The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-05
HANNA MEN WORKING HARD.
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has been on both sides several times and
has so pledged himself in writing In these
dispatches of yesterday it was announced
that the Hanna workers spent Sunday
night with Representative Griffith and
that he sent for his wife to come from the
Great Southern hotel to the Neil house to
join in the conference with the Hanna
men. At s a. NJ the Kurtz men saw Mrs.
Griffith, and the all night work of the
Hanna men was undone just before her
husband went TO the state house on Mon
day morning to qualify as speaker pro TEN.
with the other candidates ofGthe COM
bine"
After the legislature had been organized
Mr.. Griffith had another night of confer
ences on both sides of the senatorial cause,
and this morning he gave the Hanna men
a written pledge over his name that he
would vote for the senator Later in the
day he was seen by the opponents of SEN
ator Hanna and tonight ne gave out the
following as his latest proclamation on
his position:
ITO the Public: 1t is due to the public
and to myself that I make a statement of
my position on the senatorial matter.
While it is true that the convention which
nominated me issued a resolution request
ing me to support Senator Hanna, and
while |, at various times during the cam
paign and since declared my intention to
follow that request, and even promised
dozen or more of my constituents in Mr..
Hanna's headquarters on Monday of this
week that / would do so, l have, however,
since learning the particulars of the
indignity heaped upon my wife on Mon
day morning, reached the conclusion that
! would be untrue to my manhood should
l cast my vote for man who either uses
OF employees such methods and shall re
sent the indlgnities and insults heaped
upon myself and friends and also do a
service for my state and country by vot-
ing for republican other than Mr. Hanna
for the United States Senate. Notwith-
standing the threats that have been made
to me that l cannot return and live In
Union county, If / do not vote for Mr.
Hanna, it is my hope that the good peo-
pie who have honored me with their con-
fidence, and whom l love and honor, will
uphold me in this determination that cam
not under any circums tances now be
changed. j. f. Griffith"
When a copy of the statement purport-
ing to come from Representative Griffith
was shown to Senator Hanna this even
ing he said: II do not believe Mr. Griffith
ever made this statement, because 1t Is
not true 1t is represented to me that he
is an honorable man, and therefore I shall
not believe, without some further evidence.
that he ever made or authorized any such
statement
1t is known that the document is in
Griffiths handwriting, whether he prepar-
ed it himself or not.
Congressman Grosvenor left for Wash
ington tonight and the anti-Hanna men
say he has gone there to confer as to the
legatee of Senator Hanna, who the oppo-
sition representatives say is likely to be
Secretary Sherman.
The following statement was given out
tonight by M. c. Peck, a neighbor and
personal friend of Representative and
Mrs. Griffith of Marysville, Union county:
I'm regard to Mr.. Griffith's statement, in
which he says his wife has received indig
mites from Mr.. Hanna and his friends,
I wish to say: When the newspapers re-
ported on Sunday that Mr. Griffith had
refused to go into the republican caucus,
Mr.. Chapman and myself, becoming
alarmed at what that might mean, came
over to Columbus from Marysville Sun
day afternoon to see him, having been his
warm personal and political friends. We
secured an interview with him at about
$50 o'clock IN the afternoon at the Great
Southern hotel Mrs. Griffith being present
during the interview. From him we
learned that it was his purpose not to
vote for the republican nominees, and we
urged the necessity of his supporting
that ticket, with the agreement at
the end of the interview that
he should come to the Neil house about 10
o'clock for further conversation in regard
to the matter Mr.. Griffith kept his APP
pointment and for probably three or four
hours the matter was discussed by Mr..
Griffith and his friends, with the conclu-
sion that we believed he was going to sup
port the republican legislative candidates,
and at Mr.. Griffith's request Mr.. Chap
man and myself went to the Great South
ern hotel and told Mrs. Griffith that Mr..
Griffith wished her to come to the Neil
house, saying, however, that if she pre-
ferred to remain there until morning that
she should follow her own pleasure. Mr..
Chapman and myself took a cab and went
to the Great Southern hotel, found Mrs.
Griffith at room 312 delivered the message,
and she Immediately got ready and came
with us in the cab to the Neil house, and
Mr.. Chapman accompanied her to her
room Afterwards she came to room Is,
where her husband was. Her husband
returned to the Great Southern
hotel and left her in room 10,
in company with Mr.. Chapman
and Jerry p Bliss. AS Mr. Bliss did
not seem inclined to leave her room and
give her chance to retire, we invited her
into the public reception room with the eX-
pectation that Mr.. Bliss would then leave
the room. l also had some conversation
with her at the same time.
"At all times, while at the Neil house,
Mrs Griffith received most courteous
treatment on the part of Senator Hanna
and all his friends.
81 will say further that for many years
past the relations between Mr.. Griffith's
family and Mr. Chapman and myself and
our families, have been of a very cordial
character and that Mr.. Chapman and
myself have been very warm political as
well as personal friends of Mr.. Griffith;
and if any indignty had been offered to
Mrs. Griffith by any person while she was
in our presence. we would have resented
it, 1t is unreasonable to suppose that
Senator Hanna or any of his friends would
offer any indignity to any lady, and es-
pecialy the wife of a member who had
promised TO vote for Mr.. Hanna for United
States senator, and whose vote at that
time, as he has through the entire cam
paign. fully expected to receive. (Signed)
George NJ. Peck"
Judge Frank L. Dellnbaugh, of Cleve-
land to-day gave the following statement
to the public:
Il am surprised to say as coming from
1.-THE lips of Senator Burke that he will cast
his vote for NJ. A. Hanna as senator
Mr. Dalenbaugh Is the republican who,
by remaining away, permitted the demo-
Gratis 70 organize the s. aate.
RIVALS A QUEEN IN DIAMONDS.