Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13
THE Ohio CONTEST.
Hanna Received 70 Votes for Sem
ator In the Legislature.
MAJORITY OF one VOTE over ALL.
Ihs OppositIon Declare, However, That
They VIII Yet Win the Battlefront
Ballot Of the Two Chambers
To-Day.

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 12.-The fractional
warfare against Senator Hanna is not
over. II will have at least one more
day Of charges and counter charges
The fight was never more bitter than
last night. Senator Hanna received
70 votes yesterday, majority Of one
over all in total membership Of 100.
The senate voted 10 for McKsson and
II for Hanna. The house vote stood:
Hanna, So; McKisson, 40; Wiley, 1;
Warner. 1; Lentz, /, and one absent.
The only absentee was Representative
Crsmer, the democratic-populist mem.
Der from Paulding county, who Is seri.
ously sick. His physician stated last
night that he could not possibly be In
his seat to-day. After the vote was re-
corded yesterday in each branch Of
the legislature separately, a majority
Of q quorum or Of those present Is all
that is necessary in the joint balloting
to-day so that the serious illness Of
Representative Cramer might become
IN important factor.
The scattering vote yesterday for
Lentz, Wiley and Warner was cast by
Representatives Wiley, lIazlett and
Hess, all democrats II Cramer had
been present and all the other demo-
Gratis in line, McKisson's vote would
have been 50. or still three short Of
majority in that branch Of the legis-
lature. With Hanna having a major
ity Of three in the house, McKisson
having majority Of two in the senate,
the chair will announce to-day that
there was no election yesterday, and
that q joint ballot will be In order. As
soon ss the two bodies meet in joint
session at noon to-day their respective
journals Of yesterday will be read, and
the lieutenant governor will make the
usual official declaration.
II all the senators and representa-
uves are recorded on the joint ballot
to-day as they were recorded yesterday
on the respective ballots, Senator Han
~ will have a majority Of only one
over all. But In the absence Of Repre-.
sentative Cramer, and by some Of the
democrats refusing to vote for Mayor
McKisson, he Is likely to have larger
majority Of record on the journal Of
the joint convention. With the result
apparently hanging on the change Of
only one vote, the contest has contin.
ned oil night, the same as 1t has been
going on here other nights for the past
two weeks.
Mayor McKisson, Of Cleveland, was
In conference during the evening with
the opposition, and 1t was declared
very emphatically by their leaders that
the fight had not by any means been
lost, and that they would again rally
their forces In the Joint ballot to-day
to sufficient degree to win the battle.
The democratic members Of the leg
islature held another conference last
night, at which Judge Dirty, o men,
her Of the fusion steering committee,
reported that Kurtz had promised two
more republican votes on the joint bal
lot to-day. Notwithstanding this re.
port, It was impossible to get the three
democrats, who voted against McKis-
son yesterday, to pledge themselves
for him to-day. Several other demo-
cratic members refused to attend the
conference, although they were re.
peatedly sent for. After repeated
efforts to get all the democrats to vote
with the six dissenting republicans,
and failure to do so, the conference
adjourned until this morning.
The democratic steering committee
Of the fusionists last night issued the
following manifesto:
10 the Public;
Marcus A. Hanna will not be elected by this
legislature
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