The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-27
PREPARING FOR TIE CAUCUS.
Frisn1s o. ths SpoaksIship Candidates Get
ting Ready FoT The Fray.
I SOUTHERN SPEAKER ADVOCATED.
a Novrsparcr TditOriai Showing That the
Ne1t Speaker OF the House should
Come From the south.

WASHINGTON. p. c.. Nov. 2S.-The Demo
cratic candidates for tho speakership OF the
Iou-e were busy TO-DAY holding conferences
with their friends and getting ready ior the
.aacas contest
Mi. Mills and his friends are pleasant
mood over Mr. Car.is.es letter yoachlng lor
SIR Mills moderation Of temperament. While
ibe other candidates are not disposed 70 at
h.ch much importance 20 IT, at least as to the
influence upon their own strength. Very rev
members have ns yet reached the city and
tboeeV,ho ara here are chiefly those whoare tho
sor,..st o,l,orafes of one or the other of the
.9rd,lata. Ile doubtful men DO not seem IN
..rv hurry O. appear on the sceno and until
s.rne of them come there cannot Oe any
material change iu the situation. Mr. Me
MILAN rsai8 to-day that there WAS absolutely
pf foundation for the statement that 10 Az
Tended e. withdraw. He said g might get
,-linned. though he did not expect 20. but that
De would never pull ont that there wns
.4rtqinlv nothing ia the situation 90 make
lim approach the hght tmidiy. Zach OF the
c.ndi lates received many callers during the
dav the supporters OF one candidate csihng
.n the rivals. aud there is an evident purpose
o. make the contest as alnIcable as possible.
The time for holding the caucus has not vet
been fixed lt may be held on Saturday, or III
1l.v lie thought desirable 20 hold it earlier.
A report is ont that as soon RS the caucus as
called Mr. Bland viii. before tie nominauons
Az made for Speaker Introduce o res luton
and demand q vote on IL making . declaration
of principles On the silver Question. There
has been some effort made TO drag IN theQues-
ton of prowdenua preferences. bat II Is
asserted that n0 man who has ambition 20 be
rresi ent wants his strength tested 10 this
uncertain manner
NHy N0r SOUTHERN SPEAKER.
Tile Post under tie caption "A Southern
Sneaker. Why N0t.n this morning, ID 10 lead
iu, editorial. takes the ground that sectional
Ism Is deud and the speaker OF the neNi
H0ule. without regard 20 go ton. should be
the best man in tie Democratic party IA the
continuing the article it says. The South
.arnt-he- three f0urths Of Intelligent and pa
trI0rc Democratc voters threeiourths ot
I0e Democratic contingent IN The electoral
college a varying bat always predominatne
minority of the Democratic strength IN Con-
rro-. ON what principle Of prOpuety or e1-
rsEencv should Southern men be excluded
from the Speaker chair Is the North AFRAID
ol the South in that connection;
.rfr. Carlisle 0i kentucky occupied the
chair for good many wears and dli nothing
Io Iustlfy ans such auprehenslOus. AND sup
pose that tle North Is afraid, why should the
-..tl acanOWIe .-e that its fears are well
ounded ly resre ting them DO Southern
n consider themselves SIS unworthy of the
uutrv's confidence or Incapable OF ialth~
.lE dseharg'ng % national trust If not,
why d0 ther permit slch utterances lp their
representative newspapers % pass without re-
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