The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-20
THE sPEAKERSHIp CONTEST.
Everybody in Washington Believes
His Own Man Will Win,

WASHINGTON, Nov. s0-If all the men,
bers are present and IL the men from
Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and
South Carolina, sixteen in all, who were
nominated in conventions controlled by
the Farmers Alliance shall take part
therein, as there seems to be no doubt
that they will do, with the positive ex-
ception of Mr.. Watson, of Georgia, the
Democratic caucus TO nominate officers OF
the House will consist of 235 members, OF
whom llS will be a majority.
Assuming that each candidate will re-
ceiye the united support Of his own state.
Col. Mills Is sure of ten votes on the first
ballot, Mr.. Springer Is sure OF thirteen,
Mr.. Hatch of thirteen, Mr.. Bynum Of
ten, Mr.. Crisp of nine and Mr.. McMillip
of seven. IL Is asserted with good deal
of confidence that Messrs. Bynum and
Hatch will retire at an early stage OF the
rashly expect that Mr.. Springer will do
the same. Mr.. Springer's partisans claim
that he will receive not less than twenty
six votes on the first ballot-thirteen from
Illinois, five from Iowa, two from Ne
braska, one from Ohio, four from Michi-
gan and one from New York.
Mr. Bynum's friends are sure that he
will receive 10 votes at the BEGINNING and
increase in strength on every ballot until
he wins. The friends OF Mr.. Hatch ale
pretty certain that he will receive % votes
on the first ballot-13 from his own State,
o from Iowa, 2 from Nebraska, from
Michigan, 2 from Minnesota and from
Ohio, and that on the second ballot he VIII
receive Bynum's Indiana vote, plus one,
and Springer's Illinois vote, plus one,
making grand total of So, so that he will
have to pick up only 90 votes elsewhere in
order TO win. The estimate, however, in
cludes one more Democrat from Nebraska
than was elected.
The partisans of Mr.. McMillin count "a
votes for him on the first ballot, and they
confidently expect that enough OF the
Crisp men and the Mills men will come to
him on the second or third ballot to elect
him.
Col. Mills partisans claim for him 95
votes, as follows 10 from Texas, from
Arkansas, 2 from Minnesota, from Ne
braska, from Wisconsin, from Michi-
gan, q from Ohio, 8 from Kentucky, from
California, from Montana, from West
Virgiaia, from Maryland, 2 from Vir-
ginia. 2 from Alabama, 1 from Mississippi,
o from Pennsylvania, 5 from New Jersey,
10 from New York and from New Eng
land This estimate leaves Col. Mills 23
short of majority.
The claims of Judge Crisp's friends are
as follows: Georgia O. Florida 2, Alabama
8, Mississippi z, Virginia 8. North Caro-
lima 8, South Carolina z, Maryland A,
Delaware i, Ohio D, West virginia 4, New
Jersey 2, New York l3-and 70 If the dele
CATION votes as unit-New England 8,
total So. or, il New York votes as unit,
96. This estimate leaves Judge Crisp 81,
or 22 votes short Of majority OF the
caucus.
The total of the estimates exceeds by
fifty or sixty of the whole number of
Democratic Representatives elect.
The friends OF Col. Mills are confident
that he will be nominated on the first bal
lot. The partisans of Judge Crisp are
equally certain that he will receive a ma
jority on the same ballot, and the friends
of Mr.. McMillin are quite as sure that he
will draw enough votes from the other
candidates TO carry him to success on the
second ballot. This ought to leave the
outlook gloomy for Springer, Hatch and
Bynum: but it does not. Mr.. Springer
especially awaits the result with that
cheerfulness and buoyancy which are so
characteristic of him.
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