, 1875-01-04

Soma Of Them Have Already Reached
Springfield.
speoulations Concerning the 0reani.
zation,
The Independent Members, for Once IN
Way, on Top Of the Heap.

Special Dsspaeh 10 The chsordo 1t{3,,us.
sfH1saFIEID, ILL.,. Jau. 3.-Democsstic and In,
dependent members are alroa1y here Ii consid.
erahle numbers, each with hls head crsmm.d
with fchnmea to aecnro tho organization, Thexa
ID III yet little activity among tic Republicans.
ie" OF whom have set arrived, tho only Hepub.
]lcan candidate who displays any activity to-day
being Early, Of Winnebago, who, 1t eoons uu-
defstood. will meet no opposition In tho party
for tho Presidency Of tho Senate. The eontcss
depends upon the
SEVEN OPPOSITION SENATOR'S
who. Tonight, 1t in rumosod, will mite On Johr
=. flames, in:uring hin election. Early's frienda
however. faaI certain Of getting two Of thu
hoyeu. which, added to tha regular Ropublfcan
vote. Mill elect him. The couteat for The Speak.
eFship Of tie House grows warmer. There ia nd
opposition to Shelby H. Cu}Eom among the Roe
rublicans, though thero has been talk Of run.
ming Judge Rradwel1, with nobody 10 ba heard
OF who Was going 10 support him.
THE CLASSIFICATION or THE HOUSE
Is a. yet considerably mixed. sixts.nioo ~
7ockoned aa straight Republicans, ffty-fiyo AZ
democrats. End tventy-nino as independents
The uncertstnt- il ~ to how ElanY Of tho lsttct
will provo straight Democrats. nurnber. how.
eyer. are Of 1ispubiican nntscsdents, and, out Of
the twcnty .nIue,
crLLoMs FRIENDS
are nanR1ino OF securing eight, which will give
hltn j. lotitr OF une. Las. night. Rspresenta-
Two Harrington, OF kone, hold a conference With
the other
DEMOCRATIC Asr1nAs1s
for tue apeakersh:p Of tue 1louse-A1msfrone.
OF Lasa'le; Cummings, OF Fulton aud Roge4s.
OF NcLtEr. Harrington stated to them tJ,a..
though elected ~ democrat, he regarded b,n1-
self nj representing the opposition to tha 70
putlleau tpatty. which, at the last election car
!iea E te :. ;sate bs 90 on majority T4s unifca
Of tie Legislature. which tho Democrats alons
could not acquiEe. He utCsd that, to this end,
there 10
" no pEAGrRAT1c cAUcEa,
bnt that. inf:ead, they exert themselves to hays
called All Opposition ck:G1ls, representing the
entire Oppoxitlon. 10 this each Of tho snr.!o-
1uen named sHaeutod, and during the dAy each
Of them has bean working in furtherancs OF this
ro'icy. Tonight they claim that a1eady thoy
gram1no by majority Of tho Denoocra.io
members. aud by timber OF tho 1ndeneud-
ents. This is probably accurate ae to tho
lhdegendents Of Democratic antecolents. Those
formerly Republicans, however, express their
detcr1nir at'cn lu no eveut to be swallowed up by
tue Hoinoeratlc pa-ty aud will luslst upon uiee.-
ing in separate cnncus ~ independents, "If."
~ one OF them {kesshaw, Of Whtc,) saId, this
Afternoon, "the Democrats chooHa to como IA
us, very WELL We ca,,not 70 to them. Accord.
iugly. It is now ou tho cards to calf j caucua OF
tho independents tomorrow aftarnoou fur con.
aul:ation ~ to further action.
OUTSIDE AID AND COMFORT.
Independent CenRTeshmen-eect Stevenson.
saEnger, Campbell, Anderson, Dagby, Sparks.
and HoBs tho defeated Independent c1l,t}iiate II,
tho Peoria district, have been invited to be pres.
ent and advise With tho Independents. Both
independents aud Democrats proclaim that their
nufl1oso is to organize IN Opposition party
throughout tho State.
IEArSd.