The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-07
RESULT OF
OHIO FIGHT
VICTORY.
HANNA MAN FOR SPEAKER
Forake's Followers Will Organize the
Senate-Only One Hannaite Sc
curing a Nomination.

Columbus, O., Jan. An the re
publican caucuses this evening for
the organization of the general as
sembly the Hanna partisans secured
control of the house and the Foraker
partisans of the senate. Some of the
nominations for the latter were made
without opposition but there was a
fight to the finish for the s~peakership.
In the senate the senators make up
the standing committees themselves,
in the house the speaker appoints all
the committees, and the contest was
mainly for the speakership with every
thing else as a secondary considera-
ton.
The republican senate eau
Gus was short and featureless, but the
house caucus was animated and last
ed several hours.
Representative Cole in presenting
the name of w. S. McKinnon of Ash
tabula, for speaker, denied that Nc
Kinnon's election would be construed
as a humiliation of Senator Foraker,
whose reelection they all desired.
Representative Guerin, in present
ing the name of Aaron b.. Price OF
Athens, for speaker, repeated the
statement that Price had been endors-
ed originally by both senators. He de-
nounced what he termed "outside in
fuences."
McKinnon was nominated over
Price on the first ballot by a vote of
80 to 80. After McKinnon's address Of
acceptance Price was called out and
made the sensational speech of the
day, declaring himself for Hanna for
reelection to the senate two years
hence. Price said that he found it
easier to get pledges than votes and
eulogized Hanna and McKinnon, to
whom he credited his defeat, as two
men of the highest character.
A. G. Comings of Oberlin, of the
Hanna leaders, was nominated with
out opposition for speaker pro tenn.
Burgess L. McElroy was nominated
for reelection as chief clerk of the
house over H. v. Speelman on the
first ballot, by a vote of 43 to Is. The
Foraker representatives made their
last stand for Speelman. Many of
the other nominations being made
without much opposition. In the SEN
ate republican caucus most OF the
time was devoted to the election of a
committee to appoint standing COM
mittees. F. B. Archer was nominated
for president pro tenn without opposi'
ton. F. E. Scobey was nominated
for chief clerk over w. B. 7Uhl. The
senate nominations include only n
pronounced Hanna man, Richard
Lynch, for enrolling clerk. The re-
suit of the senate nominations was
due to George B. Cox of Cincinnati.
Tonight's nominations affect more
than the legislature which onvenes
next Monday. The prestige of Ohio
at present with the national admins
tration and in future national cam
paigns, the reapportionment of con-
gressional districts, the next guberna-
toral nomination, as well as the re-
election of Senator Hanna two years
hence, have been openly and freely
discussed during the contest.
The joint republican senatorial eau
Gus will be held next week. AS there
is no opposition to the nomination of
Senator Foraker for reelection, it will
be merely a formal affair.
Democrats Nominate.
The democratic senate caucus nom
mated Senator Roudbush for presi-
dent pro TEN, and the house caucus
nominated Representative c. L. Brum-
baugh for speaker.
The joint democratic senatorial
caucus named Charles w. Baker of
Cincinnati for United States senator.
Other candidates were Judge A. W.
Patrick of New Philadelphia, P. J.
Harrington of Columbus and Judge ].
H. Clarke of Cleveland.