The herald., 1898-01-12
HANNA
HENCHMEN
HAPPY
Their Joy TinCtul.ed With
Anxiety
THE OHIO LEGISLATORS
Roll Up a Majority of Jus,
One Vote
THE BALLOT IN JOINT SESSION
THE BALLOT IN JOINT SESSION
MAY POSSIBLY SHOW A WoFUL
VARIATION
Hanna Scores Heavily in the First
Round, But the Fight Is Not
Yet Won and Grows More
and More Bitter X
Press Special Wire


COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 1.-THE FAC
tional warfare against Senator Hanna Is
not over. 1t will have at least one more
dav of changes and counterchanges. The
fight has never been more bitter than
tonight. Senator Hanna received 73
votes today, a majority of l over all In
a total membership of 145. The senate
voted 10 for McKisson and II for Hanna.
The house stood: Hanna, 56; McKisson,
40: Wiley, l; Warner, /; Lentz. l, and one
absent.
The only absentee was Representative
Cramer, the Democratic-Populist men,
ber from Paulding county, who is seri-
ously sick. His physician stated tonight
that he could not possibly be in his seat
tomorrow.
After the vote was recorded today In
each branch of the legislature sepa-
rately, a majority of quorum OF those
present Is all that Is necessary in the
Joint balloting tomorrow, 80 that the Sc
rious illness of Representative Cramer
might become an important factor.
The scattering vote today for Lentz.
Wiley and Warner was cast by Repre-
sentatives Wiley, Hazlett and Hass, all
Democrats. If Cramer had been pres
ent and all other Democrats in line, NC
Kissons vote in the house would have
been SO, or still three short Of a majority
in that branch of the legislature. With
Hanna having a majority Of three in
the house and McKisson having ma
jority of two in the senate, the chair will
announce tomorrow that there was no
election today. and that joint ballot
will be in order. AS soon as the two
bodies meet in joint convention tomor-
row their respective journals Of today
will be read and the lieutenant governor
will make the usual official declaration.
If all the senators and representatives
are recorded on the joint ballot tomor-
row as they were recorded today on their
respective ballots, Senator Hanna will
have a majority of only one over all.
But in the absence of Representative
Cramer and by some Of the Democrats
refusing to vote for Mayor McKisson.
ne is likely " we u idl SCI AiAoJOAASy VA
record on the journal of the joint con-
vention.
With the result apparently hanging
on the change Of only one vote. the con-
test has continued all night, the same
as it has been going on here on all other
nights for the past two weeks.
The seven Republicans who refused
to vote for Senator Hanna today have
,ts,{ hot h,,r 4 kI,<>
bridges behind them. Senator Burke,
Representatives Scott, Mason, Jones
az Rutan say they will vote for Hanna
if the Otis charges are proven to be
untrue. Representatives Otis and
Bramley, however, simply signed a cod
icil to the statement of the other five
dissenters. in which they concur in ask
ing for an investigation, but they state
that they will not vote for Hanna under
any circumstances.
While the bureaus of claims and of
charges are in full operation on both
sides tonight as usual, there are also re-
ports about the bribery charges being
presented to the grand jury of Hamilton
county and of Franklin county. The
grand juries are in session in both Of
these counties. and there are current re-
ports tonight of efforts to secure indict-
ments before tomorrow noon.
While 1t is not likely that any indict-
nSnt will be made, yet 1t Is quite prob
able that there will be an attempt in the
legislature tomorrow for dramatic
scene on the charges of bribery. The
opposition Is charging the Hanna men
tonight with voting down the motions
and the resolutions today for an investi-
cation Of the bribery charges made by
Representative Otis. The Hanna men
say they will give the fullest consldera-
ton to this investigation at the proper
time, but that the purpose Of these
charges now is to stampede the legisla-
ture on the balloting for senator and
that such a scheme cannot be carried
through. Some of the Hanna men also
state that at the proper time they will
reorganize the house, as the vote of to-
day showed that they had majority Of
three over all in that body.
CALLED TO ORDER
COLUMBUS, o.. Jan. 11.-Both
branches Of the Legislature met at 10
o'clock a. m. and many regretted that
admission by ticket had not been
adopted. The crowd pressed In on the
door Of both bodies and as the visitors