The flop of Manuel ard
Griffith does not seem to affect the'rest
of the anti-Hanna line. The plan of
the ani-Hanna fsSionists now is to
first elect Jephtha Garrard senator for
the short term to crafty the three
hduS, DTOSU0 duu
Otis, and then get their support in the
election of Kurtz for the long term
The greatest trouble the Kurtz man
ayers now have is in keeping the de-
mocrats in lice.
CINCINNATI, O., January IO.-The
great bribery sensation in the Ohio
legislature reported was engineered
here. A trap WAS set for the Hanna
men. Republican Otis, of Hamilton
county, one of the Independent repuhli-
cans, became party for the purpose of
exposing the corruption and he says
cash actually passed hands. Jerry
Bl SO, the astute Foraker lieutenant of
Frankalin county, manager. was at the
Great Southern hotel at Columbus
where Kurtz is holding the fort, is the
man credited with having worked the
coup. He left Ciucinns ii for Colu uhus
at neon today over the Big Four. He
WAS excited and jubiant.
"We eau prove everything that we
are about to make public,' he exclaim
ed. ''Money rassed hands and ~e
thing" The amount it is understood
was $4,000 Otis had his lawyers take
it from Hanna's agents u
"What did the opposition get from
you or Otis in considerations was
asked.
"They got what purports to q tele-
gram from Republican Otis to Pres
ideut Mckinley which reads like this:
For the good of Ohio and the re-
publican party [ have come to the con-
clusion to vote for Mark Hanna for
United States ser rator."
The telegram in question was cent
last night, but it was not in Otis
1t was in mine. 1 wrote
it, suckers that they are"
Both sides are now aiming Droste
and Lane. Hanna agents are keeping
in close touch with them, Kurtz' crowd
are In fear to say the least.
Democratic State Senator Cohen,
from Cincinnati said today: cit is safe
to say that every democrat will vote
agaipstsHapna
Eight additional votes must be OBJ
tain ed from the republicans ard fnsiOn-
ist Burke. Brom lev. Mason Scott r tan
Jones, Otis ard DrOste will under no
noes vote for Hama. This
in itself will accomplish his defeat.
When Senator Hanna was asked
the alleged bribery be
said: 'Its all ret as far as we are con-
cerned."
NEW YORK, January 1O.-Tbe Jour
nal, democratic. n a leading article on
the Ohio situation this morning, seys:
Mark Hanna will probably be elected
to succeed himself as United States
senator"