The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-04

vote OF 20 TO 80, and after the election
OF Gerrish tho proceedings were very
quiet, many retiring from the crowded
lobbics and galleries,
After being In session half an hour in
the afternoon, the senate took re-
cess until p. M, when the governors
message was submitted and read. The
house remained In session during tho
afternoon on routine business. The sem
atorlal agitation was kept up on tho
floor OF the house. rs well as among the
senator's during their recess. In tho
house the senate Joint resolution for n
| committee to arrange for the Inaugural
tlon Of Governor Bushnell next Monday
came up and was adopted by l0t yeas
and no nays, Boxwell and four other
Republicans not voting.
Previous TO the convenlng OF the leg,
islaturc, the Democrats and the anti
Hanna Republicans Joined arms and
marched from the Great Southern hotel
to the state house forming quite, n pro-
cession. and during the noon recess they
went out together, Joining In lunching
and various gatherings OF 5olllilcation.
In the house some OF the Republican
members. including Mr.. Boxwcll, re-
Trained from voting G...a resolution for
committee to walt on and inform Gov
crnor Bushnell that the house was or
gan!zcd and ready for any message that
he might have to communicate.
At1:40 the house took recss till $50
p. m.
As the combine had no votes to spare
in the senate and only one vote more
than needed In tho house to-day. It is
evident that the entire session will be
one OF close contests, especially with the
intense feeling that prevails. An alb
sentee or an objcctor ut any time may
reverse tho control Of either body. For
this reason the combine has steering
committees In both bodies to see that
all their members are always In their
seats.
During the noon recess crusade was
developed in tclegraphic protests to
some OF the Republican members who
had voted with the Democrats. The
most notable case was that OF ]. p.
Griffith. the Republican member from
Union county. who was made speaker
pro TEN by receiving forty-seven Demo-
cratic and nine Republican votes. He
| received kilograms from constituents
uEhlIlS nun " INSISH. oAig NodiA
be hung in eiIigy and that delegations
were enroute to Columbus TO hold an In
dignation meeting. Mr.. Griffith has
wlthstood much agitation the past
| week Last midnight the Hanna work
| ers got him into conference at the
| Nell house, and It Is said that he was
almost persuaded about 3 o'clock this
morning, but he did not want TO change
without consulting his wife, who was
strongly In sympathy with the combn"
| that nominated her husband for speak,
or pro tom. Hanna workers at 3 a. NJ.
went to the Great Southern hotel. got
Mrs. Griffith up and escorted her to the
Neil house. where she remained with her
husband till q. m. When the kurtz
workers missed both Mr.. and Mrs. Grif-
fifth, they proceeded to the Nell house
after them While being escorted out
OF the Nell house the rival workers got
into fight as to who should escort Mrs.
Griffith. The anti-Hanna men succeed
ed in getting Mrs. Griffith TO return TO
the Great Southern hotel. where she had
the last Interview with Mr.. KurtZ just
before the procession formed to start
to the state house for the opening ses-
sion. The wives and relatives and other
friends OF some members who were in.
jsttte- Doubt tfulS list AhaGeA had d&eSperippca
the past few days and nights almost
like those Of Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, and
their troubles have probably just begun
in that line While the joint senatorial
caucuses are held next Wednesday
night, the ballotlng in the legislature
does not begin for nine days. on
Wednesday, January -.
The Hanna men have this afternoon
carried the war into the counties Of the
nine Republican members who voted
with the Democrats, and trains will be
chartered to bring their constituents to
the state capital to make Rome howl"
as one Of the Hanna managers expressed
1t. The caucuses Of Saturday night and
the organization to-day were against
Hanna, and 1t Is believed that when he
receives the denomination OF the joint
| Republican caucuses on Wednesday
night next that 1t will be by vote that
| Is six short Of enough to elect, but the
Hanna men say there will be such rev.
olutlon in Ohio within the next week
rs to inaure Hanna's election by the
full party vote OF at least IS to 20.
Just as the legislature was reconven-
ing at go It was announced that
Charles L. Kurtz, who had headed the
combine opposition to Hanna, and SO far
won In the fight, would be the opposl-
tion candidate for senator against Han
ma, and that Governor Bushnell and
Mayor Mckisson had consented 10 this
arrangement.
When the house reassembled at p.
m. and just previous to the reading OF
Governors Bushncll's message. several
bills and resolutions were offered. two
Of them being aimed ut Senator Hanna,
and both of these measures being intro
duced by Republicans.
Representative Bramley, Of Cleveland,
introduced n bill to repeal what is
known as the "ffty-year franchise law
for street railways" that was passed
two years ago. Senator Hanna is
largely interested In such enterprises
and favored the bill when 1t was passed.
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