The sun., 1893-08-05
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
mn. CRISP TO BE NAMED FOR SPEAKER
AT To-NIeH1,s CAUCUS.

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on Monday and the Pre-ident's Message
Likely to Ne Read on that bny-Nohhe'
Springer to ne Chairman OF Ways and
Means, nor Holman OF Appropriation
Co-te-ts Over Minor Onices or the House
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The first caucus OF
| the Democratic members OF the fifty-third
Congress will bc held ut tho Capitol to- morrow
| evening when Representative Crisp OF Georgia
| will be nominated for second term as speak
| or OF the House, and when general scramble.
tho outcome OF which is tonight uncertain
| will take place for the offlces OF SerReant-at-
Arms. Doorkoeper. Chaplain. Postmaster. and
| Clerk. On Monday the nominees oil the eau
Gus will be elected In tho House. and soon
after Judge Crisp is sworn In as Speaker
| he will announce his list OF committees. He
has, Of course. already prepared his list
| although IL would be highly improper to state
| this officially. because Judge Crisp would not
| like to be accused Of having disposed OF tho
committee places before being chosen
| Speaker. The only important changes looked
for are the Chairmanships OF the Committees
on Ways and Means. Appropriations and Coin
age. Weights and Measures. 1t has long been
rumored that Mr.. Springer will not
be Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee again. that Judge Holman
will be succeeded rs Chairman OF the
Committee on Appropriations by younger
and less economical man. and that Silver
Dollar" Bland 10 too prominenta q free silver
advocate to again go to the head OF the Com
mittee on Coinage. Weights and Measures. the
committee that will have charge OF whatever
financial legislation Is to be proposed.
There is quite q scramble going on among
the so-caled leaders for the possession Of tho
important places from which these three vet
aro IN ha hon fn Ira h,,tt tha RI.
suit Of 1t is not yet apparent. In fact some Of
the shrewdest Democrats Of the House think
that Judge Crisp will settle the fight by reap
pointing all Of these men. and thus save him.
self from new antagonisms in the party. and
also from playing into the hands OF his OPP
Until the Presidents message is read to Con-
gress and there has been an opportunity for an
ellsaround consultation nothing can be known
Will hsa M sprsrsr Snfs
%en jnaso
opinion that it will continue until De;
al them ha~e Fhs opn
nts 01s OF C9nKbpessmen g ere generally as to the
them are waiting to see what President Cleve
land tells them to do before they express an
message will be brought to Washington to-
* the and will b put IL
tgpo wy ouC0. IL
thai It viii Be less dieut to On form an inteii
ea and what its fate viii be-
The tall form OF c. buckley Kilgore, tho
cham pion kicker OF the Texas delegation. was
conspicuous in the crowd OF assembled states
crisps % heedaSsrters. u Mr. dI Ksore has sGee ree
turned to Washi ngton prepared to advocate o
cScaso 1ns ape earrss al
rules which will prevent him and others from
reported from the Judiciary COMMITTEES favor
ably bly,. Mr.; kiGore proposes p to prepare an
that dilatory tactics in Congress have ire-
1uently saved the country from great disaster.
zress were good enough for the transaction
of the public business. and he win antagonize
% the fa hands Of the
Private advices. later and apparently moro
authentic than those received by tho State De-
oartment as to the movements of the Behring
or MORGAN cables his son that It will be i'm.
possible for him to leave Paris before Aug. 10
81 ssN
'ral days ago the Senator booked himself for
,na,ssage e, @ o. on steamer 1 selling on Aug s. and
rbitrators would be rendered this week.
from the language Of his cablegram It seems
lave finished their duties even by theI0th.
Official changes are announced in the Treas
Try Department as follows
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ct 'ss ss& s'9H Relt 1e Sn.sS
The archives Of tho Pension Bureau show
hat Deputy Commissioner Bell. who has made
everal public statements condemning the
stability pensions OF Judge Long and others, I
eat diseass: alleged e be the result 81 his
ecretary. Reynolds to tho effect that able.
odied veterans were @ M not entitled to pensions
e letter to the 6aags ls.so Mr
1st hat. hs had eGnsldsIsd himself sPitsa
ed draw the amount @ s Mr. Ro Bsl BS2eeT whsn sn,
lied thHt thing would
The Dolphin. with Secretary Herbert on 7
oard. reached Washington this afternoon,
he Secretary has been absent nearly month
the navy yards on the Atlantic
Speaking OF his tour. Secretary Herbert said
lat 1t combined much hard work and pleas !
,e experience had been a proftabie one fo 4
I'm In the way Of information acquired. Tho
M avy YARDS at Boston; Portsmouth and New
nd training station at Newport were INSPECT. 81
anu proved an interesting study. He said '
rat he would have some recOmm On dations 70 n
AXE to the President In his annual report az .
result q the visit. but did not care to reveal
The New York Congressman In town TO.
~ appeared to bo greatly interested
the contest over the Doorkeepership
the n House. Messrs Cummings. Covert.
le le delegation, seen about the various
eaaauarters. Mr., Cummings made no at.
urner. and he was sustained In this BIZ M.
pom nnsod 6s: Dp n the ether hand Mr. Covert said
overt circulated the report that Mr. Cnm ,