The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-13
OHIO SENATORIAL CONTEST
BOTH BRANCHES OF THE LEGIsLA-
TURE HAVE ADJOURNED UNTIL
MONDAY MORNING.
CONFERENCES DAILY and NIGHTLY
And Doubtful Members Are Receiv-
Ing the Loving and Untiring At
tentiOn of Steering Committees.
Views on the Situation.

Columbus, o., Jan. Both branches
of the legislature have adjourned until
Monday, but both sides of the senatorial
contest remain in conferences daily and
| nightly ut the Neil House and the Grand
Southern hotel. The suspense and secret
work will continue until next Tuesday,
| when the two branches of the legislature
vote separately for senator.
The doubtful members made no fops
today. They remain doubtful and they
are receiving the united and untiring at
tention of the legislative steering COM
mittees and outside workers. Letters
and kilograms from protesting clubs and
committees and others continue to pile
in from the counties on the governor
and the republican members who are CO.
operating with the democrats.
In reply to the reports about Secretary
sherman, Congressman Grosvenor and
others being made, the republican senate
rial nominee, Senator Hanna said posi-
lively today he would never retire. He
says he was. nominated by the Toledo
state convention and can not retire in
favor of any one. If he is defeated, the
responsibility will rest on those who are
now cooperating with the democrats.
The senator insists that he will never
withdraw, even if defeat should become
inevitable, but he still insists that he will
win out before another week rolls around
Senator Hanna, Mr.. Kurtz and other
leaders are now almost worn out and
they evidently have long struggle still
ahead of them
The standing committees have not been
announced i'll either house, and the com
bine is using the patronage to hold their
men in line.
The Columbus Press, the democratic
organ of central Ohio, tonight in its lead
ing editorial says:
"rhe organization of both houses of the
legislature on Monday by coalition of
the democrats and Foraker republicans
does not prove that the opposition to
Hanna can elect senator.
"ln order to elect Il senator in opposi-
ti0n to Mr.. Hanna, it will be necessary
to have II perfect coalition between the
Bryan democrats and the Foraker re-
publicans. There are no votes to spare.
'Mr. Hanna and his assistants are not
only trying to secure votes for him, but
they are by the same means and methods
trying to prevent the opposition from
agreeing on any other candidate.
ut is known there are democrats in
the legislature who are much disinclned
to vote for any republican for senator
and who would almost as willingly see
MIR. Hanna elected senator as any other
republican who thinks and votes as Mr..
Hanna does on public questions. But
as every one OF these democrats voted
for Mason, Il republican, for speaker of
the house in preference to Mr.. BoXwell,
also Il republican. who differs in no wise
from Mason in political opinions except
one is for and the other is opposed to
Hanna's election to the senate. it would
now come with rather bad grace from
any democrat who voted for Mason to
refuse to vote for an honest republican
for senator in OPPOSITION to Hanna, upon
the ground that he was in principle OPP
posed to voting for republicans under
any circumstances The democrats who
voted for Mason for speaker could have
done so only to signify their opposition
to NJ. A. Hanna"
Lewis G. Bernard. the democratic
leader from Cincinnati and the manager
for John X. Mclean, said tonight:
"There will be no election for long
series of ballots. The democrats will
scatter their votes'
This is taken to mean that the demo
Gratis will not be able to agree in their
caucus on candidate. The anti-Hanna
republicans announce positively that I'M
der no circumstances will they vote for
a democrat. They will continue the dead
lock indefinitely rather than elect II dem
Ocratic senator.