The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-01
THE SPEAKERSHIP.
Congressman Congregating at
the Capital.
The influence Of Presidential ASpirantS on
The Contest.
ShreEdneSS Of Crisp'S Managers Springer
Confident Of Success The Mills Men
Not So Sansuine.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-With the begin
ming of the last week before the meeting OF
Congress Representatives are focking sto
Washington in increasing numbers, and
lhelr presence is giving renewed interest to
the Speakership contest. The situation is
now beginning to assume clear outlines and
interesting developments may result any
day between this and Saturday from the
consultations which are now taking place.
All the five av0wed candidates are now In
Washington. The views OF the candidates
snow one unmiStakable fact in the contest,
namely. no one candidate at present has a
sufficient number of absolutely pledged votes
to make his election certain. All are san
guine Of their election.
sPRINGERs CONFIDENCE.
Mr. Springer's confidence, and the conf
dence of those Of his friends who share his
views, Is based on the fact that the contest
between Mills and Crisp has reached stage
in which the party can scarcely afford to
elect either Of them. Though Mr.. Cleve-
land has publicly declared that he is taking
no part in the contest, it is well known that
his friends and associates have endeavored
to procure the election Of Mr.. Mills, while
Senator Hill and his followers are quite as
| pronounced for Crisp. Ono of the most
striking features OF the situation is the man.
| ner In which the leading candidates have
| come to be looked upon as the representa-
| uVes oil PRESIDENTIAL candidates, and cOnSer-
| vatlve and cautious Democrats say the party
| cannot take the risks of selecting a candi-
| date 1or the Presidency in the selection Of a
] Speaker.
CRIsP's CAUTIOUS CAMPAIGN.
The Crisp managers are handling their
| campaign with great deal of adrotness.
! In the first place their candidate has been
| instructed to keep his mouth shut about
| every thing and everybody. He will not
say what sort of tariff policy he favors,
and he Is mum as an oyster on the question
| OF free silver This leaves his lieutenants
| free 10 pose him as a free silver man before
| the members from the South and West and
| as conservative silver man before the eyes
| of the Eastern and New England repre-
Sentatves.
| BYNUM WILL WITHDRAW.
1t having become pretty well understood
| here that Mr.. Bynum is going to withdraw
| In the interest of Mills, the Crisp managers
| are making shrewd bid for the support of
the Indiana delegation. Mr.. German OF
| Maryland, who is not satisfied to be the
| practical politician of the Democratic side
I
over the House of REPRESENTATIVES, as well,
| pulled Mr.. Gibson off the track for the
| Clerkship of the House by giving him a
! Senatorial seat from Maryland, and is now
/ efering the CleTkShip to Lycu-suS Dalton
of Indiana in return for Hoosier votes for
| Crisp. How this plan will work cannot be
told till after all OF the Indiana memb bers
arrive. though the majority Of them are sup
| posed to be for Mills.
DIVIDING THE FORCES.
| The Crisp managers are also making
efforts to keep Hatch, McMillin and
| Springer in the race, and their agents in
| dustriously cir, ulate among the friends of
these three candidates and intimate to them
| what might happen If both Mills and Crisp
should chance TO be beaten. The explana-
tton of these tactics is very simple. Nine
! tenths OF the men who support Springer,
Hatch and McMillin would 60 for Mills
were the three candidates to withdraw
| with these votes, amounting to about three
score. MIR. Mills would easily win. Without
/ them he cannot make the nomination, and
! with Springer, Hatch and cMillin staying
in the race the men behind Crisp think they
| will be able to pick up enough votes. by
trade or other means, to elect their man.
MILLS AND MMILLIN.
| The Mills men. Of course. have been try
| ing to induce McMillin, Hatch and Springer
| to withdraw. But McMilIin and Springer
| will stay in the race to the finish. Both of
them have so declared most emphaticaliy
Mr. Springer's confidence in his success is
no greater than McMillins. The Tennessee
candidate has about Twenty-Five votes in
sight, but he stoutly maintains that in the
| end be will be the nominee Mr.. Springer
| scouts all suggestions that he withdraw and
asks why he should step aside when his
| chances OF success are better than those of
| any other man in the field. These are the
lines on which the formal contest will open,
and the Crisp men are willing to wager two
| to one that If these lines continue unbroken
| for another week the next Speaker will hail
| from Georgia.
THE MIssoURIANs ON HAND.
| Hatch and his party from Missouri ar
rived late this afternoon. Hatch stated to
in the race for the Speakership in good
| faith as representative of the State of
! Missouri, and with the solid Endorsement of
| the Democratic party there. The headquar-
ters of the various candidates were crowded
| with their friends until late in the evening"
| There were no new developments as far as