The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-29
A ROW IN THE CAMP
Southern Republican congressman Threaten
Vengeance ON Presidential Possibilities.
SOUTHERN CANDIDATE FOR DOORKEEPER
WAS Defeated by the Ohio-Indiaun
Combine, and Mr. Tiptou. often
ncssee. and Friends Are Not Choice
i'm Their Expressions in Reference
to This Inst Stnb Mt tho eSoutR.

=" AHeif expressions IN Reference
to This Inst Stnb Mt theSouth.
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 2S.-ir some
OF the Southern Republican Congress.
men make good their threats the pros
poets of two presidential possibilities
may be injured by the action of the
Ohio and Indiana delegations last night
III voting TO support the Mcdowell
Glenn-Russcll combination for the Of
hecs oil clerk. doorkeeper and sergeant
alarms OF the next House.
When the news reached the head
quarters of Mr.. Upton. of Tennessee
at midnight. who is the Southern can
didate Tor doorkccper. great indignation
was expressed. There were present i'm
MI. Tipton'S room at that lime Con
Srcssmen Brewer, Mccall, Gibson and
Anderson, of Tennessee: j. B Fortune
oi North Carolina; cX-Collector Archie
ltuSheS. of Tennessee. ana "A nuiubcr
oi state politicians from Kentucky and
North Carolina. heated discussion
OF the situation followed in which il
was repeatedly asserted that neither
Mch inlcy nor Harrison could secure
inc deicgations from these two South
trh states at the next Presidential Con-
rention after the refusal OF their dele
cations TO support the Southern can
didatc for doorkccrcr. Twenty-two of
me tWehtN-four Southern Ecpuhii-
| can conGressmen will caucus tonight
10 decide whom they will support for
enc or the House offices, 1t being the
belief that the combine will win without
the material opposition
Inc cuacus of Republican members
| OF the House from the Southern STATES
Tonight to determine upon a course OF
actioh III connection with the organiZa-
non of the House. was attended
| throughout by eleven members. IL was
! claimed that during the evening thar
| nitcen members were present but when
adjournment was reached only eleven
| inelnhrfS came out. These were
| Wills: oil Delaware; Baker. of Mary
iahd; l-inncy. OF North Carolina: Andcr-
SON Gibson. Brown and Mccall Of Ten.
mcssee; Dovcn"r. of West Virginia:
Evans, Lewis and Colson. of Kentucky
Senator Pritchard. OF North Carolina
ana Hon. II. Clay Evans. OF Tennessee
,nok part in ti,' conference by invita-
tion. Representative Evans of Ken
| lucky. presided. and Representative
Mccall, of Tennessee. acted as sccrc-
! ,atF. telegram was received from
representative Wellington, of Mary
| land. stating that he was confined 10
| the house by order of his physician
Otherwise he would have been there
! me caucus was held behind closed
| doors and after adjournment the scve-
raj member answered all inquiries
and positively refused 10 saw anythin..
| concerning their action. They even de-
clincd To say whether or not any ac-
| tion had been taken. II was learned
however that in the course OF the meet,
ing the situation WAS fully discussed
ana IN better temper than was dis
niayed last night by the friends of MIR
ipton, the Tennessee candidate for
ooorEcepei. when they heard of the ac-
| iioD of the ohio ami Indiana delegation
nf ho 81,
the southern members should 20 be.
lore the caucus Saturday night and ask
| recognition by the caucus of one OF the
pfnciphl officers from that part OF the
country. Another speaker advised
meeting "a solid column with a solid
| column, and i'll this spirit a resolution
| or motion was offered that the caucus
| vote 10 support Gen. Henderson for
Clerk; Ed. n. Parker, of Kentucky. for
Sergeant Arms. and MIR TiDton. of
Tennessee, for DOurkecper
iherc was some question as to wis
dom of this action, but one Of the mem
bers remarked that they might as well
act thus for were they now go 10 thn
support of the combination they would
get no preferred stock" IL had all been
issued. They would nail their flag to
! the mast and 20 down, If they must.
with colorS dying
The proposition to vote for the per
sons named was agreed TO, and the
caucus adjourned.
The thirtr-two members from the
Southern States, including the ten from
Missouri upon The basis of the caucus
tonight are divided upon the Clerk
snip as follows: For Mcdowell Nine
from Missouri, two from North Caro-
lima
For llcndcrson-Fou from Tennessee.
three from Kentucky. two from Mary
land one each from Delaware. West
Virginia, North Carolina and Missouri
tnpacc!-Thrcc from West Virginia.
| one from Virginia, one from Texas two
from Kentucky. one from Maryland.
| one from North Carolina.
While this caucus was in session n
conference of Gen. Henderson's friends
was being held in n nciGhboring hotel.
AZ its closc Representative Cannon. OF
Illinois, remarked to a reporter: There
is no change in respect of the caucus
TO be held on Saturday night. so far as
we are concerned. Gen. Hcndcrson's
| name will be presented as ii candidate
for Clerk and we hope that he will he
elected"
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