Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-25

Though there are not enough members in the
city yet so.excite. any marked activity, all the
spcakership candidates except Mr..
Hatch have opened their headquarters
Informally. Mr.. Mills and Mr. Springer
will each. have two sets Eof headquarters.
Mr.. Mills will be at Wizards and the Metropol-
itan and Mr.. Springer will be at the National
and at Wizards. Mr.. Mills has opened head
quarters at the Metropolitan in parlor No.
lsl and will be there himself two or three
times a day and in the evening.
Messrs. Breckenridge Of Arkansas, johnson of
Ohio and Brookshire of Indiana will be in
charge of these headquarters. At Wizards,
where Mr.. Mills lives he will be assisted in
looking after things by Mr.. Bynum.
MIR: Springer has headquarters at the Ma
tonal. where he has n parior. reception room
and two consulting rooms. decorated and fixed
mp for the campaign. Some of the Illinois
delegation are here now. but most OF them are
expected to arrive on Saturday Ther will
then take charge Of his interests. He will di-
vide his time between the National and Will
lards.
Mr.. McMillin has opened up at the Metro
politan in parlor No. 179. and Mr.. Crisp has
room iSs and parlor 1876 at the same hotel. Mr..
Hatch is expec ted on Saturday or Monday. ac-
comPanied by the rest of the Missouri dele
CATION.
CANDIDATES FOR MINOR OFFICES.
The candidates for minor Offices of the House
are to be found in numbers about town. Mr.
Kerr and Mr.. Crutchfield, two Of the candidates
for clerk. are located at the Metropolitan. as
arc also DR.. Fisher, formerly assistant post
master. who if a candidate for postmaster. and
Mr.. NJ. A. Turner of Arkansas who is
candidate for sergeant-at-arms. Mr.. Dalton
and Gen. Clark, who are candidates for the
clerkship, have not established Headquarters
m N q ha m rh
they are found thickest Gen. Field, who is
among those who want to be doorkeeper has
not yet established headquarters.
Mr.. Turner, the energetic New York candi-
date for doorkceper, has gone to New York for
Thanksgiving. and Mr.. Kerr is off for Philadel-
phla tc spend the day there.
There Is comparatively little activity at any
OF the headquarters as yet. but few members
being in the city. The few who are here have
spent the day calling on the several candidates
with commendabie impartiaiity.
1t is insisted on behalf OF all the several can
didates that none of them will follow the ex-
ample Of Mr.. Bynum and withdraw from the
contest, and it is denied that there is any COM
blnation between candidates, either those run
ming for the same office or those running for
different ot1ices.
EACH CANDIDATE APPEARS HOPEFUL.
Each candidate looks and speaks as hopefully
as possible under the circumstances surround
in6 niiu, anu lut lrieHds OF eacn talk Win the
greatest confidence. The extremely hopeful
light that illumined Mr.. Springer's headquar-
tiers led some one to quote something about
hope Springering eternal in the human breast.
Mr.. Carlisle. it is said has gone to New York
and will go from there to Boston i'll the inter-
est of Mr.. Miils candidacy. Henry George is
in the city and called on 5Ir. Mills, whom he is
understood to favor for Speaker.
Mr.. Caruth of Kentucky IL in charge of the
canvass of Mr.. n. T. Crutchfield of Kentucky.
who was several years Mr.. Carlisles clerk. He
is also Mills man and said today that he did
not see how Mr.. Mills could be beaten
He estimated Mr.. Mills strength at
80. but insisted that most Of the
members are still unpledged. Mr.. Springer
and Mr. McMil!in express the opinion that COM
paratively few of the members are as yet
pledged in any binding way. The Crisp men
say that they believe their estimate of ia as the
strength of their candidate is very conserva-
tive. An estimate made by some of the oppo-
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