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Show ' since 18?. is very popular, still youn ; nnd n skillful parliamentarian. IIn in of English liirtli, born in Sheffield Jan. 2!l, is 1."), I) n t wag brought to Georgia Geor-gia as soon as his purer. 1 8 could safely travel with him, entered tho 01? aki.es F. CRISP, Con federate army at the age of 10, and rose to the rank of lieutenant. By profession he is a lawyer, law-yer, and has held judicial offices repeatedly. repeat-edly. It i claimed for him that in tho most exciting limes in congress ho never loses temiier or self possession. His most prominent southern rival for the honor is Iloger Quarks Mills, of Texas, who is sufficiently well known. He has served continuously in congress since is;:i. William Henry Hutch, of the First or Hannibal district of Missouri , will be a candidate if presented by tlu unanimous Missouri delegation. He is a Ki ntuckian by birth, 07 years old and a Confederate veteran. W. C. P. ISrock-inridge, ISrock-inridge, of Kentucky, also a Confederate veteran, completes the list from the south, unless W. Z. Wilson, of Weft Virginia, be included. He also is an e.t-Coiifedorate, e.t-Coiifedorate, has nerved three terms in congreea and is abundantly qualified, but his friends question if ho lias the physical endurance for the place. From the north and west are several aspirant, of whom the most prominent is probably William M. Springer, of Illinois. Illi-nois. He is B4 years old, has served continuously con-tinuously in eight congresses, and had some previous experience in tho Illinois legislature. To mnumal vigor aud firmness firm-ness in debute he adds a suavity which half disarms his opisments. From tho neighbor stat of Indiana comes William Will-iam 8. Holman, sometimes humorously called tho "Great Objector," who ha lieen longest in congress of any aspirant continuously since WW and has been teacher, lawyer, judgi, member of tho legislature and of tho Indiana constitutional constitu-tional convention of 1M0. Ho is a na-tivo na-tivo of tho district he represents, and 63 years old. Daniel N. Lockwood, of the F.rie or Ruffalo district of Now York, is prominent promi-nent largely by reason of his peculiar relations to ex-President Cleveland. It Ik matter of oft repeated history that he nominated Mr. Cleveland successively for sheriff, mayor, governor and president, presi-dent, lie was horn nojr Buffalo in 1M4, was graduated from Union college, is a lawyer and man of wealth and cnlturo. Ho served in the Forty-fifth congress. ! WIFCKINIUDOK. HOI, MAN. LOCKWOOD. I WILSON. OPRINOr.R. and was made United States district attorney at-torney by President Cleveland. These names do not quite complete the list, but they are the most prominent at present. THE SPEAKERSHIP. j j (nme of the Men Wllllne to Wield the ! Gavel In the Kext Cuiigiiw. Thwt the speaker of the national houRo of representatives hi a man of power ! nd ia prominence next to the president D.'c facts so well known that as soon a ' "the araoke of battle cleared away" ! after the recent election all the active Democratic politicians and editors fell : lo f.pecnlating on fue man for the Fifty- : 6jiiid congress, 'lliero u plenvy of , frool material, and a dozen men are al-ready al-ready aawed by their frien'is. : Chilli Frederick Crisp, who has rep- , resell tcJ the First district of Georgia j |