Show r t V 0 S V r Uv 1 I II I I M Q QI Sll akel 1110 of 1 tho e llIn of II lO 1 1 I WILL FILL SPEAKER ENDER S ONS CHAIR t 9 ot fill I ho lu tT los 10 l TheIr 0 1 1 J LL t J J u I 4 I I S I I 0 w b IC LL t I kr t I Iv S 1 I P A Wib k REP DARMOND Sp to the N ew D r C Oct reo re recent mt cent dramatIc declination ot cit Speaker B henderson o Iowa to ns n a 11 for or Con Can has ha Into th congressIonal el lIons ft 0 new Issue and anda a MV cw To 10 to the th J J u 11 hJ If 92 REP J S WILLIAMS nt at largo o the tho In the eera districts an only second to b by tin nil for tho On the th result Ih the uC the tho question of of the ot of the next houMe The lh speaker ot of the tho bouse o of latles has llaH always been an Important figure In hn n legislation but In reo rc cent cont years ills ils has Irown to 10 greatly Increased Ito Is a afi fi figure ule only second In to the pres presIdent presIdent Ident himself and In ome his liI power III 18 grea fr At this time when there Is divergence on vital In ronks the are to learn not merely the answer answer whether or shall dominate the event ot the Iho of the Itow holl thin country countr regards the IssUes now It II for With In Inthe Inthe the majority the selection of at t becoming their work the to ha bf given at the polis wilt will In all probability prove n a determIning toe taco tor In the choice they will vIll make It II hero here e omel to glane nt at the l heading ot of the house hOlls who already pre prevent to the mr ls ot of IIO n candidates or what I Ii Ir illy th Leond most Important ollIe In III thu Ont One of these Jamea ot of Utica who all an a the district or of New Ness York was 11 tome Iome years ears ao ago at the time lime or of the re lit of Reed Heed as the inist likely sor to the latter In fact act Mr Ir was strongly In the run tun alag agaInst David IJ 13 Henderson nt at that and aud was understood to havu wIthdrawn only In deference to the tho ot of of New York For a 0 time he w was regarded ns as a sure sura thing for the and It was general I hy belIeved that lie be was the personal V fl V t V I REP LITTLEFIELD choIce ot of PresIdent Ir M him him for or general n a ClI al New ew ork which n a life II lie tit nt the It was said ot of hiI own on who desired desire that he re 11 te tam In hIs seat gent In III III his hili 11 u agaInst lien Hen Henderson derson deron Sherman had ho hili t lII oiT utile Payne of Au Auburn Auburn burn N Y then chairman o of the ways 1111 and means committee When hen lie ho 1 re retired tired from the contest l helman was believed to have secured 3 votes otes out t ot of thin tho 92 nece necessary sar to 10 se euro the nomInatIon lie He baa six times elected to Congress and once Congressman Joe Cannon ot of IhlI will doubtless s be the strongest t for Cor speaker In November he dIll did come forward 1111 I and Ida to tor or the lie has been Jen 1 a member ot of many house corn com that ot 01 an lu In Inon luan on an acknowledged e author authority ty on postal matter farmer and he ln en the 1 much n his own state te all as a polItician havIng been st to attorney ot of Illinois from 1 61 to 10 1869 Ills home Ia Ut at hut but he wnM waa born nt at Gull Gul ford N e In lIe was WIlS a close Ito Ho hall baa hail n a c certaIn In A man or of Plain manners and appear ascii ance hula his Is often orten n a center of socIal gaiety hut but ht he has hns the reputatIon ot of II a bent all omm busIness fIrst and u of A ot of Indiana other who ho leen Icell ot nt all a a t Or r first to 10 th Con ress In 1194 hIs hili term In the house he an 1 honor r a of at his In being up pointed hy by Speaker It Reed J ll t I member or of orthe the commIttee ot of lu Ilu HI 0 SPEAKER HENDERSON n a of that during his lonal I term It Born ut at 11 II In I GO he Is l eJ liS as a nun mu hii In II a tannery and worked lila hit WilY Wa Into Ill law and Like Mm 11 lie Is u a mill maId Cut fOI the and amid In th event of tim Ihl former hehu mude Mr Ir would I lie core or of lIy by being III gIVen Ill en the o of the than committee Ono One or of the most Prominent lican on the floor o of the and a for time tho It hi E of Me 10 Iti name to liS as the sU cel or or of Nelson Ills speeches In Congress have hae won for or him comparIsons to and Reed ha Ie had PreviouslY In the Iho MaIne le leg and has hns been ot of time state I one time tie he Wilt waa me ns as ti II candidate for tor tIme tho United States senate enate n J u ugene elle Half hahn Last Mr Ir was waa or of un an n a J and It sam rumored that he would have the of President nooR velt whose holle recent selection ot of time the famous MaIne to father ather the antItrust law seemed to brick up 1111 that view Irm Con ressman Is ono one pf f time the tail men In Iii tIme the tIDUs i nn and 1 lean of if figure fiur and with an Immense capacity for The son of n a York county minister hI he began his imIs PolItical career earler us OR a Maine man In being soon lIoon hosen Lu LIS th the sPeaker ot of time the legIs lie He vas a delegate ul at large to the o convention In InH H J While a lo loyal nl Mr Lit openly President Me I oil Porto tariff i Issue Ire He voted vote also tor or Cuban city and has hns declared himself elf all as aLso hitch Against the ex exercIse cl e or of auto aula b by time the speaker lie He one ot at time tho sIgners of the minority reo re lOIt on an the exclusion of of Utah Ulah In 1000 sayIng that st S S S 1 S S I H i I REP while h ln o of lie III Haw great Cral danger In Iii h hInK lug InK i I s AS an Inv Involved III I mm the iii of tIme tho l I I rese limit tIe ho t holie lie Ho Is l saul to be more mor Hoo Is equally III hula hail or for n a lI ht lie He is 19 tumid of time the and ant ot of his aphorisms Is that Con Comm greas regulate time tho Frank W rank among who ma may 10 possibly to the ship 1 fly him tim an Iowa lown lie he mOil many years In time tho from maui lie he time the Congress from mis 1111 site BUe C cessor to the hamilton Lewis He ha Is 18 about 37 31 oIl formerly a col cowboy oy and taught school studied law In win winter tel ter evenings Ills tall hank caused ld to be called the Abe be LIn vain coin of ashington state lie has been against free sliver nn anti l was as always n a sound money advocate In Congress ha attracted notice during debates debales on thu deals between the slate department and Can Canada alia concerning the Pyramid harbor concessIons In III Ib 9 lIe has haH tu to the extreme lowers put Into time the speakers and once limit pul the ques question lion tion In the house Is the speaker a like the rest jest ot of Us mon possibilities for tor forthe the Is John Sharp ot of the tho J M dIstrict Last Ins April lie he the lIe Gen Joke Smith tor or hl his con hurt of the Philippine campaign amid Inter hater endorsed Sibleys attack on time the same In AprIl 1900 ho he auntie mAtle a notable speech plech against t PresIdent s arm an Quit hued In the h Imose use by lemi oil the question of free treo trade for Par Por Porto to flea In the same Hallie month hI he fist vigorously opposed ed HawaIIan tiomi on Ih time ground ot of Its n a lIew race problem and amid opposed the appoInt mont o at a resident commissioner In time the claiming that eer every territory Is R RcA cA u I 4 I I S I I 0 w b IC REP I to 10 t a delegate In on Mr Ir Is iii on omme of the I t on the sub Hide of I f ged it lie II us U huh or 1 ii cam tail lit at I I institute O of K Ky University ot of limO III at H Sewal SewalL wul lonn L the ur of VirginIa u It II III at that o of I I a ide whet he ins 1 ml Ie of time I r lp HI the thu I ct l I 11 hav IV In 1871 1177 timid Is 18 time Ihl owner of large cotton Iii ItI 1 1598 93 lie he tAe elected to Congress for or tim Ih fir t time In ito Ill favored free c er I tire mige and tariff turU lit III iii u a II In ISIS 1898 hI he saul Bahl Ir tit a 11 Philippine I I Who iio will Ii d the A a n In time tho I seu the American people wilt haul It 1011 I In March I 02 he was 1 it of time campaIgn n Oscar of time ii Is it lot fUI U tl I JIp should time Ille 11 UI horn 11 ItS J I it lie he WON tit tilt the o of anti Went to 10 Aln In t lie IUM f In hit InI I of at time Ihl N luSh lie trl t or of m Benl t Con Congre re two tiara In III I hue he hns 11 1 waK ell to tile increase or of till arm arni I In itol In of hiLt ral hue he succeeded Halley ot of texas u a un aa n a uit of tile III rules In hI he denounced the Ohm Olm resolution Cornn for on into nl ni gro ro In time DavId Dald it of the district Is II Il a who 1111 Ill be In time the for or Born in count Ill Ia In iii lie he to Missouri amid there lucre linK hams been circuit judge court lie He wits to time the I In 1 ItI 91 over oer W V n B Lewis itt 11 lie belll believes In a tariff for F J I I REP UNDERWOOD r r rii ii T vII u l I wr j jf jI f I REP I G 1 CANNON on only I amid In time tho of at reciprocity He favors for Cor lie Jle line hns advocated free ot of gold amil sliver nt at the old n a lower lowr tarIff with tree free trade anti all aim income tax lax In De Dc iSIS lie hue the autocratic methods o of Speaker Heed lie is 18 a small lean Inn oman ot of frIgid aspect but warm IWIN N |