Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-08

hours to finish the work left uucom-
pleted Saturday night. About an hour
was taken from caucus time at
noon when the members stopped
long enough to permit the clerk OF the
house to call the roll at the opening of
congress. But as soon as the roll was
called Holman moved that the house ad-
journ till today at noon and the motion
was easily carried.
beginning Work In the Caucus.
There were but two votes taken in eau
Gus yesterday morning before the house
convened; and they were of no particular
significance. There were a few changes,
but not enough to make material differ
ence in the situation. Neither was there
anything notable in the voting after the
house had been adjourned. upto the TWEEN
ty-third vote, when McMillin and his sup
porters held a conference and swore they
would "never desert Mr. Micawber," as it
were. At this time Springer had but a
dozen men he could call his own, while
McMillin had nineteen.
Hatch Drops Out of the Fight.
On the 23d ballot Hatch, having lost one
OF his men to Mills, concluded that it
would be good time for him to slide
out and he came into the hall and voted
for Crisp. II he had hoped that this vote
would start the deluge he was disap.
pointed, for, although the Crisp men
cheered him, no one else proposed to
change his vote. except two other Hatch
men, who followed their chief into the
Crisp ranks. This made the vote stand:
Crisp, 100; Mills, 81; Springer, ID; Nc
Miliin, III Stevens, l. total, 227.
Concluded to Recess
Still the voting went on and so did the
attempts to combine on this man or that,
but each man wanted to be the beuefic-
larry Of the combine and nothing was
effected, except that it was noticeable
that where detection occurred it was
from some other man than Crisp or Mills,
and that in the series of OBJECTIONS those
two men always showed up as the ones
who got the votes. Each OF these men
gained right along and at about the same
rate, but Crisp continued to keep his
lead. A conference between Springer and
McMillin failed to do anything, and after
the twenty-siXth ballot a recess to D. m
was agreed upon.
The Caucus at Work Again.
1t was, however, s;15 before the mem
bers could be got together. During the
recess the Springer men held a conference
in committee room. Springer was not
present. The result of this conference
was shown on the first ballot taken after
the beginning of the evening session,
when four of the Springer men deserted
his ranks, Babbett and Miller, OF Wiscon-
sin going TO Mills and Durborow and Nc
Gam, OF Illinois, who went to Crisp. This
gave Crisp 1O3 and Mills 60 The twenty
ninth ballot showed but one change
Stahlnecker, of New York, deserving
Mills for Crisp.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
McMiilin Withdrsws and Gives the Lead
ers Great Joy.
The most exciting incident of the day
happened soon. Before the calling of the
roll on the thirtieth ballot was begun
McMillin after hasty consultation with
some of his adherents entered the cham
Der of the house and announced his with
drawal from the contest. The announce.
ment came like a thunderbolt from a
c ear sky and for moment the members
present were taken back. McMilin made
his announcement in speech of about
five minutes. He said he withdrew in the
interest OF party harmony. When the
full import of McMillin's action broke
on the members there was a wild shout
that expressed appreciation, relief and
exultation, all in one.
Made EN- Happy All Around.
The Mills men were jubilant and the
Crisp men evidently thought they had
equal cause for joy, for they joined in the
cheering with will. McMillin did not
express preference for any candidate, and
there was an anxious look on the faces of
the MiEs and Crisp men as the vote pro-
ceeded. The McMillin men divided be-
tween the two leaders, seven going to
Crisp and eleven to Mills. McMillin also
voted for Mills and he was loudly ap-
plauded by the Texans followers Many
members followed the progress of the vote
by means Of taily-sheets and when the
last name had been called it was found
that Crisp had l1S votes-lacking one of
nomination.