The Portland daily press., 1898-01-04

at 2. so it was announced that Charles L.
Kurtz, who had headed the combine
opposition to Hanna and SO far won in
the fight would be the opposition candi-
date for Senator against Hanna and that
GOV. Bushnell and McKisson had con-
sented to this arrangement. The Hanna
Republicans announced that in that
event they would support any gold Demo
crat to beat Kurtz
After being in session half hour, in
the afternoon the Senate took recess till
4 p. IN. The House remained in session
during the afternoon on routine business.
| The senatorial agitation was kept up on
the floor Of the House rs well as among
the Senators during their recess. III the
House the Senate joint resolution for p
committee to arrange for the inaugura-
tion of Gov. Bushnell next Monday came
up and was adopted by l04 yeas and no
nays, BoXwell and four others not vot-
| ing.
At 3.15 the House took recess until
p. m. at which time it was announced
the governors message would be SUBJ
lnitted.
The recess was devoted to conferences
on the distribution of places and other
patronage in the interest of the senatorial
candidates. The friends of ex-senator
Brice were on the floors of both houses in
the interest of q new fusion with the reg
ular Republicans and the gold Democrats.
The Democratic steering committee
came in contact with George w. Hull of
Lima, tho friend of Mr.. Brice. and asked
him to stop such negotiations. Mean
time the Hanna workers kept up the fight
and claimed tn have secured pledges from
three members who voted for Mason and
that they were then short only three votes
of o majority on joint ballot. The Hanna
managers asserted late this afternoon that
| the lines between BoyWeIl and Mason for
/ i n
that they expected Senator Hanna to be
renominated at the Republican joint
caucus on Wednesday.
When the Senate reassembled at p.
m, Senator Garfield was the only Re-
publican in his seat and he was there to
report that his colleagues were in con-
ference The joint resolution for a COM
mittee to wait on Governor Bushnell and
inform him that the general assembly
was organized for business came over
! from the House and was adopted by Sen
ator Garfield and the eighteen Demo-
Gratis, ali voting for it. After the return
of the committee from the governors
office, the message was read and referred
to the appropriate committees. The same
! action was taken in the House.
When the House Te-assembled at four
D. m. and just previous to the reading of
Gov. Bushnell message, several bills
and resolutions were offered, two of them
|
| these measures being introduced by Re
! publicans
Representative Bramley Of Cleveland,
| introd iced bill to repeal what is now
known as the fifty year franchise for
street railway that was passed two years
ago. Senator Hanna is largely interested
| in such enterprise and favored the bill
when it passed.
| Representative Jones of Stark county,
the home of President Mckinley, offered
q resolution directing the Ohio Senators
and requesting the Ohio Representatives
in Congress to vote for the recognition
now of the belligerenoy OF Cuba, and for
| its independence as soon as practicable.
This resolution Ewas sintroduced to con-
tradict Senator Hanna's record in the
Senate.
At $50 both bodies adjourned till 10 a.
M, tomorrow. In the Senate the COM
bine controlled everything ON all votes,
| but no test votes were taken in the House
after the organization was completed
I The feeling that had been engendered
during the preliminary conferences was
shown in roll calls. And it is evident
that Senator Burke will not be received
with much cordiality on his side of the
/ House If he appears in his seat tomorrow.
! Gov. Bushnell, in his annual message
| to the legislature said:
The election laws CT our state are de-
signed to be broad enough to afford am
| pie protection for the purity of the ballot,
but it must be admitted that reform is
needed in our system of conducting
| primary elections. To make the condi-
! tIonS more satisfactory in relation to the
exercise of the elective franchise it seems
t me necessary that there shall be such
extension of the laws as will place the
| primaries under the con rol of the boards
| of election, city or county. A method
which will provide that the primaries Of
each part shall be held under control
of boards of election, at the same time
under the same rules, permitting only
registered and qualified voters to cast
their ballots for delegates to conventions,
or candidates for nomination. and attach
| ing proper penalties for violation of the
laws, will effect reforms which should
long ago have been instituted in behalf of
| a sovereign right of the people Such
departure from our present system will
be IN harmony with advanced ideas con-
cerning election processes and will be an
proved by all good citizens. respectfully
urge the subject for consideration; and
hope to see the seventy-third general as.
sembly take the initiative in this mat
ter"
A STRIKE IN DAYTON.
Cincinnati. January 3.-A special from
Dayton, ONO, says: Dayton's entire dele
cation to the Bushnell Inauguration has
refused to go to tho ceremonies on ac-
count of the Governors attitude in the
senatorial ught This includes the unj-