Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-07


Inmates place the legislative vote at rs
to 20 against Hanna. The workers of
the senator claim II votes and assur-
ances of the necessary two additional
votes and possibly four more.
The oppo ition insists that Hanna
Will never have 20 votes on joint allot
and that they have gain d two votes
since the Legislature adjourned over till
Monday a5efore the chairmanships
and PREFER, places and other patron
age are disposed of, the opposition say
that Hanna vote will be reduced con-
siderably below 0, which is now at
least three snort of enough to elect.
The opdoslti Il to Hanna consists of
the 90 democratic members and of the
following ten Republican members
Re resentatives Harry G. Mason and
Nj. Bramiey OF Cuyahoga, j. p.
Jones o. .,Jark. John t.. Griffith of
Union, j. 9. Otis of Hamilton, Will
lam O. Scott of fulton, Henry I'll. Red
key OF Highland d. O. Rutan OF Car.
roll and Garrison, James Manuel of
Montgomery and Senator Vernon II.
Burke of Cleveland.
Included III the list of those support
ing Hanna are Representatives Droste
and Lane, silver Republican fusion
lists from Cincinnati, who are counted
ON for Jeptha Garrard. The develop
ments indicated that Garrard would
not only be voted for on the ballots for
senator, but that he might lead on the
first ballot If the present efforts are
successful to make him the free silver
Republican candidate. Garrard is one
of the most wealthy men in Cincinnati
and he has always been a. radical free
silver man.
Representative James Joyce of Guern-
sey county, who is included in the 20
votes claimed for Hanna, is considered
as doubtful.
The Hanna men claim that Jones of
Stark, Redkey of Highland, Rutan of
Carol and Harrison and Manuel of
Montgomery, who are ON the list of the
opposition, are doubtful. 1.-The COM
bine" workers were aggressive until
the past day or two, when they not
only had enough votes to defeat Hanna.
but had also reached all the doubtful
members The opposition is now on the
defensive in keeping its majority in
line. The contest has settled down to
q siege, in which the opposition holds
the fort and the Hanna men are charg-
ing on the breastworks. With the or
ganization of the legislature, the state
administration and other uncovered
-amparts the opposition feels well forti-
fed. 1t Is conceded that the opposition
is we'll organized and drilled and also
desperate in this fight. Ever since
Kurtz was retired as state chairman by
Hanna, at the state convention in To-
ledo last June, efforts have been made
to retire Hanna, and there will be
fight to a nnish on that issue.
The talk about Senator Burke being
in the doubtful list has about subsidized.
He was slated for president pro tenn. of
the senate by the opposition. AS he
was not present ON Monday to qualify,
Senator Thaddeus E. Crumley, Demo-
crat. was elected president pro tom. 1t
transpires that Senator Crumley wrote
out his resignation before his election
and it is in the hands of Senator Fink,
the leader of the Democratic side.
Whenever Senator Burke is ready,
Senator Fink will present the resigna-
ton OF Crumley as president pro TEN.
and burke will get the place.
10 far the opposition to Hanna is not
only holding it's men well in line, but
it has executed all the plans, provided
for previous to the caucuses on last
Saturday night. The opposition man
ayers say 6hev are having no trouble to
hold their men out against Hanna, but
admit their trouble III finding any can
didate for whom all the boiling Re
publicans and the Democratic members
will vote The "bolting" Republicans
are unanimous in declaring they cannot
vote Tor any Democrat under the cir
cumstances for senator. Enough Dem
ocratie members to give the managers
trouble and anxiety say they do not
n upta for n RnOY7 bIico,, for
senator.
The solitude of 1.-The combine on
this issue is shown in the following
editorial leader in an issue of the Dem
ocratic Press, the organ of the COM
bined opposition to Senator Hanna:
THE Democratic members of the
legislature now have it in their power
to defeat NJ. A. Hanna for the senate
and the blame for a failure to do it
will rest with them. They can make
no satisfactory explanation if they fail.
Stupidity in such an emergency as the
present is as intolerable as guilt
Every Republican vote against Box
well for speaker was cast to show an
unfaltering opposition to Hanna, and
has no other meaning whatever.
If so, the overthrow of Hanna can
be accomplished by the same union of
~ az O0IAooA ats anu IL oIdhoT IeepdDll-
cans that defeated BoxWell and elected
Mason speaker. How can this be
brought about?
''Of course llama cannot be elected
SO long as every Democrat and Foraker
Republican is IN his seat and refuses to
vote for him. But if any of them re-
main away when the vote is being
taken he may be elected Cor so declared)
by less than majority of all the mem
beers elected to the assembly. To guard