The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-14
STILL ASSAnING HANNA
His Opponents Will Fight Him on
Alleged Bribery Charges.
PREPARED FOR A STRONG FIGHT.
The Senator's Managers Express De-
sire For Thorough Investigation,
and Intimate That They Will Com
fuse Their Enemies.

The Senator's Managers Express De-
sire For Thorough Investigation,
and Intimate That They Will Com
fuse Their Enemies.
Columbus. o.. Jan. Ex-senator Han
ma and the members Of the legislature
went home yesterday. All will return
by Tuesday next. The leaders on both
sides are still here preparing for an
other fight next week. The opposition
to Hanna now proposes to fight against
him being seated for the long term
r His enemies say they have not the time
to interfere on the short term, but they
will press the bribery charges, as such
charges were pressed on Henry B.
Payne. IA years ago, to the United
States senate. Subpoenas have been Is
sued for Senator Hanna, Major Dick.
w. D. Hollenbeck, H. H. Boyce and
others to appear before the senate COM
mittee next Tuesday night.
Suits have been brought against sew
eral Republican Representatives for
damages in connection with the bribery
charges, notably one by T. C. Camp
bell for 100000, against the Ohio State
Journal.
Among the managers for Senator
Hanna who is still here. and will re-
main until the investigation Is oom-
pleted, Is Hon. e. G. Rathbone, who
says he wants the bribery investigation
pushed to the last ditch. He says those
who were in that business are raising
the cry against others, and that tho
investigation will show who Is guilty
and who Is being prosecuted as well
as slandered.
While the senate committee, of which
Senator Burke is chairman, began its
investigation Wednesday. the house
committee will not be appointed till
next Tuesday. The Otis resolution was
adopted in the house yesterday. but
Speaker Mason wanted time for the Sc
lection of the five men to do the inves-
tigating. AS Speaker Mason is antici-
pating an attempt to oust him he Is
disposed to confer with the members
before naming the house committee.
In the standing committees announced
by Speaker Mason yesterday it was
seen that he gave the Republicans who
voted for Hanna good places. But 1t
is said that the latter will not accept
the olive branch, and a majority has
signed document to oust Mason and
the other officers.
Speaker Mason has never missed a
moment out Of his chair during the ses-
sions of the past two weeks. As
Speaker Pro Tenn. Griffith Is now with
the Hanna members, Mason knows
that in his absence a resolution would
ho pffarad IN nj
the house. AS Mason Will refuse to
recognize any one offering such res
olution there are those who expect vio-
lence In the house before the proposed
reorganization is effected Mason was
very arbitrary in his rulings yesterday.
and the Republican members are ready
to resort to desperate efforts next week
for reorganization. AS the fusion Re-
publican members from Cincinnati
were assured of support on the Repub-
lican side for certain bills for the reor-
ganization of their city, their support
with the exception Of Otis, Is counted
on in displacing Mason. The Demo-
cratic side is depended on to support
the Cincinnati bills in any event.
Almost thousand congratulatory
kilograms were received for Senator
Hanna yesterday and forwarded to him
at Cleveland. They includS his COL
leagues in the senate, including Sem
ator Foraker. Some Of these congrat-
ulatory kilograms continue to denounce
TRAITORS" in the severest language.
At the jollification meetings in some
counties the resignation Is demanded
by resolution, of Charles l.. Kurtz as
the Ohio member Of the Republican ma
tional committee.