Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-12-05


for the position is Hon. Gcorgc W. Nil.
Ter. He was the ab.cst member from
Cock County In the Thirty-ninth Gen.
cral Assembly.
T.. q. Schubert. who was supposed to
hc the choice of the Cook County ma
chine for speaker of the House. and
also In favor with corporations. il now
said to have pulled ont of the fight. AMI
Il labOring hard for the success of Chns.
\. Allen. of liool'cston. Mr.. Allen now
has n strong lead. ana is quite likely to
l~ the successful aspirani.
IF senator Dwycr ever does Introduce
u thiee-ccnt fare street car Hill. the
query Is. VIII the hill die ~ boriiin'
in the committee it's referred to. or he
allowed to anguish and perish IN the
cntangled meshcs of % subcommittee
One or two of the daily papers have
mentioned Joe Scliwab for Democratic
leader of the minority In the l.eglsla-
turr. Heaven save the mark! Just
prior tn the election the usually correct
Times-llerald commended Mr.. Schwnb
to the voters of his district. not with
standing the fact that about the last
official net of Schwabs legislative ca
rcer was his vOt" against the Merriam
resolution for an investigation. His
rame afterwards appeared In III"
Timos-ilcrald Blacklist. and now this
snmr iaiiyldual las the ,pncriiy to cX-
poet bc.norrnts 10 make hin, their lead
cr. Pity the minority with Schwal,
for leader. The EAGLE wonders +
Schwab Is 20 y, PVT IN The saddle. and
such olh.lime,s AMI able members rs
Capt. Farrell. Free i. Morris. Ike Craig
ana Gale JOhnson are - he lcfl ont IN
the cold.
II Gus Nohr. the great AMI lOng-tO-be
remembered opponent cf the "ivc-thOu.
sanl dollar lint, law" ever should do
such thing ~ 10 Introduce u three.
cent ear fare bill In the House. oh.
where VIII fUstavus Nohp br when the
sun goes tONu.
Although the Democrats are IN the
minority In the Illinois House of Rep
ttscntatlves u great many Of their num-
her are intensely Interested In their
can,ll,lntr for Speaker. because the
candidate for Speaker OF n minority IN
the state Legislature IL regarded ns
the leader of his party. aud has the
privilege of naming til" minority repre-
scntatlOn On the standing committees.
Among the candidates for the place are
y. i. Norris of Wntsekn. Isaac II. Craig
Ut AiattGon. Caleb 4. johnson of White.
side. and Michael StOsk0pf of Stephen
son. Stosk0pf Is said to have tho In
,lOrsrment of Coy. Altgrlds friends.
Johnson Is going to make u fight AMI
the contest mag develop into II trial of
strength between the .\ltgrll ana the
ant,-.\ltgeld factions.
Capt. Tanner had HIS usual grlst of
callers. and was buslly engaged In an
| swering correspondence. Congressman
Hit spent Tie day In the Great North
rrn ana so did Clark T.. Carr. \ num-
Der of the members of the Legislature
were In ami around the house. Among
thcm Frank Murdoch. who may Or
may not be II candidate for Speaker.
buI Is sure to bc chairman Of one of
the Important committees. EX-Repre-
sentative Mckenzie. said 10 hr an ap,
plTnt Tor position On tho Railroad
| ana Warrhol 81 Commission. called. \.
W. Berggrrn, Of Galeshurg. will he IN
applicant for the position of Insurance
Commissioner
| Brig,Gen. Wheeler Is being Endorsed
by his friends for retention in the posi-
tiOn which he now occupies.
Thomas II. Needles of WashingtOi
County, who will probably he II candl,
dnre for the Speakership. came up to
see how he stood with the Cook County
members. Robert Maybcry. of Fair,
field. who was one of the officials III
the Southern Prison under Gov Fircr
will ask reappOintment to his old place
Ex-senator II. y. Adams. of Fairfield
u lifelong friend of Capt. Tanner will
ask reappointment as n member of til,
Court of Claims.
DIR. Clark Gapen, the Superintendent
of the Asylum OF the Insane ut Kaniia
kee. has addressed n circular letter 10
the members OF the next General ,s
sembly, Inviting them with thrll
friends and members of their families
tn come down 10 the Institution on Dec
3 ana look II over.
The Republicans will have the sam'
majority on i,iI, ballot in the Genera
Assembly Of Illinois that they had in thu
asst l.c.!slnture-yl2.. forty-sly,
Two years ago there were ninety-tw,
Republicans IN the House and thirty-threl