New-York tribune., 1891-12-19
WHAT WILL THE SPEAKER DOG
TIE QUESTION THAT Is WORRYING DEMO.
CRATIC CONGRESSMEN
orfsP MEN FULL or uoPE-MILLs CLEVELAND
MEN THINKING HARD-SPRINGER HAPPY.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE ThpuxE.1

MIN THlNkING HARD-bPRNGEk HAITI
tBr TELEGRAPH TO TkrBUNE.1
Washington. Dec. 1s.-Most of the Democratic Repre-
pentatives who in town have spent to-day in quiet
meditation or in swapping theories about the cons rc
ton of the House committees. Speaker Crisp could
not be found either in the Capitol or at his hotel but
1t was inmated by OF his confidential friends tat
he he'd found quiet in the hotel, where, alone
and behind locked doors, be preparing the list OF
the chairmen and committeeman which is TO carry Joy
TO the hearts Of Democratic statesmen and dsap-
pdntment to many other Democratic statesmen. The
situation Is q peculiar The House is divided into
four sections First. there are the Crisp Democrats,
who view the future with hope and confidence second
the Mills Cleveland anything obeatCrsp Democrats,
who hope for little. expect still less and seem to be-
leve that the Democratic party is rapidly fastening to
the "demnitlon- -bowwows" third the Republicans who
accept the situation with equsnindty and unrifhed
serenity; and, last and least, the Simpsonites OF
Farmers Alliance men. When the committee list is
read In the House the Republicans will be contented
with what they receive the smpsontes will have to be
oontented with ntile for they cannot expect much;
the Crisp Democrats Will have to look pleasant and
grateful whether all of them feel not, and the
"malcontents'as the Crisp people style the opposing
Democratic facon-wil be sure 10 curse and conplain
That is what must happen, and Speaker Crisp
doubtless knows IL. No matter what he may do, the
men who went down TO defeat with the Sage OF
Corsicana will revile him. If he appoints Mills chair
man Of Ways and Means, most Of them will sneer, and
declare that he did because he dared not do other
WISE and Springer and his devoted friends will talk
OF P mic faith and ngrattude" If he does not ap-
point Mills to the charmanshp the Texans followers
will denounce him traitor to the Democratic party
and tool of German. Hill and Tammany Hall. In
q word the MlllsCeveland Democrats are in a humor
find fault with anything and everything the Speaker
does. They disposed to complain because he has
not asked them TO assist In the preparation OF the
COMMITTEES lists and they do not hesitate TO assert
most Of them-that they do not picayune about
the in which those lists constructed suk.
incl Bless you, not Perish the thought They
only thinking, medatlng the vanties Of political
nfe and shuddering at the pers which the
Democratic party and consequently the Republic
alt is really pathetic TO them sitting about just
like common folks remarked n Crisp Representative
on Wednesday afternoon, he glanced toward Bynum,
TIE Brecklnrdees and other Mills leaders, who sat
unnotced and idle in their seats biting their thumbs
nj faten as ne phrased II. The sight a striking
one 10 persons who remembered how busy and i'm
pOrtant these were during the Carlisle regime,
and would be to day IL this Mills regime but IL
was not more striking after ALL than 10 see dozens OF
Representatives clustering about the seats OF Catchngs,
Montgomery, oFerall and other leaders Of the Crisp
forces or waylaying them In the corridors. Nobody
would have thought of doing that four or six or eight
years ago, when Morrison, Mills, McMiln and the
Brecknrdges composed Carlsle's Cabinet, whose sway
was potential If not supreme, In the distribution Of
committee pums as well in the conduct Of legss-
ton.
All yes Springer too-nothng could suppress or
efaee Springer TO be sure; but he near being
in disgrace with the leaders Of his party then as they
could pla,e him. See him now-with smiles wreathjng
a countenance overspread with air Of bustlng i'm
portance as BELTS statesman who expects soon to sit
at the head OF the Ways and Means Committee OF the
greatest legislative assembly Of the civilized world.
What triumphs may not such a statesman hope to
M that cta NJ
lesser degree-men like Cochran and Cummings Blount
and oates, Blanchard and Fitch and Outhwaite-ap-
prosch and hold grave and solemn converse with him.
The sangamOn statesman has ceased TO be regarded as
a mere Joke. He wears his honors with modest
humility but he is too proud to try 10 conceal his
pleasure and satisfaction with the turn that affairs have
taken He Is too generous TO rejoice the defeat Of
any brother Democrat but he feels happier to-day than
ne would If Mills held the Speakers gavel instead Of
Crisp.
Judge Holman Is not visible perhaps he is locked
ND with the book OF estimates and busy cutting down
the expenditures OF the Government s. in this place.
fffy cents n that-gayy bumming the tune Of "eeon-
omyp as he draws his remOrseless blue pencil through
the estimates of judges and messengers salaries with
serene mpartialty. lie thinks he knows that he Is
10 he chairman OF Appropriations but he seeks the aid
m no ADVICE he needs none. Mr. Bland. ci - ysonTd,
ts also missing certain does he f. .at the
chaIrmanship OF the Committee Coinlse Will seek
him that he hns returned 10 his home 10 recruit his