The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-27
THE TEXAS SENATOR.
The Governors Selection Created Much
Surprise at Washington.

WASHINGTON, April o. The appoint
ment of Senator Chiffon by Governor Hogg
of Texas occasiOned great surprise here.
1t was generally believed that 1t was ar
ranged tnat Mills should have the Senator
ship, which would result in the SDeakership
OF the next House going to Crisp. Not
much seems to be known OF Chiffon other
than that he has the reputation in Texas of
being a brilliant orator.
Reagan, who was one of the picturesque
characters of the upper house, is known
about the capitol as ''the last relic of the
Confederacy." He was Postmaster General
and later Secretary of the Treasury of the
Confederate Government. Since the Con-
federacy dissolved he has spent his time,
after his political disa abilities were removed,
first i'll the lower house and then in the
upper branch of Cong ress. OF late years
he has lost his grip on Texas politics. and
realizing his reelection to the Senate to be
an utter impossbility it is said he was only
too glad to become party to a deal by which
he could be let down easy into the presiden-
cy of the Railroad Commission of his native
State, five years Off worth $4,000 per
aunum. The work is to his liking, as he has
always taken great interest in railroad af-
fairs. being member of the committee
which framed and reported the Interstate
Commerce Act His explanation Of his
failure to vote on the occasion when that
bill passed the Senate, is one of the memoirs
OF the Forty-elghth Congress. He explained
that when the vote was taken he twas down
stairs taking bath. A thing never before
dSne in my life" Of course he meant that
he was never before absent on such an i'm
portant vote, but his friends Insisted on
"guying" him about his admission that he
had never bathed except on that occasion.
Il Is known that Mills heart was set on
RpqOnD'S scat and this will ba Eic In
in the House, whether he obtains the Sena-
torship or not. Indeed, he has very recently
stated as much in a public interview. More
over, he has maze pretty thorough canvass
Of the Democratic members of the next
House, and is discouraged at the prospect Of
realizing his Speakership ambition.
The New York Sun, in an article this
morning, devotes several columns to prove
that Crisp is just as ardent frre-trader as
Mills, and therefore the charge made that he
is not in sympathy with the tariff policy Of
the Democrats, being found TO be false,
should not initiate against him.
The Sun article then proceeds TO disprOve
the charge made that Crisp Is Prohibition
ist. The following sentence from the Suns
serious article causes a broad smile in
Crisp's Congressional associates have ever
suspected him of being Prohibtionist.
Therefore Crisp, being a free-trader and
addicted to the flowing bowl, is admirably
htted Tor the Speakershlp oil the Democratic
House of Representatives.
The Sun is evidently trying to fire the
Democratic heart in the interest of Crisp.
A staff correspondent being sent to investi-
gate the Indiana political situation tele-
graphs Democratic paper of New York as
follows: "Jhe leadership of Ex-Governor
Gray goes without saying; of Voorhees,, as
an orator and statesman of commanding i'll
fiuence, every son of Indiana is proud; of
Senator Turpie great hopes are entertained; !;
but these distinguished representatives
would be the first 20 frankly cUncede that
and sagacious- leadership Isaac P. Gray
excels. As a proof of this leadership, al
though no formal notice has been made,
it is the fixed purpose of the Indiana Demo-
Gratis 10 present the name of Ex-Governor
Gray to the coming National Convention as
their choice for President in 1892. pedging
to the Democratic party their unfalterng
devotion and the electoral vote of the
State. This declaration, scarcely yelled,
was made in recent interview with Sena-
tor Voorhees, which has gone the rounds Of
the press, in which that Democratic leader
declared for Hill and Gray" for President
and Vice-PresIdent in 1892, or the ticket re-
yersed, as might be the pleasure of the Ma
tional Convention. But while there has
been no beating of gongs for outside effect
among Democratic leaders by the men who
marshal the Democratic hosts to battle IN
this State the programme is we'll unde r
stood. Ask any one you encounter IN this
city who the Democracy of Indiana are for
for President and the unavailable answer
returned is Governor Gray"