Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-07
THE DEADLOCK.
More Ballots and No Speaker
Yet Nominated.
CRISP AND MILLS LEAD.
McMillin's Forces Still Stand Firmly
by Him.
SPRINGER AND HATCH LOSE

Two hours before tho hour set for the con-
vening of the Fifty-second Congress the demo
cratic members of the lower branch o. that
body met in the hall of the House for the pur-
pose of electing candidate for Speaker, pur-
suant to the adjournment taken after the pro-
trscted and fstiguiug session of Saturday. Ten
o'clock is an early hour for the average men,
Der of Congress. and those entitled to
attend the caucus were slow in assem-
bling. Chairman Holman arrived at the House
at $40. followed a few minutes later by MIR.
Springer, WHO looked AS happy and cheerful as
ever and wore his everlasting rosebud in the
lapel OF his coat. Judge Crisp WAS the next OF
the candidates on the ground and he occupied
most OF the time between his arrival and the hour
that the caucus met in earnest conversation
with Mr.. Blount, one of his lieutenants.
MR.. MILLS BRIGHT AND cBETRFUI-
Mr.. Mills came to the Capitol before the
meeting of the caucus He seemed bright and
cheerful. and did not show any signs of the
partial prostitution from which he suffered last
| night. Messrs. McMillin and Hatch were also
on the battlefield. All the speakership can
didates occupied the headquarters in commit
tee rooms on the House floor which were as
signed to them on Saturday, and there little
knots of supporters, not members, gathered
about each and gave his individual
views of the situation as seen through
spectacles colored in the light most IA
vorable to his favorite. There WAS
practically no attempt made at missionary
work before the caucus met The various
candidates had exhausted their resources yes
| terday In assaulting the line Of each opponent
but without perceptible result. and the demo-
cratic members entered the caucus without an
| inkling of what the day would bring fo:th. TIE
caucus was called to order by Chairman Hoi-
man shortly after 10 O'Clock and tie roll was
answered by 2l2 members, fifteen less than at
tended the caucus Of Saturday. New arrivals
kept coming in all the time. however. and
swelled the number SO that on the first ballot
2z6 answered to their names.
THE BALLorING BEGUN.
The balioting on the speakership was begun
shortly after 10 O'Clock. The call began with
out any expectation on the part of candidates
that there would be break tor several ballots
but various schemes were at work TO change
the situation. the result of which no one was
ready to predict. The working of outside in
nuenccs was more apparent. on the surface
than at any time during the contest. The i'm
preston has arisen that eX-President Cleve-
land Is vitality interested in the outcome of this
speakership fight, causei by the fact that Mr..
Villas and Mr.. DEkerson are actively working
| for Mills. and il is sail that AL" Fletcher,
| representing Lamont and Whitney, is taking
part i'm the hight.
1t is asserted by the Crisp men that if this
| is proven to be SO and they should succeed in
defeating the Georgian the Cleveland people
IN the south would resent tho interference,
and that the results OF this figh. would be far
reaching in its effects
THE VOTE Br STATES.
review of the vote in Saturdays caucus
which has been prepared shows that the states
supporting Crisp in this fight cast 100 demo-
cratic votes in the electoral college. while those
states supporting Mills cast but 80 democratic
votes in the electoral college.