Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-09
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP

The caucus which resulted In the se-
lection of Edward &. Curtis of Grant
Park as Speaker was held I'm Henry l..
Hcrtz's room In the Leland. a short
time after midnight the machine men
began TO realize the strength of the Op.
position to Schubert. Members of the
General Assembly who were friendly
to the machine and who had been count.
ell upon for support. went to DIR. jamie
son and Henry Hertz and told them
that they would vote for any man the
machine might name except Schubert.
At 1 o'clock DR.. Jameson went to the
other machine leaders and told them
he would refuse to 20 further In the
Schubert matter. Most Of the country
leaders had gone to bed. Messengers
were sent out for the leaders. At 2
o'clock In the morning DR.. r. n. Jamie.
son. william LOrliner. u. Il. Brainerd.
Henry l.. Hertz. Judge Messick. Cicero
J. Iindley. q. W. Berry. Daniel Hogan,
John Amos. Clarence Snively and Chas.
=. Runnells were In Hertz's room. A
fresh box Of cigars was opened and the
key turned In the door. Not a person
left the room until o'clock that morn.
Ing. The country members told the
Chicago men that Hertz was endanger-
ing the machine and Madden's candl.
dacy by sticking to Schubert. They
gave It rs their opinion that he must
he withdrawn or the machine run the
risk Of going to pieces before the main
lssue--the senatorial fight--came mp.
Hertz fought like a tiger for Schubert.
He insisted that the leaders had prom
ised to support the Chicago representa-.
tive to the end. lie declared that Schu.
bert could he elected as soon as II had
been shown that he had the greatest
number Of votes. And 30 he would.
But finally. In order to appease the
country members. Mr.. Schubert. one Of
the best candidates ever In the field,
was given M.
| Senator william J. O'Brlen Ia one Of
the most influential men Oh the Demo
cratic side and Is making a host Of
friends for himself among the Republi.
cans.
Captain James II. Farrell. OF Cook.
was nominated for temporary Speaker
by the minority. lie should have been
given the minority leadership.
The passing OF Hon. II. II. Evans
from the throne Of party power In tn,
State Sepate was the feature Of the
Republican Senatorial caucus held t.
select permanent officers for the Sen
ute. The Dwycr.Flsher combination
was In full power. 1t had a slate al
ready for use ON every Office, and In M
particular was It broken.
The caucus was held In the ladies'
ordinary Of the Lelsnd Hotel. Sen
ntOr TempletOn presided. and Senator,
Fitzpatrick and Stubblefleld acted III
secretary and assistant secretary re-
spectively. Following II the list OF
officers and employees selected:
| II. v. Fisher. president pro tempOre
James II. Paddock. secretary.
James COnwell. Of Cook County, frs
assistant secretary.
&. j. McAlnn,is. OF Bureau County
second assistant secretary.
Charles Wnngler. Of Cook County
third assistant secretary.
Captain ]. G. Ware. Of Champaign
County, sergeant-nt-arins.
II. &. Dempsey. Of Decatur, first az
slstant sergeant-at-arms.
W. +. Mccarthy. Of Cook County
second assistant sergeant.at.arins.
Fanny NJ. Worthlngton, OF Sterling
pOstmistress.
e. W. Baldwin. of Cook County, on
rolling and engrOssIng clerk.
i. NJ. Warner. Of Rossvllle. first a.
sistant.
G. \. Herb. of Alton, second assis,
ant.
Clarence Root. Of Cook County, bill
clerk.
Rev. \. g. Goodspeed. of Mlnonh
chaplain.
y. y. Coon. or Monmouth. superIn
tendcnt OF ventilation.
James Logan, of Olney. first assist
ant.
John Donovan, Of Cook County, ma
carrier.
Prim White. of MIlstadt: John "
Sn,alley. OF Cook: Martin Rankin. Il
Vermont: ana j. II. jenkins, Of ST.
phensOn County, policemen.
Il. \. Donaldson. OF SangamOn COui
ty, janitOr of Republican cloakrOOn.
The Braden members Of the DRAMA
Board allege that $3.St.0,OOO will h
needed In addition to the resources |
sight to complete the work. Therefor
those members have drafted hill eA
tending the extra per cent tax for tw
|, | years. ana will ask the Legislature
pass II. That extra tax will yield owe
saga. O0O, or decidedly more than til
amount claimed to he needed. But tn
Bradenltes say cheerfully that they ca
find II use for the surplus. so they cal
II they had twenty millions AT thei
disposal they would lind u use for 1
But II would not he u good use. II III
Legislature cOmpels the property owl
, crs of the district to hand ever this su.
of S4.G4O.0GO to these daughters OF I'll
horse-!ecch who are now crying. "Giv'
give" an appeal will he made for Il
much more two years hence 10 icon
plete the work." Are the taxpayer
resigned to their fate:
1t Is currently reported about I'll
State House that the Governor wi
make no amendments until after I'll