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Show The Knrakeeslllll Central. WAtifi.NUTuM, Dec. 8. Tho ruost remarkable re-markable contest, In the oplnhu of old and exrJrueed Congreuiueii, for the akershipof the House oriteprtsenti-lives oriteprtsenti-lives that has taken 1 lai e for itiutiy ) tart Itad reached t'inlast day thltmornlnif, with un maleilul chanae In thu altiu Hon. Theullack oil Mrluger' lonea drilgnrd tobrlniralioullhevilthitiawal of the Illinois caudldme continues, but Bprlngnr said this morning Ihat lie would not be forced to letlie by defection defec-tion lu hit uwn ranks; 'hat he la still Ittolved lo so Ulore the caucus and nick lo Ihe end. A great de.il of Indignation la ixprmed by riptluger'a warmest suppottert at the nkuiiiotinient of his eanVAss by mimbtrtof his rjtatedeligatlou. The other taudldalea ate still confident of success. The two leaders In the rate still exprris coulldeutu or Miming, but regard thu situation1 ret various arid critical. l.ucli man ktinwu to be lu doubt la kojt In sight, and no jrsuaslon la i.mllted lo luiluce hltil to tlellnltely lledgo himself. It la generally believed be-lieved that not more Ihair ElM mem-I mem-I era will go Into caucus. The cell-luatit cell-luatit given show Ihat the leadert themselves are not far apart, If their calculations are correct, and runder It possible that aleenteel or votes for minor ciiidnlalea, until Ihelr Hag It burled aud the day lost, may give the victory one way orother. Till! CALCl't. Thu hall of the House began to fill up after one o'clock, though more than hall the niemU're present utd not possets tho ollng; privilege. Hoveral caiidlJatre havu taken up their head-tpiartert head-tpiartert lu the commltu-e roomt acroa urn corridors Irom the hall. Judgu Hotmail Inn not yet auccci-da lu arranging ar-ranging the programme fur tho conduct of the caucus. He tald the nominating siaechea would bo limited to Avu mlu-utea mlu-utea and Ihe seconding iaeohea to two, The order uf placing Ihe taudl-dale taudl-dale lu illumination wuul I prubably be Mills, Crisp, Hprluger, McMlllau and Hatch. The Illinois delegation held an lu-formal lu-formal muling Ibis moruli g and once more decldetl tu stall., by Hi ringer, though aiiothtrmtetlulf will bu held before the caucus. TIIK VIHST 11AI.UIT. The first ballot for a eaker resulted, aa fulluws: Crisp WJ illlla 7J; Hprlnger ,kt; MoMlllau 111, Hatch. 14, aud Hleveua7. Tin: ri.CMXl) 11 A 1. 1 JIT. Crispin; Mills 7H Hlnluger z?, 51c Mlilan 18, aud Hatch H. |
