The Portland daily press., 1898-01-12

boarding house of Mr.. Cramer to fight it
out with his physician and family. At
tor waiting half hour uhe Reput lie ms
moved that further proceedings in the
House be dispensed with. Ihiss meant
to proceed with the ballot in the absence
of Cramer.
There was close fight on the motion.
The test vote resulted So ayes, 52 nays,
and the House dispensed with the call 10
do any balloting until Cramer coulo 10
brought in. (Great applause on the ne
publican SIDE.
Representative Kenney rose to ques,.
t1on of privilege and read the charges "
offers to bribe Representative John y.
Otis of Hamilton county. lie on ASteu '
resolution that committee OF nye be ap-
pointed at once to investigate these spe-
|cific charges and other charges OF pfloery
affecting any member Of the HOUSE.
Mr. Ashford moved to amend tne reso,
luton SO that said committee OF i've snail
be empowered to Investigate any otnsr
charges of bribery in connection WIN
the election Of a u. S. senator.
The ayes and nays were called on every
motion and there was an attempt at thls
juncture to delay proceedings py tnese
cratic side to suspend tie rales and con-
slider the Kenney resolution at once;
This was defeated by the same vote, 81
ayes and Sc nays, when there was again
applause on the Republican side.
| The votes were on strict party lines.
with the exception of Speaker Mason OF
Cuyahoga, Republican,; Bramley. OF
Cuyahoga, Jones of Stark, Scott of Full
ton, and Otis of Hamilton, who voted
with the AZ Democratic members.
The name of Marcus A. Hanna was
then presented by Representative Leland
of Noble, and seconded by L. II. smith
of Delaware.
The name of Mayor Robert E. McKisson
of Cleveland was presented by Represen-
tattve Bramley.
When the result of the ballot was az
nounced. Hanna, Sc; MoKisson, 40; War
ner. /; Wiley l; Lentz, j; there was con-
siderable stir on the Democratic side.
Speaker Mason announced that Marcus
A. Hanna having received majority OF
| the House was the choice OF that pody
for the short term.
The cheering outside of the hall for
Hanna was re-echoed in the ears of the
members as the result was announced.
The ballot was then taken for the long
term and it resulted in the same and its
announcement was greeted with another
| long and loud demonstration.
FaOn both ballots Representative Cramer
was absent and there were thus only
t1OS cast as follows: Hanna, 56; Mckis-
son, 49; Wiley, 1. Warner, l; Lentz, Il;
absent, J..
At 1915 the House adjourned and the
| hall was used for a jollification meeting.
The Senate chamber was crowded TO Its
| limit when at II O'Clock the first move
| in the great senatorial contest was
made. When the lieutenant governor
trapped for order and announced that the
II IL So Tv,iA ta$
now under consideration, perfect quiet
| immediatelykreigned
The people realized that the beginning
| of the end had come, and that within a
| few minutes the vote that would deter
mine who would be the next United
States senator would come. Every sena-
| tor was in his seat BY the side of many
sat Indies and friends whom they mad
It was just II o'clock when, Senator
ESullivan arose to nominate Senator Mark
| Hanna.
| Crowded into the hall were several hun
dred people, taking up every possible loot
/ of space. and yet not sound could DO
| heard rave the words of the speaking
| Senator Sullivan nominated Senator
Hanna in the State senate, Senator
| Burke pronounced the name of Mt. Nc
| Kisson, and there was perfect silence
though some feeling could be plainly
| seen in the faces of the audience.
| Lieut. Gov. Jones then announced that
the balloting would be taken by the sem
ators rising in their seats and naming
| their choice.
| Two votes were taken, one for the short
and one for the long term. The vote for
| long term, 10 for McKisson and II for
Hanna, the same as on the ballot for the
| short term.
Hardly had the result of the halloting
been announced before surging. shout
| ing crowd filled the lobby and corridors
| Of the Neil house and cheers for Senator
Hanna swept like waves through the
House and to the streets. Senator
Hanna responded to the repeated calls
| from his friends and in answer to their
demands made speech, congratulatlng
them on behalf of the Republican party
| for the auspicious outcome.
eft is not SO much O matter OF person
ality with me" said Senator Hanna, 'as
| it is /. question of keeping the pledges
| and upholding the integrity OF the party,
and of giving heed to the will OF the peo-
| ple."
The excited crowd lifted the senator
| from the floor and man after man en-
braced him, while others were shaking
both his hands. Finally the crowd was
| held back and got into line and for fully
an hour tho senator stood and gra,sped
the hands and listened to the exultant
congratulations of the crowd. :, =,
"Thank God, the right will prevail, =
PRAISE God from whom all blessings
fow," NGlory Halelujah, = and kindred
expressions filled the air in choral sing
ing. One veteran, with upllfSed1 a. hatI IT,
shouted, HSenator, this takes load OH
me as big as a freight car. 's The cheer
ing continued unabatedaduring the after
noon.
In the House some charged that Mr.
Kurtz sacrificed McKisson and did not
want to be voted for himself for senator IA or
when there were not votes enough IN
sight to elect. The Democratic suiembers
were holding conferences with view
of bringing out candidate for senator
tomorrow, and for that honor John r.
/ Mclean is the favorite. In that event
4 it is thought Hanna may tomorrow So
cure the entire Republican vote.
Charles Gerrish, the coalition chief
clerk Of the House, said Hanna was con-
sidered beaten up to an hour before the
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