The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-28
THE BIG -FOUR,
The Speakcrship Contest Narrowed Down
to Mills, Crisp, Springer and Mcmillan.

inc SpeaRcrShip contest narrowed Down
TO Mills, Crisp, Springer and Mcmillan.
Special Dtspdics 10 Tie IrtelliJencr.
WAsuyHGToS, D. c., Nov. Git is
the judgment of the bcstiniormed men
in Washington that Mr.. Mills will be
elected Speaker, cx-Congrcssman Kerr,
OF Pennsylvania. Clerk; ex-Congress.
man Yoder, OF Ohio, sergcant-at-Arms,
and James Fisher, OF Virginia, Postmas.
Ter. There is no opposition to the re-
election OF Mr.. 0lilburn, the blind
preacher, rs chaplain. Mr.. Nlilburn
was tho chaplain in the last Demo-
cratic house and succeeded in securing
his reelection in the last congress,
which was Republican. The candidacy
oi eX-Congressman Jerry Murphy, OF
Iowa, for the position OF sergeant-at-
arms cxcites the dullcst risibles in town.
Jerry made the greatest feature OF the
century as Il member OF the house. and
his managers are putting forth claim
ior this position. The TACT is that hc
has the most luxuriant crop OF whiskcrs
OF any congressman from the prairie
states except Senator PclIcr, OF Kansas.
These Springer cigars are pretty
bad, said Tom Coakley, ono OF the Tam
lnany braves, as he entercdthc Springer
headquarters to-day. There were no
cigars OIL the table and the air was not
laden With cigar smoke, go that Coax
!Cy's remark is taken to indicate that il
Mr.. Springer intends to run n headquar-
tiers with regulation western iervor, ho
would have to provide the usual adj.
luucts. Tho Illinois man has twice rs
many callers at his headquarters than
amy other candidate. The attention lie
Is receiving became SO marked that the
friends OF other candidates conccdc
that the Illinois ranks are putting more
ginger into their fight than those
OF any other locality. Tho per.
sonal conflict between Mills and
Crisp is becoming SO bitter
that the impression is growing that they
vii! kill each other oil and make room
for n contest between Springer and Nc
MILAN. Senator Carlislc's letter in be.
hall OF Mills has brought out hot per-
sonal retort from Senator Pugh, OF Ala
bama. Springer is also proiiting by the
sectional feeling between the North and
the South. lie is not encouraging this
sec,ionalizing, but the old Yankee feel
ing against "rebela' inurcs to Springers
benefit i'll spite Of him. Hatch, OF Mis-
souri,, has practically dropped out OF
the race. llo was supposed to be the
farmers candidate, but he has failed
10 make use OF this leverage, and has
given no indication that he will come
OH tho field.
Editor Wcddeburn, vino runs a
Grange paper, and has been looking
alter llatCh's interest among the grang.
crs, said tonight: II can get no word
from Hatch rs to when lie will be here,
and it is almost useless for him to come
INTO the contest now, Tor he will be too
late. We had circulars prepared ior all
the Grange officers throughout the couu-
try, asking them to send to tho mem
bcrs oil Congress to help Hatch, but we
have failed to hear from him, and it is
now too lato to send out the circulars"
This narrows the fight down to tho big
ionr. made up OF Mills, Crisp, Springer
and Mcmillan. Representative Scott oi
Illinois denies the statement which is
being circulated that the Illinois ranks
will abandon Springer after the second
ballot. Scott has talked with all the
Illinois mon hore who say they arc
unit in the feeling that they should
stick by Springer, though they would
not throw away their votes ii it became
evident after a long contess that Spring.
or could not possibly win, but their
abandoning OF him would only bo in
such an emergency and after every pos.
sible effort had been made,