Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-01
COMING IN WITH A RUSH.
dembers Of Congress Exchanging Con-
CALCULATIONS and Condolences.


MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS GIVE UP THE NEXT
HOUSE, BUT SOME CLAIM TIE-THE SPEAK
ERsHIP CONTEST ALREADY ON-TALKs WITH
REPRESENTATION
Members of the House are coming in with
rush to-day. The chances are that there will
be pretty full house ON Monday. The Sena-
tors. as is their wont, are arriving with more
deiiberation. Some of the Representatives have
got on their derbies and creased clothes, but
most OF them wear their campaign hats and
still have the campaign dust on their trousers.
They were sitting in the hall of the House, the
the post-office, and clerks room this morning.
talking of the state of affairs in their districts
and exchanging congratulations and pleasant
ries. Allen, of Mississippi, gave evidence of
his survival by relating funny stories, signif-
cant OF his feelings and of the frame of mind
OF some Of his colleagues. The republicans
all come up smiling and bubbling over with
good humor. Some of the democrats find ii
very hard to meet their victorious opponents.
When democrat sees a smiling member from
the other side approaching him he rushes
quickly into the fire with the exclamation:
I'm doing very we'll. thank you, consider
ing. shall survive the cyclone" and as one
tender-hearted republican said, they seem to
TALK OF TIE IN THE NEXT HOUSE.
Very few if any of the democratic members
express any doubt of the republicans having
the House. Some Of the officials express the
opinion that there will be no certificate recog-
nized from the disputed Tennessee district
and that there will be tie. Some one of them
had private dispatch stating that four demo-
Gratis would get certificates from West Virginia
The dispatch caused no excitement The demo-
cratic members generally confine themselves
TO discussion of their
PLANS FOR THIS SESSION,
with an occasional consideration of what a
lively time they will have next year as a minor
ity party annoying the enemy. The republic
cans are chiefly interested in the question of
recognizing the next House and the patron
age problem. that has commenced to clamor
with thousand tongues, for solution. They
have been getting along SO lovingly together
as minority that now they are greatly en-
barrassed at the necessity of making choice
from among their leading men for Speaker
They all recognize that, whether there is to be
an extra session of the Fifty-frst Congress or
its opening is to be delayed until the usual
time,
THE sPEAKERsHIP CONTEST Is ALREADY on
MIR. Cannon was in the House to-day sur
rounded at all times BY a little group of his
colleagues, and occasionally new conner
would address him as Mr.. Speaker calling
Dlushes to mount his cheeks. He is already
making his canvass. and members as they
arrive recognize i'll him an active candidate
The problem presented is to most of them a
serious one. STAR reporter was talking with
group OF members to-day on the subject,
when one of them burst outs If have got
to judge between Tom Reed. Mckinley and
cannon, want to run away and hide until it
is all over" The rest declared that he voiced
spntlmpnfsN ,hara fba<x ~
would prefer to see
MKINLEY AT THE HEAD OF THE WAYS AND MEANS
committee, because it would put him more in
the way of presidential lightning Among
those who expressed this preference were two
who tried to bring about his nomination at
Chicago. They think Mckinley would be bet
ter of at the head of that committee than in
the chair. The stumbling block In the way
there is Judge Kelley, the father Of
the House fo They think he is pretty
service entities him to most
any recognition he demands, and they feel
sure that nothing but the Craftsmanship of the
ways and means committee will satisfy him.
There is conflict between sentiment
Judge Kelley never forgave Blaine for not
appointing him to the head of that committee,
when it was his to give. and this is cited to in
dictate what the judge will expect of the next
Speaker elected
If it should be arranged that Mckinley
should succeed Mr.. Mills as leader Of the House.
it is assumed for certain that Butterworth
would become strong candidate for Speaker,
unless-well, it might depend on Sherman's
movements. II Mckinley Is to stand for the
Speakership, ButterwOrth will not.
Burrows, as well as Cannon, is making a
vigorous canvass, and the men from the east
insist that no one but Reed ought to be consid-
cred. If the contest is to become sectional,
Cannon has somewhat the advantage of local
ity. and he Is a very clever worker.
Wade, OF Missouri, was talking with STAR
reporter to-day about
THE REPUBLICAN GAINS IN MISSOURI.
He said that the trouble with the republi-
cans heretofore had been that they had always
accepted defeat before the election and had
not made any suitable effort. OF late they have
become impressed with the idea that thew
Congressman and a general cutting down of
majOrities in the state, he says, has encouraged
them, and 1t is his opinion that they can
elect governor in 1892. The people
there have begun to be discouraged at
the inability of the democrats to reduce taxa
ton, and they are learning that the interests
of the state, especially in inducing immigra-
ton of the character they want, will be
served by placing the republicans in power,
and that at the same time they will stand as
SOOU cnance OF having TAX reduction through
the republican party. His own majority this
time is nearly thousand greater than ever
before.
THE DISPUTED TENNESSEE DISTRICT
Houk, of Tennessee. told STAR reporter to-
day that he had no doubt that Evans, the re-
publican in the disputed district of his state,
would get the certificate. His opinion was that
both Gov. Taylor and the secretary of the
state were trying to make capital out of the
case. Taylor, he thinks. hopes to get the re-
publicans to join with his friends to send
him to the Senate in the place of
Mr.. Harris. and thinks to aid himself in this
enterprise by giving the certificate to Evans.
The secretary of the state, on the other hand.
will soon be up before the Legislative caucus
for denomination. and he aims to make himself
solid with his party by certifying to the cleo
ton OF Mr.. Bates, the democrat.
THE MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN REVIEWED.
MIR. Whiting, one of the two democrats re-
elected from Michigan, said to a STAR reporter
that their loss was in the face of larger demo-
cratic vote than had ever been cast before. All
sorts OF influences were used on voters to lead
them the other way. he said The Campaign
was the most bitter he had ever seen. They
even attacked him for wearing gray clothes
and derby hat, and the cry that was raised
throughout the state was that the con-
federates were in the saddle: that the
Mills bill was rebel measure
Speaking OF the House, he said that he
thought every man who was elected should
get his seat without trouble and IL the rasult