Show tite THE duio LegiE legislature lature convened on monday mo morning riling and is having a hot time it has been generally considered that in iiii am own home senator marcus A hanna was even a greater power than he proved himself to be in a n national sense last fall but the cone conclusion I 1 u appears to have been based baerd upon insufficient premises the promised wave of prosperity has not been so overwhelming as to create a deep debt of gratitude only to be paid pad by the election of marcus A to the senate to succeed himself and besides the pap probably v would not reach as far as expected at any rate there is a divi ion among the republican publican lie members at ai d a sufficient number cumber of them joined with the democrats in the preliminary skirmish to defeat the election of hanna men in either tle house or S senate the anti hanna men are in charge of both branches of the legislature and no friend of the loble marcus was ivas able to secure an appointment in ill any any capacity in the house at al though there was a republican majority of 15 the democrats obtained 23 28 committee chairmanships and the republicans but 13 in the senate which is tied politically the democrats secured 18 out of 22 afe feat of the hanna men was chuel ing at the start but the party lash is being vigorously wielded and they still hope to whip the ream re salci lei trant members into line one method adopted by the astute hanna was to have his lieutenants work up indignation meetings homes of members then with the ample boodle at his command charter special trains to convey the kickers to columbus where they made life lively if not interesting for the tha anti hanoa re cans this mode of procedure will be followed unlit either men are whipped into line or the battle is concluded both sides express confidence but so EO far hart hanna has had the worse of the tight fight find and silver men may hope for the gratification ion of seeing it or the great representative of goldbug ism turned down in his own home |