Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-27
NECK OR NOTHING.
SO SAY THE CANDIDATES FOR
HOUSE OFFICES.
They VIII Have No Other Positions
Than Those for which They Are
lions Now Forming.

WASHINGTON, November 2s.-There
are the usual conflicting reports to-day
regarding the contests for the House
Offices. With the arrival OF upwards of
100 Republican members. the lines are
being more tightly drawn. and greater
interest is excited as to the result.
One Of the reports in circulation to-day
was that the defeated candidate for Clerk
would probably be given the Office Of Ser
geant-at-Arms as compensation for
his failure to secure the office OF his
choice. The two candidates for this place
are ex-members. One Is Mr.. Mcdowell.
OF Pennsylvania, and the other is Gene
raj Henderson. of Illinois.
So far as can be learned, there Is no
basis for the belief that the clerkship Will
be settled in this manner. Mr.. Mcdowell
fatty says that he will be party TO
no such arrangement.
II am a candidate for the clerkship,
he added. Il want that or nothing. L
would not have the Office of Sergeant-at-
Arms, or any other Office but that OF
Clerk. II 1t was presented 10 me on sill
yer salver."
Mr.. w. J. Glenn, OF New York. who Is
a candidate for Doorkeeper. and who
has formed an offensive and defensive
alliance with the Mcdowell forces. and
Mr.. Benjamin Il. Russell. of Missouri,
who is also a member OF the Mcdowell
Glenn combination. as the candidate for
Sergeant-at-Arms, were present in Mr..
McDowelrs private apartments to-day
when that gentleman made the foregoing
declaration.
SO SAY THEY ALL.
When he had concluded Messrs. Glenn
and Russell each announced their dis
approval of any proposition which looked
to their acceptance of any Office except
that for which they have announced
themselves.
you may say for me- said Mr.. Glenn;
that / came here to make the fight for
the doorkeepership. l want that Office
and want no other. II fail to secure
IL I shall 60 home. / do not intend to
remain here and ask the support Of my
friends for anything else"
Mr.. Russell was equally positive in his
assertion that he wanted the office OF
Sergeant-at-Arms, and, falling to get that,
purposed retiring from the race.
OHIOANS AND INDIANIANs.
1t is expected that nine Republican
members OF the Ohio delegation will be in
the city tomorrow. 1t Is their intention
to hold an informal conference tomorrow
night, and decide what action they shall
take as a body with reference to the
House Offices. 1t Is believed that the
Ohioans will agree upon candidate for
Postmaster. II this be done. they VIII
give him united support. and endeavor
to effect an arrangement which Will result
in their candidates election.
The thirteen members from Indiana will
Hold a similar meeting, and IT Is assumed
that they will agree as a whole to sup
port the candidacy OF Captain Thomas
Mckee, who was the assistant secretary
OF the last National Republican Congress
sional Campaign Committee. for Sergeant
alarms, the office to which Mr.. Russell.
Of Missouri, aspires.
THE SOUTHERNERS.
The twenty-three southern Republicans
will caucus on Thursday night 1t Is re-
ported that they will be practically a unit
for Mr.. W. S. Upton. of Tennessee, who
is making a sturdy fight for Doorkeeper.
General Henderson's friends hold con-
sentative tone In discussing his chances.
Their candidate is a man of great popu-
larity, and Is widely known to public
men, a Ecsuit VI HE ioHB scIfitc u
twenty years In the House. General Hen
derson's personal popularity is believed
TO be one Of his great elements OF
strength. and his hackers are very hope
full to-day that he will win.
The belief. however. is ridiculed at Mr..
McDowells headquarters. At that place
1t is said that Mr.. Mcdowell and the
other members OF his combination will
enter the caucus with twenty-eight votes
from Pennsylvania. the twenty-eight from
New York. and the ten from Missouri
absolutely sure. The New Jersey votes
are also claimed for the combination.
Eight Of the Massachusetts members are
said to be committed to them, in addition
to sufficient number OF votes whose To-
cation Is not now desirable to make
public. which will insure not only Nc
Dowelps election. but that Of Messrs.
Glenn and Russell as well.