The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-12-18


nificant changes The twentieth bal
lot gave Crisp 93 votes, Mills, 30; Nc
Millin, II; Hatch, 5. and Stevens, 1.
There was little change in the ballots
for several roll calls and a recess was
finally taken.
At 7:3O p. m. Mr.. Springer and his
twelve supporters held a conference
and it was decided ne should withdraw.
At the beginning of the thirtieth bal
lot and before the call had begun, Mr..
McMillin, who had been standing in
the rear lobby, entered the hall In
stantly there was burst of applause,
as this was an indication that the gen.
tleman from Tennessee was to with
draw from the contest Mr.. McMillin
obtained recognition from the chair
and, thanking his followers for their
loyal and constant support formally
withdrew from the contest, amid ap-
plause. As the ballot proceeded, the
followers of the Tennessee candidate
began to scatter. Messrs- Covert En-
loe and Kyle went to Mr.. Mills, and
Mr.. Wayne to Mr.. Crisp Then the
name of McMillin was called That
gentleman himself voted for Mr.. Mills
Mr.. Springer voted for Mr.. CrisF
amid great excitement
Messrs. Busey and Stewart, of llli-
nois, and Holman, of Indiana, followed
their candidate, and after Mr.. Spring
er's withdrawal voted with him for Mr..
Crisp. Messrs. Snow, of Illinois;
Bryan, of Nebraska, and Martin and
Patton, of Indiana, remained on the
record as voting for Mr.. Springer SO
that the result of the final and decisive
ballot was as follows: Crisp. 119, Mills,
los; Springer, T. and Stevens, L.
On motion of Mr.. ]. d. Brown, Of
Indiana, the nomination of Mr.. Crisp
was made unanimous Immediately
there were loud calls for Crisp.
and committee was appointed to no
tify the successful candidate of his
election aud escort him to the chair.
Applause ard cheers greeted the ap-
pearance of the gentleman from Geor-
gia, and after bowling his acknowledge
| ments Mr.. Crisp spoke as follows:
Representatives, / am profoundly
grateful for this mark of your conf.
dence and esteem. l pledge myself
mere anu now 10 ucNOlc va III
dustry and ability possess to the real
interests of the democratic party.
IGreat applause. beg to say to You
now, as speak to you my first words
since am your selection for speaker,
that my election means no step back
wards in tariff reform. Prolonged
applause and cheering. 1 beg to say
to you that there is in our party no man
who more earnestly believes in the
democratic doctrine of tariff reform
than do. Renewed cheers and cries
of "Bravol bravoTl After the long
struggle through which we have passed,
when representatives are fatigued,
when other officers are to be nominated,
it does not become me to consume your
time / beg to say, however, that dur
ing the progress of this canvass l have
said no word respecting any individual
which would at all justify him in hav-
ing any harsh feelings of any kind
against me. [Applause. 1 have felt
that it was a friendly struggle
TRenewed applause 1 have felt
that we were all democrats, and
/ have felt that whoever might be
meets and organizes, we stand as one
body working and laboring for COM
mon cause.-the principles of the demo-
cratic party. [Cheersl I thank you
again for your confidence and for your
kindness, and assure that the whole
contest has left in my bosom no uDkind
feelings towards any member of the
house" Prolonged applause.
The following nominations were then
made for the minor offices: Mr.. Kerr,
of Pennsylvania, for clerk, unanimous
ly; Mr.. Yoder, of Ohio, for sergeant-at-
arms, unanimously, after it was seeI.
that he was far in the lead OF Murphy,
of Iowa; Turner, of New York, for
doorkeeper. by 17s votes to 81 for
Fields, of Virginia, and 8 for Colt, of
Connecticut; Dalton, Indiana, for post
master by I22 to 90 for Wright of
North Carolina; SO for Barney. of Wis
consin, and SO for McClammy, of North
| Carolina.