New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
MR.. REED THE NEXTSPEAKER
NOMINATED ON THE SECOND BALLOT BX
THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
RECEIVING EIGHTY FIVE voTEs-HIs NoMIxAa
TIoN MADE UNANIMoUs-EDwARD
MCPHERSON CHOSEN
AS CLERK.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TkIBUSE.l

Washington, Nov 30.-Thomas b. Reed, %
Maine, will be the next Speaker OF the House OF
Representatives. In the Republican caucus. which
met at noon today he received on the second
ballot eighty-fve votes or one more than he re-
quired to secure the nomination The vote on the
first ballot i'll detail was as follows:
Reed-Anold, Atkinson, Baker, Banks, Bayne.
Belden, Bingham, Bouiee, Brosus, Brewer, candler.
Of Massachusetts,; Carter, Caswel, Cheatham Clark.
of Wisconsin, Cogsweu, Coleman, Comstock, Connell.
Craig, Dalzel, Darlington, Delano, Dingley, Dorsey.
Farquhar, Flood, Fanston Greenhalge, Grout, Hall
Haugeh Kelly, Of Kansas; Ketchan, Knapp, LafoL
lette, Ladlaw, Lansing, Lehbah, Lodge, Mccormick.
McKenna, Miles, Mlliken, Mofdtt, Moore, Of New
Hampshire Morrill,, Morse, Mute, O'Neil, Of Penn
sylvanla; owen of Indiana Payne, Perkins,. ouacl-
Reed, of Maine; Rife, Rockwell, Russell, sanlofd.
arr, Of Vermont styeIs ss, Thomas & I9wn'esd, OK
sachusetts; Wallace, of Massachusetts,; Wallace, Of
New-York; watson, Yardley-7s
Mckinley -Beckwtth, Boothman, Browne, Of VIZ.
Burton Butterworih, Caldwell, Cooper, CuibertsQn.
of Pennsylvania; Dehayen, Evans, Ewart. Frank.
vania; KENNEDY, y'' Kn,ey,, Mcceoid, Mckinley
Morey Nedrnghaus. Osborne Pugsley, scull, snyser,
snder stockbrdge Ezra b. Taylor, Joseph ID. Taylor.
Thompson, Townsend, of Colorado; Wckhsm, Wnl-
iams. of Ohio; wilson, of Kentucky Wilson, Of Wash
Cannon-Adams. Anderson. of Kansas Bartine, Can:
nots HIN : Hi, ' Hit, HopSns, Lind, Mason psyson,
Peters Post Rowel Smith, Taylor Turner or Kansas
Vandever-22.
Itenderson-Bergen. Conger Dollver, Finley, Fick
Gear Hanbrough, Henderson, Of Iowa Kerr, OF Iowsi
Lacy, Laws. McComas, Picker, Reed, OF Iowa, stri"
bic. Sweeney-lB
Burrows-Allen, of Michigan: Bellnap, Bills, Bow!
den. Brewer, Burrows CucheoD. ODonnel, stephenson,
Wheeler, of Mlchigan-1O. Total 160
On the second ballot the vote stood: Reed,
s5; Mckinley, 3s; Cannon 10; Burrows. 10,
Henderson, ii. Total, 1876. The additional vote
was that of Mr.. Hermann, of Oregon, who arrived
too late for the first trial of strength between the
different candidates. Mr.. Reed gained, as Will
be seen, seven votes on the second ballot. They
were those of Bergen, Clifford and Lind who had
previously supported Cannon; of Culbertson, OF
Pennsylvania, who had been a Mckinley man. OF
Hansbrough and Pickler, who left the Henderson
column, and of Hermann, who was, so to speak,
new arrival OF course the nomination was
then made unanimous
The caucus had been called TO meet at noon,
but long before that hour the corridors OF tho
House wing of the Capitol were taken possession OF
by crowd of busy canvassers, with an attendant
following of equally interested spectators on tho
result of the fight. II seemed If the uptown
headquarters of the candidates had been moved
down bodily 60 the Capitol, and the latest gossip
Of the situation was 10 be obtained in every
corner of the broad halls and lobbies which sur.
round the main hall Of the House. Each candi.
date had his supporters in this eager and ex1
cited crowd of takers, and there was no lack OF
confidence shown in the fortunes of any aspirant-
Up to noon the House itself was open to those
who could persuade the doorkeeper that they had
business within. But these were comparatively
few; and the great majority of thoS who filled
the Railways merely circulated 10 and fro, touch
ing elbows with one another, and picking mp the
freshest information from the seat of the fight
just before the doors wtre closed, and the
Had nj 10 orJ u-ae
around that an open ballot would be taken. IL
had been expected that the vote would be Sc
cret, and the decision to change to the rollcall
was thought TO he confession OF weakness on
the part of the Western candidates. The prop
osition TO vote viva voce, it said, came from
Mr.. Cannons friends, and was readily accepted
by the managers CT Mr. Reeds canvass 1t was
soon after reported that an open ballot had been
agreed to unanimously. For twenty minutes or
more while the caucus getting ready for
the first ballot the crowd outside waited impa-
tienty, and the officials at the door of the MEN,
bers' lobby underneath the press gallery, were
kept busy answering questions about the prog.
ress of things inside
Finally there was "a shout along the corridor. and
a messenger ran ont into the crowd with piece Of
paper in his hand On it tally hurriedly
taken of the first ballot, the figures of which were
soon carried all the House wing. and as
quickly modified into dozen different results by
the ready pencils of speculative scorcIeepers. The
first report gave Mr.. Reed seventy-six votes
later one brought his strength up to seventy
eight This was within seven votes of a majority
of the whole membership of the House, and all
but the most ardent hackers Of the other candidates
saw that the pext ballot would be decisive. The
crowd was too divided in its sympathies to cheer.
but much good-natured chatting was INDUCED in
at the expense of the Western boomers in the lobby.
The second ballot was taken more eNledltousy,
and about halfpast o'clock there was another
sudden break in the crowd nearest the door TO
the members lobby This time messenger was
hurlying of hatess TO the telegraph station at
the other end of the wing Reed has got it."
was the cry Then it was announced that enough
votes had been transferred to the Maine candidate
during the roll-call, still unfinished, TO give him
an absolute majority, not only in the caucus,
but in the total Republican membership. The
figures came soon after, and the motley assembhge
in the corridors began TO drift gradually away.
There was a little enthusiasm and great feeling
of eef over the speedy termination Of a con-
test which has lasted so long and offered so many
apparently conflicting grounds for speculation
Shortly afterward the crowd waiting outside was
informed that the contest for the clerl1ship had
been decided in favor OF Edward Mcpherson. who
received IL votes while his opponent, Major John
NJ Carson, polled only fifty. The Office of door
keeper went to Adams. of Maryland by eighty
four votes, his rival. Wheat. of Wisconsin, recev-
ing eighty. The place of sergeantatarms was
given to eX-Congressman Holmes, of Iowa, by .
vote of l42 to thirteen for Reed, OF Minnesota.
The Rev. Charles b. Ramsdell. of the North
Presbyterian Church of Washington, was nom.
mated for chaplain, receiving 81 votes out OF
total of l47, the remainder being divided amons
half dozen other candidates. ,x. PA
shows some highly interesting results .nr, wr two
final ballot his support came IRON n,glsnd9Con.
different States, as follows: New,GnVH "a nVswoHamo
sSGScg' ss ver@o% Maas pnd s sSt s
New York is, GeSSi INDIANA i, Kansas Minnesota 3,