New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
OLD LEADERS BOWLED OVER.
BAILEY. OF TEXAS WINS THE ptMoNhNI'

EArIEY OF TEXAS. Wins IhE btMONhNil'
xoMrNATIoN FOR SPEAKER.
washington. March 10 (SpccaD-It was some
what pccnliar caucus which was held in the Hall Of
ponrasentatlves this afternoon 20 nominate Demo-
cratic candidates for Speaker and other officers Of
,b Iouse of Representatives. which is 10 assemble
on Monday one Of its pecularities was that there
anncarcd 10 he considerable uncertainty as TO who
had a right to take pari in IL. Clerk Mcdowell. OF
the House OF Representatives. in making up the
"caucus roll" had attempted to classify the vari-
ous clements OF the opposition to the Republican
majority as democrats" "Populis;s." "Fusionsts'
and "silveritcs." Some OF the men whom ne had
classified as 'Fusionsts" repudiated the designation
and insisted that they were Democrats ana ehtl'~d
10 all the privileges Of the caucus. me Denocrauc
leaders themselves were at loss 10 say Whether
or not certain "so-caed" Democrats should be al
lowed I'm the caucus. For example. there was Mr.
uo,i.er of PENNSYLVANIA, VINO claims to he a DEM
o.ra, but who voted for Mckinley and Hobart last
fall And there were others. Mr.. McAeer did not
appear at the Capitol and consequently no test was
apn,icd TO ascertain his political orthodoxy
The caucus was peculiar in another respect and
that WAS the keen rivalry among the candidates for
the several offices which none OF them could hope
% no chosen Mr. McMillin OF Tennessee. one OF
rho candidates for the Speakership nomination. es-
tablished himself in the room or the committee OH
WAYS and Means and Mr. Bailey. OF Texas another
candidate for the same nomination. had MS mead
in or the committee OH
tons silver D'ck' Bland. of Missouri, had not
arrived but his friends raised his banner and bore
IN the front where 1t wen; down In :he dust 40 II
did al Chicago last summer The veterans were
routed In the short but sharp engagement whch io'-
lowed the spirited Canvass. and Bailey. the young
Texan who first took his seat In Congress SIX years
ago was voted into the leadership Of his party over
the hcads OF Bland and McM.ln. veterans or twenty
and eighteen years service respectively
The honor Is not wholly an empty one, ana IL en-
tails RESPONSIBILITIES which sometimes become
,roublesone and heavy and difficult to carry. Mr;
R,iley is "A Young and rising man. however, ana
since he resigned the custodiansnlp or the tohst-
tuiIon of the United States, which he assumed after
The re,lrement OF General Reagan from Congress:
ha has learned some things ~hich have benefited
him His mind has been more sensitive 10 current
imnrcssIons lie WAS a member OF the committee on
The Judiciary In the last two Consrssses ana VIII
nTobably be- promoted TO the Committee on ways
and Means n he desires it. lie was also appointed
p member OF the Committee on kules IN thc iast
Congress to MI the vacancy caused by tne ueatn or
judge Crisp. OF Georgia. ,, =, :, t,,
THE other nominees were as follows: T. d Bdgiey,
of the District OF Columbia chaplain james Kerr.
of Pennsylvania clerk; II III, Moher,. OF illinois,
sereeant.at-arms: G, NJ. Crookshank. OF Alabama,
doorkeeper: T. g. Stackhouse. OF South Carolina.
postmaster Isaac Hnl, OF Ohio; George Brownng. Of
Virginia; FELTON, Knight. OF Georgia, ana James
English. OF California. special employees