Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-15
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SOhtiiutu lIOul lliSI DuSc.
different. He was looked upon as
strictly honorable man and his course
with respect to the bill in question
has disappointed his friends very
much, The Anti-Saloon men claim that
he is seriously encumbered with debts
ana that, at the last moment, he yielo-
ed to the tremendous pressure and
forgot his honor. Those who know
him best are loath to believe the state
ments made about him and yet it is
n very difficult thing to explain his
position. He has secured leave Of alb
sence until Monday.
Mr.. Clark, the author of the Eill saiu
this morning that he had positive in
formation that five Senators were
bought. He mentioned their names.
The vote on Wednesday stood as
follows:
Yeas-Archer, Bright, Hanna, Hard
ing, Harbaugh, Howard, Marchant,
Madden, Myers, Patterson, Roude.
bush, Stivers, Williams, Writ, Wight
man--15.
Nays --Brorsin, Brown, Cohen, Dodge,
Dunham, Elmer, Hurst, Lawrence,
Long, Middleton, Mitchell, Nippert,
Royer, Sheppard. Sieber, Wilhelm. .16.
Only four Democrats, Senators Myers,
Roudebush, Stivers and Williams,
voted for the passage of the bill, and
three Republicans, Senator'S Dodge,
Middleton and Sheppard, who had al
lowed their friends to understand that
they would favor it, changed their
minds at the last moment. One of the
bitterest opponents of the measure
boasted, Immediately after the roll
call that three more adverse votes
would have been cast, had such action
been necessary. The apparently inten-
tlonal omission of Senator Patterson's
name from the call, when 1t had been
reached in its regular order, gives
good ground for the belief that the
enemies of the bill had the thing pret-
ty we'll arranged. Tremendous pres
sure was brought to bear upon certain
Senators and it had it's effect.
! The chamber was thronged with Wis
itors, most of them hoping and some
of them praying for the enactment of
the law proposed. They We're disap-
pointed both in the result and in the
fact that no speeches were made, no
amendments We're offered and there
was no excitement Of any kind. One
wild outburst of applause arose when
the president of the Senate had formal
ly announced the defeat of the bill
from the few spectators who Were
opposed to its passage.
When the journal of the preceding
day had been read and a very little
preliminary business had been done
the sepcial order was reached. The
clerk droned through the entire |.
sections OF ii. b. 1877 by Mr.. Clark
and the audience buzzed In eXpec
fancy. When the reading had beer
completed, Lieutenant Governor Cald
we'll called Immediately for the roll-cal
and Senator Archer's name had beer
called and he had answered AYE be
fore the friends of the bill, who hat
planned several vigorous speeches
were really wide-awake. 1t had heel
agreed that Senator Marchant shoulC
be the first speaker for the bill and
after the roll-call had been commences
he tried in vain TO secure recognition
from the chair. Judge Bright VIII
was to follow, said last evening tha
he had been feeling uncomfortabl
all day with that unspokep speech raj
tling around inside him. Judge Brlgh
has sense OF humor.
The first real surprise came whe
Senator Dodge's name was reached
He had given Senator Marchant TO III
derstand that he would surely vot
for the bill, but he didn't. Then cam
senator Elmer, whose vote had bee