Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-08
SPEAKER CRISP.
Gallant Georgian Gets There On
the Ihirtieth Ballot.
,2svGER AND HATCH DROP OUT
yr, and crisp Hayet All to Themselves
IN. g,.-..-It Was a Remarkable Contest
--tgt and The Result Seems to Suit
she Democratic Party Generally.
r...-r-n 70 tss Rsglltsr.

-, 7.,s,ra,n 10 ne Register.
r..uryGroN. d. c., December =
N A1--.r.rged struggle for the Speaker
J.. s,5s5 shortly before 10 o'clock TO-
~.y sr tha selecting in the Democratic
'-' .s of Charles +. Crisp, OF Georgia
-rs..dfng officer Of the House OF the
-,.r..ec1nd Congress.
~. ny. -s.u,t was reached on the thlr-
~ rsr.a-. 30 the closing which Mr..
Frf 1l9 votes, four more than
,r p, elect. 10 was seen for some
71.,.~7 rbis result was reached that
... selection could not be delayed.
--l. t,s caucus adjourned for dinner
-.-r.ssven ballots had been taken.
~.s f5vowing of Springer had fallen
.,v ana although McMlllln held
..r- -7 his woes it was known ne
=. -ss5- TO retire when he saw the
-. Ind come whereby 50 dong ne
"a break the deadlock.
ts,s- the twenty-ninth ballot McMli-
r.,.rament was announced. Nhen
came was reached in the roll call ne
...5 for Mills, but many Of his sup
...s-s voted the other way. shortly
-s-vsri Mr.. Springer came IN ana
-...i f1r Crisp, when there was several
..--s. of votes from both Mills and
.-..F,sr 90 Crisp, and the latter quick
,,- more than the required majority.
The announcement OF the result was
..-s,a4 both in the hall Of the House
"a Fl, the Iobbies with wild cheering,
...,b was revived again aud again as
w. Crfsp was escorted into the caucus
..,,sr- the honor conferred on him.
-.f-s late stage, the Speakerskip con
... exceeded in interest any within the
-.-o-v OF the present generation.
yrsr before were the factors in the
-.--.sms so we'll calculated 70 cause
--a.sss deadlock between the three
ding candidates, Crisp, Mills and Nc
Milan. That the deadlock was not
-fr.s'ned indefinitely was due 70 the
s. ,1s interest Of the whole party were
he'd above the personal interest on
-s aubiti0n Of any one man or set or
I, e,,
After Mr.. Hatch retired from the field
.a only question was as 10 whether Mr..
,-.rrer or Mr.. Mcmillan could hold
arrest. Ii was a test Of endurance
.gse1 these two, each desiring the
-1r ana the advantage Of remaining
..,fs the field and electing speaker
-.sn he retired. During the late hours
the afternoon steady pressure was
-grht 90 bear on Mcmillan and
v-luger and their followers 20 induce
sm TO give way and end the dead
cs.
Meeting after meeting was held.
Individuals were srgued and expOStu-
& with iu the effort to get the two
-.-or candidates out of the field. One
Tue Springer men fell away from him
-.. his vote fell so low that no matter
s..c1 way 10 was thrown it would not
sal either Crisp or Mills enough to
be, him. But all the eXpOstulationS
a thrown away on the Mcmillan
-y They were deaf 10 the argument
-1yiejing 90 the pressure. Not q
- deserted The sta,wart TeuneSseean
sao maintained an through the late
--.s OF the contest a commanding
position and held the key Of the Situa-
-u .a bis hand.
a, ,he day advanced, nothing more
Ts, heard of a dark horse. it was gen
.l.y admitted that the time had passed
.- aly surprises of this kind. The
-.a., was In no mood TO respond and
agreed that a choice must finally be
-..s o.. one Of the candidates already
Oh Ge.I So the balloting proceeded
lr-Cd the afternoon and again
s.-r 'te caucus reasSemb,ed after
--er amid intense but suppressed
excitement among the crowd that
--e-oi the l0bbieS waiting for every
rap OF news that could De cleaned
u Che members who occasionally
.la olf from the precincts Of the
-..>e. Az adjournment shortly before
t o'clock 10 was generally conceded
.-, ,le end was near. It was the gem
- expression among members that
''i would come soon after the eau
Is s.-a>,snb'ej In the evening.
Senator keuna said tonight that at
N ,aroe-i0ur,hs of the Democratic
.'-- had been an along in favor Of
election OF Crisp. There were only
Senators, aS far as he could recall
were pronounced i'm favor Of
--> fact, he thought. showed clearly
-. There was nothing 10 the talk that
..i.es of Lae two leading candidates
divided on Cleveland and anti
'rl.- tgcS IL showed that the
...'.'. O. tariff or protection was not
'tt. Iae preference Of the Demo-
Senators for Crisp was based on
merits " the man. They con-
...4 an the best equipped man for
'.' that was why they favored