New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-15
" ANYBODY TO BEAT CRISP"
THE SPEAKERS OPPONENTS THINK THEY
HAVE CLEvELAND'S SYMPATHY.
WILLIAM L. WILSON SAID TO BE sLAlHo
FOR THE sPEAKERsHIP-JuDGE
CRISP Confident
far TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l


Washington jan l4-There is no longer any re'so',
N donbt that the leaders of the anybody tobea.Tsp
combination believe that they have the symPaony -
Mr.. Cleveland or that they expect AZ 'he pop.
70 have the benefit OF his official power and inhuehce
or course they may be laborng under a deusoi' W.
there can be no question that they rely upon 'e ~.
NJ the future President Indeed, some go so lar "S ~
,n,,o,a mat Mr. Cleveland has virtually decided that
william L. Wilson, Of West Virginia, shall be epeaAei
Of the next House OF Representatives, ana n"' "
the influence OF the next Administrator "n COL
erted II necessary, to effect that result VA ~
was chairman OF the National Convention ""'n o.
MIR. Cleveland his nomination In lo9@' as Io'0"'
Villas was OF the National Convention "hieh ,t q,
him I'm 1884 The latter was rewarded ~ 'ne e..
Cabinet appo,ntment and II was at FIRST assiiheu
Tint Mr. Wilson would receive Ike re"au, ou' "
Is now asserted by Mr.. Ceveland's fnehds ""' ,h
West Virginia statesman Is TO pe e'e'"'e' u...
sreohership instead through the influence ana e"o'
OF the incoming Administration. ,,aco
A Western Democrat who Is bitterly opposeu " '"'e
Crsn soid TO Tribune correspondent to-day
= I know. not by mere hcarsay. but by direc. per
conn, declaration. that Mr.. Cleveland Is strongly op
posed 10 Mr. Cnisp's reelection and that ne VIII nc
H. manifest nj the proper time. THIS oPpoi'o"
bascd not upon personal but upon party ero''u'
far as I know, he holds Mr.. Crisp IN n's" persona
regard. but does not believe him to be sAie n'a''
n, intrust with the speakership at the ontse' Oh an
u,usuo, difficulties and embarrassments. III Is ho'
unnatural for Mr. Cleveland TO feel thus lou must
remember that his friends including severai ieau"e
members OF his previous Cabinet acu'eE oppO''.
Mr. Crisp's election and advocated the eico'oh U,
Colonel Mills while the other hand inc eecuon "
Mr.. Crisp was actively and pcrsistenty pressca oy
Mr.. Clevelands htterest opponents ihciunne So"''0
IIill and the Tammany lenders
"Mr Cleveland believes his friends also believe
TINT ~ Colonel Mills had been chosen speaker inc
House would not only have been consistent IA enoi''
in behalf Of tariff reform. but would have taheh such
action rs would hnve resulted In sctueuchV OF INC
silver question: which promises to be the most airu'
and embarrassing subject with which the next Auno
trotion will have TO deal. II the committee had Deeh
ca organizcd by speaker Crisp to permit ~ ana ne
find used his influence to carry out tho pohcies 10
which Colonel Mills pledged, Mr. Cleveland ana MS
friends might have forgiven him and oncred no oo'eo
tlon 10 his reelection. despite the maisn Influences
which controlled his election But he has not car
rled out either policy, has he orlnccd any ais
poston to do so and II is only just that he shoud
be Judged by his acts rather than by any WVicss''
which he may now make
Another Democrat said: "You may depend upon
It that Cleveland will exert all his influence 10 com
pass Cnsp's defeat. j do not expect mat lie VIII
saw anything on the subject until after he has 'aHeh
tho oath Of Office; then when Congressman - -
him for favors YOU may be that they VIII
find IL difficult TO obtain them until they nave d'-
Glars, themselves Oh the Speakcr,hip, and sll more
difYcut unless they express preference Tor inc
fight man. believe that Wilson, OF West Virginia
will lie the next Speaker
This is all very interesting and will be more In
tcrcsting sill II 1t shall prove true. IL Is a!s'
OF interest In this relation. TO know that ule
authorship Of the interview yesterdays Tribune
is attributed BY Of the anti Crisp men mere 10
OK r,surance Commissioner Maxwell. Of Ncw-lork'
,rbo II has been asserted, + 10 be appointed 10 the