Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-04
BUCKEYE POLITICS.
Much HustIing Going on at
Columbus, Ohio.
BRIOE HOLDS THE LONGEST POLE,

Like His'n-The Betting Fraternity
Putting Their Money Him-Allen
o. Myers Said To be Engineering a
Bolt-Brice Ahead with the Legislat-
i've offieials-A Case of the Pips"
Quickly Cured.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan 4-The Democrats of
both senate and house met in caucus at 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and at p m,
after an hours session, ad journed until 10
o'clock this morning There were fifty-two
members present Before midnight all the
arrived and the most intense excitement pre-
walls over the material fight.
Putting Their Money on Brice.
The candidates are Chairman Calvin S.
Brice, ex-Congressman Mcmahon, Million
aire John II. Thomas, Congressman G. E.
Seney, Hon. John McSweeny, Congressman
Cultivate, Hon. C. w. Baker and Hon.
votes in the Democratic caucus, and the bet
ting last night was that Brice would be NOM
mated on the second ballot with nearly ten
votes to spare A report that the anti-Brice
men would unite on Governor-elect Camp
ceived setback last evening by the senator
and two representatives from Governor
Campbelrs county saying that they were
authorized by the latter to state that under
no circumstances must his name be present
ed; that he wanted to be governor only.
Myers Matching Up n Plot.
Allen o. Myers is here Matching up plot
to defeat Brice, if nominated, by boiling
Democrats, and claimed last night to have
the names of six Democrats who would bolt
Brice and vote for a Republican. 1t is
not generally believed that this could be
| done, although the supporters of Thomas are
very warlke, and talk in riddles to the effect
| that Brice can never be senator.
Brice Man for Speaker.
For speaker of the house ]. p. Forbes,
Thomas man and William Belvil!e, Mcmahon
man, have both pulled off, leaving Hysell,
| the Brice candidate, a clear field for unan-
| imous nomination. Forbes, in Withdrawing,
| said the Brice combination had killed him.
| Col. W 4. Taylor, of The Cincinnati En-
auirer, will be chief clerk of the senate, and
| in fact the Brice men will control the organ
| ization and officers of both houses
A Slim Democratic Majority.
The Democrats have only eight majority
| in the legislature, and if five Democrats
bolted and voted for a Republican, the lat
| ter would make it. A leading Brice man
said last night that any Democrat boiling
| the nomination would never leave the capi-
toll alive, as the boys from the northwest
would pitch him headforemost out of the
window to the stone below
| The legislature will meet next Monday.
| Governor-Elect Campbell will be inaugur-
ated on the 18th, and the vote for senator
Il Al IL
torial caucus will be one day next week.
Bets were made yesterday of to that
Brice would have "a out of the 70 votes on
the first ballot and As on the second.
| A Story That Is Current.
The following story was current last night
and is given for what it is worth. Mr..
Forbes, VINO says the Brice men forced him
out of the race for speaker, is a protege of
| "Gil" Barger, one of the most influential
| politicians in the state; in the words of the
story The is as willy as a fox and as potent
as a panther in commanding attention. Mr..
| Forbes is young man and wants to go to
congress, and again in the language of the
| story could no more get there without
| Gil Barger's consent and aid than he could
| get to Heaven without st. Peters key"
| Very wroth and said So.
Forbes was asked: what course will YOU
pursued"
81 shall fight Col Brice from the word
60"
as there anything in the report that YOU
will bolt the caucus if Mr.. Brice is chosen 2
81 shall fight Mr.. Brice in the caucus. That
is all have to say" was the answer.
Brice Appeals to Barger.
Barger is Brice man, and when Brict
read this he quietly cut it out, pasted it on 6
letter sheet, and added beneath it in pencil
DEAR GIL: Can you pull this birds tail
| &C. S. BIZ
About last evening the colonel got near
little envelope containing the following:
"DEAR CAL: Have sent the bird to roost
1t was only little attack of pip. He'll picl
up corn rs usual in the morning. GIL"