The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-12
A REMARKABLE SCENE


In the Senate When the Vote OF the House
WA, Announced, Which Definitely Set
tied the Contest In Iinni,a's Favor.
COLUMBUS. Jan. 1.-THE senate
chamber was crowded to It's limit when
at II, O'clock the first move in the great
senatorial contest vas made. The re-
port Of the committee fixing that hour a 5
the simc for taking the ballot had been
adopted some. time before, and this
knowledge getting outside the public
crowded In. When the lieutenant gov
erEor raped for order and announced
that the ballotIns for a United States
senator now under consideration, perfect
quiet Immediately reigned No;H sound
was heard. n
The people realized shat the beginning
OF the end had come. and tha. within a
few minutes the vote would largely de-
termine who was 10 be the next United
States senator would come. Every SEN
ator was in his seat to record his action.
AT the side OF many sat ladies' and
friends whom they, had brought in.
1t WAS Just II O'Clock when Senator
Sullivan arose to nominate Senator Han
ma. During the delivery of the address
II was 4 somewhat remarkable scene
The senator's sat perfectly quiet. facing
the speaker. Crowded into the hall
were several hundred people, taking up
every possible foot cf space. and yet not
4 sound could pe heard save the words
OF the speaking senator.
When lfr. Burke pronounced the name
OF Mayor Alckisaon there was y perfec!
silence, though some feeling could be
plainly seen In the faces OF the audience.
Senator WOlcott. OF Cleveland, immedi-
ately seconded the nomination OF Senator
Hanna. The nomination OF Mayor Nc
Kisson was seconded by: Senator Flick.
n Lieutenant Governor Jones then an
nounced that the ballot would be taken
by the senator's rising in their seats
and naming their choice.
Two votes were taken, one for the
short term and one for the long GERM.
The short Germ was voted for first The
vote for the short term resulted: For
McKisson: Broorein, Burke, Cof,an,
Cromley. Decker, Doty. Finck, Harper,
Jones. Kenno. Loet, Long, Miller. Mitch
ell. Nichols. Pugh, Robertson. Schafer,
Valentine, 10.
For Hanna: Alexander. Blake, Gable.
Carpenter, Crandall. Dodge. Garfield,
Lutz. May. Plummer. Riley, Sheppard.
Sullivan, voisht, W!ght.aan, Williams,
Wolcott, II.
z The vote for the long term stood 10 for
McKlsaon and II for Hanna, the same as
on the ballot for. the short term. With
the II in the senate and sc in the house.
Hanna had just the requisite 73 votes
for his election. with all present. but
in,the absence of Representative Cralner.
who IS DANGEROUSLY sick, Hanna has one
to spare.
a remarkable scene took place In the
senate chamber WIN tn vote from tn
house was announced. The Republican
senators, inspired by the encouraging
news. stood In their chairs and upon the
floor. and shouted themselves hoarse
with calls for Hanna and victory. Moth
Ing like. Twas ever seen In the Ohio SEN
ate chamber. whats the matter with
Hanna? 2" lthey all shouted. and the call
came back. Hes all right" II was sev-
eral minutes before the hall was cleared.
Snator Burke was the only Republican
In the senate who did not votc for H anna.
Senator Voight, the fusionlst, from Gin
cInnatl, voted for Hanna, as did all the
fusion representatives from Hamilton
county, except Ctis, who did not produce
the dramatic scene that had been an
nounceu ana was generally expected.