The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-03
THE PEAKERSHIP.
MORE AND NJ 3E INIT. ST FELT IN
.TnE Contest.
sli tho CaEd,da.as IS are in the City Hard at
work &ar7haling Their Forces
aul Hunting for New
Strength.

WASHING ir n, Dec. II lie speaker
hin contest ia increasing in liveliness
and interest with each day, and this
morning there was a fair accession
made to the list of members in town
All five Of the candidates expressed
themselves as hopeful and reported
,mett ers prog essing satisfactorily from
.their point If view, which in the case
of the two aders is that the speaker
shin wi. be tiled very early in the
caucus. and in the case Of the Other
hh1ea candidates, that they, with the
.9ssistarae O. he candidate with the
second HIGHEST number Of votes, will
be able tg Mold the leader in the race
until urau N his lines can be forced
and tn. Vay1Dened for second choice
man.
Que iu,2yc,ant statement today is
the claim by General Catchings Of
Mississippi, one Of Mr.. Crisp's chief
lieutenauts nat the Georgia candi
date has cap5ured the entire Demo
cratic dsing3 ion from New Jersey.
Mr. Crisp 'r ends say that they have
aua ASSURANCES of four votes from New
England
Ny. Mills Was sanguinc that the
forces were orking favOrably to his
interest and axpressed himself as en-
tirely confident of the result. The aim
of Ehe two .eudidates who are gener-
anv conceded to hold the foremost
position iu he race, is to concentrate
their votes in the sections where they
have a clear majority and to induce
the members Who are inclined to vote
for some one else to reconsider their
ipc!inationa nd go with the majority
in tneir respective state delegations.
Thus the Nils men are endeavoring
to make New England unit and
they say they expect all the votes
from that section, except TWO; rms
claim. however, is not conceded by
the other candidates, nor is Crisp's
claim to New Jersey conceded.
Crisp is also working to make the
state delegations where he is strong
solid. Mcmillan said today that he
saw no reason to change his opinion
.hat the fight would be long one, in
which case his strength would in
crease, and that he felt that matters
were going along satisfactorily;
Springer was also in a cheerful
mood, and aid that he was more
than holding his own as respects
first ohoicen votes, and had today
made material progress in providing
iGg q break among the other candl-
dates, great many representatives
having piveu him assurances that he
would Get their votes whenever they
changed, The arrival of Judge Hol-
man Of Indiana and the announce
Dgeur Of his position on the speaker
suf, is awaited with some interest.
The friends oil Mr.. Mills express more
confidence nan those of any one else
or securing 10 s support. IL is report
rd .oat Hguuln has for months been
i'm eorrespouionc with many OF the
new n.eudgis of the house, winch
Grt NJ s -. d would increase the
weight OF A.- opinion.
At Mr.. EPt his headquarters III was
said that titiugswere quiet and goOo
many persons hdu CdllCu w p"J
respects. H. was stated yesterday
.hat Nj. Ga,as of Arkansas was for
Hatch. Pee is the member VINO Is
Ha5ch's supporter in Arkansas, and
Cratcs is for Mills along with two OF the
other members of the delegation OF
i've.
ME candid tes for the minor ofllces
lln beginning an active campaign.
Marsh ofPennsylvania has practically
Withdrawn from the contest for clerk
o5 the house. and Pennsylvania is ad
yJcating the claims of Kerr; Wnlle i
Indiana is Urging Daltons selecIlon'
For postmas5er another ex-c0n%ress-
man. MI. McCIammy of North Caro-
lima. has Become candidate. MI.
James r. Gisner, a former assistant
n0sgmaster and chairman of the VIZ
gtnia Democratic state central com.
@j6S @itSo e5ers rs g@sn5Setah for the osition