Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-12
NOT A VOTE TO SPARE!
sut Enough Is as Good as Feast
in the Case of Marcus
Aurelius Hanna.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

And Only Needs 10 Hold Them Till This
Afternoon- l3ut the Combine" Keeps Up
the Fight to Defeat Him All Night and
There May He q Brcak In His Ranks
Mckisson Chosen by the Fusionists-H
Alleged Pledge to the Caucus.
Columbus. O.. Jan. 1.-THE factional
warfare against Senator Hanna IL not
ever. 1t will have at least one more
Jay OF charges and counte.-charges.
Inc fight has never been more bitter
IMAM now. Hanna received - votes
yesterday. majority Of one over all
IN total membership OF Ii5. The SEN
) ate voted 10 for McKisson and II for
Hanna. The house vote stood: Ham,:
20: Mckisson. ~; Wiley. 1: Warner, l.;
i.entz, ]. and one absent. The only
I absentee was Representative Cramer.
The Democratic-Poprlist member from
I Paulding county. who IS seriously sick.
His physicians stated last night that
he could not possibly be in his seat
today. After the vote was recorded
yesterday In each branch Of the legis-
slature separately a majority Of a quor-
UNI OF those present is all that is neces-
sery In the Joint ballc'ipg, so that the
serious illness of Cranrr might become
IN important fac,cr.
Will Announce No Election,
Inc scattering vote yesterday for
Lentz. Wiley and Warner was cast by
representative Wiley Hazlett and Hess
all Democrats. If Cramer had been
present and all ether Democrats in line
Mckisson's vote in the house would
have been 81, or still three short OF a
majority in that branch II the legis-
lature. With Hanna having a majority
OF three In the house. and McKisson|
having q majority Of 2 In the senate.
the chair will announce today that
there was no election yesterday and
that joint ballot will be in order. As
soon as the two bodies meet in Joint
convention at noon today their re-
spective journals Of yesterday will be
iread and The lieutenant governor will,
make the usual official declaration.
Contsst Went on All Night,
III all the senators and representa-
ives are recorded on the joint ballot
today as they were recorded yesterday
on their respective ballots Hanna
viii have majority of only one over|
|all. But In the absence OF Cramer, and
by some OF the Democrats refusing tol
vote for Mckisson, he is likely to have
"a larger majority Of record on the Jour
nal OF the joint convention With the
result apparently hanging on the change
LOT only one vote the contest continued,
(all last night, the same as il has been
going on here other nights for the past
two weeks.
Burned Their Bridges Behind Them,
The seven Republicans who refused
TO vote for Hanna yesterday have since
Isigned statements that burn the bridges
behind them. Senator Burke and Rep
|resentatives Scott. Mason. Jones and
Rutan say they will vote for Hanna i'll
Ithe Otis charges are proven to he un-
true. Representatives Otis and Bram-
|iey, however. simply signed codicil
ito the statement of the other five in
(Which they concur in asking for an
4 Investigation, bvt tkov state that they
will not vote for Hanna under any cir
Icumstanccs. While the bureaus of
Iclains and charges arc in full operation
ION both sides as usual there are also
Irepoyts about the bribery charges being
presented to the grand jury of Hamil-
ton county apd of franklin county.