New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-09
AFTER THE SPEAKEe,HIP.
THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY LIKELY 10 BE
DOMINATED BY THE SOUTHERN WING.
ROGER O. MILLS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BID
SPEAKER REEDS sUccNssoR-wIDELY
KNOWN AMONG THE HOST of NEW
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS

W fsY TELEGRAPH TkIBUSE.l
washington Nov. SIT is all very well for Demo-
Gratis to protest that SECTIONAL considerations Will not
he felt In the scramble for the sreakcrship but care
full and intelligent observer Of political occurrences III
Washington during the last fifteen years knows mat
the Southern wing Of the party will dominate te ma
iorty big as II is and that Southern man VIII SUI
coed Speaker Reed. IL seems as certain rs ais
thing in the future be that Roger .. NILS VIII 10
that southern The political prophets "no 'o,
tell the election Of Northern Democrat iorec VI Is
more several things One that 50 long as inc o'.
ocratic party, through motives OF pIe1u"i'o " 49,
ardice, fails refuses to place southern p'" =.
National ticket so long will the south dema'iu "'o y,
ceive the speakership whenever the Dolooi"'s ",,o
10 obtain majority In the House Oh nep .s, g.,
Another thing is that in the Democratic ma'ori'y III
the next House there will be about loo h."'' go
arc wholly without Congressional eApeN &C
one-haf of whom were probably as much $3.50
.,ervhodv esa when the returns Of Tuesdays eeooon
u,.re receved II happens that about "o- 0'' =,
these new and inexperienced members rclueeo ~,
ern and Western districts, ana IL @iso -. ~,
they know a good deal about Coiohei 49, -,
them by personal intercourse whiie "., - ho
parative,v little or nothing about the o''er men ~o
p ',' a',,oned as candidates for the speakership
,r 49, 10 q tho foremost Democratic champion anu
,..aar In tho Uouse-at least OF the cause Vi "9o
,,.,ae IN which nearly all Of them are weooeu'
,.".,ovo some Of the prophets seem to be Ignorant
nm fors,cfful of the fact that TOm 1'0 Joy ~
Minis set ont to preach his last 1'ec uauo .'uS"~o
r>ontbs ago he has been an active cshu'u"'o ~, 'o
n.S.,snir IN the event of Democratic majority In
az. rose II is true that his candidacy has not peeh
trmpeted, but it has been none the less aouVo anu
.ss,,,o lie is n man Of large faith, and the pros
80, ., M Democratic candidate for Congress mas ap
100000 n, he 20 slim in the general esuma"oh ina. WI
., Mills has not thought it worth wiie ho' only W
,r 10 insn,re him with big share OF MS own nope
.nd courage but TO obtain pledge OF ms Vooe anu
rnort for the speakership in case OF MS eiection
80 an. election of a Democratic majority. In that
GO % ceort Colonel Mills had no competitor ana
n I. excellent reason to believe that he cultivated
.. 18th creat success while it thus lay fallow, ready
,a ou;ck 10 respond to the invitation OF careful
noIitical husbandman. There Is hafdiy any uou"
that the rivals and competitors OF ue texas s'aueS
non will sneedily discover that he has harvested
rich crop of pledges. while they hao pee" ""''Ne "
..e whether the soil would be worth cuitivating'
Neth.r should IL be forgotten, in seeking to fore
.s, sneakersbip probabilities that Grover Cleveland
is the most powerful and influential Democrat III e
United states today despite the factious opposluoh
NJ Governor Hill and his followers; and that MT.
(,oveands influence II needed, will be exerted III Dc
half of Colonel Mills whom he warmly admrcs ana III
whose political judgment and sagacity he mas as
much confidence as he in his courage and devotion
IN the theory and principle OF free trade Inc same
remark Is true of the attitude of Mr.. Carlisle, who
dcspite his transfer to the Senate retains the conn
dcnce OF nearly all the other Democratic members OF
the House. and WELD great influence over THEM
II he shall choose to do So
Ii may be added that Colonel Mills will soon COM
n,e,e his eighteenth year of service in the House OF
representatives and at least for fifteen years he mas
been conspicuous and influential member oi 'ia'
body.