St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-28

D, z, KEWDGRS ON for speaker.
On the other hand, that platform must
have helped Maj. Mckinley in the
South. for there is little question about
the tendency of the Southern members
to support MIN. Said the major, one
day last summer:
'.If get fifty votes to start with,
shall be speaker" Those fifty votes
are in sight, but the shadow of Reed.
who prefers any one but Mckinley, is
between the major and the speaker
ship.
CANNoN's CANDIDACY.
The grounds on which Mr.. Cannon's
candidacy is based are too well under
stood to require long explanation. In
point of parliamentary service the old
est of all the candidates. in the opinion
of many he is also the best equipped of
them all. His familiarity with the de-
tails of legislation would keep the ma
chinery of the house in thorough rum
ming order, and it would be a safe as
sumption that public business would be
strictly attended to and little time idled
away. In his position on the tariff,
financial legislation. and kindred sub
jectS. Mr.. Cannon is so completely the
representative of Western views that he
would make the ideal candidate. These
things are all known to the men who
have served with him for years, and
they are for the most part his
active and aggressive supporters.
Among some of the newly elected mem-
bers this is not so well understood,
which may account for their drifting
away to New England or Buckeye idols.
Perhaps when they get together in
Washington and compare notes their
views may change and the West 90 sol
idly for Mr.. Cannon. If it does his
prospects will be brighter than either
Reeds or McKinley's.
BURROWS STRENGTH.
julius G. Burrows has more strength
than appears on the surface. He does
not care to make too much of showing
at the start, because then he would
cease to be looked upon as cOmpro-
mise candidate, and would have to take
his chances with the leaders in the
race. In the event of Reeds falling
by the wayside Mr.. Burrows has
some well founded hopes that
the Maine man would seek to
make him the heir of his political fort
uneS. He has also reason to think that
in certain contingencies few of Nc
Kinley'S Southern supporters could be
split off. Back of it all the Michigan
candidate has a hope that is hardly
voiced vet. In casting his eye over the
field Matthew Stanley Quay has al
lowed his glance to wander toward Kai-
amazoo. Wherefore Mr. Burrows is in
a flutter of expectation, and he will be
ready whenever the Pennsylvania dele
CATION knocks at his front door. The
Kalamazoo member made good deal of
his reputation in the house while men,
ber of the poStOtfice committee as an
advocate of subsidy legislation. The
Pan-American conference is going
to make the question a leading
one this winter, and Mr.. Bur
rows looks upon the subsidy in
terests to support him on grounds SINH
lar to those which cause Mai. McKin-
ley to assume that the steel rail manu-
facturers of PENNSYLVANIA, will see that
the representatives from their districts
vote right. Aside from all these mat
tiers Mr.. Burrows has a considerable
personal popularity, and as presiding
officer on various occasions has shown
admirable qualifications for the speak
er'S chair.
HENDRRsON's WAITING POLICY.
Col. D. B. Henderson has not forged
to the front rapidly. but he, too, thinks
people have a reputation as stayers
and they think Col. Henderson's popu-
larity will grow upon the caucus as
it takes numerous ballots without
result. The Iowa members are heartily
in sympathy with the feeling that the
Mississippi valley ought to have the
speaker. Their views on this point are
so pronounced that they want to cross
the big river in choosing the man, so
that no question can be raised about his
right to represent the great West In
the preferences by states the Minnesota
members are given as follows:
Dist. 1st Choice. I'd Choice
l. NJ. H Dunnell -. Cannon..... Burrows.
2. John Lind :. =. Mckinley. -. Cannon.
3. d. S Hall. ......... Mckinley -. Cannon.
4. S. P. Snider. r.......Cannon -. Mckinley.
5. s. G. Comstock. Cannon. ..... Mckinley.