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confident lie believes that the worst is over,
50 far as his candidacy is concerned, ard that the
prospects are radiant with omens OF victory. To
Tribune correspondent Mr. Springer said:
If you will anayze fully the ballots cast, you
will discover that with McAIilln and Hatch out Of
the race Crisp and Mills will each have the same
number OF 'vOtes-10i or ten less than majority.
| have eighteen votes. which neither Of them can
capture: and Mr. O'Neil. of Massachusetts,. / sup
pose, will continue TO vote for his colleague, Mr..
Stevens, to the end. / have assurances that as
the six Illinois votes which went for MiHs
yesterday come TO me, the Iowa and Wisconsin
votes, as well as six fron Pennsylvania and four
from Michigan, will come TO me- That will give
me twenty-five additional votes from the States
which have NAMED, and shall also gain six from
Mills in New-England making my total forty-six
votes and reducing Nis's total to about sixty
When tLat result has been accomplished all the
rest will be plain and easy. Ny belief that will
win this fight has NEVER wavered from the hour
entered it, and l now feel assured of success. IL
may not come on the next ballot, or until after
many more ballots; but it will come No, do
not expect to see speedy removal Of the deadlock;
il will probably come gradually and perhaps
slowly"
The array of outsiders in behalf Of or against
the leading candidates continues to excite ami
mated comment and provoke much criticism not
all of which is favorable; in fact most Of it is
distinctly unfavorable and severe, irrespective
of the sympathies of the men who utter it. Last
night after the caucus had been in session six
hours, and ten ballots had been taken without
visible indications that either Of the candidates
could obtain a majority, few thoughtful Demo-
Gratis, who care more for tie success and pros
perity of their party than they do about the
On
man, or any other member of it, became uneasy,
ard as hour after hour passed in fruitless ballot
ing, their uneasiness grew until some of them
could no longer conceal their dissatisfaction and
fears One of these Democrats, a man of long
and honorable service and experience, who, LOT
obvious reasons, is not willing that his name
shall be published, said to Tribune CORE
spondent:
Words can hardly express the regret feel on
account of the nature of this contest; however IL
NAV be decided it will be, not the free, untram-
meled decision of the representatives OF tle peo-
pie on matter which it is their sole and exclusive
duty under the constitution TO decide' but VIC
tory for one faction Of the Democratic party over
another faction of the Democratic party, IN sHlr-
mish preliminary to the battle which is to DC
fought next year for the National control OF tho
party and for the Presidential nomination. such
struggle has no legitimate place at this time and
in this caucus, and whatever may be the result IL
cannot fail to breed dissenson and prove injurious
to the party. Look at the outside in
fluences which surround our deliberations ana
are actively striving to affect the result. have
been called out OF the caucus more than once
tonight by men who have no business TO be
here working for the success Of this, that or tho
other candidate they are boldly transgressing
every rule Of propriety, ii not the canOns oil de-
cency Yonder United States Senator from
Maryland who is an intential member of the
Democratic National Committee, has installed HIM
self, | am told, in company with the PERSONAL
confidential representative Of another Democratic
Senator-elect from Ohio, who is chairman of the
same committee The headquarters Of these men
is the Speakers room, the one nearest and most
convenient to the hall in which the caucus Is
sitting / am credibly informed that the gentle
men have named are straining every nerve and
exerting every influence they possess in behalf
of the candidacy of Judge Crisp, and that other
Senator's Senators-elect, and other Democratic
leaders, who are not members of the House OF
Representatives, doing the same thing"
Are not like influences being eXerted in behalf
of some of the other candidates? ?" asked the
correspondent
"Yes. confess that to be true As you know, l
am a loyal supporter of Colonel Mills, because
believe that he is the natural leader of the ma
iority of the House, and that he is entitled to
the honor he covets by virtue of his long and
faithful service. l admit that, in my opinion, the
presence here in the lobbies tonight and the
active, open efforts eXerted in hs behalf OF tho
two men who were members of President Cleve-
lands Cabinet, one of whom is now United
States Senator are not only improper, but, as L
believe, injurious to the prospects Of Colonel
Mills while there is doubt that their .ster-
ference here will be an injury to the Demo-
cratic party. / do not believe, either, that oena-
tor Carlisle is acting with his usual clrcumspec-
ton or dignity in showing himself here to-msho
as an open, active partisan of Colonel NILS, ana
an opponent of the other candidates, all oil wnom
repeatedly voted for him as candidate for the
Speakership when he was a member OF the House.
The Senate is now his legitimate sphere.
Colonel Morrison? Well to him. he is out
of active politics. and he and Mills are old friends
and former colleagues of the Ways and Means
Committee Yes, now that you mention IL, l re-
call that Morrison atd McAliln were also together
on the same committee, but their relations were
never so close as those which so long existed be-
tween Mills and Morrison. But suppose that the
factional fight in our party in Illinois may ac-
count in part for Colonel Morrisons activity
and interest in this contest. / understand that
Senatorelect Palmer and Springer both belong
to the opposite faction from Morrison, although
haze heard it ntimated that General Palmer at
heart favors Mills and would lend his influence
to him if it were not for the close relations ana
friendship between him and Morrison. For my part,
depore the bringing of State factional quarrel
into the Speakership contest quite as deeply as
do the injection into it Of fdctiona quarrel which
it will be the duty of the National Convention to
settle next year. If possible
What about the Missouri influence against
Mr. Hatch ?" asked the correspondent.
"Oh, WELL that is due in part, suppose, ts
friendship for Mr. Cleveland, but more 20 the
olocn r.,ln tianS hnt,xonn the TeXas and Missouri