New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-12
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,r..mnr,on. Nov. 1.-THE presence in Washington
,'~. ~ the candidates for the speakership, and
s as many Of the candidates for MINOR ohces Oh uc
W. :, representatives, has set the tongues Of the
hoa, cossps a-wagging at a great rate. The four
P0Ssn,n candidates are Messrs. Mills, MeMilln
- and Bynum, and each Of them. OF course, Is
Of success. one other remark Is true as 10 all
o" -. they have suddenly become extremely dip
80 not 10 say chary, in their treatment OF " uie
%, ~ the campaign, Even the buoyant ana
,,l. springer, whose opinions on every con-
..nle subject have Illuminated the otherwise auh
- ~ the Congressional debates for the last sixteen
- has suddenly closed his lips, and everybody VINO
l n,n realizes thst II must have cost him super
LDV sFor. 10 do So OF course, he is as amiahle
s srIlng as ever aud there are some opinions
-, 10 sill dares 10 express lie strongly approves
As multiplication table and is not afraid TO say So
", ~ "a suspicously retcent about free coinage, in
- a. which he has expended volumes OF eloquence
m. mast he is still ready to defend the nebniar ny
.n~ and the undulatory theory, but he Is not quite
ans 10 say whether he regards as wise ana pruoehe
~. ale OF the House which fcrbids the fastening OF
s.,.~~s upon appropriation bills, or the rule which
,'..-nu,es those bills among a number OF standing
.arir,ees instead Of entrusng them TO the appropr-
..o,s committee. n IS pretty certain that he favors
49, worlds Fair but rather uncertain as to whether
y rsnts the general Government TO loan money TO
~. a,-sctors And so il Is about many other ques-
- Heavy odds are offered, however that the
s.,-.non statesman will not succeed in playing a
onr engagement in his present role His frank gen
-, nstpre VIII not permit 1t. What is true Of
A., sndncer is true also of the other candidates, al
,Aopsh their recence and coyness do not excite SO
,reh astonshment springer's.
son,e Of the gOssips, probably majority OF them,
antsIn that NILS is the coming Speaker-n TACT, mat
~ 4. A. good as come already. Not so Amos Cum
,,ys who has arrived at the Capital refreshed after
ST. ar,uous labors in persuading seven Of the un-
s,ovn.a hnrs- of the City Hall Park TO vote for
r1o1,sr because Fassett ruined them by sending the
wo,,s,s Fair to Chicago 1t IS not known whether
n, cummings brought his bureau Of fiction" with
him q, not but it IS certain that he Is for Crisp for
her and has oracularly declared that the Georgian
~ IN II 10 win This declaration, however, has not
"a. eaused Mills McMillin any Of the other candi-
dates 10 withdraw.
INDIE Crisp is detained in Georgia. Deep and sin
eer sympathy is felt and expressed here for him on
s,cmnt Of his recent bereavement His second son,
hush, and promising youth, recently died after short
N,ness and the loss has been severe blow to the
Parents Two Of Judge Crisp's most active, jealous
and Influential supporters, aside from Mr.. Cumming
NeSsrs OFerrall, Of Virginia, and Hemphil, of South
Csrolna-are here and they will spare no effort In
bis behalf
Mr.. McNiIlln is by no means idle or discouraged.
He "a the second choice Of majority Of both the Mills
men ard the Crisp men, his friends say, and, besides,
there Is pretty good reason 10 believe that be Is at
uresent first choice Of considerable number Of the
Democrat represcnativesclect. several of the Penn
sylvana men arc FOR him. ard it is asserted with
good deal Of confidence that he win receive eight votes
from New-York unless the Democratic representatives
from that State decide tn vote unit, In which case
judge Crisp will receive twentythree vFtes from the
Empire state The only New York representative who
counted for Colonel Mills by the Crisp and the
McMlIn men IS Mr.. Tracey, of he Albany District
whose attitude is attributed BY them 10 the influence OF
M Cleveland.
tn. injection of Mr. Cleveland into the speakershp
canvass BY the partsans Of Mr.. Mills he's already be
gun u provoke hostile comment among the friends OF
the other candidates. one Democrat to-day said
In my opinion the claim that Mr.. Cleveland and
his friends ere using their influence in behalf OF Mills
is injurng his prospects. The Democratic party may
nominate and support Mr.. Cleveland candidate
for the Presidency. but viii be likely to resent any
attempt By him or his friends to interfere in the
spcakership fight. II he and Mr.. Mills have struck
bargain in regard to the composition of the House
Committee on Coinage in case the latter wins, the
Western and southern representatives will de-
nand 70 know all about it, They do not intend to
30 sold TO Wall Street any terms or 10 obey the
oicaton Of New-York and Massachusetts Democrats
In respect to silver legislation
The scramble for the minor offices of the House will
Re lively one Already four candidates for the Clerk
ship ale In the field all exon gressmen. They are
Nessrs. Kerr and Mash, OF Pennsylvania; Gibson, OF
Maryland, and Clark, Of Missouri The prestige Of
Mr. Kerr Is believed TO have been impaired by the
overwhelming defeat of the Democrats OF pennsylvania
Al the election Mr. Gibson is Senator Germans
esnddate General Clark Clerk Of the House for
six years and is familiar with the duties OF the Office,
which he performed with efficiency and credit 10 MN
pef and party.
The Office Of doorkeeper is the one which controls
the greatest amount Of patronage, and no less than
seven candidates are in the field. All Of them except
one military titles-flom the rank OF general
down 10 captain-which titles, with two exceptions.
se Of Confederate origin General Colt of Connect
cut was Union soldier, and good one. The 0ther
candidate Is Colonel Haley. The candi-
date who military title In Thomas a. COaAlcy,
q New York who served in the Union Navy during TIE
war ExRepresentatve Yoder, OF Ohio, Is the only
sctve candidate for Sergeant alarms, and he VIII
doubtless win.
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