, 1881-01-05
Officers Nominated by the Other.
:. cauouses Of The Leading
The State Board Of Agriculture Takes
Action Against Fraudu-
lent Food. -
10 Change at MISUNDERSTANDING OF :
tl1c Assembly Of Ohio. ::
0auousea at lansing-Genatmla1 nomiua-
ton in 0alifornia-Albany-
Nashville.

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.6pfetdl Dtspateh to I7.t chicago Tribune
SrntSuFlELp, ILL.,, Jan. 4.--When tho
wetry legislator rcttfed to Ills rcstIast night,
II was very apparent tint T,onlas, Of Cook,
had tho bulge for tho :Spcakcrshlp OF the
I1ouse. Thu opposition hntt pratty carefully
counted noses, md privately admitted thai
1lc would 20 into the ca1lctls With thIrty-fiye
es'.whlch waB euod enough to stnrt with,
and Implies, MI abilfty to pick up enough
more to assltro. hliii tho nomination. Tho
follows whd lad blown hot ind cold and
straldfcd tho fence for wceks. began to
evfnce -
TIE USUAL DIST l'ostr1ox
10 CONC In Out OF :the wet and make their
peace with, tho winning 1na,1. Evidently Il
was'bcconltn1 tickltsh for the opposition, and
hcrolt measures necessarily had to bo resort.
cd to-. They accordingly met in secret cau-
Gus ahout 10 o'clock tl,ls morning in sky-par-
lor LOU Mt the Leland, aud set about seriously
considering, tho situation. !:rhu warrIna camp
Ind friends Mt court, however, and the result
Ut tho deliberations: up Htnirs was not long
kept hidden ,Eldur bnsllui. 1t'was found
impossible to ltn!to tho diverse elements on
Mitoli6ll Nook or any Of tho lessor-fry ta1ldi4
dates who liayo been hugRing thcmselvca
with tho idea ofbeconling Speaker, or
DicrXrlNGi TE1siis
to tho man wllu appeared to stand the best
chance; The nttelnpb was first 1nndo to array
Sohtharn Illinois agninst C6ok County, but
it was found that nothing, OF tint sort could
go down, and piersoti, &1io hhils from TINT
part OF the State, WIS shclyed. All at ohco
what seemed'to be a ,hpppy thought struck
the catTcus;; ai;I W. Wrieht, of Boone., wna
settled on 81 dcclatnlat.ol,. III order ia In
perfectly certain tint no one would rahnl.
however, ehcil' OF thd deliberations wis cate.
chtsett individually nd to whether i1o vnuti
nbite by tho 'ctoico' lust 1nnlcIr ltfitchclf.
Mock, Collins, McWlliIama. Dcnrtlslcy. md
Strtickmalt,, y - -: -; '';Ss
THE 1EApEns' OF TIE orpos,T1ox.
,it,hesttatiuaty gave fn their ADHERENCE 10 thu
npw1nan: but: wfien: It cnr};e fo pcrson ani
Strattori::tboy 'afnnrlr' Kickeds III Ind trnee1
and ",Soiidn'tH 1fat1" It. III this -Atl,ll.wIlaA
nll,ddcd condition ot things tho Caucus fadd4
to,1rnctl to meet ut la1f.past /. Tho aul
t}ufnGu meeting fWas never held. 1t proved
pntnftllly unnecessary. Tonight the onco
,1nan,fNots 1lonfnco: vert to" hts room, loy
down, thought 1t all over, mid concluded
tflat II ;wn3 the nart Of wisdom not to bo sct
UP to ba knocked down.. Some Of tho moro
ardent and enthusiastic Sf tho .fusionlsts
laborc(l will, tho weak sisters for stmetlma
in an II honest @ blt:mistaken ealeayor ile wort to % On.
gthtt :iifs: tIiSthJh allttlo political sense. In
short all ini6psE6t q a'combination, soon,
-.1I5iiET,uEYAuiY uLAsrEp,'
and It, WINS every man for himself, and tho
fur-seolnr zones lost. no time. In seeking
Thomas' room. cock,ng their feet up' on hia
i,,altsl-piece, firing hway at tits cigars, and
cndcaaJorinE To make tho best terms they
cGuld for Claifmnnshlps and Tie minor a.
pojntments. From tnis time on everything