The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-12-12
\ the Fifty-secOnd Congress After
Most Exciting Con-
test.
riurcr Of Illinois Carries the Day
for the Successful Can
didate.
liter the nominations for Minor
Offices the Caucus Adj
%journctl.

WvuryGroN. Dec. The balloting
the morning meeting of the demo-
&ratic caucus showed no change over
katuriay and there were 10 changes of
ianiicance in the first ballot of the af-
8rrnoon when the falling off in the vote
a as apparent but it was caused by pair
b. for lunch.
I The twenty second ballot was destined
mark q significant change of the day.
Nablc Of Illinois abandoned the support
|ol Springer aud voted for Mills. \ few
(ninutcs later Ncwbcrry Of Illinois also
Ffrsertrd the illinois candidate and voted
H. the gentleman from Texas. This
Nav Mills Il gain Of two votes and immc-
Iiatcly Criep's friends made strenuous
Efforts to offset this 10y Il corresponding
" lain for their candidate. In this this
they we're partially successful. Tarsney
# Missouri who had steadily supported
Hatch up to this time now left the Mis-
touri candidate and voted for the gentle
man from Georgia. Those three were the
bnly changca.and the tWcnty-sccond bal
pot gave Crisp -, Mills JI, Mcmillan r.,
Springer -. Hatch t and Stevens |.
During the succeeding ballot the excite
neut was intense as il was confidently
expected the changes already made
would provoke Others. Shively Of In
4 llama and Stout of Michigan changed to
Crisp Cobb and DearmOnd Of Missouri
then jumped to Mills from Hatch. There
upon Hatch withdrew and voted for
Crisp and Byrnes and Wilson followed
ms lead. The twenty-thiid ballot then
was announced. Crisp 100, Mills %, Nc
Nillin -, Springer l3, Stevens !.
On the twcnty-fourth ballot Nc
Ciiland Of Indiana left Spring
cr and went TO Crisp; beng
only change on that ballot, McMillin
having held his own while Springer was
losing and it appearing he held the bal
anCc Of power, the assault was transferred
from Sprin"ers forces to McMillin's.
However, the valiant nineteen voted
resolutciy for McMillin, and there being
no detection in any other quarter. the
18th and 10Th ballots failed to show any
change. The 9th ballot was Il long and
mOnOtonOus onc and members answered
l~istIcssly to their anne The result
showed no change. The caucus then
took a recess urtl s pm. The two hours
interval between the adjournment and
the 20 .scmbling of the ucu was in
dust io.5ly utilized by candidates and
their managers.
Springer and McMillin held ID hasty
conference and subsequently dincd to.
gether with the result that they decided
to act together in the termination Of the
contest should it bee me inevitable that
either Crisp or Mills must he elected.
At 7:3O Springer and his twelve sturdy
supporters held secret conference when
Springer thanked his followers for their
loyal support and released them from
further voting for him.
The first ballot of the evening was
awaited with breathless interest. The
first change came when the naine OF
Durbarrow, one OF Springer's Illinois
was reached. That gentle
man voted for Crisp and a few minutes
later another of Springer's Illinois
friends, also voted for the Georgia can
didate. Rabbit and Miller of Wiscon-
Bin, lWO OI tIlt OtiltI iiiShto vi ppiibS'
went to the Mills forces, so hat the
twenty-eighth ballot gave Crisp lGI,
Mills SO, McMillin IL. Springer 5. ami
Stevens l..
Capehart. a Mills man, was sick and
absent from the evenings session. Crisp
was now within eleven votes of a nomi-
nation, but the McMillin men were still
unmoved and no election was possible
without them. On the following ballot
there was INT change that was frought
with ominous portent for the candidacy
of Mills. Stahlneckcr. who had been
steadily voting for Mills, changed to
Crisp. Babbitt Of Wisconsin returned to
Springer, SO that the t~wenty-nlnth
ballot resulted as follows: Crisp lO4,
Mil ~, McMillin 10. Springer .. Stevens
/. At the beginning Of the thirtieth bal
lot and before the call had begun Nc
Millin, who had been standing in the
rear of the lobby entered the hall and
formally withdrew. As the ballot pro