, 1881-12-04
keifer Nominated by the Re-
publicans for Speaker OF
the House.
The Result a Fiat Of the Three
Hundred and Six I'm
mortals.
Roscoe Conkling So Willed 1t,
and Cameron It So Exc
cutel.
4 Stalwart LoVe-Feast Over the
Ashes Of Garfield, Slain
by Guiteau.
Kasson Gould Hire Pro6tca by Tie Wrath
Of Achilles, Had Ills Yote
Been Larger.
His Strength Was Kept Down by the
Se[fishness Of the Doomed
HisC0Ck.
Cameron, the Tool OF Conl1ling,
in Turn Defeated in His
Dearest Desire.
Randall Carries the Day in the Caucus
Of the Bourbon 0ongressmen-The
Greenbackers.
Kasson Gould Hire Proftcd by the Wrath
Of Achilles, Had Ills Yote
Been Larger.
His Strength Was Kept Down by the
SeIfishness Of the Doomed
HiscOCk.
Cameron, the Tool OF Conl1ling,
in Turn Defeated in His
Dearest Desire.
Randall Carries the Day in the Caucus
+ Of the Bourbon 0ongressmen-The
Greenbackers.

Gree1hackers.
Assistant Seeretary Upton FolloWS Lamphere, and
Steps Down and 0ut-The Chicago
ColleetorsAip.
KEIFER'S NOM1NATION. -.
l. DAY OF SILENT rur EFFECTIVE WORK BIZ
TIE: 3iN;.
Special Dtspatek.1o The Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 3.-Warren ]. Keller,
or Ohio, was today nominated by tho Republic
ans for Speaker of the Forty-scvcnth Congress.
fle received nineteen more votes 1han wa!s nec-
essary to Il choice. The contest was Il long and
very earnest one, but it WAS conducted without
aug outward bitterness: The caucus was In ses-
sion for six continuous hours before n result
was reached, ballot being taken every fifteen
minutes. 1t was day of work and not words.
There were no speeches Of consequence and the
calling Of the roll and counting Of ballots for
sixteen times Of itself consumed the
Six hours, for it was impossible TO take ballot
in Il shorter period thun fifteen minutes. There
probably will be
MANY THEORIES
urged in explanation OF this result There Is
ouly one correct one. Prior to last Thursday
nla delegation were pretty nearly sotidly pledged
to Mr.. Hscock tor Speaker. These pledges were
mado last spring, after consulta tinn OF tho
members Of tho Pennsylvania delegation with
Don Cameron and with Camcrous up
prevail. On Thursday Mr.. Keifcr's
strength was ut its lowest ebb. He
could not confidently count upon any votes
east Of the Alle2henics- 1t was not certain that
he could secure any votes in Michigan or In-
II fAor ke, RI F,c
three votes In Wisconsin. Illinois wns split into
factions, but Dir. Hiscock relied upon five AMI
hoped for sir votes from that Srate. SIR. kas-
sons candidacy was waiting one. It wns not
sectional. He was conducting the campaign
upon bis own merits, aud relied for support up
on votes from Pennsylvania and New England.
The other Western candidates never had auy'
considerable prospects except US dark horses,
which was also true OF Mr. Reed, Of Maine.
ON THURSDAY NIGHT
Don Cameron arrived here from New York. and
1t soon became reported that he had had re-
peated conferences with Roscoe Conkliug there
upon tho subject Of the Spcakership, nnd tllat
he had come to take tho field against Hiscock,
the HaIf-Breed, primarily, and for kcifcr. sec
ondurily. US likely to be the mnn npOn whom
the West could best unite. Tom Plutt tA1e Too)
hud been here for some days working openly
against Hiscock, while Johnson, OF New York,
one Of ."the immortal $685. ut Chi
cago, had opened headquarters hero
us candidate for Clerk of tho
House. The outward situation of afrairs Fri
day 1norning indicated that some new mystic
rious unknown influence was rapidly developing
in Itr. keifer's interest, and his quarters rnpdy
became thronYcd. At the same time the crowd
about Htscock's rooms was diminished, und the
bnoyancy which WIS manifested thore on
Thursday Disappeared.
FRIDAY MAS KEIFER's DAY.
There Was no reason gwen for 1t, and none could
be assigned, except the theory, which SOON
gained currency In tho inner circles, that
Don Cameron, after conferences with Roscoe
ConkiinR In New York, had como
to Washington determined that Hiscock
ehould never become Speaker, and that tho
defeat Of the 306 at Chicago should be avenged
through Ohio. In fact, tho revival of Stalwnrt-
ism Is witnessed over Gar!lcds grave. The re-
suit showed that. however true these rumnrs
xere the Pennsylvania delegation wis to prove
fa1sc to its plcdgcs and that powerful influences
were to bc brought to bcar to induce it to unite
for keifcr.
on FRIDAY MORNING
tho Pennsylvania delegation began to gather
here, nnd ut noon q CAUCUS Of that delegation
was convened which lasted three hours There
the plan WIS developed. The fnct WIS dis
closed, however, that there were number
Of men who hat pledged themselves to Iliscock
who found 1t difficult to abandon those pledges.
and it became evident that, of tho eighteen
members Of the delegation, seventeen would,
before tho Speakcrship caucus, determine to
vote for some one n,uu. 1t was agreed that only
by such united action could tho interests OF
Pennsylvania best be served, and that .
TIE UNIT RULE,
which the delegation could net cause to be re-
spectcd Mt Chicago, should, IL possible, be made
potential in the election of q Speaker.
To this, at the caucus on Fri
day, there WAS bur ono opposing voice,
TINT OF Mr.. Bayne Of pittsburg, who announced
that he would consent to no such PUN, and that
he was first and last for Hiscock. The fact that
Mr. Buyne opposed this program made it even |
more apparent that the hand Ut Cameron Was In |
it, for Mr. Eayne uoue i'll alt the delegation has |
tho courage to assert himself-as nn anti Camc- |
rou man.
BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT
It was pretty we'll known ut the keifer head |
quarters that seventeen votes in pcuusyI- |
vuuia would be cast for him, and that |
The compact Of last spring with Mr. Hiscock |
would be broken, ana that kasson's hopes |
Of securing five or SIX votes from Pennsylvania |
would be blasted. This Information proved to
be correct. This morning the Pennsylvania dele
yation with the exception Of SIR. Bayne. met in |
caucus soon after 10 O'Clock, and decided to cast
seventeen votes for keifer. Tint WAS the pc-
ginning OF the end OF tho days business, md
was the movement which resulted in Keifer's l.
nomination. The Pennsylvania delegation met
n CAUCUS, to be sure as If. to deliberate.
tut, rs Il matter Of fact, it seemed that they
merely met to. ratify n progrnm which
,ad already been prepared for them. The
cene-shifters had been busily at work, and
which on Thursday morning yns |
supposed to be for HiScock, on Saturday ut MON |