Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-10
Mr.. SPEAKER!
Mr.. Crisp of Georgia is the Gen
tlemau Who will Be so Ad-
dressed During the
Present Congress.
Mills Of Texas Made q Hard
igf 30 the Last But wa
Downcd ty Springer.

WAsHISGroN, Dec. The day
opened without any apparent change
in the -peaker-hip contest. TIE five
candidates were as cheerful a. ever
aud their followers seemed imbued
with the same ,onfidenc- and persist
ancy which characteriz d the feature
Of the contest. A caucus of the men
was promptly held st 10 O'Clock this
morning. and without any prelimin-
AIRY proceedings the secretary began to
call the roll. There were 227 members
present when the ball ting commeD-
ced. Excitement was inteuse during
the calling Of the roll. a. it was rea-
liZed the hour for solicitation had
passed, and the first ballot wa- devoid
of the argumentasive scenes which
characterized the balloting Saturd iy
night. Every member wss lett TO
exercise bis preference without per-
suasiou, aud as the roll-call proceeded
aud no changes were noted il became
apparent that the claims of the lead
ing candidates we're extrsvsgant and
that there would be no surprise; as the
followers Of all the candidates were
firm. The eighteenth ballot showed
no c1ange from tn seventeenth o.
Saturday night. True, Mills did not
receive ninety-ODe votes or SATURDAY.,
but his was due to the absence of
Terry, If Arkan-as, who sub-equ -ntly
entered the hall and voted for the
Texss caud daIe on the succeeding
ballot, tbu. bringing his vote up To
old figure, ntHty-o1e. The sec nd
ballot of the day, o. the uiueteenih Of
the contest, was qui-t perIuue,ory
one. II became evident that n
.noics cl III he made before - o'clock.
hut thar the F.fty~s-rond roog ess
must open with ihs sr-skershlp stl
uuSDived. and that the contest must
be resumed afer adjournment of the
house iu the Afternoon. The nine
teenth ballot was formally anIo Iuced.
It was exactly the same a. the las
ballot saturday night. But for.y-five
minutes now rrmained be ore the
meeting # the house oni another bal
lot " impossible, 80 the caucIs al
jou.ued until > p. IA.
The fir-t ballot after the noon rec, -
showed 10 change.
Tue twenty second ballot wss de-
afr q
changes Of the day Ctble, ~ Iu.
nOir, Abandoned Springer aud voted
for VI IL. Nswberry, also of Illinois,
deserted Springer for the Textn.
Ia sney left Hatch and voted for
Crisp. Daring the succeeding ballot
the excitement was intense. Shivey
a few days ago served notice on Cable
and. .Newberry that whenever they
deserted Springer for Mills he aud his
friends would Offset this by voting for
Crisp.
Cobb aud Dearman, of Missouri, |
then left Hatch and voted for Mill. |
immediately there was the widest
excitement, Catchings and others
of the Crisp forces. rushed from the
ball and into tue headquarters oi
Hatch. There was a brief cOnfeTanCe
and Caichings reappeSred. followed by
Hatch. The cry wen; up, "Hatc1 is
10 withdraw! Batch Is to go to Crisp
They were not mistaken, for the en-
tranc of Hatch into the caucus could
have but one meaning. Hatch voted
for Crisp and byrnes aud Wilson, of
his state, followed his lead. This gave
Crisp lead Of five votes, the twenty
third ballot resulting, Crisp 100. Mills
80. McMillin IS, Springer Is. Steveps
On thetwenty~fourth ballot Springs.
lost another vote and Crisp reaped the
profit. McClelland. Of Indiana follow
ed the example of Shively and voted
for Crisp a lead of six over Mills
Then the assault upon Springer's forces
ceased and terrific efforts were made to
break McMil.in's ranks. Members
rushed hither and thither, but their
efforts were in vain. The twenty
fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty
seventh ballots failed to show any
change. Then a recess was taken un-
I'll D. m. The two hours OF interval
was industriOusly utilized by candi-
dates aud managers. Springer and
McMillin held a hearty conference and
subsequently dined together. with the
result that they decided to act together
In determination ofthe contest should
it become inevitable that either Crisp
or Mills must be elected.
That most Of MeMillin's followers