The New York herald., 1875-12-03
THE SPEAKERSHIP.
Randall's Strength Still Wax
ing Stronger.
CONFERENCE OF THE CANDIDATES
Tammany'S Corrupt Friendship Running
EcrFS Chances.
COX'S COMPLIMENTARY VOTE

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| WAsmSGToS, Dec q 1876.
The great triangular contest for the Speakorshp has
thrust aside for the present. least with the rank
and file of the crowd in Washington tho graver ques-
tion Of the rumored complications with SPAIN which
has made the air OF the national capital warke TOR
the past few weeks The crowd at the hotels has
diminished somewhat the number OF Office seekers
whose hopes of place have vanished with the drawing
OF the lines to specified few But the Congressman
coming in by every train, particularly the demo-
\ cratic members Of the House, whose presence
| is needed earlier and urgently on account
Of the issue involved in the question of the Speaker
ship OF the 2o2 Representatives there In town TO-
night about IS0 and OF these about I25 belong to the
| democratic side of the House
| ORGANIZATION DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
\ In the absence OF Congressional Democratic Com
mttee the last body Of that kind having gone Of
Office with the Forty third Congress- the organization
of the democratic caucus, which the speakership
is to be settled next Saturday, was as
sumed by the three candidates for Speaker
viz M essrs Randall, Kerr and Cox, who
assembled conference this afternoon The meeting
OF the three rivals very courteous and good
humored affair and held in private Anything like
cooness at dissipated by the genial Sunset
Cox, who opened the proceedings with short speech
in which he said that as this august assembage repre-
sentative OF the wisdom of the democratic party the
United States had for object the election to the
Speakership of less q parsonage than tho
Hon. S. s. Cox, OF New York. he was
| prepared to give 1t all the assistance in his
power Q.aughterl. This sally oiled the wheel and
brief deliberation resulted in tho selection OF L
! O. c. Lamar, of Mississippi, for chairman of
the caucus. 1t then agreed that each candidate
int ta nd nd hot tn
chairman should appoint committee OF three to
whom all resolutions introduced in the should
be referred without debate The effect OF this
measure will be to prevent acrimony the floor Of the
caucus.
RAEDALL's STRENGTH GROWING.
The nomination OF Randall is looked upon FORE
gone conclusion. He not only holds all the strength
which he did at the close OF the exciting canvass last
night but several additional votes pledged to him
1 to-day and during the course of this evening. The
very lowest OF hts vote the first ballot is eghtyAve
there straggers enough tho delegations not
yet canvassed to assure him of not merely enough to
nominate him. but of handsome majority the first
| formal ballot which will be the second Sunset Cox
has large following OF personal friends, anxious
to do him honor that he will be rendered large
plimentary vote on the first ballot Kerr's chances
have not been strengthened by the
| INDECENT ACTION or THE TAMMAHY MEN
in coming here with money to help his canvass the
of such unlawful looking like corruption and
bribery and rejecting seriously upon the
oct of their attentions The desperate character of the
Tammany movement in aid OF Kerr is in the
fer OF SO many tools of Kelly and wickham from the
City Hall to the obbes of the Washington hotels The
deliberate determination OF Tammany to secure the
Presidential nomination for somebody within It's ranks
or within its control also the reason why some Of
the Southern Representatives still hold aloof from
Randall notwithstanding the bargain proposed the
other night give the cerkship that section il
that ex Senator Gwn. OF California six months
| ago made tour of the South in the interest of Kelly
Co., 20 pledge votes for Kerr to make 1t a certainty
that the Spcakcrshp would not further East than
Indiana and initiate against the Tammany scheme for
nominating the next democratic candidate for Presi
dent.
KERR's nIsYoRrUNE.
IL is significant fact that money has been used or
offered to be used only in the OF Kerr II per-
cepble to-day that he had lost ground in every drcc
tion, Thus the North Carolina delegation held meet
ing this afternoon and decided unanimously go for
| Randall Two Of the Missouri men have pronounced
for Randall making three votes for him in that deega
ton Governor Throckmorton Is authority for saying
that the Texan delegation is a unit for Randall
which is plump vote Of for
him. The other Southern States known to
in doubt, but leans strongly in the direc-
tion.
KKRR's STRENGTH
lies in Indiana Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia. Missouri
and New York He claims at least half of the New
York delegation Tho closest cphering his behalf
in the whole number Of democrats in the caucus gives
him total Of only eghty-two votes The discovery OF
this weakness greatly discouraged the Kerr
this evening, and encouraged many to think that
| Sunset Coxs complimentary vote might be
next to the vote for Randall The Clerkshp
looks f 1t would go TO A. D. Banks, whose chances
slowly but surely strengthen with those Of Randall
Indeed there Is little to doubt the OF
'the slate" made up the other night viz. For
| Speaker, Samuel j. Randall Of Pennsylvania rhe
East; for Clerk, A. D. Banks, Of Mississippi the
south) for sergeant-at-Arms, John G. Thompson, ol
Ohio tthe wesp. There
DEsULroRY FOOL SELLING
again this evening the Imperial Hotel Randall opened
the avorte % against Is for the fed and nine
pools we're sold in this proportion, when q rumor go
anoai that the Southern delegations weakening
Randall and sales made at average Of 81
for tho field 20 for Randall but toward the close
the dealings he again went 10 the front and sold
against the neld About dozon pools sold on h,
Clerkship average OF 20 for Banks against II
for the ded the field comprising at least half dozer
| candidates.
PRESS OPINIONS ON THE SPEAKER.
SHIP.
The colossal proportions Of the joke OF Hendricks
beng in favor OF Kerr for Speaker begin to be appre
ciatcd IN Washington. Indianapolis JosrnGl trep)
1t is decidedly the fact that Mr. Randall appears 4
have the inside track in the for the spcakership
Philadelphia BaiIetin trepl
II thcre arc nos enough democratic votes TO elec
HIM We hope that he may some direct, practi
cal assistance from tho republican side Of the House
PhiladeipAia Bulletin rep
II we must have Q democratic Speaker should a