Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-02
FORECAST ON SPEAEERSHIP
Various Candidates Each Assured Of
One Vote on First Ballot.
MUCH TALK OF COMBINATIONS
Governor sheldon is Presented with n
watch by His Friends at state
House-SeveraI New Years
Pardons.
dFrom a Sd corresrondent-l

tFTOm a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Jan. L-(special)-A very
careful POLL Of the members OF the house
who are here, shows the various candidates
for speaker have for sure the following
vote:
Bowman Of Nuckolls. l: Clark Of Richard
son. ]: Henry % Holt, !; Kuhl Of Cedar, J.
Kelley Of FUrnas, /; Pool OF Jahnson, 4
Stoecker OF Douglas. /: Taylor Of Hitch
oock, ]; Taylor Of Custer. J.
Eastman Of Franklin county. the only
member on the ground not a candidate,
failed to express himself, consequently he
is the only popular legislator in LAncoln.
insofar as go the views OF the candidates
The organizers throught TO get things in
fine share before the members got here
( by the process Of elimination. 50 WIN John
i Kuhl Of Pierce. struck town . day OF two
ago he was impressed with the idea that
/ too many men were already after the
I spsakership for him TO bother about II. 50
4 he announced that he was out Of IL This
/ afternoon Mr.. Kuh got bac kinto the race
with the most confident look on his face
that has been seen smiling around here
since election. Just what Information M
Kuhl got hold Of. of what induced him
10 brace VI 50 sueScnly the other candi-
dates do Tfbt know. bot he has stirred up
the animals and now Kukl is looked on as
a man with horns by all the organizers.
The world-Hersld was roundly denounced
4 in the motel Hobbies this morning for its
( interference in the matter OF the organizz-
tion. II publishes this morning that Henry
I Of Holt. and Cone Of Saunders. candidates
! respectively for speaker and chief clerk OF
the house were combined against the helo-
! II that is the truth il is only half truth.
! for he candidates on the ground know that
/ 4, is inst as much a fact 10 say that Clark
I of Tern1ue
are tied up in q combine for the SINE place.
The fact that Cone dared 20 60 out after
4 the olerkship in the face Of the protests Of
the democratic organ has riled up that
sheet and SIS action has caused some OF
4 the members TO resent its interference al
( al in the organization
Try et Combinations.
The 1Eould-be organizers have tried sew
] ersl combinations and so far II is impossible
I to tell how successful they have been. 4
combination OF Henry OF Holt and Pool o.
! Johnson has been thought OF and ialkel
about. but the trouble there Is the one IL
for county opticn and the other is opposed
I That combination Will be like mixing water
I and oil even though an effort Is beinE
made 70 keep this out o. tae bargaining.
I Another effort is t%ing made 70 s-rik'
q trade between Pool and Clark, but her
/ The fact that Pool wants immediate pay
I nent Of losses in case Of bank failure in
serted in the proposed tin 10 guarantee
bank deposits is stumbling block Their.
I Another proposal s. for the f-rty--oI'
/ farmers 10 organize and select either Henri
q Holt OF Henry Gendes Of Richardson
Two problems bump Up here. F1rst, 5erdel
Is committed 10 the candidacy Of Clark, and
second. the farmer members are just as IA
apart on the details of those platform
pledges as are the other member
Then there IS talk Of the two TsylOrs
Kelley, Bowman and stoecker forming
combination. but their five votes woUi'
count for little
Considerable sentiment has been stirre'
up among the members against Clark be
fore they reached Lincoln, but the Richard
son county man has smiled and talked him
self into quite a little popularity since b
reached town. and in q scramble IN tn
crowd. with Lee Herdman-s coaching. b
Is looked upon as being able 70 drag Of
some Of the votes Henry az Holt IA
served in three sessions and bis friends ss.
is therefore EMIT ed TO the place
Henry Casts Eyes at Omaha
In talk last night Mr. Henry made som
statements which put him in t-e careful
conservative clzss. He said he real Eed tha
Omahs was q great city with unb0unde
limits. He said he was proud o. ir as Ne
braEka'E metropolis and the Interests q ID
biz eity were the interests 0f the state an
Therefore he Ezs in favor % iDdustria
legislation which would not stunt IN
growth Of Omaha or q NebraEks. He be
Ieysd legislation regulating railroads s
necs ssary, but il Eh0ul1 not be fanatical
All stale legislation should have an eye {
} the future devel 7pmsn. and progress q m
state. And further. MT. Henry said. a
speaker. he would not use his cffice I
assist in the passage OF lndefnl.- po.t
E p5nement q any IN. thoug AZ a memb
) he would express his oEn views and voi
b them.
IT. th.s speakership fight thsre is a
b example Of the clsarness Of Mr. Bryan
. platform pd0miSes- Bebauss of this st "a
2 last minute the result T. liable 20 turn on
3 word Hnl that word IL ''inmediate Tn
ID platform calls for the en tctment Il q Lar
p 70 guarantee bsnk dep5sit1rs ana IN cas-
: q a failune for q prompt payment % IN
, losses. Nov some memb 20 ssy prom
. means -immediats" an others say tha
. .-prompi means '-prompt One bunc
\ says 'imnediats" payment is silly and In
f~o,ss,u.a u, $500 Es.g.a