Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-21
Candidates for Office Inter-
viewing Legislators to
Secure Votes.
JERE B. REX is NOT IN IT.
His Candidacy for the Resident
Clerkship Is Unsuccessful.
BAKER WON'T VOTE FOR NJ. S. QUAY
The Mayor Wants Time to Consider the
Alliance Nomination.
HUNTING FOR MAYORALTY CANDIDATES

The Legislature convenes January 3, and
the members and candidates for place are
preparing to swoop down on Harrisburg at
an early date. Sam B. Cochrane, of Kittan-
ming, who is after the Speakership, was in
the city yesterday. He will leave for the
State capital next Wednesday to be on the
ground floor, and will make his fight in
earnest all along the line.
Jere B. Rex, Of Huntingdon, the old
Reading Clerk, who wants to be Resident
Clerk, renamed over to interview some of
the Allegheny county delegation. 1t is
not believed that Jere will get new job,
but be can have his old place if he wants
| it without any opposition. The general
opinion is that compromise will be made
in favor of Fetteralf, of Montgomery
county, and that he will secure the Resi-
dent Clerkship. He wants to be Chief
Clerk, and declares ne is in the contest to
a finish and won't be side-tracked The
Chief Cleskship is really the most infuen-
tial position in the Legislature. This clerk
has greater opportunities than the Speaker
to shape legislation, and he has at his dis
posal lot of perquisites that if well dis
tributed give him good leverage. 1t is
settled beyond question that Charles E.
VOORHEES, will get the place.
Lafferty Indorsed for Speaker.
Mr.. Lafferty has been indorsed for
Speaker by the Allegheny delegation, but
it Is said this was done to shut out Sam
Stewart, who is posing as the Quay candi-
date. Stewart. without the support Of his
~ ho xrif ho ho1
ance of the State. Sam Cochrane is an
ambitious man, and whether he is elected
or not, he will be benefited A defeated
candidate for Speaker, if he shows up
strong in the contest, is sure of place on
the best committees, and this is something
worth striving for.
Dick Quay was in the city again yester-
day. He said that Captain Jesse M. Baker,
of Media, would vote against his father.
Dick added that his father was sure. of re-
election, and was not paying any attention
to the canvass at present. He will be in
Harrisburg on time to look after his inter-
ests before the caucus. The announcement
that Senator Baker would not support
Senator Quay created some surprise among
the local politicians. Everybody knows
that Jack Robinson and the Captain have
been at swords points for years in Delaware
county.
Says He Hadn't Enough Money.
The Captain claims that Jack had too
much money for him, and if he had not had
so much of his own stuff tied up in real es-
tate when the Congressional fight was made
he would have secured the nomination for
himself Robinson is a Quayite, and it
would be very natural for his opponent to
be working for some other man. 1t is re-
ported that Baker will vote for District
Attorney Graham, of Philadelphia, for
United States Senator. The friends of SEN
ator Quay here do not feel very kindly to-
ward Ritter, the only man in the Quaker
City delegation who refused to be governed
by tn caucus. Ritter will stand by Ora
ham also.
In speaking of his chances yesterday Sam |
Cochrane said: "Some time ago the Legis- |
Iative slate, purporting to be made by Sem |
ator Quay, in which Thompson, of Warren,
was put down as the next Speaker, was
sent out from Philadelphia. Iwrote to the |
Senator at Washington, and said while 1 |
was too modest to ask for his support, I |
called his attention to the supposed slate,
and hoped that he would keep his hands |
off the Speakership. He replied that he |
was not pledged to any candidate, and he
was looking after his own affairs.
Refused to Assume the Authorship.
Gas for the slate he said it was not his,
and he had no intention of interfering in |
the organization of the Legislature. Moth |
ing would convince me that the Senator did |
not mean what he wrote except solid vote
of the Philadelphia delegation for candi- |
date. This would look as if they had done |
it at the request of Mr.. Quay. I do not |
think the Speakership will be settled in the |
caucus. In addition to the men in the field |
other candidates are looming up. Burdicl1 |
is after the place, and coming from
Thompson's district will divide the |
vote of that section with the |
ex-Speaker Sam Losch, of Schuylkill |
county, and Bliss, who lives near Phila-
delphia, have also announced themselves
All of these men will have some votes, and
this shows that no one candidate will have
enough to win on the first ballot. I have
written to most of the members of the
Legislature outside of Philadelphia and 1
have received replies from all. The ma
jority are unpledged and are waiting to see
how the cat will jump at Harrisburg before
they will declare themselves This leads
me to believe tnat my prospects are good.
At least am hopeful"