Southern Illinois Record

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THE SPEAKERSHIP
FIGHT STILL ON
Who h Responsible for the Speakership
Deadlock in   the   Illinois   State
Legislature ?
BOTH PARTIES STILL STANDING FIRM
The Situation is Liable to Last fer Some
Time Before the  Election of a
Speaker is Accomplished
There fs a viist dilTcienctMiC uplninn as tn jusl. what parl.v nr wlm is re- s(Kiiisillile f(ir the Illinois legislative deadliK'k. and ill milerlhat our readers ma.v lie In a iiosition to jiidj;e for tliemselves we will endeavor to ^r|ve the e.ti.st iuv i'onditions.
The real troulile iinderlyiiitf the iii- ahilit.v to tret totrellier of the Deiiio- erats is the fact that but lew of the Democratic lueiiihers are at heart for tlie election of .1. Hamilton Lewis, tiielr candidate who won the Demo¬ cratic nomination for I'niled States senator in the April primaries in Illinois, the Hepuiilicans in tlieliou.se have repeatedly propo.sed to the Dem-