The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
DENEEN ISSUES
OFFICIAL SUMMONS
Republican Legislators Will
Gather in Chicago to Discuss
Inaugural Message.
TO TALK OF OTHER MATTERS
Speakership Will Be Among Prin.
cipal Questions Considered
Trautmann Most Likely TO
Weld Gavel.

| By order OF Govenor-elect peneen the
| Republican members OF the Illinois Legis-
| iature Will gather in Chicago this week.
| The official summons, which went forth
| last Friday night. requested the presence
| OF the members OF the Senate and House
| at the Republican State headquarters at
the Great Northern Hotel, there to meet
the Governor elect for the purpose OF dis
cussing the inaugural message OF the new
executives proposed legislation. which
the General Assembly viii be asked to
enact and .'to talk of other matters ''
which is supposed TO refer to the speaker
ship question.
The country members Will go in by
squads tomorrow aud Wednesday. and
will have their heart-to-heart talks with
the new Governor or those days. Thurs
day the Cook County members viii be re-
! ceived in the guberatorial saactum and
Will receive the official tip as to what viii
be doing after the Legislature has con-
vened at Springfield and tho new admins
tration has taken charge OF affairs
Quite a party OF the Southern Illinois
members were in ST. Louis last night or
their WAY 10 the rendezvous. and left on
the late Chicago-bound trains Represent
Is generally considered to have the speak
erShip won. was among those vino went
up last night. He will remain I'm Chicago
during the week, comforting with the
members OF the House and with the. State
leaders who will be among those pr.sen'
The caucus OF the Republican members
which will select the House officers for the
session. is 10 be held Tuesday night pre-
GedinS the meeting of the Legislature
The call for the caucus will b.. issued by
Roy .. West. chairman OF the State Com
mlttee. With the exception OF the Legis-
iature OF two years ago this has always
head of the State organization TO call III.
caucus. At the last General Assembly
however, the bitter row between the Yates
men and the friends of Judge Sherman
was about to be precipitated
Fred Rove. then the chairman of the
State Committee, and for Yates before
ever other consideration. proposed to call
the caucus. The thirty-nine members who
stood with Sherman iss'ied ultimatum
tfat If Rowe issued the cdIIuS call tiey
would refuse to enter It or have any par
abide by its results
DENEEN'S s SUPREMACY RECOGNIZED
As a compromise. each side presented a
list of three names. chosen from the op-
posite faction. from which temporary
chairman was to be selected In the list
submitted by. the Sherman fellows was
the name OF Representative ShurtIeY
who is candidate this time for tht
speakership. The Yates contingent seized
upon him with av!dity. and the caucus
was called to order by Mr.. Shurtleff. and
the Shermanites went into the caucus and
were swept up by the friends of the Gov
ernor who placed in the chair John Henry
Miller of McLeansboro.
The general disposition upon the mart
of all elements to return to the old prece-
dent would indicate that the supremacy
of Mr. Deneen and Mr.. West who is his
field manager, has been tacitly recognized
by the Republican party of the State and
that for the next year or two at least the
dictat atorship will rest firmly within the
hands of the new Governor from Chicago
The only possibility for a revolt against
this accession of domination will come
should, by any chance. the Governor elect
seek to force upon the House a Speaker
other than Trautmann. Representative
Pandarvis Of Chicago. it was stated late
Saturday afternoon in Chicago. has re-