Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-12-11

nomination but McMillin's nineteen men
were still uEmoved and no election was
possible while they remained loyal to the
Tennessee candidate.
During all this time McMilin had been
holding frequent conferences with his col.
leagues. On the following ballot there
was one change fraught with omninous
portent to Mills. Mr. Stalnecker, who
lad been steadily voting for Mills, changed
to Crisp. Babbitt wis., returned to
Springer.
At the beginning of the 3Oth ballot and
before the call begun, McMillin, who had
been standing in the rear lobby, entered
the hall. Instantly there was a burst OF
applause. McMillin obtained recognition
and thanking his followers, formally with
drew from the contest, amid applause. AS
the ballot proceeded his followers began to
scatter. Covert, Enloe and Kyle went to
Mills and Washington to Crisp. When
tbs name of McMillin was called that gen
tleman rose and voted for Mills.
Changes now came in rapid succession
and at the conclusion of the ballot Crisp
stood with ia and Mills with l00,
the Georgia candidate one short of
the nomination, with Springer and
his little band of followers holding the
balance of power. It remained to the
Illinois leader to say who would be speak
Ell of the fifty secon congress. Great ap,
plause greeted Springer as he entered the
hall. There was a breathIess pause as
Springer proceeded to his little group of
supporters, and shaking hands all around,
thanked each for his loyal support. The
hou Sc applauded this graceful little act
and when Springer asked recognition
from the chair and pr epared to vote the
suspense was painful
81 desire, " said Springer, ito be re-
corded as voting for Mr.. Crisp"
The vote of Springer nominated Crisp,
and the applause which greeted the
announcement was deafening. Dozens of
members rushed simultaneously to grasp
the lllinolsan's hands and he was the
recipient of an enthusiastic ovation from
the supporters of Crisp. Buy and Stew
ard (llls.) and Holman Qnd. followed
their candidate and after Springer's with
drawal voted with him for Crisp Snow
Qll.), Bryan (Neb) J, and Martin and Pat
ton (lnd.) remained on record as voting
for Springer, SO the result of the final and
decisive ballot was:
Crisp. .119
anliis ....'... ............... lOo
SPrlhger .'...'.''... ................ 4
Stevens Observation-Disclosures.
The detailed vote was:
For Crisp-Alderson, Alexander, Allen,
Amerman, Bacon, Bankhead, Beeman,
Beethoven, Bentley, Blanchard Blount,
Branch, Bullock, Bum. Busey, Byrnes,
Cadmus, Campbell, Castle, Catching
Clark, Cobb (Ala), Cochran, Compton,
Cowles, Crawford, Cummings, Daniel,
Donovan, DUNCAN, Danphy, Durburrow,
Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, English, Ehs,
Everett, Fellows, Fitch, Forney, Fowes,
CAN'T, Geissenheiner, Gillespie, Goodnight,
German, Grady, Greenleaf. HaIlowel,
Hatch, Haynes, Hempbill, On. c. Her,
bert, Holman, Houk (Ohio, Johnston
Jones, Kribbs, Lawson (Va), Lawson
lGa.), Layton, Lester (Va.), Lester (Ga,)
Lewis, Little, Livingston, Mallory, Nc,
Aleer, Mcclellan, Mcdonald, McGann,
McKaig, McRae, Montgomery, Moses,
Oats, o Farreell, Oathwaite, Owens, Page,
(R. IL Page (Md), Pattison, Painter,
Peel, Pendleton, Pierce, Price. Rainier,
ReiIley, Richardson, Robertson, Rockwell,
Rusk, She'll, Shivley, Springer Stack
house, Stahlnecker, Stevens, Steward Gu J,
Stockdale, Stout, Stump, Tarsney, Till
man, Turner, Turpin, VanHorne, War,
wick, Washington, Weadock, Wheeler
(Ala.), Whiting, Williams IN. c., Will.
son MO- and Winn-1I9.
For Mills--Abbott, Andrew, Arnold,
Rabbit, Bailey, Barwig, Bland. Boatner,
Bowman, Brawley, Breckenridge ARK.
Breckenridge (Ky.), BreIz, Bricker,
Brooke, Brown, Drummer, Bunling, Bush.
nell, Butler, ByLum, Cable, Caminetti
Caruther, Cate, Chaplin, Chapman, Clan
cey, Cobb (Mo.), Coburn, Coolidge,
Coombs, Cooper, Covert, Cox IN. ", Cox
(Tenn.), Grain, Crosby. Culber-
son, Dearmond, Deforest, Dickerson, Dia-
con, Dockery, Enloe, Fithian, Forman,
Geary, Hall, Hilton, Hare, Harris, Har,
ter, Hayes, Heard, Hoar, Hooker
Miss, Johnson Ohio, Kendall, Kilgore,
Kyle, Lagan, Lane, Lanham, Lapham,
Lockwood, Long, Lynch, Magner, Man
sur, McCreary, McMillin, Meyer, Miller,
Mitchell, Moore, Mueller, Newberry,
Norton, Oneill (Mo.), Parrett, Patterson,
Pearson, Payer, Scott, Serley. Snodgrass,
Sperry, Steward (Texas), Stone (Ky.),
Terry, Tracy, Tucker, Warner, Wheeler
mich, White, Woke, Wilcox, Williams
(Mass.), Williams (Ill.), Wilson (Va.) J,
Wise, Wolverton.-1
For Springer Bryan, Martin, Patton,
Shaw.
For Stevens-O'Neill (Mass.)
On motion of Brown (Ind. J, the nomi-
nation of Crisp was made unanimous
Applause aud cheers greeted the appear.
ance of the gentleman from Georgia, who
expressed gratitude and said:
81 pledge myself here and now to devote
whatever of industry and ability possess
to the advancement eff the real interests Of
the democratic party. / beg to say to you
now as | speak to you my first words since
] am your selection for speaker, that my
election means no step backwards in tariff
reform. prolonged appiause.) l beg tc
say to you that there is in our party today
no man who more earnestly believes in the
democratic doctrine of tariff reform than
| do" (Renewed chee-s.)
The following nominations were then
made for minor Offices: Kerr (Pa.) TO,
clerk unanimnnsly. Ynler (Ohinl for ser.