The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-13

1t was just IL o'clock when Senator
| Sullivan arose to nominate Senator Han
ma. During the delivery of the address
| it was somewhat remarkable scene
The senators sat perfectly quiet, facing
the speaker. Crowded into the hall were
several hundred people, taking up every
| possible foot of space, and yet not q
| sound could be heard save the words of
| the speaker.
AS Senator Burke pronounced the
name of Mr.. McKissOn there was a per.
| feet silence, though some Feeling could
| be plainly seen in the faces of the au-
dience. Senator Wolcott of Cleveland
| Immediately seconded the nomination of
Senator Hanna. The nomination of
Mayor McKisson was seconded by Sena-
| tor Finck.
Lieutenant Governor Jones then an
nounced the ballot would be taken by the
| senators rising in their seats and nam
ing their choice.
Two votes were taken, one for the
short term, and one for the long term.
The short term was voted for first. The
vote for the short term resulted:
For McKissosn-Brosin, Burke, Cohen.
Cromley, Decker, Doty, Finck, Harper,
Mitchell, Nichols, Pugh, Robertson
Schafer, Valentine-Total, 10.
For misunderstanding, Blake, Cable
Carpenter, Crandall, Dodge, Garfield,
Lutz, May, PIummer, Riley, Sheppard,
sullivan sullivan Eoight; Wishtman, Williams,
Senator Burke of Cleveland was the
only republican in the senate who did
not vote for Hanna. Senator Voight,
the fusionist from Cincinnati, voted for
Hanna, as did all the fusion republicans
from Hamilton county except Otis, who
did not produce the dramatic scene that
had been announced and was generally
expected.
The vote for the long term stood 10
for McKisson and II for Hanna, the
same as on the ballot for the short term.
with the II in the senate and SO in the
house, Hanna has just the requisite 70
votes for his election with all present,
but in the absence of Representative
Cramer, who is dangerously sick, Hanna
has one to spare.
A remarkable scene took place in the
senate chamber when the vote from the
house was announced. The republican
senators. inspired by the encouraging
news, stood on their chairs and upon the
floor and shouted themselves hoarse with
calls for Hanna and victory. Nothing
like 1t was ever seen in an Ohio senate
chamber.
whats the matter with Hanna they
shouted, and the answer came back:
II was SEVERAL
before the hall was cleared.
Mckisson denies that he pledged him
self last night to free silver or to stand
on the Chicago platform when called into
the democratic caucus. The democrats
and others present confirm this report
and state that Mayor McKisson said
he was bimetallist and opposed to the
policy of Secretary Gage, but he would
stand for the free and unlimited coin
agee, of silver. The opposition to Hanna
evidently gave up the hope of any
chances tomorrow on the joint ballot
representative Haslit, who voted for
Gen: Wiley, was a member of the demo-
cratic steering committee and has been
working to keep the democratic members
IN line for Bushnell, Kurtz or any other
republican who could be elected over
Hanna. He says he voted for a demo-
crat because he had been fooled by the
republicans. They assured him last
night that they had eight republican
votes against Hanna and showed only
six one the ballots, one in the senate
and five in the house.