Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-16
Ready to Begin an Active Cam.
paign for the Speakership.
PLEASED WITH HIS CHANCES.
He Expects Practically Solid Vote from the
South-PIeny Of Personal Pledges.
TO Take = Hand in the Contests in Ohio.
New York and MISUNDERSTANDING
Reform will Carry Ohio. and New
York is All Right.
Congressman Crisp Talks

Special to the Gazette
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Congressman
Crisp has arrived III Washington aud Will
1t once begin his campaign Tor the speaker
ship. 1t is evident that his friends have
told him to get TO work, for they have
have found out that while Crisp's boom IS
going along all right with the newspapers,
Mills has not been idle ;mong the congress
men, and as the latter have the votes, II IS
the proper thing for Crisp 10 be getting
pledges too.
Last night he held quite reception at
the press club and helped his cause greatly
with the correspondents by entertaining
them with stories and jokes all the evening.
Mills. however. has been working quietly
ever since his Ohio stumping tour. He has
been at home here iii Washington too, not
saying anything, but arranging matters.
His next move is to go to Massachusetts
and make speeches there and get pledges.
While out West he did most effective work
III this way. 1t is claimed he secured q
large stock Of votes from Ohio Democratic
members and also got pledges of SecoOd
choice from nearly half the Illinois members
after they gave up Springer. Judge Crisp
said to-day that he was confidently expect
ing practically solid vote from the South
The real contest for the speakership,h
said the Judge, will not begin until after
the November election. The campaign viii
then be short and sharp am very well
tering number of personal pledges. l pre-
sumo that is what all the candidates say,
however Every one feels sure of his cleo
ton, and OF course his adverSarieS are
bound 10 be disappointed. The canvass
will be lively from the fact that so many
new members are coming in. 1t has been
remarked that not for many years have
there been so many unccmmitted on the
speakerShip question. This, presume, IS
true. Over half of the next congress will
be composed of new men, a majority,
think, Democratic These new members
naturally want TO meet the candidates and
make their personal acquaintance before
they pledge their support
Judge Crisp said he had been depending
largely on the newspaper accounts for his
knowledge of his opponents movements,
and from what he had learned that way he
had no cause to be disheartened. The judge
is about to enter the campaign in the inter-
est of the Democrats in Ohio, New York
and Massachusetts,. He is now on his way
to Cincinnati. where he will make his first
speech for Governor Campbell and tariff re-
form next Monday Although spending
most of his time way down in Southern
Georgia. the judge is in close touch with
the principles 1T issue in all the three fore
going Northern states.
I'VE must win the race in Ohio he said,
speaking OF the national significance at
taching to the campaign in that state.
SHOULD Nj. Mckinley be elected, it will
be an Endorsement of the new tariff law,
which we hold is Ubiquitous and unjust in
operation. That is the issue IN the Buck
eye state, and the eyes of the whole coun-
try are turned toward the fight there. In
the few speeches that ] shall make in that
state. reform of the tariff legislation shall
be my theme. That is what the country is
interested in, and on that line the two par
ties must win or lose. Down South we
have never intimated the possibility of
Democratic defeat in New York. Why
should there be? New York is Demo
cratic state. There seems to be perfect
harmony in that party, and there is no rea-
son why there should be change this year.
EX-President Cleveland and Governor Hill
uniting for the ticket, take it, means GER
tain victory