Show I The f pealierBhi Washington SOAs to the speaker ship contest today one prominent republican re-publican said he believed Hiscock would get the office Ho is a pronounced protectionist pro-tectionist and can get the Pennsylvania delegation which will settle it There The-re may not go into the caucus but they will be republican every time Keifar votes and speeches on the Mississippi Mis-sissippi river improvements have been overhauled and his competitors claim that ho opposed the improvements and that this will hurt him with the west 1 Keifer cltum that there is nothing io this but that he has a good record on river improvements He claims to be confident of ultimate success though at present Kasson leads Hiscocks speeches are said to be hurting him with protectionists protec-tionists ia some localities The President says he will take no part directly or indirectly in-directly in the contest |