The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-08

ing frequent conferences with his colleagues.
On the following ballot was one change, fraught
Win omlnous portent to Mills. Mr.. Stab
necker, who had steadily voted for Mills,
changed to Crisp. Babbitt, OF Wisconsin, re-
turned to Springer, so that the twenty
pallot resulted Crisp l04 Mills "a, McMillin 19
Springer ., Stevens /. At tie beginning of the
thirteth ballot, and before the call was begun,
Nc Miliin. who had been standing in the rear
OF the lobby, entered the hall.
INSTANTLY THERE WAS BURST OF APPLAUSE
McMillin obtained recognition and thanking his
followers formally withdrew from the contest
amid applause. AS the ballot proceeded his
followers began to scatter. Covert, Enloe and
Kyle went 10 Mills and Washington to crisp.
Mhen the name of Mem. lin was called
that gentleman rose and voted Mills
Changes now came in rapid sue
cession and at the conclusion of the ballot,
Crisp stood with ia votes and Mills with 10s.
me Georgia candidate was one short of nomi-
nation with Springer and his little band of fol-
lowers holding the balance of power. 1t re-
manned to the Illinois leader to say who would
De the speaker OF the Fifty-second Congress.
Great applause greeted Springer as he entered
the hall There was breathless pause as
Springer proceeded to his little group of sup
porters and shaking hands all around thanked
each for his loyal support. The House ap-
plauded this graceful little act and when
Springer asked recognition from the chair and
prepared to vote the suspense was painful. II
desire, said Mr.. Springer, ito be recorded as
voting for Mr.. Crisp
TIE VOTE OF SPRINGER NOMINATED CRISP,
and the applause which followed the announce
ment was deafening. dozen members rushed
TO grasp the Illinois man by the hands, and he
was the recipient Of an enthusiastic ovation for
Crisp, Busey and Stuart, of Illinois, and Hol-
man. Of Indiana, followed their candidate, and
after Spr1ngerS withdrawal went with him for
Crisp.
Snow Of Illinois, Bryan of Nebraska and Mar
tin and Patton of Indiana remained on record
as voting for Springer, so the record of the final
decisive Cr
Springer 4 and Stevens l. The detailed vote
was For Crisp-Alderson, Alexander, Allen,
Amerman. Bacon, Bankhead, Beeman. Beltz-
hoover, Bently, Blanchard, BiOunt, Branch,
Bullock Bum, Busby, Byrnes, Cadmus, Camp
bell, Castle, Catchings, Clark, Cobb, of Ala
oama; Cochran Compton, Cowles Crawford,
sey, Durburrow, Edmunds, Elliott, Ell
lis. English, Fps, Everett, Fellow,
Fitch, Forney Fowles CAN'T, Gels
heimer, Gillespie, Goodnight, German.
Grady, Greenleaf Hollowell, Hatch, Haynes,
Hemphtll, Henderson, Of North Carolina Her
bert Holman, Houk, of Ohio; tombstone.
Jones, hri6os, Lawson, of Virginia; Lawson, of
OF Georgia; Lewis, Little, Livingston, Malery
McAlor. Mcclellan, Mcdonald McGann, Nc
kalg, McRae Montgomery, Moses, Oates,
O'Farrell, Cultivate, Owens, Page, of Rhode
Island; Page of Maryland; Pattison, Painter,
Pell Pendleton Pierce, Price, Rainer, Reilly
Richardson, Robertson, Rockwell Rusk Shell
Shively, Springer, Stackhouse, Stahnecker,
L,
Stump, Starsney. Tillman, Turner, Turpin,
VanHorn, Warwick. Washington, Weadock,
Wheeler, of Alabama; Whiting, Williams OF
North Carolina; Wilson, OF Missouri; VIM
119.
! For Mills-Abbott, Andrew, Arnold, Babbitt,
Bailey, Barwig Bland, Boather, Bowman,
Brawley, Breckenridge, of Arkansas; Breckin-
ridge, of Kentucky; Brett, Bricker, Brookshire,
| Brown, Drummer, Bunting, Bushnell, Butler,
| Bynum, Cable, Caminetti, Caruth. Cate, Casey,
Chaplin, Chapman, Clancy, Cobb, OF Missouri
Coburn. Coolidge, Coombs, Cooper, Covert,
Cox, OF New Hork; Cox, of TENNESSEE Grain,
Crosby, CulDerson, Dearmond, Deforest, Dick
erson, Dixon, Dockery, Enloe, Fithian, For
man, Geary, Hall. Hamilton, Hare, Harris,
sippi; Johnson, of Ohio; Kendall Kilgore,
Kyle, Logan Lane, Lanham, Lapham Lock
wood Long, Lynch, Wagner, Mansur Nc
Creary, Mckinney, McMillin, Meyer, Miller,
of Missouri; Parrot, Pattison, Pearson, Say.
ers, Scott, Seerly, Snodgrass. Sperry Steward,
of Texas; Stone, of Kentucky; Terry, Tracy,
Tucker, Warner, Wheeler, OF Michigan; White
! Wake, Wilcox, Williams, of Massachusetts
| Williams, of Illinois; Wilson of Virginia; VOL
verton-lO6
For Springer-Bryan, Martin, Patton, Shaw
IA.
! For Stevens, of Massachusetts, 1.
Ga motion of j. D. Brown, of Indiana, the
nomination of Crisp was made unanimous. APP.
plause and cheers greeted the appearance of
the gentleman from Georgia, vino expressed
his gratitude, and said II pledge myself here
| and now TO devote whatever of industry and
ability 1 possess to the advancement OF the
| real interests Of the Democratic party. l beg
to say to you now as l speak to you my first
words since your selection for speaker that my
| election means
NO STEP BACKWARDS IN TARIFF REFORM,
prolonged applausel. / beg to say to YOU
! there is in our party to-day no man who more
earnestly believes in the Democratic doctrine Of
| tariff reform than / do" renewed cheersl ,
After the caucus, Mills was invited to speak
| on the result, but answered:
Il HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO THE PRESS"
Hatch said he was entirely satisfied. he
voted for Crisp because the latter possessed In
| a most emiuent degree all the qualifications oil
an able, conservative and successful speaker
| he did not share in the belief that Crisp was
not q CONSCIENTIOUS tariff reformer, and he was
| better satisfied with his record on the silver
question than that of Mills.
Springer said he had chosen the course that
he deemed best for he interest OF the Demo
cratic party generally. Crisp will make an aole
and impartial presiding officer. There will be
no scenes Of disorder Or ruling which would
| cause any Democrat to regret Crisp's elevation
to this high position. have always insisted, "
said Mr.. Rpringer that the office Of speaker
should be filled by a man Of judicial mind, who
would under all circumstances be able to main
tain order and preserve the dignity of the
body AS far as the question OF tariff
reform is concerned, 1 have takeu pains
to satisfy myself that in Crisps election it will
be presented as the paramount issue in the
presidential campaign OF 1899 But there are
other issues, especially that Of economy In
public expenditures. We must make record
In this congress which will convince the people
we are in favor of an honest and economical ad
ministration. and that no money should be ex-
pended except such ss is absolutely necessary
for public purposes. The election of Crisp viii
not complioate the presidential contest. Nc
candidate for President will receive any ad
vantage or disadvantage from it,
The following nominations were then made
for minor OFFICES: Kerr, of Pennsylvania
clerk, unanimously; Yoder. of Ohio, sergeant
alarms, unanimously, after it was seen he wa:
far in the lead Of Murphy. OF Iowa; Turner, O.
New York, for doorkeeper,. by l7S votes to q
for Fields, of Virginia, and for Colt OF Con.
necticut; Dalton, of Indiana, for postmaster
by 122 to 20 for Wright, Of North Carolina. q
for Barney, Of Wisconsin, and SO for Nc
Clammy. of North Carolina. Then Syringe
stated he would in open House tomorrow re
nominate the old chaplain, Milburn, of Illinois
49,