, 1879-01-12

rels. and the condition Of thing
has fully crysta|l;zed. AT present the De
), mocracy, as q party, are standing in the att7
tule Of amused spectators OF the fght' caf
ing little which survives in the contest.
JIM ROBINSON,
of Springfield, will probably ba the nomlne
of tho Democratic caucus; though it is salt
he will not receive the unanimous support
the party. It is urged against him that Ii
is a salary. .grabber, and, as such, not emitted
to Democratic support.
Mr. II. ". Fuller, of Chicago, is also men
toned by Democrats here as candidate, ane
his name will probably be presented to thu
caucus.
Judge Caton's name has also been brought
forwsrtl, but on account Of his ago and in
firmities he will not be pressed, and espe'
cially if there should be any break in the Re.
publican ranks so rs to give any hope Of the
! selection of a man at all acceptable to the
great body of the Democracy. Judge Higbee,
of Pike, now presiding in the Appellate
Court, has been named, and will probably
receive some supporters in the caucus.
Evidently the members of tie General
Assembly belonging to the Democratic party
| have correct appreciation Of the situation,
and are resolved not to waste the time in
their characteristic folly of quarreling among
] themselves.
/ TEE SOCIALISTS
Labor party, have al organization, and
seem bound to stick to it They are Ten in
| number. To-day they met in caucus and
waited upon ex-senator Lyman Trumbull at
the Leland Hotel, and requested him to
| allow them the use of his name as cnndi-
date for the United States Senate. The re-
quest was granted, and Trumbulls name will
be placed before the General Assembly by
this party on Jan. 81 as their candidate.
It is quietly understood among the ten
that they will stick together for the present
| and try to control the election Of Senator as
was done by the Independents two years ago.
The foregoing is the Senatorial outlook as
it appears today.
SPEAKER JAMES
ives interviewed this evening on tho subject
of his Senatorial pledges. He states most
emphat:cally that he was not pledged to any
Senatorial aspirant when he came to Spring
field; that he was party to no combination.
He dcfes either Logan, Oglosby, or Farwoll
to state TINT he pledged himself to vote for
them prior to his nomination for the Office
of Speaker. He said, furthermore. that
Farwell never asked him to vote for him in
the world, and he had not yet made hny
pledges to him.
"Who shall yon cast your vote for on the
first informal ballot, Mr.. james," quericd
tue correspondent.
<fI shall probably vote for Logan, though
my mind is not entirely settled on that
point
'sAfter The first formal ballot who will you
vote for, Mr.. james,"
"I do not wish to state, ct present, what
will do then" He added, at came down
here entirely unpledged, and WIS simply for
james for Speaker. In the formation Of the
committees and the distribution of the
Cheirlnanships shall not seek to punish
those who opposed my election, but shall
nwerd them, as my judgment shall dictate
aud circumstances will permit, to the fittest
men. don't much believe in the doctrine
of political hell~fre and damnation, to which
my opponents are to be consigned"
THE SENATORIAL EIGHT.
As SEEN RI POLITICAL 0PPoNENr-FARwELL,
oGLEsBY. AND LoGAS-HASDsoME NOTICE OF
TIE FoRMER-LOGANITE3 THREATENING 4
BULT.
CorresD7nd"nce of the Cnatritr-Jouraal.
GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL, CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-A1y
last letter to the CourierJourh.at contained some
very pointed remarks concerning the three
coruered Senatorial struggle now in progress at
Springfield between Logan, Oglcsby, and Far
well, and the references to ex-Congressman Far
we'll, as politician, were such as to bring down
upon several unsolicited calls from promi-
nent people in no wise interested in the scra1n-
bic at the State Capital and yet VINO are Mr..
Farwell's immediate ncighbors and warm per-
sonal friends. They claim that while the se-
marks referred to were possibly largely war
rauted, in political sense, in that they have the
merit Of common currency. they arc still cal |
culated to do injustice to AIr. Farwell as pub
lie man and 4 citizen in the vast section Of the |
country reached by the Courier-Journal, where |
he is comparatively unknown.
His friends are certainly entitled to hearing, !
and the unquestionabe standing Of the parties |
who have visited your correspondent with ear
nest protests warrant the same publicity to |
their statements as those given IN my last, al
though it must be distinctly understood that
the statements previously made were secured
from sources where decidedly e1ubcrant spirit
Of proof still exists, and that Mr.. Farwcll, as
Republican politician Of the aggressive sort, can
not, with becoming modesty, claim the cxclu-
size right to the toga OF political virtue.
TIE BURDEN OF THESE PROTESTS
are best shown by the remarks OF one gentle
nan, who stands as high in the estimation of all
lonest 1nen as ans citizen in America, whose
public and private life have earned him most
:enown, and whose word On any subject where
pure yeracity aud strict justice were desired
you'd be taken bY a larger majority
han made Grant President. lie states to
ne that all these run1ors derogatory to
Farwell were made current here years ago,
vncn he defeated Long John Wentworth for
hc House from this district. The thing that
ticks to FarWell the closest is his almost ma
iona1 reputation as poker-playcr, and asked
lin how much there was in it.
swell, this gambling business.n he replied, |
{ as distinct charge, first gained CURRENCY in
he campaign referred to, and was originated | .
y Wentworth's friends to injure Farwell
mong that class OF people who are conscicn-
iousy opposed to cards under any circum-
4orrns | l