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Show Tbe Speakership. Chicago, 3. Tribune's Washington: Washing-ton: The partisans of various candi dates for speaker claim as follows: For the first ballot: Randall, 60; Cox, 35; Taylor, 40; Blackburn, 38; Morrison, Mor-rison, 32; Goodu uud scattering, 2o, makiug a total of 230, which it is Baid are pledged. While the democratic demo-cratic nieuiboo-hip of thu house is but 145, Beveuly is a eaucua majority sufficient tor nomination. Randall's Iriends claim that ho no! only favors the Southern Pacific subsidy, his viewB having changed within two years, but aiuo is inclined to favor a subsidy to a steamship line between New Orleans and South America. |