New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-12
That the Apparent Situation at
!, Columbus on the Day Before
the Battle.
Inauguration Of Bushnell an Oc.
casion for a Demonstration
by His Friends.
Charges Of Bribery Come From
Each Side, Each Claiming5to
. Have Evidence.

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legislature reconvened in the morning.
The inauguration of Governor Bushnell
occurred at noon. It is settled in ad.
vance that there will be no election on
the first ballot. The senate will 10 to II
against Hanna, and the house will likely
give him a majority Of or more. There
is no election unless both houses are
carried by some one candidate. In the
event of Hanna or any one else having
a majority in both houses on separate
ballot the two branches would meet in
joint convention to hear their journals
of the previous day read and approved,
and the result of the vote on senator
would be formally and officially de-.
| clared. But when the majority in one
OF the houses is different from that of
the other, then the two houses in joint
| assembly must proceed to ballot, and in
case OF no election on the joint bal
lot, the legislature must con-
tinue to ballot in joint assembly
from day to day till some one
receives constitutional majority for
senator. The first vote cannot be at
all decisive, so far as Senator Hanna is
concerned, as it is conceded by his
workers that the senate will stand 10 to
II against him on the separate ballot
HIS majority must come from the house.
1t the opposition shows the strength it
claims and casts all it's votes for one
man, there will be an election, as it
would then have a majority in both
houses Oh senator, as it did have on Or
ganization week ago. The opposi-
ton still claims the house by
at least 56 to 81, which would
make the general assembly stand
"a to II on joint ballot, against Hanna.
But even after the members are all re-
corded in their respective houses on the
roll calls, there is nothing to prevent
any of them changing their votes on
Wednesday, when the minutes of the
proceedings of the previous day are
read in the joint meeting. And if the
record OF quick and repeated f1ops dur
Ing the past week is kept up, there will
be no certainty about the final result
until a decisive joint ballot is taken and
the official announcement is declared.
The inauguration of Governor Bush
nell and the other events in connection
with the Inauguration caused no cessa-
ton OF the conferences, and the hustling
in the senatorial contest. The reas.
sembling of the legislature brought all
the members back and the contest was
waged more persistently and bitterly
than ever.
Monday Was an Exciting Day.
Monday was the most exciting in
auguration day ever known in Column
bus. Long before noon the streets
were thronged with excursionists from
the counties. They poured in from
every direction. At noon the railways
estimated that there had been $4,000
arrivals during the night and the day
on the 30 excursion trains reported in.
The Bushnell badges were in the ma
jority, as the Hanna excursionists were
not booked to arrive till afternoon, in
time for the mass convention. During
the forenoon the state house was sur
rounded by crowds yelling for Bushnell.
AS it was impossible for the crowds
to get inside the capitol build
ing, the governor was called out into
the grounds where he addressed the
multitude and received in review one
delegation after another The first
delegation to which the governor re-
sponded was from his home at Spring
field, and it included hundreds of work.
ingmen from Bushnell's shops, bearing
written greetings of confidence in him.
These demonstrations continued until
noon, when Governor Bushnell was es-
corted to the rotunda of the state house
where the decorations in floral designs
and bunting were more elaborate than
ever before. The members of the su.
preme court, legislature and all other
state officers were provided with
reserved seats and the crowds
occupied all the space in windows, gal :
leries and everywhere, while the streets
and state house grounds were crowded
with shouters. Avery small percentage
could get admission to the state house,
but when cheers were heard inside, the
echo was taken up on the outside, and
| the air was filed with loud responses.
The address of Governor Bushnell
was short and contained no reference
to the contest for the senatorship, un-
less the following may be so construed:
by so legislating and acting for the
| people to secure the best possible results
with the least possible friction, much
can be done to make the general respect
for government higher and more en-
during. It is certain that our aim
pust be so to regulate and conduct the
| 11atters committed to our charge as to
earn this tacit commentator from the