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SHERMAN FIXING FENCES.



CHICAGO May Ia Washington spe-
cial 10 the Inter Ocean says:
Representative Sherman. Of New York,
was here today and expressed himself as
well satisfied with his prospects to be
speaker OF the next house. He is go,d
organiser and he Is looking after Western
votes just now. trusting u fgiends Ia
New York to soitdify the East in his sup
pert.
Mr.. Sherman recognizes that the first
move necessary for him ID to break into
the West and secure enough pledges TO
prevent the Western men frc m u.si Ing up
on any one candidate Of their own. He
has more reason to fear Repre- entst W.
date named. because Hopkins u the sec
ond choice of the Western men In other
states where they have candidates Ct their
own. He will not try 10 secure any Pledges
state delegation hopeless,y divided between
Hopkins and Canron. and that will an
swer just as we'll as a division between
Hopkins and Sherman, because 1t w II pre-
states by reason Of It's lack II harmony
and united support for one candidate
Mr.. Sherman does not expect t. have
any serious opposition In hts own state
or IN New England,
Representative Payne said last week that
he would be q candidate FIR speaker when
he was certain that Mr.. Reed Tad retired
He now knows that Kesd interds to retire
from congress. but he has moi announced
his candidacy nor made any serious effort
to secure support. ii is believed that he
will interfere with Sherman having the
united state delegation.
This Will be an important advantage for
Mr.. Sherman unless the Iili-ois Repu5-
lican representatives. get together on a sin
gle candidate. Mr.. She-min h bee, d ,
ans t IS s csss he s.
two of the Miss r ,ib.cars. two or
three Kansas members. and is at work on
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the wisconsin and Minnesota deleGaticna
In guaranteeing the chairznanshIp Of the
ccmmtttee On Indian Affairs. Nj. aaernan
b said to have promised Il TO Kanso1. a
Representative Curtis. Of thnk state. stsnds
next 10 him On the committee the Kan
sas men are inclined 70 look upon thse rs
able advansaxe TO the state - Kansas
bordeR1 uDon the Indian Territory.
Representative Eddy OF Minnesota. ana
Essrssenscssiy ,s sssrsrs % Msco ana nr
Sherman's friends expect 10 secure their
aeap TIE whole camoAkxn q MI. sherman
10 now 20 brock Into the West ana mot
keep the ssates which he cannot SECURE
divided between several candidAfea He y
entirely satiefied to have Illinois dfytded
pledged 70 another. because with three can.
diiafes IN the strouk Republican states OF
the Middle West there II Z better prospect
for him to gather In the scattering sotes
II il believed that the contest viii be
early settled Nj. Sherman's friends are
working to have ft practically settled with
in thu next four weeks. Though they are
satisfied t. have the Western men put OK
their combinations which will clear away
their complimentary candidates until next
fall. or even the date for the 0ucas.
81 II the Illinois men postpone their agree
ment on candidate they viii simply help
Mr. Sherman and the Eastern men in their
campaign. Mr.. sherman made his East
crn combination before 1T was publicly an
rounced that Mr.. Reed would retire. be-
cause he had q straight tip from Mr.. Reed
as TO what would happen.
The friends OF Mr. HOPKINS must be
alert and be able very soon 10 show that
Illinois has only one candidate. or much
Will be made Of their lack of harmony.
The friends of Mr.. Sherman are not anx-
JUS 10 have the Illinois men get toxether
in caucus for when that is done there will
he q strong nucleus for the Illinois candi-
cate, which will attract other Western
men
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Children deprived of fats
and mineral foods have
weak bones, fiabby flesh and
thin watery blood.
The milk of nursing
mothers. enieebled by chron-
&c diseases. or long contin-
ued nursing. produces the
same results.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil partly dlgested and
with the hypophosphises,
forms a tat food which acts
On the infant through the
mothers milk. giving rich
blood. strong nerves and
sound flesh and bones to both.
s~< ssa T. s~. ~ 4rzxxssa
sCuTy . bowNk GAsassaH No. -
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HARDNfR n DREAD
OF MORE DISORDER.
Continued From Page One.

safe. The loss 20 the company from the
ments Will be immense.
There were no disturbances In the min
ing district today Eleven men were seen
from Warmer goins over the mountains.
each with, = rife on his shoulder. hut their
identity or destination was not known. A
considerable number Of neF-snion me:s left
On the train today: also few strikers
State Auditor Bartlett Sinclair arrived
heretoday an the representative OF Coz.
6tennsnburg. He In searching for evidence
against the dynami;ers but cannot make
much headway before the arrival OF
troops.
James Cheyne. wounded by dynam'fers
on Saturday. IL not expected 70 i've Until
morning.
Large Force Of Soldiers.
WASHINGTON. May Brig. Gen.
Merriam. commanding the department OF
Colorado, has been ordered Is Boise City
% consult with the governor Of Idaho re-
gardlng the necessity and Use OF United
States troops ut the wardner strike. The
general has placsd at his disposal any OF
the troops available. whether In the de-
parfmen. OF Colorado or not. The troops
In fhe surrounding departments have been
ordered to hold themselves IN readiness 10
respond To orders to move when issued by
Gen Merriam. There are some companies
In the vicinity Of the strike. such az Fort
Spokane. Helena. Vancouver and Boise.
which can be sent TO the scene OF the ricts
In q very short .ime. The whole matter Is
In the hands Of Gen. Merriam.
To Confer with Gen. Merriam.
boise, idaho. May i.--Ciov. Steunen
burg. Attorney General Hays ard attor
neg General Weaver went out this even.
Ing TO meet Gen. Merriam at Gienn's Far
~ for consultation over the situation in
the Occur d Alenes 1t is not known what
policy may be decided upon. The cond :
tons In the district affected are looked on
~ haing very grave. but the state anthori-
ties have refrained from discussing them
or any plans contemplated for meeting
them.
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CONDITIONS FOR REGATTA.
Rsles Announced for the Canadian
Cap Race. to begin Au-
guAt II.

TORONTO. Ont. May The conditions
fer Tire Canadian cup race have finally
been settled. The boals are 10 be entirely
wooden and of the twenty nve-foos class
and the races are 10 begin August 81 and
continue daily except sundays until con-
ciudsd. Three Judges VIII be In charge.
with ample pewerx 70 manage races With
In the conditions which are briefly these.
Winners af three races to be winners OF
matches.
First. third and aeta races 10 be around
81 triangular course OF swenty~one nautical
rnfies
Second anal fourth races 10 he wintward
and Reward course 81 nire nautical miles
and return. tssays 70 be left 20 starhoard.
ANY race where the winner takes more
than FIVE and three quarter hours 70 sail
must he sailed oyer again. yacht crews
not - hr more than SIX men whose total
weight shall nos exceed lose pounds.
Each yacht may have a Representa- tive
on hoard It's opponents hat his weigh,
must Hci exceed so pounds
Each days racing ~tll begin n; II a. IN
The Judges are 20 hs chosen from the
regatta committee % the yach. Assce.a.
ton ~ the Great Lakes
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TROOPS ALL IN READINESS.


VANCOUVER BARRACKS, May L.
Company n. Twenty-fourth infantry tcol-
crel). Capt. Wygant. commanding. the
only United States troops stationed at
Vancouver Barracks at present. has re-
ceiyed orders to hold itself In readiness to
report for duty al Warinsr. The com
isaty l. ready 70 move at q moments
notice. Should II go Vancouver Barracks
win be left entirely without troops.
LEAvESwoRTH. Kan. May 1.-Two
troosxs Of the Sixth cavalry are In readi-
ness at Fort Leavenworth to proceed to
warfner. A camping outfit and three
days rasions have been prepared and the
men are In close barracks
OMAHA, May 1.-The troops in the de-
partment of tho Missouri are all under
waiting orders In anticipation OF being
sent to wartner. Cars were sent to Fort
Crock yesterday afternoon. and held with
an engine attached ready TO pull out with
4 battalion Of the Sixteenth infantry at
a moments notice.
CHICAGO. May IAN order has been
received from the war department 30 the
commander of the department OF the lakes
To have his troops ready TO move To
Waydnsr.
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IMAM [MOUS FOB HOPKINS.


CHICAGO. May Item of the fourteen
Republican members OF congress from II
linois met in caucus here today and unan-
imon~iy decided TO support Congressman
Albert J. Hopkins. OF Aurora, for speaker
OF the national house OF representatives.
Congressman Walter Sevres. who presid-
cd over the caucus. gave out the follow
ing:
After consultation. a majority Of the
delegation appearing to be for Mr.. Hop
k.ns, Mr.. Cannon suggested that the Will
OF the majority be made the action or he
delegation. and that that action be made
unanimous. which accordingly was done"
Before the caucus met It was definitely
known that seven of the ten favored Mr..
Hopkins and that three were for Mr.. Cam
non. The four Republican members who
were unable to be present al the caucus.
Mexrs. Hit. Foss. Boutelle and Smith.
sent kilograms pledging themselves to
abide by the decision Of the majority.
After the adjournment OF the caucus Mr..
Cannon declared he would do all in his
power to elect Mr.. Hopkins speaker Of tho
house.
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CINCINNATI. May 1.-The racing to-
day AT Newport was first-class Weather
pleasant; track fast. Results.
Six fursengs, sslllng-Sim w won, Ber-
ha Nell second. Edna r. third. Time f:fa
Five fur.ongs. maiden 2year-oids-June
Jsnison won. Adler second. Nina b. T.
third Time. ] e3is
MHe and Il stx:eensh-Einsey won
Friendship second orme third Tire. $50
-Four furlongs. Seiltng-Eohicer won she
Johnson second, Indian third Time 50
Nile and fifty yards Sefllng-Arcturus
wen: Little Salse second. Ka,hie MAY
third. Time 14s
Nile and seventy yards. sel.ing-Domest.c
won. Indra second Nathason third Time
is
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breaks Into the Ring aud Thus
Causes the Match Forfeited

WHEELING, " Va. MAY Oscar
Gardner the Omaha Kid" in o~ter 10
cave his brother tsisiic. - ;Ais city from
s'esfs3 Knocked n9t isg Jack Nc, LELAND af
i'iststlsrs. at the Metropolitan club .ii.s
tia S'af MGNev act IA The sinal ro4anA of
n ssroflnd contest The ia4R~ " etgslss, ga
"a 80 pounds ard the sghttuE ws~ fast
ena clever. Middle ia r'ner's Nincktrs and
great endurance kew ping ht,r er, his feet
Hnf1 the twentieth ro4gua - was crag
~ In the nineteenth AMI IN shs, tw,ntfssA
c@aid pave staTei the limit as there WAS
only ssite minute ard f7fteer seconds e,
NEhs NVsT@RtAnG N0gld have sas,e. ira
decision sst oasAr feared sAs t.as arg 49,
.ise Was taking rafehs hnye fatas s@S4sfts
As* .ieiiata - 50 ug~at 0scaY wsshsn two
a'sAs Al the IeaeS Athletic club New
York
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II may be said that length Of service al
fects the assignments to the heads OF
committees, and there IL much In thh. but
It viii not explain the situation which has
prevailed In the organization Of the COM
misfees OF the house.
West Received Very Little.
II win be seen that In the territory now
represented by seven;y-on votes there
were twenty-.axhs chairmansh!ps. and
these chairmanships included such great
committees as ways and means. banking
and currency. ccinaEe. weights and meas
ures. rivers and 1arhers. merchant marine
and fisheries. agriculture. naval Affairs.
Indian Affairs. railways and canals Pacific
railroads. patents, pensions. claims. war
Gains. and accounts. nearly all OF which
have annual clerks. and are especially de
sirahle committees. Now take the terri
tory In which We find twenty eigh. votes.
which Is exclusive OF Ohio, and we have
twenty-five chairmanships. but OF the COM
mi,tees thus represented there Is none Of
Importance excepting the appropriations.
judiciary. interstate and foreign com
merce. foreign affairs. military affairs,
possoffices and post roads. and public lands.
and these are far inferior TO those locat-
ed in the East
AL these things viii enter into the con-
sideraiion which will be given to the sc
lection OF q speaker.
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oakland Races

SAN FRANCISCO. May Weather a,
oakland fine, track fast. Results:
Feftarfty eoUyse--isessse Lee won Widow
Jones' second. Pe'xotto third Time. LIE
-Four furlcags-Msy Gertrude won Gl.s-
saueo second. Tanobe third Time saa.
seven fariongs. selltng-Niggar won. Syl-
van Lass second T. A. fanfgan third
Time b.
Mile and quarter the Dewey hand ear
Aao4yh Spreckeis won Cavail0 second
Asre1s third Tirue 2fs
tine mile Eas7rrnoa1e won Joe fftfrnar
SECOND storm King third Tine T:ifL
Mile and = sixteenth w s-asY7sr,g voy,
'hs'@ke second, Naile1s IN ri Tine i;ssss.
SIX TGri@ngs- acsartra won I..,Ysvns xe..
cnst. Pa Flanagan third. Time. IisA.
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SHOULD UNITE ON ONE MAN
Deliver, who II HendePson's Cana
paign Manager. VIII Confer
With HOpkfuu.

WASHINGTON, May L-Representative
Deliver Of Iowa, who Is pushing Gen.
Henderson for speaker OF the house OF
Representatives to succeed Mr.. Reed. In
an interview today said that Mr.. Sher-
man. OF New York. In his opinion. would
win unless the Western congressman unit
ed on candidate. and that consequently
when he reached Chicago shortly he would
suggest TO Representative Hopkins. of II
linois and other candidates, that the West
ern men enter into an agreement to vote
for the Western epeakership candidate re-
ceiving the highes; number of votes on the
first ballot.
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Of America. has announced ,he followins

Of America. has announced the following
appointments:
Howard 8. Bird, chief centurion OF Porto
Rico: address. San Juan. Porto Rico.
Lieut. Frank r.. Lang chief centurion
OF the Philippine islands. address. Manila.
In addition TO these President Mace will
announce within few days the appoint
ment Of representatives Of the national
organization In both Havana and Santiago.
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James and Farrell. Umpires-Gaffney and
Andrews
st. Louis. z, Pittshurx. &.

PITTSBURG. May 1.-The st. I-ouisans
proved themselves better mud horses than
the Pittsburgers and won the game In the
first two innings while a pcit!ng rain was
on. After the rain Lever only allowed
them two hits and no runs. Attendance.
2 AMD. Score:
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A2a hs'ie hey sa0 was nearly assa
i'm an 2tfsck y 0soaplng csllrs Nv
ISs@s4a-s recommended fhzsaAser a3ss's
E2oSh Remedy ssts no, .hgrk ~ =. a~<
ssfsNs5Fsss anAsa htsp him bat after rfvry
hsfE se~ 1oses ~ that remedy rss,s~sNs
a. n F~ss rseai- ant ore bsssi@ rssrea him
ent.E4ss /, Is the BEST sa.,rss ~x.s.as-s-,'.
ever Ak1 n sas ectss*-5 I. Moore SAITH
Earxsfis-aw2 Pa Far sale 81 ali aeaIsrA
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lsaorG@ w Hume ana C,e~.~o> r. Nx,-.
Esao ~ shs ofsesf sal,tsn packers ar, rhs
Nsia'i 5't@s river. are guests al ,hs. Rasnler~
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CLEVELAND May 1.-The league sea-
son opened here this afternoon with two
games between Cleveland and Louisville.
The first game was won by the home team
after a prolonged and exciting contest, ana
the second game went 10 Louisville by
reason OF decision OF Umpire Bremen
In the NINTH calling Ciingman safe at
home when the spectators believed he Was
out by ten feet The game Will probably
be protested. Not more than 800 people
saw the two games Score:
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last
D. w. OF
In
Daniel winches.sr Pierce barn in Dnv Caledonia
to
W and ten Pierce from well families
%
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a the A. A.
the xmn
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he might live realize
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MISS WIi~zlNsKT. optlcsan. III Cherry.
Consultation Tres
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NEW YORK. May by good batting.
aided by Ladders error. the New Yorks
tied the score in the ninth inning today.
on account Of darkness. In the ninth inn
ing George Davis and O'BrIen col.ded and
Davis was badly shaken up. He was un-
conscious for ten minutes. and was then
so dazed that he had 20 be led 10 the
dressing room. Attendance. t5oo. Score:
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Special DISPATCH 10 the Pssss -Tatslfsvs ncer
ttl-N MIA. May oscar Bowen, who
las foF years past heen craftsman in eAa
s0E sF}oF gsa@ra.s office. and tor two
wears ehies. bss resigned 10 aces: = r,,st~
'i"n IN Spokane. and Ira { OTIS has been
atnF4alsa = ne vRcaDcv
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DEFEN Dentist Crown ard hrssv.
s0ya. $ss Burke
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Continued From Pase one
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GRADUATED sna.s~ar s,@rs.n.. NJ.
V.lxtnsSt =. Cherry.
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Batteries--Leever and Rowerman: Young
and O'Connor. Cmpires-BuTns and Smith
New York and PHILADELPHIA TIE,
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Batteries-~Doheny and Grady: Donohue
and Mcfarland. Umpres-Emslie and
Mcdonald
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afaftaFSeS-< sps nn* Rasssnxs-e eSte.e~s-
eAtF ans CLARK t'rng'tTe~-- aess ara ssen.
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Protect the Industry.

Sugar consumers should not Permit
themselves to be led astray and think
that the adriittance of sugar from the
tropics, as wei. as from foreign COM
tries, VIII lessen the cost to them The
sugar intechS:s would fall into the
hands OF the trusts, and once they OBJ
tain control of The markets, the price
can be easily maintained. While, On
the other hand, tire development o: Tie
industry within our own borders VIII
in n FEW years, lower the pr;tr t. en-
sumers. The history CT other enter
priseS now substantially established
here under the fosterI.g care of Our
government, is reduction Ill prices, III
S:aa- oe an increase.
There IS no good reason WHY the
American farmer and sugar n.:irCfdc-
turer snoIld not receive from congress
encoura genlIn7 similar 10 that accorded
to other branches OF American indus
tries, and an act cf tolscress Which
will tend tc the development of the
sugar industry Of the United States
will indeed be a protection to a strictly
home industry"
Mayor Savage of Wellington, Kan,
and Professor Isely of Paramount col
lege, Wichita, read papers relating to
the trade in our new island possess
sions, following which a resolution was
passed which, though couched in gen.
eral terms and restricted to expressions
on the commercial aspect of the case,
is virtually a strong Endorsement of ex-
panSion.
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TO MANAGE BRYAN CAMPAIGN.
Indication that Ex-Governor Altgeld
Has Been Selected.

Chicago, June "A special to the
Times-Herald from Louisville, says:
John P. Altgeld intends to be free
from any official connection with the
Democratic committee when he takes
up the cudgels for Bryan and 16 to l.
His selection by the Ohio Valley BIZ
metallic league as leader of the Co
operation" on behalf of the Co
braskan and free silver was followed
today by the declaration of his inten-
ton to resign from the ways and
means committee of the Democratic
National committee.
Yes, l am going to resign" he said
in an interview. The ways and means
committee is but a subcommittee
whose main duties were the raising of
funds. / think we have served long
enough and l intend to step aside and
give some one else q chance. / believe
the other members will resign also"
Politicians here regard this as ample
confirmation of their inference that the
Illinoisan is now Mr.. Bryan's cam
paign manager. They say that as chair
man of the "co-operators" he is more
than likely TO call for contributions to
the cause of 16 to !.
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TOWN IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
BUSINESS PART OF REPUBLIC
WASH, IN ASHES.
Powder Used and Buildings Blown
UP to Stop Ravages of the Flames
Damage $250,OOO.

Republic, Wash, June "a dis
this morning and before the flames
were broughte under subsection tn
damage amounted to quarter of a
million dollars. At noon today the
business portion of the town is a mass
of smouldering ruins while on three
sides are rows of scorched buildings
marking the path of the flames. The
fire fighting apparatus could not check
the blaze and it was only used to save
some of the buildings outside the fire
zone that were smoking and breaking
into flames at times.
The fire started by the explosion of
gasoline stove in the Siegel building
on Clark avenue, where some men We're
cooking breakfast. 1t spread on the
west side of the street to Brownies
restaurant and south to the Republic
Trading company's store. On the west
side two entire blocks were destroyed.
At first powder was used to blow
up the building occupied by Alexander's
law Office on the opposite side of the
cross-street from Percy's building. The
latter building was sent skyward and
the flying brands scattered the fire to
the buildings on the east side of Clark
avenue.
1t is rumored that two opium fiends
were burned in one of the buildings.
No authenticity is given for the report
and it is impossible TO learn where the
supposed victims were located Twenty
eight fr'-''''f---
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SHERMAN STILL IN RACE.
The Boom For Henderson Has Not
Disconnected Him

Syracuse n. Y, June 3.-The Post
Standard prints the following signed
statement from Representative Sher-
man:
Utica, n. Y, June 2.-"Answering
your request for statement in refer
ence to the Speakership contest, ac-
companied by your statement that Mr..
Hopkins of Illinois he'd Withdrawn in
favor of Mr. Henderson and that the
Illinois delegation had decided to vote
as a unit for Mr.. Henderson, l have
only to say that assuming both state
ments to be correct, and that the entire
Illinois delegation has decided to fol-
low Mr.. Hopkins to Mr.. Henderson
land both statements are only as
sumed), also that Mr.. Henderson has
the entire Wisconsin and Indiana dele
CATION, also certain support in other
states. Kansas, Dakota, and elsewhere.
he is still over twenty votes short of a
majority of the Republican membership
of the F'ifty-sixth congress.
Unless a current report with refer
ence to Ohio is correct, 1 have not lost
the support of a single member upon
whom | counted. Mr.. Henderson is not
yet selected as the Republican choice
for speaker.
$50 far as I am concerned 1 have
striven to eliminate sectionalism from
this friendly contest. Whoever is
chosen speaker it will be unfortunate
if the selection be based upon sectional
lines, or be, even remotely the result
of any promises or deals.
II am certainly still a candidate.
simply state broadly that | am in ac-
cord with my party and with the adj
ministration.
JAMES S. SHERMAN"