The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14
IF HE CAN HOLD THEM
Hanna Will Win the United States
Senatorship from Ohio.
SEPARATE BALLOT HAS BEEN TAKEN,
Giving Him Seventy-Three Votes, just
Enough to Elect--Republicans Go Wild
Over the Result-Antis Are
Charging Bribery.

Charging Bribery.
Columbus, o., Jan. 1.-THE fractional
warfare against Senator Hanna is not
over 1t will have at least one more
day of charges and charges
The fight has never been more bitter
than now. Hanna received 73 votes
yesterday a majority of one over all
In total membership Of las. The sem
ate voted 10 for McKisson and II for
Hanna. The house vote stood: Hanna,
Sc; McKisson, 40; Wiley, 1; Warner, 1;
Lentz, /, and one absent. The only
absentee was Representative Cramer,
the -Populst member from
Paulding county, who is seriously sick.
His physicians stated last night that
De could not possibly be in his seat
today. After the vote was recorded
yesterday in each branch of the legis-
lature separately a majority of quor-
UNI of those present is all that is neces-
sary in the joint balloting, so that the
serious illness of Cramer might become
an important factor.
Joint Ballot Is the Next Thing.
The 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 other Democrats in line
McKisson's vote in the house would
have been SO. or still three short Of a
majority in that branch of the legis-
lature. With Hanna having a majority
Of three in the house, and McKisson
having a majority of In the senate,
the chair will announce today that
there was no election yesterday and
that a 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
read and the lieutenant governor will
make the usual official declaration.
Hot Fight for That One Vote.
If all the senators and representa-
tives are recorded on the joint ballot
today as they were recorded yesterday
on their respective ballots Hanna
will have majority of only one over
all. But in the absence Of Cramer, and
by some of the Democrats refusing to
vote for McKisson, he is likely to have
larger majority Of record on the jour-
nal of the joint convention. With the
result apparently hanging on the change
of only one vote the contest continued
all last night, the same as it has been
going on here other nights for the past
two weeks.
Recalcitrants Sign Some Statements.
The seven Republicans who refused
to vote for Hanna yesterday have since
signed statements that burn the bridges
behind them. Senator Burke and Rep
resentatives Scott, Mason, Jones and
Rutan say they will vote for Hanna If
the Otis charges are proven to be I'M
true. Representatives Otis and Bran
ley. however, simply signed codici
to the statement of the other five in
which they concur in asking for an
investigation, but they state that they
will not vote for Hanna under any cir
cumStances. While the bureaus of
claims and charges are in full operation
on both sides, as usual there are also
reports about the bribery charges being
presented to the grand jury of Hamil-
ton county and of Franklin county
Joy at the Hanna Headquarters.
Hardly had the result of the ballot
ing in the Legislature been announced
yesterday before a surging crowd filed
the lobby and corridors of the Neil
House and cheers for Hanna swept like
waves through the house and out on
the streets. Hanna responded to the
repeated calls from his friends, and in
answer to their demands made a speech
congratulating them on behalf of the
Republican party for the suspicious
outcome. 'It is not so much
a matter Of personality with me-"
said he. 1T is a question of keeping
the pledges and UNFOLDING the integrity
the party, and of giving heed to the
will of the people" The excited crowd
lifted the senator from the floor, and
man after man embraced him, while
others were shaking both hands.