Show SHERMAN STILL IN RACE The Boom For Henderson Has Not Disconcerted Him Hm Syracuse N Y June 3The Post Standard prints the following signed statement from Representative Sherman Sher-man Utca N Y June Answering your request for a statement in reference refer-ence to the spenkership contest accompanied ac-companied by your statement that Mr Hopkins of Illinois hail withdrawn in favor of Mr Henderson and that the Illinois delegation had decided to vote as a unit for Mr Henderson I have only to say that assuming both statements state-ments to be correct and that the entire Illinois delegation has decided to follow fol-low Mr Hopkins to Mr Henderson and both statements are only assumed as-sumed also that Mr Henderson has the entire Wisconsin and Indiana delegation dele-gation 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 Fiftysixth congress Unless a current report with reference refer-ence to Ohio is correct I have not lost the support of a single member upon whom I counted Mr Henderson is not yet selected as the Republican choice for speaker So far as I am concerned I 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 I am certainly still a candidate I simply state broadly that I am in accord ac-cord with my party and with the administration ministrton ministrationJAMES S SHERMAN Massachusetts For Henderson Boston Mass June 3At a meeting of the Republican members of the Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts delgation held today to consider con-sider the question of the speakership Colonel Henderson of Iowa was endorsed en-dorsed Maryland In Line Baltimore Md June 3The Mary and Republican congressional delegation delega-tion comprising Messrs William B Baker Frank C Wachter Sydney Mudd and George M Pearce met in Washington today and endorsed David B Henderson of Iowa for speaker sper Will Hold Meeting In New York New York June Chairman Odell of the Republican state committee has called a meeting of the Republican congressmen con-gressmen of the state to discuss the speakership situation The meeting will be held here on Tuesday next Hanna Going to Europe Cleveland 0 June 3Senator Hanna Han-na will leave Cleveland probably next Friday and expects to sail on Saturday Satur-day for Europe He is greatly troubled by rheumatism and on the advice of physicians he will undergo a thorough course of treatment Senator Hanna will be accompanied by his wife and i daughter I |