, 1891-12-08

lODDf. tbICIIN NJ NAIL. IuHItHlIS NutIt
was a burst of applause. McMillin oh
lowers, formally withdrew from the con-
test amid prolonged applause. As the
ballot proceeded his followers began to
scatter. Covert, Enloc and Kyle went to
Mills and Washington to Crisp. When
the name OF McMillin was called that
gentleman rose and voted for Mills.
Changes were nov made in rapid success
sion, and at the conclusion OF the ballot
Crisp stood with ia votes and Mills with
los.
G%eorgia's candidate was one vote short
of the nomination with Springer and his
little band of followers holding the balance
of power. 1t remained to the Illinois
leader to say who would be the speaker
of the 6tty-secoud congress. Great APP
plause greeted Springer as he entered the
hall. There was a breathless pause as
supporters aud shaking hands all around,
thanked each for his LOYAL support.
The house applauded this graceful little
act and when Springer asked for ~recogni-
ton from the chair and prepared to vote
the suspense was painful.
II DESIRE - said Springer, ito be re-
corded as voting for MIR. Crisp" The
vote of Springer nominated Crisp, and
the applause which greeted the
ment was deafening. A dozen members
rushed simultaneously to grasp the Hi
nois ms hand and he was the recipient
OF an enthusiastic ovation from the sup
porters OF Crisp.
Busev and Stewart OF Illinois and Hol-
man of Indiana, followed their candidate,
and after Sprlnger's withdrawal voted
with him for Crisp. Snow OF Illinois,
Bryan of Nebraska, and Martin and Pat.
ton of Indiana, rrmained oil record as
voting for Springer. So the result of the
tiual and decisive ballot was; Crisp ll9,
Mills l05, Springer 4 and Stevens |.
For Crisp-Bankhead, Beeman, Beltz.
hoover, Bentley, Blanchard, Bloult,
Branch, Bullock. Bum. Busey. Byrnes,
Cadmus, Campbell, Castle, Catchlngs,
Clark. Cobb OF Alabama, Cochran, Comp
ton. Cowles, Crawford, Cummings,
Daniel, Donovan, DUNCAN, DanphY,
Durborrow. Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis,
Eoglish, Fps, Everett, Fellows, Fitch,
Forney. Folles. Gantz, Gelssennheiner,
Gillespie, Goodnight, German, Grady.
Greenleaf, Hallowell, Hatch, Haynes.
Hemphill, Henderson of North Carolina,
Herbert, Holman. Houk of Ohio. John
stone. Jones, Kribbs. Lawson of Virginia.
Lawson of Georgia, Layton, Lester of
Virginia, Lester of Georgia, Lewis. Little.
land, Mcdonald, MsCann, McKaig. Nc
Craze. Montgomery. Moses. Oates, Offer
ell. CULTIVATE, Owens, Page of Rhode
Island, Page of Missouri, Pattison.
Painter. Peel, Pendleton, Pierce, Price,
Rainier, Reilly, Richardson, Robertson
Rockwell, Rusk, Shell, ShivelY, Springer,
Stackhouse, "Stshlnecker. Stevens, Stew
ard of Illinois, Stockdale, Stout. Stump,
Tarsney, Tillman. Turner. Turpin, Van
Horne. Warwick, Washington, Weadock,
Wheeler of Alabama. Whiting, Williams
of North Carolina, Wilson of Missouri,
Wiuu.-l19.
For MiIls-AbhOtt, Andrew, Arnold,
Rabbit, Bailey. Barwip, Bland, Boatner,
Bowman, BrawleY, Breckenridge OF Ar
! kansas, Breckenridge of Kentucky, Brett.
Bricker, Brookshire, Brown, Brunner,
Bunting, Bushnell, Butler, Bynum.
Cable. Caminetti, Caruth, Cate, Causey,
Chaplin, Chapman, Clancy, Cobb of Mis-
souri,, Coburn, Coolidge, Coombs, Cooper,
Covert, Cox of New York, Cox OF Ten
nessee, Grain, Crosby. CulbeltsOn, Dear
mond, DeForest, Dickerson. Dixon, Dock
cry, EulOt. Iltuldbs IL Ludus ptdIg L ali.
Hamilton, Hare. Harriss. Harter. HAYES,
Heard, Hoar, Hooker OF Mississippi,
johnson of Ohio, Kendall, KIIgore, Kyle,
Lagan, Lane. Lanham. Lapham. Lock
wood. Long, Lynch, Wagner, Mansur,
McCreary, Mckinney, McMillin, Meyer,
Miller, Mitchell. Moore, Mutchler, New
berry. Norton, O'Neill of Missouri. Par
rett, Patterson, Pearson, Sayers, Scott,
SeerIey, Snodgrass, Sperry, Stewart of
Texas, Stone of Kentucky, Terry. Tracy,
Tucker, Warner. Wheeler of Michigan.
White, Wlke. Wilcox, Williams OF Mas
sachusetts. Williams of Illinois, Wilson of
Virginia, Wise, Wolverton-l05.
On motion of j. D. Brown of Indiana
the nomination OF Crisp was made mani
nous. Applause and cheers greeted the
appearance of the gentleman from Geor
gia, who expressed his gratitude and said:
Il pledge myself here and now to de-
vote whatever of industry and ability |
possess 10 the advancement of the real in
terests of the Democratic party. | beg
to say to you nov as | speak to YOU my
first words since | am your selection for
speaker, that my election means no step
back wards in tariff reform (prOlonged
spplause). L beg to say to you that there
is IN our party today no man who more
earnestly believes in Democratic doctrine
of tariff reform than l do" Renewed
cheers.)
The following nominations we're then
made for minor officers: Kerr of Penn.
sylvanla for CLERK unanimously; Yoder OF
Ohio for sergeant at arms, unanimously,
after it was seen he was far in the lead OF
Murphy of Iowa; Turner of New York
for d~oorkeeper, by lis votes to 81 for
Fields of Virginia and s for Colt of Con.
necticut: Dalton of Indiana for postmas-
ter BY 100 to 90 for Wright of North
Carolina. Sc for Barney of Wisconsin and
Sc for McClamny of North Carolina.
Then Springer stated that he would, in
open house tomorrow, renomInate the old
chaplain. Milburn of Illinois.
After the caucus Mills vas invited to