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The Cairo Bulletin
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
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Ohio Radical Congressman Foster is rumored in Radical press to be a strong candidate for Speaker, bolstered by his new support for the Texas Pacific road attracting southern Democrats, as politicians gather at White Sulphur Springs. Democrats dismiss the claims, insisting a Democrat's election is assured.
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White Sulphur Springs
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well informed democrats assert that there is not a word of truth in the story, and that the election of an out and out democrat to the speakership is a foregone conclusion.
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Foster, the Ohio Radical congressman, is looming up again as a candidate for speaker of the house, and as the time for the gathering of a herd of politicians at White Sulphur Springs draws near, his friends speak of his election with more confidence. Foster, who has all along been opposed to the Texas Pacific road, has flopped over and is now an advocate of the scheme, and this it is claimed will bring to his support a number of southern Democrats. This is the kind of talk that is now going the rounds of the Radical press