The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-26
4 Pictures Of the Leading candi-
dates for Speaker Of tho
House. !.
|Ills IL Irrapulsive, Hot Headed,
But q Man of Acknowl-
edged Ability.
|lsIp ii m Engllsh,nan Nv Rlrtll---sprlnKsr
Of sprlngtleld-HAtoii McMllltn "
ana Wilson. .

! WA JuHH you Al VAO 0ESssAW &
H. t the next house Of representatives.
10 principal candidates are still MILLS of
Kan, Crisp OK Georgia, Springer 81 Iii.
iii, Hatch Or Missouri, MCMILLAN Of Ten
|asseAnd Wilson at Weat Virginia. Theas
|obabIy stand ia the order named no Tar as
eir strength at present IL concerned.
aare are other candidates., but they aeenl
have entered the race simply to give
emselvss prominence, 10 TINT the apeaker,
hosyer he may be, shall look upon them
III favor when he comes TO make NJ his
" Of committees. Crisp ii said 70 have
. assurance Of the Influence ofsTammany
iii in his canvass. In many quarters be iat
gardel$ a. the safest man the democrats
Iuld, choose. Wilson il . remarkably able.
AN and ID making q strong canvass. Mills.
HON everybody now regards ~ ~ thoj.
ia, ID impulsiye and hot-hoaded and pos
sses Characterization the most remote from
lose which d speaker should possess.
There has been no talk Of n republican
,mina,tion. II ID an empty honor at the
oBt, but ID all probability il WILDE given
acolamation to ex-Speaker Reed, Az
~ rate, lie will be the republican Lender.
Roger q. Mills, Of Texas, ths leader 81
ID last democratic house under Cleveland,
as born in Kentucky. He has been IN
exaB5 over d quarter q q century. He was
iucateu in the common schools, but at ~
bars Of age was thrown upon his Y re-
Purces. All the b~aginnlng q sne waite
emit into the confederate army an q mem
b ii Of the, Tenth Kentucky reg iment. He
bceiyed three bad wounds rs ais
his devotion to the lost cause. AT thu
ose OF the war Mills became 4 lawyer in
exas. and soon acquired q prominence il
ate politics. He WAS first e%lected&to the
brty-third congress, and at each snoc 9
u election since then he has been re-
lrned. ~ +. s&s !, d
Mr., Mills hons Ia at CDrslcana, lex.
[is district comprises a rich farming and
eoek-groWing region in the central pArto 81
he state and contains many important
pwns. 5 s4 .-..
When at Washington Nj. and Mrs. Mills
eside on g street ~ 4 pleasant ana fashion ll I
ble quarter. They have Q children, al
rown. me son, Charles, ID the fathers
rivate secretary and assistant clerk TO the
Dmmittce on ways and means. i
MIR. Mills owns considerable 5renl estate in
nd around Washington, though renting
10 house lie lives in. Al chairman OF ths
Fays and means committee he has been q
cry hard worker in congress. H. made
ID 1lESu AHOA1 pE1SSAA oAA ~ aSs- - - -
q, 1888. Fl
Congressman Charles Frederick Crisp, OF
Eeorgia, has d bald head, a small dark mus.
ache and a foreign air. He was born ct
|hetfield, England, sforty-six years ago. but
kas brought to this country before the ex-
R~iration Of his firRt year. He received lye ! {
omInon aohool education in Savannah and
kIAcon, and in May, 1861, enlisted IN the
onfederats army as d lieutenant in Com
any Il, Tenth Virginia infantry. he wal
hade a prisoner Of war in May, 1864. Upon
i'd release from Fort Delaware, in June,
865, he joined his parents NJ Ellayllle, Ca.
nd was admitted to the bar at Amerlcus III
Pointed solioitor-Reneral Of the southwest
ia Judicial circuit, and was feapp0inted
Or q term of four years in 1873.
In June. 1877, he was appointed Judge OF
he superior court of the same circuit. The
GLOWING year he was elected to the same
flee BY the general assembly. He was re-
lected for four years IN 1851, bat ~ looi
(ept the democratic nomination for CON
Eress. He was permanent president Of the
lemocratic convention which nomlnatac
he candidate for governor in 1883. lie WI
klected to the last four congresses, ana ma
been looked upon as the natural heir to the
kpeakership. Asa presiding officer ne y
harp, snappy and aggressive. lie has
lH0O bHd OA0b VI oAS - 1891
md is a strong candidate.
William M. Springer, Of Springfield, lll:
Eas born in Sullivan county, Ind, May 30
1885, In51848 he removed to Illinois witt
liz parents and graduated from the Indian,
tate university at Bloomington, IN l6bs
Ayear later he WAS admitted TO the bar
He was secretary Of the state constitutions
convention of Illinois in 1862. In 1871 an
1921 e was d member Of the state legisla
(ure. He was first elected to the Forty.
kourth congress AZ NJ democrat, and ha
1ean returned to Washington at every auo
feeding election since. IA
He has always played an honorable par
among the leaders Of his party il the hous
Ind has been noted for his aggressive man
ler. Mr.. Springer was a prominent mem
ser of the joint congressional Commute
That originated and reported the bill Great
NJ the electoral commission for settling
Ehe disputed Ha.yes--Tilden election, and b
WAS also d member Of the committee tina
exposed republican frauds il the south.
William Henry Hatch, OF Hannibal, Mo
was born i'll Scott county, Ky. Sept. y
1888, and was educated at lexington. X,
III September, 1864, he was admitted to tt
bar and began practicing law. He wa
elected oircuit attorney of the Sixteent
judicial circuit Of Missouri in October
1853, and reelected to the came position !
1860. He served in. the confederate army
and was commissioner cMptaln Nnu ..s1lh'
Init adjutant general in December, 1862. i
March of the next year he WAS assigned =
duty dis assistant commissioner Of exchanR
under the cartel, and continued in this po
sition until this close Of the war. He ws
elected 70 the Forty-sixth congress. and re
elected to each auoceeding oonRrass.
Congressman Benton MoMillin, Of til
fourth Tennessee district, is a SPARE built
energetic, blonde-mustached man. earnea
and vigorous in mind and body and hs
aidate for the speaksrship. He was. hor!
Ii Monroe COUNTY, Ky, Sept. IL, 1916. III