The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-20
ALL WANT AN OFFICE.
THE CONTEST FOR The HOUSE sPEA-
KEss-sHIP ATTRACTING UNUSUAL
ATTENTION.
Something About the Personal Charac-
ter;stics of the Leading Candidates.

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ter;stics of the Leading Candidates
WAsH.NaroY, Nov. l9.--I'he city is full
of candidates. Throw stone into almost
auv crowd of men and it could not miss
an aspirant for Speaker of the House,
Clerk of the House, Doorkcepcr of the
House Or Sergeant Arms OF the House
of Representatives, They are generally
well dressed, dapper-looking men. for they
are all wearing their best clothes now.
Men whom one is liable to meet on ordl-
nary occasions in seedy looking hand-me-
down suits of clothes, with driblets of
tobacco Juice spangled over their shirt
fronts and seedy last years hats, are out
now in tailor-uade suits, silk hats, and
present generally spruce appearance.
Tbeir runbcr can lie counted by the
score and one can scarcely walk through
the lobby Of any hotel day or night with
out finding some of them getting in their
worl, to the best of their ability on the
members of the House. The average new
member is the subject of especial attcn-
ton on the part OF these people. He is
industriously courtcd by them from the
time lie puts IN appearance here, and uu-
less his head is very level lie is apt to have
good deal OF annoyance from them,
THE TAEIFF REFoBMEE.
The men who attract the greatest attcn-
ton arc the candidates for Speaker. Mr..
Mills is probably the most conspicuous
figure of all those who arc mentioned IN
connection with the pcakcrship, not thai
he is bigger either physically or mentali!
than the others, but because of his great
activity as tariff reform leader and the
large amount of talk that has been made
about his chances and his possible con-
ncction with Mr.. Cleveland in the cnmhl-
nation contest relative TO the SpeakerSltil
and the Presidency He is about htty-ilve
wears old and has been elected to Congress
nine times. He is about medium height,
possibly little below that, has not al
especially intellectual face, and figure
lust tending triec toward stoutness.
One would not think to look at him thai
he is capable OF developing 5000 horse
power state OF excitement in about one
second and quarter, but he is. II there
ever was a powder magazine his name l.
Mills, Put him in the chair and Tom
Reed on the floor and there would lie Il
liability OF an explosion Mt any instant
during the time Of tue Fifty sccond Con-
cress His voice is thin and shriIl, his
gestures energetic even to the extent OF
extreme violence, and he is liable to gel
so extremely excited that some minutes
arc required for him to recover from the
palcncss consequent.
TUE rESNEssEE AsPInAar.
Mr.. McMi|len, Of Tennessee, is the re-
verse of Mills in many particulars. Born
in Kentucky in lS45, he is several years
the Junior Of the fiery Texan, but has learn
cd better in his fewer years how t" contio.
lis temper 1t seldom happens that flr.
McMilen loses his temper or becomes suff'-
GENTLY excited in any way to lose control
of his good judgement. An observer would
scarcely expect it either for while he is
not red headed his long, heavy nfoustnchr
is. to say, in the least, an intense anbnrn'
and the little fringe oil hair which sur
rounds n large bald spot is the same hue.
though considerably darker. Personali!
he is the reverse of Mr. Mills, who is rather
morosc and unapproachahle IN his reIn-
TONS with those he meets, while McMillil
is always pleasing in his address, cordial
in his manner toward those he meets, and
has :: hearty grip of the hand which leaves
IN impression in both senses OF the word.
His vice is also the reverse Of Mills for
his voice is strong, heavy ami clear, max
ing itself heard distinctly above the roar
of the House in its most turbulent times.
AS parliamentarian there are few on the
Democratic side who equal him, perhaps
none who surpass him.
GEoRGIA's CANDIDATE.
Mr.. Crisp differs from both Mills and
McMilIen in several particulars. His head
is la rgerand rcundcr, though the bald spot
on it is quite on par with that of Mr. Nc
Milln; bis mustachc is shorterand darkor,
being deep brown, in fact almost black.
He was bonn in the same year that McMii-
lin was, and is an EnglishnnR by birth.
He qualities this fact, however, i'll his au-
photography by saying that he was born
in Sheffield, Eng, where he had gone on
visit. He differs, too, from Mills and
McMilen in his personal characteristics.
He ;s extremely quiet, but not morose; in
deed quite the reverse of that with those
who know him best He does not speak
as often in the House as does either BILLS
or McMillin, but he gets very careful at
tcniion when he does get upon his feet
While his voice is not strong, Or his gener-
al manner as vigorous as some OF the other
candidates, he would have good control oil
the House, largely by reason of the per-
soual respect that members on both sides
focI for. him He is the only one i'll the
trio from the South who indicates in his
Autobiography any service in the Confcd-
crate army, though it is understood thai
Mr.. Mills was a Confederate, but Mr.. Nc.
| Millin was not.
Among others who receive considerable
attention as candidates for Speaker are
Mr.. Hatch, OF Missouri; Mr,, Bynum, o
Indiana, and Mr.. Springer, of Illinois
They will scarcely he in the contest, how
ever, unless it becomes deadlock between
the leading candidates,
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