The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-10
DARK HORSE FOR
THE SPEAKERSH|P
Incoming State Administration
Has a Picked Man
LEADING GANDIDAT ES
ARE TWO cHlcAcoANS - COOK
ARE TWO cHlcAcoANs - COOK
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MEM.
6ERS-ELEcT HOLD CON.
FERENCE
Says The Chicago Inter-ocean.

| Candidates for the speakership ara
making slow progress in their cam.
paign. Most OF the Republican mem.
hers Of the house seem to be impress
Ell with the belief conveyed 10 them
somehow, that il will be best for them
/ to remain uncommitted as 10 their
choice for speaker representatives
who We're ontspoSen SNORT time ago
for one or other Of the different can.
diiates are reported to be now in,
cllned To Withdraw their former pledg-
es and leave themselves free. Thin
condition has started the story that
new Candidate who will have the
support of the incoming state admin.
istration will be announced within a
short time. Representatives Chester
w. Church and R. Il. Pendaryis have
been mentioned as possible candi.
dates, likely TO have the favor Of the
new administration, but neither has
as yet declared himself in the field.
Charles A Allen Of Hoopeston and
w Il. Trautman of East st. Louis,
both ayowed candidates for speaker,
were in town yesterday but each said
he knew nothing new in the situation
beyond the seeming desire Of mem.
bers to hold themselves unpledged.
Mayoralty Rumors FLY.
Rumors as 20 developments in The
mayoralty situation were plentiful
yesterday One was that petitions
asking Mayor Harrison to be canai
date for reelection are being circulat.
ed In the down town business dis /
trict But the men who were telling
the story could give no definite in.
formation as to who are circulating
the alleged petitions. nor did they !
give names Of any who have been
asked 10 sign them
Another story was thai a number
Of the Democrats who were prominent /
in the Hearst campaign last spring
met in the Auditorium Annex Monday /
TO lay plans for a mayoralty campaign I
next year. No definite information !
aa 70 this meeting could be secured, /
and men like 9. S. barrow and vii |
lam Prentiss, who would be likely TO
know of such a meeting, denied knowl I
edge Of any movement of the kind
Democratic Legislators Meet.
Nineteen OF the Democratic mem.
,ers of the house-elect from Cook
county met in the Briggs house yes.
erday afternoon to discuss their &C.
ion as to the various matters that
nay come up in the legislature John
". Marley presided. Speeches were
made by Representatives Armand and
There was some talk about
he question Of minority leadership,
ut no expression of united support
Il any of the candidates was made.
IS to the new char.er II was de
idad that the Democratic members
night attend the preliminary charter
Meeting in their individual capacity
NJ II was agreed that there would
ot, for the present go into confer.
nee as a body on charter proposit-
ions.
Goyernor-elect Deneen was at his
rivate office yesterday. From now on I
III the day of his Inauguration he win
eycte his Time so resting, preparing /
Is inaugural message and studying
re important questions that will come
efore the legislature, especially the !
ew charter and civil service for ne
ate institutions and the primary d
ection reforms
Mr.. Deneen may go out of town 4
II short time TO rest He has de- y
AIRED that no applications for ap. 4
)intments 20 state places will be en- '
rtained by him till after his inaug. =
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