The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-08
SOrlE CONTESTS
FOR SPEAE<ERSHIP

thing seemed to please Alm after 1854
The shaltu OF his sarcasm were yOluted
at Mckinney, and he kept away from
the White house. In a cut and thrust do
date Reed WAS irresistible. except BY Crisp,
and no one wno ever Witnessed scene
IN the House whe nthe blood OF mem
bers was up and everybody was tull VI
The 10y OF baltic cun forget this et1ect
OF his comma ndlng figure Oh tue hepuDu-
can oide.
The Aills-Crlsp race for the speaker
ship was one OF the most exciting, und
the contest was really a test OF the
strength OF Grover Gle. Gland IN Congress,
which left WOUNDS That are We, unAealed
and paved the way Tor the great schlsm
that followed.
The leading candidates were Roger Q.
Mills, OF Texas, and Charles r. Grasp. OF
Georg.n, while Wiliiam Hatch. OF Mis-
sour.; William 81. Springer. Of illinois.
and William s. Holman, t"great oDJec-
tor'J, Of Indiana, were also In the race.
Hatch had been early withdrawn, and
his following split between Crisp and
M.i.B. Sp.nser vent over to Crisp, and
after some close work, In which Catch
iAes, Of Mississippi. Cr.sp's lieutenant,
maze some promises. Holman withdrew.
and with his handful thrown to lhe
Georgia men, WAS able 10 give him
bare majority. Mills was bitterly dlsap-
po.n,ed. as were mis- Immediate friends.
He belonged to that coterie which Gus
tered about Carlisle. and until tho ap-
peaiance of Crisp on the scene had DOM
mated the Democracy OF the House.
ANOTHER CONTEST.
The contest had been 80 bitter that
Crisp did not reappoint Mills to the
Ways and Means craftsmanship, which
was given to Springer. who landed VIM.
j. Bryan OIL the same commlttee W.sh
linn. Holman was REWARDED With the
Appropriateness. Another trking contest
for the Speakership with five candidates
occurred just previous to the Fiity.sec-
ond Congress-. These were Thomas B.
Reed VIM Mckinley. Joseph G.. Cannon,
David B. Henderson and julius Caesar
Burrows. After the FIRST ballot the last
three dropped out and the contest was
between Reed and Mckinney and Reed
was elected by a fair majority. Among
the prominent members who have real
lied tile disappointment OF their amb!-
on for the Speakership are Serene
Payne, of New York; Champ Clark, Ut
Missourl: Oscar Underwood, of Alabn.
ma; James D. Richardson. Of Tennessee;
Joseph w. Bailey, Of Texas Charles 3.
Littleheld, of Maine; James Sherman, OF
New York and many others. Holman.
Kelley. oNeil, Harmer. Cox. John
Reed, Mercer and Dick Bland, each with
d quarter Of a centurys service In the
House To his credit all failed to reach
the speukership. So did Alexander Stew
ems, Joshua r.. Glddings and several oth-
err eminent statesmen with House rec-
ords little short Of those named. Sunset
Cox furnished another example OF DIS
appointed political ambition. He was
several times the popular candidate for
Speaker, but being known as the "mem.
Der of Infinite jest" he was always defeat.
ed by the solid qualities OF Samuel Ran.
dali the protection Democrat. whose
work against the force b u and WI ose
rugged honesty Of conviction commanded
the admiration of Democrats and Repub.
llcans alike, and enabled him to come
mand a sufficient following to defeat
Morrison's famous tariff bill. General
Charles II. Grosvenor, McKinleys
spokesman on the floor Of the House; w,
r. Hepburn, Of Iowa, Joseph w. Bnb-
cock, of Wisconsin,; Tnwney, OF Mime
sofa, and John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania.
may also be mentioned among sap.
all the political disappointments OF mod.
ern days. perhaps. fell to the lotNof two
OF the most famous among the famous
Speakers. Baine and Reed died 5000
after tho blight of their Presidential as
piratons, At his home on xteen'h
Street Just two weeks before his death
close political friend called 10 Sc
Mr.. Blaine and made complimentary re-
ference to his grolious footprints On
the sands OF time,"~,
"Al.," said Mr.. Blaine In serious, pa
thetic tones, .'the shifting sands! ths
shifting sands!" No words could indicats
more clearly how keenly he realized tbs
disappointment of his political hopes,