The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-07
The OHIO HOUSE.
By Unanimous Vote, Passes the Measure
Repeating the Law for 5O-Year Fran
chises for Street Railways.

Repeating the Law for 5O-Year Fran
chises for Street Railways.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 6.-The senatorial
contest became more bitter Wednes-
day than ever. After the sensational
developments Tuesday night in con-
nectiOn with the repeated changes OF
Representative Griffith and other
doubtful members, the skirmishing
proceeded more clandestinely on both
sides. No claims of changes were
made on either side. 1t was the pur-
pose of the managers in not holding
any caucuses to be able to keep their
own secrets till the ballOting began a
week hence. 1t is believed that secret
cOmpacts are being made that will not
become known until the votes of mem
bers are recorded. The situation We'd
nesday was the same as after the eau
cuses of Saturday night and the organi.
ZatiOn of the legislature on Monday.
All those who changed their prefer
ences Tuesday were brought back dur.
ing the night to their original places
There was much comment Wednes
day on the departure of Congressman
Grosvenor for Washington after ex.
Secretary of State Ryan and others
had recently been there in the interest
of Senator Hanna. The Hanna men
insisted that there would be no legatee,
while the opposition insisted that they
had Hanna beaten now and would beat
Secretary Sherman, Assistant Secre-
tary Day or any other one that the
friends of the national administration
brought out in place of Hanna.
The feature of Wednesday was the
passage in the house, as its first meas
ure and by unanimous vote, of the
bill repeating the law for 5O-year fran
chiSeS to street railways. This repeal
ing bill was introduced by Representa-
tive Bramley, of Cleveland, who is
one of the republicans opposing
Hanna, and the Bramley bill was con-
sidered as aimed at Hanna. After
Bramley spoke for his bill, Mr.. Boxwell
replied and charged Bramley with US
ing this bill for defense and buncomb
at this time, Boxwell said he voted for
the so years franchise law in the last
Legislature, and was sorry for it, but
he did not then understand the meas
ure and was induced to support the
measure by Senator Foraker, who was
here at that time urging the members
to pass the law. The debate
became general and it was
freely charged by members in their
speeches that Senator Hanna was at
the state house two years ago as well
as Senator Foraker, lobbying for the
5O-year street railway franchise law.
Other proceedings in the house were
merely routine, but the old lines of
Monday were drawn whenever the
steering committee so desired In the
senate there were mo new develop
ments, Senator Burke continued to CO.
operate with the democrats.
At II a. m. both branches of the legis-
lature met in joint assembly to can
vass the vote of the last state cleo
ton. 1t was a dull proceeding, in
strong contrast with the scenes at the
same hour and place one week hence,
when the two houses assemble together
for joint ballotting for United States
senator. During the two hours de-
voted to canvassing the vote the SEN
ators and representatives put in the
time comforting on the senatorial con-
test, and it was the concensuS of opin-
ion that Hanna was short three votes
and that the opposition was becoming
more concentrated for Kurtz for the
short term and Bushnell for the long
term.