St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-07
SOMEWHAT OF A FIGHT.
A Pretty Little Fight Is in Pro-
gress Over the Iowa Legislative

A Pretty Little Fight Is in Pro-
gress Over the Iowa Legislative
= Plums."
Special to the Globe - ss.....,
DEs MONIES, To-, Jan. 6.-'The con-
test for the speakership of the house
has in manner absorbed public inter-
est to-day. There are evidences that
Mr.. Berryhill, of Polk county, has made
a very ingenious combination, some
thing like the one made to secure the
election of Speaker Head two years ago,
which was manipulated by him. The
comprehensive scheme is shown to have
been the bringing out of SO many am
bilious candidates for speaker as could
be induced to allow the use of their
names. AS result, Riley, of Lucas
county, represents the eastern portion
ern; Roach, of Lyon. the Republican
stronghold of the northwest; Wilbur. the.
north central, and Redmond, of Pow
esheik, the central portion. The object
of so many candidates was to produce a
deadlock in the caucus, so that the name
pOf Berryhill could be sprung and he
could go in with whoop. Mr..
Berryhill himself is reported to
have approached Redmond to-day with
a proposition looking to the turning
fOver OF his strength at the proper time.
He claimed that Wilson was not compe-
tent for the place and that Redmond
had not sufficient strength to justify his
candidacy and proposed that the two
unite and give him boom. Wilson is
farmer and has quite a number of
mond,
WITH FIENDISH GLEE,
carried Berryhill's proposition to him,
.and the CaSS county granger resented
the challenge of his ability and is now
Berryhill's bitter opponent. The other
candidates took tumble and are now
solidly arrayed against the ambitious
young candidate from Polk county, and
with lively prospect that he will be
badly defeated when the balloting be-
gins. The office of state binder is a
nice, rich plum, second only in fatness
to the state printer. S. S. Merchant, of
the Cedar Rapids Republican, is serving
his second term and was sanguine of
demonstrated that Charles Greene,
member of large publishing house
here, was developing considerable
strength. The contest for the chief
clerkShip of the house evidently lies be-
tween Sidney A. Foster and, Capt.
Nichols, both of this city, with Foster
apparently in the lead. The secretary
ship of the senate has engendered
A BITTER FIGHT
between Don DOnan, son of ex-COn-
gressman Donan, of independence, and
William TOman, of the same town.
Toman publishes weekly Republican
paper, has just been displaced as post
master and doubtless feels that he ought
to have something right away. The en-
crossing and enrolling clerkships and
postoffice places in both houses have
faf many years been given to ladies. and
as result there are many fair appli-
,cants for these places. They bunch
themselves in the corridor of the prin-
cipal hotels at the top of the stairway
leading up from the rotunda and corral
the members as they pass. There are
Sesenty-siX new members in the house,
and to nearly all of them this feature
of political life is new. Many
rural member has promised each of
them he would certainly vote for her.
When the tally sheet is made up mans
faithlessness will come home to many
sof them with crushing force.