Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-28
Losing Their Hea DIS.

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WAsmINGroN, Nov. 21.-Every day brings
fresh evidence that the supporters of Crisp
are getting ratified The latest sign of their
disturbed condition is found in their treat
ment of tAe dispatch in whici! Mills WIS
quoted in criticism of the utterance of the
sun that the Democrats would declare
thems elves i'll favor of free trade if they
nominated Mills for speaker. The friends
of Crisp ha: found 1t convenient 10 dis
tort this dispatch so as to make Mills CT l~ge
Crisp with being - protection Democrat"
and to-day there hive been threats of fight
ing Mills with fire" whatever that may
mean. When Mills attention was called to
this matter he made this statement:
Il nave never said Judge Crisp was 4
protection Democrat. My attention was
called to an article in the New York SUM-
Judge CriSpS strong advocate and strong
prOtectionist journal, i'll which il was said :
If L party dominates Henry George, it
thereby declares itself i'll favO" of a single
tax. If d parry dominates Neal Dow, it
thereby decl res itself i'll favor Of prohibi-
ton. If the Democrats in the tifty-SecOnd
congress nominate Roger Q, Mills for
speaker. they viii declare themselves i'll Ia
vor of free trade When the paragraph
was read to me | said that Dana should
have carried out his comparison and said if
the Democrats nominated Judge Crisp the,
will declare themselves i'll favor of protec-
ton.
The Sun declares that am free-trader
and should 0e beaten for that reason. 1t
supports Judge Crisp and earnestly advo-
Gates him over me. To defeat me with
Crisp would as logically prove the house to
be in favor of protection, as to elect ME
would, according TO the Suns reasoning,
prove the house 10 be in favor of free trade.
The protecticnist papers are all opposed to
my election.
n pFt - n ia bDnSe will
vote for me. They might oppose me and
advocate the election of i gentleman who
was not 4 prOtectiOnist IN order TO defeat
me. and. in fact that i Just what they are
doing / have never believed Judge Crisp
was . protectiOniSt. and have never said so,
but do believe that every protectioaist in
the Democratic party tavOrs him over me,
and some Democrats favor him VINO are not
protectOniSts.
Judge Crisp's friends should not be SEN
sitiye about such things. 1hey have
charged that | am free trader. that | am
supported by Henry George and Thomas G..
She arman, the great singleitax lauvocates.
but | have never complained. They have
assailed my qualifications for speaker be-
cause, they say. / have an ungovernable
temper but have not permitted these at
tacks. though very hCrtful to me, to ruffie
my feelings or Lessen my regard for Judge
Crisp
The letter of Senator Carlisle TO Repre-
sentative John Dewitt Warner of New
York, in which he unqualifiedly indOrses
Mills and ,isposes of the silly claim that
Mills is united by temperament to make a
digniiied and effective presiding officer of
the house. is regarded with satisfaction by
the friends of Mills Other candidates do
not like it, but only ore OF them had the
courage to discuss it on its merits.
1T will undoubtedly aid Mills canvass. -
he said Il am free TO say that | would
like an Endorsement of that kind myself. >
All candidates now in Washington have
been at their headquarters to-day but there
has been no excitement.
THANKSGIVING was generally observed
here. and the list of callers yesterday was
small in consequence. At Springer's room
in the National. the air of hopefulness i
pronounced. A stranger to speakership
fights would unhesitatingly PICK out
Springer as i sure winner. He is simply
overtiowing with good spirits.