St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-23
CRISP IN The LEAD.
The Speakers Friends Conf
dent That He Will Sue
eeed Himself.
They Claim That He Will Have
$40 Votes in the
Caucus.
This They Claim to Be the Re-
suit OF a Careful Can
VaSS.
Senator Casey Surprised at
the Remarks Of Represent
alive Johnson.


events have caused a pretty free express
sion of the views of members of the
house on the subject of the speakerShip.
The talk OF an extra session early in the
spring (Which has now almost com
pletely disappeared) started gossip on
the speakership, and the Reform club
incident aroused livelier interest in
the question, There have been num-
Der of quiet gatherings IN small groups
OF members whose Interests and asso-
Citations were to some extent allied, and
the result is that the friends of the
speaker now assert with confidence that
ne will succeed himself, and some of
them express the belief that the Senti-
ment in his favor will be found to be so
strong that Mr.. Crisp Will have no OPP
position.
The views of large part of the mem
berS of the house and members elect
have been ascertained, partly, the
speakers intimate friends say, through
voluntary expressions. The result is
claim that 40 members have signified
their intention to vote for Mr.. Crisp for
speaker of the house in the Fifty third
congress.
The Speakers Friends
have been disnclined to give publicity
to the matter, becauSe,. as one Of his
close friends said. it might look like
Boosting on their part, but the matter
became generally known when it as
sumed its present shape. Mr.. Outh-
waite, of Ohio, VINO was one of Speaker
Wi, Sc, in hi
fight for the present SpeakerShip, con-
scented to be quoted. He said:
The friends of the speaker have as
certained the views of a large number
of members and out of total member
ship Of PIT Democratic members in the
next house. $40 have Sgnified that they
will vote for Mr. Crisp. 1t will take
only 100 to give him the caucus nOmina-
tioH. Yes, the claim is that no present
members not members elect to the next
hQ1se have been counted, but | think
is probably mistake, and that a few of
them have been included. On the other
hand, there are many new members who
have not been counted at all. | believe
that Mr.. Crisp will have more than that
number. and that he will have no OPP
position when the time comes. There
has been talk of Mr.. WilsOn,o t West Vir-
ginia; Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
and Mr.. McMillin as opponents of Mr..
Crisp for the Speakership, but up to the
present time, when we hunt for the OPP
position, it does not materialize. There
have been
No Pledges Made,
and no attempt at such thing-thiS is
simply what members have said were
their intentions. There has been some
talk that this was a contest on the part
of Cleveland men against Mr.. Crisp. No
man in Ohio has been more consistent
and continual advocate of Mr.. Cleveland
than myself, and it won't do to assume
that Mr.. Cleveland is entering INTO this
thing at all, for | don't believe that
lie is"
Another member vino is known as
VAIN friend of Mr.. Crisp, and did not
wish to be quoted, said:
There has been no canvass, nor any
pledges No one has sought to get
them, nor have there,as | understand it,
been any persons who have set about
the work of getting up list of mem
! berS: but great many members have
said now they Intended to vote. Some
| have told the speaker and others have
| spoken to his friends. The number
140-you name is correct, and think he
will get more votes than that. 1t IN
| cludes some new members who have
| expressed themselves, but | know at
| least fifteen new members VINO are not
! included, and, personally, am sure that
| some of them are for MIR. Crisp"
Representative Breckenridge, Of Ar
kansas, has been looked upon as likely
to be one of the leaders OF any opposi-
| ton movement Mr.. Breckenridge,
| v,ho,, ocL-ad ahpOt tha rpnOrtp0 noOVaS
today, said:
81 can't tell you anything about it,
for really don't know a thing on the
subject, and was
Not Aware of the Canvass
'Will there be an opposition to Mr..
| Crisp. or has the matter yet taken
shape?" was asked.
y could not at this time give you any
definite information one way or the
otls3r. think it is too early to speak
ab6-t the ne Xt speakership."
| Congressman w. NJ. Springer, being
shown the FOREGOING statement. sad he
| did not know that any information on
the subject had been given out
| for publication. but he had taken
S0nse pains, with other members
| Of the house, to ascertain the views of
members in reference to the reelection
| of Speaker Crisp; that at least $40 out
! of PIT Democrats who we're elected to
| the next house declared their intention
| to vote for the reelection of Speaker
| Crisp. and that he had no doubt but that
many of those not heard from would
| also vote for his reelection. And why
not2" Mr.. Springer asked. 'Mr. Crisp,
| has. by an able discharge of the duties
of the office, fairly earned the
| compliment of reelection" Mr..
| Springer added that none but members
eject to the next house were included in
| the 40 Crisp men. He added:
'..Phe printed list, furnished by the
| clerk, of the membeYS- elect to the next
house was taken, and no name was in
cluded unless the man was member
! elec: to the next house and had certifi-
| cate of election"
Cleveland Friendly to Crisp.
NFw YORK, Dec 2l.-A morning pa
! per undera Washington date says: Don
| NJ Dickinson, who has been here for the
| pasttWo weeks in conference with prom
| inent Democrats in the senate and
| house, had a long interview with Speak
! er Crisp today in the speakers private
| room Mr.. Dickinson assured Mr.. Crisp
! tlRst MI Cleveland and Democratic
| friends were in no way responsible for
the unfortunate occurrence at the Re-
! form CLUB. Speaker Crisp would say
nothing about the conference for pub
licatlon except that it was mutually
| dsf1sabe and satisfactory, and related
| only to the result Of the late election
+ anG the political situation. Several
| ma&bers of The house with whom Nj.
Dickinson has talked about his visit here
4 49, ~ I'M hoe knnD rauOil1O tho can