The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-20
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''Before the time comes for theopen-
ring of headquarters the Importance
of electing Mir. Mills will be apparent
to each one Of his rivals. The candI-
dacy OF Mr.. Holman, if he becomes Il
, candidate, viii be with platform the
, chief plank of which viii he economy
in public expenditure That viii be
| the substitution Of a minor and sub
ordiate question for the great one. In
order to spend we must first have
/ something tOspend. Regulate the re-
, Ceipts so that there will be no stand
ing temptation to spend-encourage
| by the manufacturers who are inter-
ested in keeping the burdens on the
people as long as they increase their
profits-and the matter of eXpendi-
ture will regulate itself. The con-
gress cannot squander money if il is
not in the treasury. 1t will be great
deal better for the people if for a few
years they shall be allowed to keep
more of the money they earn rather
than that they should have it taken
who are and have been in partnership
with the government to suppress com
petition"
MILLS AND CRISP.
"Does not the candidacy of Mr..
Crisp threaten the success OF Mr..
Mills?"
"There is no doubt about that; but
/ do not regard the menace as a very
serious one If Mr.. Mills were poll
tician, skilful in the handling and
grouping of men, he would have no
trouble in coming before the Demo-
cratic house with support as strong
as that marshalled in 1883 by Mr..
Carlisle. 1t is regrettable to those
who look on but may not participate
in the fight, that Mr.. Mills lacks pOlit-
ical shrewdness about as badly as II.
b. Reed lacks the same quality. Mr..
Mills, as Democrat, stands as prom
inently as the leading Democrat as
Reed does the embodiment of all the
Republican tendencies of the time.
Mr.. Mills will not ask any man
to vote for him-and that is mistake.
Yet the majority of the Fifty-second
congress will, in my opinion, support
him for the speakership without los
ing sight of the fact that Mr.. Crisp
and the others and particularly Mr..
Crisp, may possess abilities better
qualifying them for some of the re-
quirements of the chair than Mr..
Mills. BY electing Mr.. Mills, how
ever, none of these men will be lost to
the party. 1t is more than probable
that Mr.. Crisp will be more valua-
BILE man on the floor as the leader of
the majority than Mr.. Mills would be
in the same capacity, for the reason
that as a spokesman in debate Mr..
Mills might be less judicious than Mr..
Crisp under provoking circumstances.
"The contest in November cannot
be carried on beneficially to the party
upon any plan that contemplates in
jury to any of the men who are hon
orably aspiring to be elected speaker.
This is as well known to Mr.. Mills as
it is to Mr.. Crisp or Mr.. Bynum or Mr..
Springer. If Mr.. Crisp is favored by
a majority, it will be after that major
ity has considered the subject and
concluded him to be the best man on
all accounts to stand at the head of the
party, and that it will be wiser for
Mr.. Mills to take position under him
on the floor Mr.. Mills is not q self
seeker Victory would have been as
sured to him months ago if he had
been less modest man. He would
have been absolutely justified in APP
pealing to the Democrats of the newly
elected congress to support him for his
long and faithful service in the house,
and the appeal would have been effect
i've. If there would have been any OBJ
lection to his candidacy then which
could be urged now, it would be that
the country needed speaker from a
Northern state.
"TO entertain that motion would
again change the issue of the Demo-
cratic party. Will the demand for
Northern speaker be more import
ant issue than that of tariff reform?
Would contest for the speakership on
a sectional issue be likely to advance
the interests of the party of tariff re-
duction in the presidential campaign?
If the answer is to be in the affirm
alive, Mills, Crisp, Mcmillan, Hatch
and even Wilson, who is Northern
man in training and in most of his
ways of thinking, although he lives
in West Virginia and fought in the
Confederate army, must be dropped.
The contest will be narrowed to
one between Springer, By
mum, Outhwaite, Holman and
several others who may be able to
command votes in race of the sort
that will be invited by abandoning
the obvious and wise course that de-
votion to the controlling idea and q
logical submission toit suggests. Such
4 course would be followed in appar-
mt disregard of the ability that is
by those who hesitate to
lccept Mr.. Mills because he is not so
Keen parliamentarian as some of his
from the South. Nobody
Who advocates the election of Mr..
springer will undertake to say that
he fact that he comes from a state
forth of Mason and DiXon's line adds
feathers weight to the importance
# his tariff utterances. The selection
f Mr.. Bynum would naturally irri-
ate those friends of Mr.. Springer,
Who believe that it ought to be some
hing to his advantage to have been
n congress six years before Mr.. Bynum
ecame a member of that body.
HE Is THE LEADER