The age-herald., 1898-01-04
HANNA DEFEATED
 IN ORGANIZATION Democrats HdndSOmeIU Rewarded Tn Both the Senate and House. COMBINE CAPTURES THE LEGISLATURE Fioht On Hanna a Most Vi0OrOuS On6, and th6 Chances Hf6 H6 MdlI Not B6
 Elected Senator.
COMBINE CAPTURES THE LEGISLATURE

Columbus O., Jan. 3.-The senatorial contest in the Ohio legislature has be- come desperate The combine of ten anti Hanna republicans with the democratic members won at the caucuses last Satur- day night and again today in organizing both branches of the legislature in the in terest of the "combine" opposition to the reelection of Senator Hanna.
 The election of Mason, an anti-Hanna member of Cleveland, the home of MT. Hanna, to the speakership, was a severe blow to the senator and his friends Boxall was the Hanna candidate, but he was de- feated by majority of three, which the bolters claim will be the strength of the combine when 1t comes to a test vote on the senatorship Mason had opposed Han ma from the time of his candidacy. He is the especial friend of Mayor McKisson. of Cleveland, who has been at war with Hanna for more than two years.
 Speaker Mason is the leader in the house of the anti-Hanna faction.
 The democrats by entering the combine, will have the best chairmanships in the senate and house, and will give that party much power in shaping legislation.
 Two More Tests
 There are two more dates for tests of strength-the joint senatorial caucuses next Wednesday night and the joint bal loting for senator one week from next Wednesday, January 12 With the com plications of the legislative organization and it's patronage disposed of, the Hanna men tonight began a most desperate fight on the senatorship.
 +, f1,nxy yrxri1l a. coalition with Calvin S. Brice, gold democrat, for senator, rather than be beaten by free silver republican or that they will do anything else, but fight it out, if it takes all winter. While they are not able to give a list long enough to elect, they claim that Hanna is stronger than Boxwell and the other regular republican candidates in the organization of the leg islature and that the opposition has not enough votes to elect a senator. The Hanna men concede that they have lost the power of the organization of both branches, can name no chairman, place no members in desirable positions on any of the committees or dispose of any other state patronage, but they have carried the war into the home counties of the boiling republican members and expect the neces- sary changes before next Wednesday night.
 Admit They Were Outdone
 The developments of last Saturday night and today have caused the Hanna men. to admit they were outdone in the prelimi- nary organization for this contest and that they underestimated the opposition, espe- cially the extent of it since the November election.
 While ex-Chairman Kurtz was thought to have been organizing against Senator Han na ever since the state convention at To- ledo, yet the participation of Gov. Bush- nell and others had not been fully antici- pated. The democratic state headquarters have been kept in operation by John R. Mclean and others ever since the Novem- Der election. ostensibly to prepare for grand free silver carnival here Saint Jack son Day, Jan. s.
 For St. Jackson's Day.
 It now transpires that the democratic state headquarters were kept open to get all the democratic members in line for what took place today and for the defeat of Hanna. Meantime MT. Kurtz was mar shaling every possible republican in line against Hanna and communicating with the committee on arrangements on Saint Jackson day. When this fact was no longer concealed tonight by the opposition, there were more republicans openly complaining against Senator Hanna's managers Sen ator Hanna did not arrive here till last Friday evening, and was in Washington till the holiday recess. He heard com plaints about his own absence and about understanding the organization of the opposition in a very good-natured manner, and insisted that he would yet win out.
 An Army of Workers
 The superior organization of the opposi- tion was shown in the combine securing to- day nearly all of the doubtful votes.
 The opposition has had an army of work CTS here for a week who have kept close to each of the doubtful republicans. The op- position marched to the state house in line like troops and worked for weeks like sol diers under orders. They had been doing picket duty, skirmishing and walking guard lines and they had their triumphal march in the most universal manners because of the confidence in their organization. The wives and daughters of the managers of the "combine'' secured choice seats in ad- vance in the executive halls awaiting the