New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-28
r.yoIDATEs ALL CONFIDENT
-.,,-vrve VOTES FOR THE sPEAKERsH1P.
nruocnArIo CONTROVERSY OVER FREE
s1yER-sExAToR PuGH's REJoiSDER.
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nav - aro uncertain or unknown. These men
49,, drawn TO the headquarters Of the respective
Do and Piled with arguments and entrcaties
., come of them are fairly bewildered. The crisp
pN~' sre confident the Minis men were confident. the
ne s.,onr men were hopeful. Springer and his par
a.as were both hopeiui ana cohhaenb anu "'0 "'''
" - have not yet arrived.
nal -. uus camp ninety-eisht votcs-w claimed;
~ 80 called bedrock figures" Mr.. johnson. of
W. W. rho is one OF Colonel Mnls's most active
va', said Why. there Is 10 doubt OF his sue
Az least twenty OF the members who are mere
w., .ro-kinc hard for him. You don't see any such
- working for Crisp, or any OF tae other can
dasies' ~ Tim o,ho. Indian,
.ac-ats will follow him into the Mills camp Some
pe rersons do not agree with him. 1t is asserted
on" .rsrsal Of Mr. RynumS colleagues suspect that
AN' 0s,daey was bluff" and That he had a secret
W. ~,.rdinr with C0.onei Mills from the first to
ssau, at the proper tine and turn his following
W. - the sage OF Corsicana. Now, IT is said some
IN. Rynum men are disturbed by fears that Mr..
- a 10 be the sole beneficiary OF the transaction
,hsv are to be left to shift for themselves. and they
@ osderng whether they ought not to begin to shift
=. .t,pselyes Immediately There surely is some hitch
o., N. delivery of the Bynum votes In body to
~, Mills. There seems to be probability that
w Sn-,nrer may capture two more Of them. and
- cdsn men claim two three for their candl-
-. The only Indiana men whom the latter are
s, N concede 10 Mills are Messrs. Bynurn. Brook
- brown, Patton. Butz and Parrett, while Mr..
s.-nerr's friends cain two Of these.
,,lopel Mills and his lieutenants devoted Snare
~. dsv 70 missionary work among the McMillin
"a the springer men. They were also attentive
49, Hoar and Williams, of Massachusetts, who
". orr,yed and who have been conceded to Mills
s''s y =, me estimates Mr.. {Ioar n0n-c0mmttal
40 his own position and that Df his colleagues
massachusetts, and other New-England euites'
-. Mckinney, Of ew-Hampshire. VINO iAo aiso ai'
"a VA extremely mysterious. 1t Is understood tai nc
I assumed with regret because Ire cannot Vole ior
:, n. candidates Both he and Mr.. Iioar sau 1h'is
- 20 be another conference OF the NeW-Ensiailo
r~rocrats with renewal OF the eHort 10 uhoo
~. s,eakership The Crisp men are hopeful that
w. r,r be DONE because they are confident tha'
~ =, acne r~isp will receive the fourteen New-EnS'
o,ss The preferences of these men so far as
- o,a said 10 be as follows For Crisp, Messrs.
800 o,Neu. Crosby Coolidge and Stevens VI
y..,sspsetts: and Deforest OF Connecticut. FOE
MN yessrs Hoar and Williams, OF Massachusetts anu
,g,,o, Of Connecticut Mckinney and DANIEL Oh New
usppshrs uncertain. and claimed for both Crisp anu
,0r page OF Rhode Island, claimed 1or springer
$50 q, connecticut claimed for Crisp; Lapham' OF
ghode Island. uncertain -
The ureferences Of several Of the New-icrK Demo
-. are unknown: but it is asserted by the Crisp
- ,bs, tho result will be as follows For Crlsp,
Mo- Bacon. Bentley, Bunting, Dunphy, Cochran
rumminrs. Fellows Fitch, Campbell, Rockwell stahI-
,eck.r Van Horn Lockwood and Little; Tor McNIli'n'
INSISTS Chaplin Clancy and Covert for NILS MessrS'
Combs Tracey and Warner. This leaves Messrs' CoA'
Gr.enIeaf and Magner in doubt. OF the New-Jersey
D-mocrats. Messrs Fowler and Mcdonald arc claimed
tor crsp. CSeissenhainer for McMilhn, Enshsh lof
Mills and Cadmus is marked uncertain
f~rfur %n day ray a
correspondent the following estimate of the Georgans
,,,rnrth based he said on information which IN
,verv case he believed 10 be trustworthy ana con-
servstiye: Alabama g. Arkansas =, California l, Con-
heeucur J. FLORIDA q Georgia 8, Indiana 8, hehtucky
Q, Louisiana g. Maryland 2, massachusetts o. MIS-
slssippl g. New. Hampshire 2, New-Jersey 3, New
York 10, North Carolina g. Ohio 10, Pennsylvania -
south Carolina T. Virginia 8: total, 90 I'bs esu-
mate be said, did not include about ten or Twelve
votes which Crisp would probably receive oil the nrst
ksos but IN respect to which definite Information has
hot vet been obtained neither did 1t include forty or
more votes which Judge Crisp would undoubtedly re-
eeiye II he and Colonel Mills were TO be the only
candidates before the caucus. Il do not see now
.uv combination can be effected to defeat Judge Crisp
h added 1t Is certain as anything IN one 1ucure
an be that neither of the other candidates can
hsnster to Colonel Mills votes enough to give MN
majority of the caucus, and it is equally certain that
.anddates to give him majority"
N seemed to be generally conceded to-day that on
;bs first ballot, at least, Mr.. Springer VIII receive
thirteen votes from Illinois, seven from Michigan, hVe
Nom iowa one from Nebraska and one from ONO,
making n fetal OF twenty-seven votes. Nearly every
member of the Illinois delegation is mere worhng 1or
the Smoker candidate, and ne will receive strong ac
eesons Of outside help within the next TWO or tnree
DAVIS and vet his candidacy continues 70 excite only
ri.aIS
sornser,s headquarters to-day was Chairman Jones' OF
he Republican State Executive Committee OF iii
nos The chairman Of the Democratic state eom-
pit,ee will arrive ON Monday. The fact that only one
Of the Texas Democrats, and he a new ana IueA
prenoed member has arrived 10 help Colonel NILS
e1ciies some comment among his n1ends as well dc
among his opponents. The same IS true III regard 10
Judge Crisps Georgia colleagues, only one Oh "hon
has arrived jeremiah simpson said to Tribune cor
,ssrooaen that the Farmers Alliance Representatives,
p,rs in number. will hold speakership caucus but
he had no idea As TO who would receive the nomIla-
Ton II nine members take part, one OF them Dl"s'
be Mr. Watson of Georgia, who has been lhcIuueu III
most Of the estimates as for Judge Crisp
equatorial interference" topic OF consderaoie
discussion to-day among the friends OF the respecso
Candidates As between Mills and Crisp 1t Is genera'
regarded that hOnors are even," senator rug" nav"
published a reply TO senator Carlisle's letter WHICH
oppt1rtQ yesterday. ftply ID az" N'
hvorably BY the friends of Messrs. McAiinih anu
springer, who have been by means pleased because
Mr. Carlisle has championed Colonel Mills's cause Win
mnrh vigOr and activity. friend of one OF them
Dtsy said:
senator CarisIe's interference in behalf OF NILS
eaa Two years ago. When the Democratic caucus
Se sbrt to be held to nominate a candidate ior
Speaker against Mr.. Reed. it was given out that MI
Carlisle void write letter asking that his name DC
no' Presented 10 the caucus and recommending INC
domination Of Colonel Mills. Mr. Carlisle was III
formed that he could not transfer the caucus nomina-
uo that he desired ii for himself he could nave IT,
Dat that be could not turn 1t over TO Colonel NILS
Sd be thereupon abandoned his Intention
Ii bis reply to senator Carlisle senator Push says
.aat tze correspondence between Mr. warner anu Ml'
carlisle may have been arranged 10 promote the eec
us Of Mr. Mills as Speaker for the purpose OF having
ue power and influence of that position exercised 10
nave thing done at time and all things In their
proper order-that is, the tariff reformed hfst' anu
raNs~. xIaa La n "a