Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-01
SD CONGRESS.
National Representatives Nov
Plackins to The Capital City
Aud ths Contest lof Speaker Now The
Subject Of Great interest.
The Candidates All in the Field and All
Confident Of Success.

| WASHINGTON, Nov. 80 With the be.
| ginning Of the last week before the meeting
Of Congress, representatives. are ,cking "a
Washington in increasing numoefs. and
their presence 10 giving renewed interest to
| the Spsaker5hip contest. The situation is
now beginning TO assume clearer outlines,
and interesting developments may result
any day between this and Saturday from
the consultations taking place.
All the Ave avoved candidates sre now
| 10 Washin eton. The expressed views and
| desires Of the candidates show plainly that
no candidate at present has . sufficient
numher Of absolutely pledged votes TO
make 40 election certain. I
Crisp and Mills each are very sanguine
Of winning, and each expresses the belief
that the contest will be short. sharp and
deci.ive. Their ain 10 to bring about the
withdrawal Of some other sspirant for the
speakership sud with the votes to be
thereby gained, each hopes to win on the
second, II not on the frst ballot.
Springer, Mcmillan and Hatch express
themselves Of the opinion that the fight in
the caucus will be Of considefsble duration.
Each Of these gentlemen says he 10 in the
fight to the end and each sees in pro-
lopged fight : fair chance Of ultimate
victory.
Friends Of Crisp said today that after
eliminating ali uncertain votes they figured
92 votes on which they could count. This
list, they said, did not include the large
vote hey expected ia csse that any Of the
other candidates withdrew, nor some 25 or
80 votes that they claseed as unknown"
They say Crisp i, the second choice Of
more cor gressmen than any ether candi-
date.
They txpsc, at least 100 votes on the first
ballot, and prophecy Mr.. Cfisp's election by
or before the second ballot.
Mr. Mills said that everything was pre-
grss.ing satisfactorily, and things were
unmistakabIy shaping themselves in his
favor He had quite long consulta,ion
with Sherman Hoar Of Massachusetts today,
and the New Ep gland deleRs,iou is looked
to to swell Minis, vote. Mr.. Mills himself
would not say anything about his strength
in figures.
Mr.. Davis, a worker for Mr. Springer.
said that Mr.. Springers friends expect
all The vote Of Illinois aid nearly all OF
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa,
besides others from Indiana and elsewhere.
Mr.. McMillin said that besides Tennes-
zee bOilu Nutt uc cApcCtcu W kct = BoOu
part Of the votes Of Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi and West Virginia, with votes
from Virginia and scattering votes from
other states.
representative Hatch and party did not
arrive until late this afternoon. Mr.. Hatch |
stated this evening that he was in the rsce
for the speskership in good faith, not for
pefsonal ambition, but ss representative |
of bis state with the sold in
dorss ment Of the Democratic party there.
He declared he would not enter into any |
combinations sffecting any other Offices Of
the House. He did not expect to win At
the stayl. but at the finish. The head
quarters Of the various candidates were
CROW ded with friends u1.ii late in the even
ing. No new developments 30 far -
known, and the battle is still between the
FIVE avowed candidates.
Ii is expected that about 230 democrats
will 90 into the caucus Saturday. The
ave candidates Themselves do not expect
10 vote, which will reduce the number
actually participating in ballots to 225.
One hundred and thirteen votes will be
necessary to secure the nomination.