The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-08

House Republican caucus, and Lyon "Iudge
the nominee for temporary speaksI sccli-
sherman will be selected speaker ny
Reeve will be Clerk of the House, spell spell
man Doorkeeper and Mrs Jackson
In the Senate BrenhoIt will be Presldents NJ
pro tempore. Paddock Secretary 8acon
Shicago Sergeant-at-arms and MIS- Stac. of
tP,ostimistress. l was told that tns Hrenholt
PRESIDENT pro tempore was offered H bi ,.n'iI
Dy the minority on condition that ne ,ropo-
join their crowd, and he resented the Pi'P"
Word reaches me that Representative X.
Z. Hanna Dem) Of Fairfield - 20 a.
point OF death and will not be aDle aDl,css co IN
tend. Mr.. Hanna'a distinguished serves . ~ ~
former general assemblies ana ~ W. TO- n,
stitutional conventions qualified MN ioi al 81
influential position in the tegislatutIg; n;
MS loss at this time Will be keenly ieit,
Governor-elect Yates tonight gives "ut IL, n
statement that he has not committee hlih nm
sell as to United states senato'sh'P' "
VIII not interfere I'm the matter
Yates Delivers an titimntu"'
The open defiance Of the Senate MAJOR
ity faction to the will OF Governor ates ~ ~
the sensation Of the day. CampDeIi .t uti1
Busse and Small and Dunlap. represeht@iils @
the two factions. met with Judge Yates aild
tried TO solve the momentOus proDieHl- I-aeh
faction declared its loyalty TO Yates, Wheie
upon the latter asked that a COMMIT ~ va
three from each side formulate an agree
ment which would be mutually asreeaoIe;;
The representatives of the factions asi',I
rejected IT by a unanimous vote Ihis &c
uOn was reported to Judge 1dit9 VIZ
again urged his Views. He was toln py
Campbell and Busse there was n1thlhg
further TO be done hut to proceed with or
upon.
Very well, gentlemen" said Judge Yates.
You have professed the desire to b. friend-
ly 10 my administration. i have taken you
at your word and have made request
which / regard as most reasonable. have
IN
Senator should have the slightest objection:
You have seen fit 10 refuse my request
absolutely and 20 follow your own ,,i.aans plans
and purposes. Now. as you have delivered
YOUR ulttmatum to me. desire 10 denver
mine. lf you pursue this course you heed
n31 Expect any favor from m me ,,I,is dIr,hs my
This ended the Busse-Campbell conference
with Judge Yates. There Is much specula-
ton tonight as TO the next move OF the
usse-Campbell combination. II is prob
able that the Senators misjudged the Gov
ernor elect and believed him TO be bluff
ing; II Is quite evident however that
Busse-Campbeil Senators Will get together
again at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. but
II is hardly possible that they will recede
The eighteen Senators IN the Busse-
Campbell combination are: Humphrey, An
drus. JUL. Evans. Campbell. Busse. Stub
bleheld. Hall. AIbertson. Gardner. Hunt,
Townsend. Pemberton. Begole. Chapman,
Mckenzie Koch Brenholt.
VIII Meet
The Hopkins wing Of the Democratic
State Committee met at the St Nicholas
Hotel tonight Mr.. Hogan was made tenn
porary chairman and Mr.. Boeschenstein
temporary secretary. Mr.. Quinn moved
that an adjournment he taken to the place
and hour fixed by Chairman Watson OF the
other faction. for the meeting Of the COM
mittee. viz: Sherman House Chicago. at
ii O'Clock next Wednesday-and the motion
prevailed by a unanimous vote. This was
done because the Hopkins element Is sure
OF majority. and to prevent "A possible
schism In the party. and also out of re-
spect to Chairman Watson.
The members present were: Hopkins.
Byrne. LOeffer (by proxy. Sullivan (by
proxy. F1tzsimmOns of Chicago. Hogan OF
Geneva. Ferguson Of Rockford. Scott or
Aledo. Heenan Of Streator, Claggett OF
Lexington. Quinn of Peoria, Dunn Of Car
thage Kicks OF Taylorville. Boeschenstein
OF Edwardsville. Lumpkin Of Mattoon. Mat
thews OF Centralla. Gahan and Jones Of
Haley Of Joliet and Brinton Of La Sale.
At midnight there was evident an in
clination OF the Governor-elect. as eX-
pressed by his friends in guarded language.
to take a hand in the sena iorIal Ecrim-
mage. His bouts with the House and Sen
ate organizations. instead OF satiating his
appetite. appear to have whetted ID. There
Is close race between Mahoney and
Stringer for Senate Democratic leadership.
The race among House Democrats is
free-for-all. and the country is split be-
tween Tipplt, Gray and Mcdonnell. while
Denis Sullivan and Francis Sullivan are
candidates from Cook County.
J. l. PICKERING.