Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-24
THE sPEAkEnsHIr ooNrrsr.
Claims Made for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Head.
quarters.

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The contest over the organization AZ the
House has reached its interesting stage, where
the rumor starters are busy launching their
naner sh;ns in the sea of voss;n and the ,.r;ous
~ 10y 80. ~ =, o ~
pe'p'e :" VIC "s"' "i0 "oe'""i"e w BLU" '"eAi
hands. ti.
Messrs Crisp. Mills and McMillin have Sc
lected headquarters at the Metropolitan Mr..
snr;noer will o,en NJ The MetronoI;tan or Ma
r. :" w
"onni ana NJ ha'cn is expected 70 DC ~ one
or the other OF these hotels the hrst oil next
week. he VIII be accompanied by the entire
The heutenants Of Messrs. Crisp, Mills and
springer Will be on hand about the hrst OF next
week Mr.. McMillln already has three or four
OF the tennessee members mere witn MIN.
from this time forward the campaign VAL be
active and interesting ana probably not devoid
OF excitement.
MR. BYNUM's WITHDRAWAL
The withdrawal Of Mr.. Bypum. which was
announced ~ Tup ST. ,,as,.rdav ara has
an,nn H. ,Si soe aI ~. ,lohah;,;t,s =
amy 'he eahuioaur, .iie .me plooao:!
sl.t. rne o.uer canoaua'es WIZ .e,nuin al 'ne
nsu. un'u .ne Iast pauot mas Deen 'aAen,
, ". ny nun s gave StiI an l1ters we" Ms. n,Sns
tia. iot mr.. MiIis, anu ~ ls s.o
iii folioU, III, .ha ,f;iis 49,, Th;s 900
the occasion of greal deal Of rejoicing
among Mr Mills supporters last nignt'
,,,a,iro tba s,o,, for cow. SaSs Int dss;rad ~
consult with a. many of INV colleaones as nos
sibie before finally doing SO. I had a con-
sutstion with Messrs Brown. PARROT and
Brookslire. who are in the city this
afternoon and informed them of NV intentions.
/ never pressed INV candidacy and consented
only to he use of INV name until il became
evident that the contest was narrowed down be-
tween Mile and Crisp -.a-.-.
Whom will the delegation now support"
IN indiana there is no boss rule Every
and Won will have 70 ace tho renresentatiyas ~
ascertain their preferences. As for nv
self 1 shall heartily support Mr., Mills,
While many of the candidates are strong
tariff reformers. none SO prominently repre,
sents the position of the party on this question
as Mr.. Mills. He is known to the peopfe as the
prominent figure in the House on this oues-
ton and his defeat woulI in great measure
be accepted as am abandonment Of the issue
The tariff is the issue upon which we must
win in 1892 and there should not be the
sembIance of a waveriue or a hating nj this
critical period. Unless the party stands firml,
and agrressiyeIy in favor OF this issue the
farmers OF the northwest who gave us such
sweeping victories in 1890 will become dis
couraced and NAV abandon hope of success
through the organization Of our party
MR.. DALTON AND THE cLERKsHIP-
The retirement of Mr.. Bynum makes possible
the candidacv of Mr. Ivcurons Dalton formerly
....,.,.o~ =, a. H. al :, 49, 49,, 90.
pas ~. o IN w. "mu 49, Ia 80 a,sas,
III w - 'h h 49, ~" e.
-. III hns ~ o .,rne t,';a.h,a
rivals in the feld before him he will nro,,ably
have the support Of the Indiana delegation,
and his popularity with old members will put
him on respectable footing In the hghf at the
start
CLAIMS MADE FOR CANDIDATES..
Some da6nita claim. ara neinp made nm he.
. - o.r'..l,;. -.
n"ii Vi oahui""'o' ioi 'no 'Pe""oisip anu
rlous estimates as TO their strength by OUTSIDE
parties who are Interested In guessing at the
result beforehand
A large number oil the members are still un.
pledged though for the most part committed
as to their preferences The friends OF Messrs.
Hatch, Springer and McM1llln have made no
claims in detail as vet, and the estimate of Mr..
Mills strength varies from forty votes counted
by outsiders to general claim of enough to
elect him. made by his friends
Mr.. Crisps friends make claim OF ia
does not include several votes that are per-
fectly safe and leaves out all second choice"
votes.
They claim in detail: Six votes in Alabama.
in Arkansas, in California. in Florida. 8 in
Georgia, in kentucky, in Louisiana. s in
Maryland. in Massachusetts. in Michigan, /
in Minnesota, In Mississippi, in New Hnmp-
shire. in New Jersey, IL IL New York. 8 in
NORTH Carolina, 10 In Ohio. in Pennsylvania.
in South Carolina, 9 in Virginia and IN Yves.
Virginia.
CLAIMS FOR MR.. NJ MILLIN.
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee. who ia Mr..
McN;,lin's chief lieutenant and ia here now