Evening star., 1898-01-12
Is Now United States Senator From
Ohio for Both Terms.
VOTE WAS THE SAME As YESTERDAYS
McKisson Was the Nominee Again
of the Opposition.
HANNA'S RANKS UNSHAKEN


| COLUMBUS, Ohio. January l2-Marcus,
A. Hanna was elected United States sem
ator from Ohio this morning for both thes
long and short terms by vote OF 73 10
| 40 on joint ballot OF the two houses
The short term alluded to is. of course
the uneXpired part OF Senator Sherman's
term, which he left vacant when he resi
signed to accept i place IN President Nc.
hinleys cabinet. and to fill which Gov,
Bushnell appointed Mr.. Hanna last March
After the two houses met in joint ses-
sion in the house chamber the roll OF
the senate was called first, and there were
no changes from the votes of yesterday.
~ for Mckisson and Ia for Hanna. as fol-
lcNs:
For Hanna for the short term-Alexan.
der. Blake. Cable Carpenter. CrandaiL
Dodge Garfield. Lutz, May. Plummer,
Riley, Sheppard. sullivan. Voight, WightIl
| man, Williams, Wolcott. total IL =
For Mckisson-Broren, Burke. Cohen.
Gronlley. Decker, Doty. Finck, Harper.
ell, Nichols, Pugh. Robertson Schafer,
| Valentine; total, IL.
| Senator Burke. the only dissenting re-
publican, presented the name OF f. Mc- I
| klsson. the republican mayor OF Cleveland, 1
| IN very forcible and infiammable speech, 4,
| AT commanded the closest attention. Iui
| one of his climaXes he said: b!
| /.
| here today
| The Vote OF House Members
| The vote of the house was the same as
That OF yesterday, with the exception that
| Hazlet, who voted then for Wiley. and
| Hess, who voted uhen for Warner today
| voted with the other democrats for Nc.
kisson. Gen Aquilla Wiley was the only
democrat not voting with the coalition, and
ne voted again for Congressman Lentz.
| But Gov. Jones announced the result Of
| the joint ballot as Hanna, 13; Mckisson
| .o Lentz i; absent, l, and declared Marcus
| A. Hanna elected senator for the unex-
| pired term, ending March 1, lSg
| owing to the cheering and noise the
chalr allowed TIE Joliiers to retire befora
! the less exciting vote for the long term
| was begun. The ballot for the long term
| was taken, without much interest being
| manifested.
Representative Roberts of Cleveland sec-1
| onded the nomination of Hanna and Rep
| resenta,iVc Bram!ey of Cleveland that of
| McKisson. The democrats presented no
| lame and made no seconding speeches.
| The senators and representatives rose to
their feet when they cast their respective
| votes.
joint Ballot at Noon.
| Although the joint ballotng for senatop
| did not begin till noon today the legisla-'
| tive halls We're crowded early in the morns
| Ing, with an overflow crowd in and about
| the state house. AT the hotels the Oppose
| ing headquarters presented the same anxi.
Gus and busy scenes. The workers on both
| sides showed more plainly their WEAKNESS
| than on former mornings. The Hanna
| hustlers were up all night on the watch:
| Their opponents spent the entire night in
| getting some members out of bed and IN
! staying near others. There were several
| collisions in the hotels between opposing
| workers and watchmcn before daybreak,
| and their feeling had not abated any when
| they met again in the state house. There
We're reports about attempts to abduct Ger.
| tain members during the night, but none
| were lost in any OF the alleged escapes. !
| There seemed TO be less curiosity over
| the result of the JOINT ballot for senator
tran over the well-advertised drama tic pers
| fCrmance IN connection with charges Of
| bribery, conspiracy and other wrongs
| charged by both sides against each other.
| And in the midst of all the cheering there
| were sighs of relief from the wearing sus>
pense over the action of doubtful statess
men. II will be two weeks next Friday
since Senator Hanna arrived here, but most
| of his workers had been here over two
| weeks, and some of his opponents had been
| Oh the sleepless vigil for months. Even
| these who had everything to gain and
nothing more to lose seemed to dread the 1
| further tension of deadlock. All were
ready for the curtain TO drop.
Burke Demands Investigation.
! Soon after the senate assembled this
morning Senate, Burke of Cleveland offered
| a resolution demanding an investigation
| into the charges that $l,1J0 had been offer
| ed by alleged agents in the interests Of
| Senator Hanna for the vote of Representa-
| tive Otis. The resolution provided for a
commission of five, consisting of senators \
| Burke, Robinson, Fink, Garfield and Long. 2
Senator Burke afterward requested to have 4
/ is name stricken out, and that OF 81 nator ,
Sullivan was substituted. The committee 4
thus constituted consisted of three DEM !
n r. md fN.-n a M
bitter discussion followed, led by Senator
Burke for immediate consideration, and by |
Senator Sullivan for de.iberdtion and full |
consideration q
During the discussion 1t was charged
that consideration of this resolution had
been postponed by vote of 81 to -, and
that it matter that concerned the
house and not the senate, but that IL had
been precipitated in the senate, where it
was thought it might be adopted by a vote
of 10 to IL and interfere With the election Of
4 United States senator at the hour fixed
for that action.
Senator Sullivan raised the point of or
der that the house having passed upon
similar resolution and defeated il, the
senate had no right TO take up the matter.
The president refused to entertain the
point, and held the senate had the right to
pass upon the resolution.
Before the vote upon the resolution could
be taken a message WAS received from the
hot of representatives stating that tina.
body was ready TO vote upon the question
president held that further discussion was
cut of order, and the matter was laid over.
Proceedings i'm the House.
When the house convened, at 10 am,
Representative Otis was promptly recog-
nized on question of privilege. He made
a long statement regarding the Boyce brib-
cry charges. He said il was due the house
and himself to have an investigation before
proceeding further in the election of a
United States senator, ana offered a reso-
luton accordingly.
On a motion to suspend the rules for
immediate consideration of the resolution
the vote stood-52 ayes, 56 nays. On the
motion being declared lcSt there were
cheers on the republican side and in the
galleries. The vote was precisely the same
as all the votes yesterday. and the two /
ballots for the short and long terms for
senator. There 109 members of the
house. The SO Hanna men always voted
sclidly.
Representative Cramer was absent, and
is still very sick. The other forty-six DEM
ocratic members and the six bolting repub-