The Portland daily press., 1898-01-10

Representative Joyce OF Gernsey VINO
voted with the combine on organization,
has announced positively that he will
support Hanna. His opposition was sole
Iy against Boxwell for speaker. Mean
time Jones of Stark, Rulan
of Carroll, sand other Republicans
who voted with the Democrats last Mon
day, have since undergone such fire from
their constituents that they are expected
vet TO square themselves by voting for
Hanna.
Where there were 10 dissenting Repub-
lican members last week, the Hanna men
say there will be only two or three this
week. These changes are attributed more
to the work that has been done in the
counties than here. There have been
charges and counter charges OF bribery
and there was considerable stir today
over the publication of the following in
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. and
in different forms in the Republican
papers:
While Senator Hanna and his managers
have been careful to make no improper
use of money in the senatorial contest,
they have all along known that the ethics
of the case were not so strictly observed
by the opposition, therefore when an op
portunity was offered to get inoriminat-
ing evidence against the combine, Mr..
Hanna's managers were quick to improve
it. A trap was set for the opposition and
worked through one of the members
whom.the combination has been trying to
get away from Senator Hanna. Some OF
the opposition kept trying to get an audi
ence with this member until it was de-
cided to accept it. Accordingly, an inter.
view was arranged for in a certain hotel,
but in advance the precaution mad been
| taken by the member to conceal
stenographer in the room, who took down
every word of the interview, an import
ant part Of which was an offer OF $4,000
cash made to the member If he would
vote against Senator Hanna. just what
use will be made of the stenographer
notes WILDE governed by the course OF the
anti-Hanna people.
+. It is stated on good authority that the
above case became known to the "opposi-
tion, soon after their organ made SEN
sational publication about the grand jury
being called on to investigate the action
OF several workers for Hanna. At any
rate there has been nothing said about the
grand jury's work since last Wednesday.
The notes Of the secreted stenographer
have been written out and they comprise
several pages Of matter which Is in the
possession of very prominent Hepubh-
can. The two men who are accused OF
Offering $4,000 are as we'll known in Ohio
politics as either the senior or the junior
senator or the governor. One OF them
holds an important state office and the
other has been an important official and
| leader in this city
These two prominent workers against
Hanna were not the ones in the room
with the member of the legislature and
his concealed stenographer, but they sent
their man to the legislators rooms and
when the men insisted in knowing who
authorized the offer the names of th $50
two prominent parties were named
as authorizing the offer OF $4,000.
The Democratic steering committee re-
ported to Mr.. Kurtz this afternoon that
| they must have assurances from him that
the dissenting Republicans would hold
out before they can give him guarantee
| of the solid Democratic vote OF 65. Ii
| is said that the Democratic steering com
mittee finally gave Kurtz till Monday
midnight to produce affidavits from at least
eight Republicans members that they
would vote against Hanna. The Hanna
managers claim that Mr.. Kurtz cannot
secure the required number of affidavits
and thai the contest will be over Monday
night. sn5