The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-27
STRAINED RELATIONS.
Bitter Words Pass Between Can
didates Mills and Crisp.
A HOT SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST.
All About Free Trade, Free silver and
Other Democratic Doctrines - MIR.
Chaplin May Lead the Old Randall
Wing OF the Party-southern Rule.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-There is increas-
ing bitterness in the Speakership contest
The candidates whose relations are the
most strained are Crisp and Mills. The
latter has become enraged at the earnest
support which Crisp has received in New
York, especially at the advocacy of Crisp
by Tammany, the New York sun and the
protection Democrats, and he has made a
direct assault upon Crisp. The supporters
of Crisp have charged that Mills is free
trader. Mills is the more indignant be-
cause the charge has been proved from his
own lips. The Crisp people have made
such poor disguise for Mills. and have
presented him as candidate for
Speaker who advocates free trade
and an income tax, that now Mr.. Mills,
has come :out in an authorized interview
III the Clevelani paper, which is his organ,
and pronounces Crisp aprotectionist. Mr..
Crisp was born in England and is "A man
OF much self-control But his passion is
as intense as is that of his Texas rival.
The difference is that Mills is the servant
while Crisp is the master of his passion.
To this charge Mr.. Crisp replies that
il in three or four days Mills does not dis
avow this interview, an answer will be
made. The answer, it is understood, will
be proof that Mills is free trader and
fayors an income tax. Yet Mr.. Carlisle
says: Upon the tariff question we are
practically united"
Meanwhile il is said that Mr.. Chaplin of
Brooklyn. y. Y, who is elected TO this
Congress, will appear here in January to
give new life TO the Randall wing of the
Democracy. Instead of being on assigned
follower of Mills, McMillin, Crisp.
Springer, Wilson and the whole band of
free trade promoters, Mr.. Chaplin will de-
clare himself a protectionist and draw
around him all the disaifected and protec-
ZIONIST members who have been without a
leader since Mr.. Randall's death.
Grover Cleveland has heard of what Mr..
Chaplin means TO do and he is fearful that
differences in the party on the tariff ques-
tion originating near home will hurt his
candidacy for the presidential nomina-
ton.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee of Illi-
nois is OF opinion that prudential political
reasons make it plain TO every thought
fnl, unselfsh and sagacious mind that
T" the next Speaker of the National
House of Representatives should come
from a Northern State " there is no.
thing in the situation here to indicate that
IL has occurred TO the thoughtful, unset
fish and sagacious minds of those South
ern men who dominate the Democratic
party to tolerate for a moment the
thought of Northern Speaker. The car
dinal principle that the minority rule,
which is the chief corner stone of
the Southern Democracy, is not
to he violated because North
ern Democrats chance to have majority
in the House of Representatives. Ii is the
function of the Southerners TO rule i'm the
Democratic party, and that function is not
TO be abandoned because the minority
leaders have to deal with Democratic
Al. -
instead of a Republican majority in many
of the States of the South.