The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-30
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LateS. News from Washington.

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Lates! News from Washington.
Especial te,e gram to ,he Dispa.ch.I
WAsHrseToy, November u. Members OF
Congress are arriving By every train. Can.
|sdidates for offices, high and low, are multi
plying every hour, until 1t seems that by Che
end Of the week there will be- Ia the field
and vigorously at work at least threescore
more OF petitioners for places than there
a7s offices in the gift Of the House. This,
Of course, does not sllude to the
higher positions, where the candidates are
Bill we'll known, but there are enough Of
these to stattle the strangers who are con-
staDtsy arriving with eyes open to their indi..
vidnal Interests. The speakerahip 5csldron
has been boiling to-day with increased in...
tensity, and one can get any number Of
iopinIens in the shortest possible time.
Fernando 4 W God fss Withdrawn from
the contest, and although ihes has not
given Indications either personally or
by the Z representa- atoms Z Of .his friends
of having been even moderately actiTein the
canvass, bis retirement has heightened some.
what the interest Id the fight. A variety Of
'speculations have sprung out Of The action
on the part ef the member from New Fork,
and the friends Of the candidates remaining
ON the ground are earnest In their declara.
lions Of The benefits that win accrue to their
respective friends by this move. Wood
ayows that. he is pledged to no, one, and that
his ,Wfthdra wal carries no special significance
beyond the fact that be did not care to enter
the contest There probably WIS never ape
Rod when, the .adherents of the different
candidates for Speaker were more sanguine
OF success than they express themselves to
be at this time, and this fact increases the
difficulty of a solution of the great problem
thus early. The judgment of many very
dispassionate lookers-on tonight is
that the chances are very favorable
to Kerr, and limitations are not wanting that
some Of the support expected by the friends
of Sunset Cox will find its way to the In-
dianian, who tonight is in excellent spirits.
Randall is equally compIacent, and Cox by
no means respondent. The Randall men
are probably: thes more jubilant, but all
are working like beavers and let no stone
remain unturned that can assist the cause
of the favorites.
The members of the House have not min.
gled together much, and even the compara-
lively few who are in the city, being many
of them new men, have not had a chance to
become acquainted with each other. These
new members, all Of them veritable inno-
cents as far as the wiles and seductions
of Washington political manipulstors
are concerned, are pounced upon very
soon after leaving the trains that bring
them here, and are SO confused they
become that at the present time it is diff
fcuIt for many of them to know what they
will do when the time comes for decisive &C.
ton. About fifteen candidates for the clerk:
ship are in the field, aud every man of them
thinks his chances are frst.class. Nearly
all are from. the South, while the
candidates for doorkeeper and post
master, elective Offices, and the few
positions Of appointment from librarian
to caterer, range throughout every section of
the country. Some of the gossips tonight
assert that in the event of Kerr's election to
the speakership the clerkship is between
WedderburD, of Virginia, and Du Bose, OF
Georgia. Both Of these candidates are active
tonight, and, like the candidates for the of.
flee Just above them, are equally confident
aud have friends willing to go to their utmost
length to insure their success.
Judge Harris, of Virginia,.i here, and was
called on tonight by large number Of
friends. -.-------- ..s.
| A conspicuous characteristic of The lively
campaign is the fact that every candidate is
as anxious for news from newspaper CORE
spondents and others who make it a point to
be posted in matters going on as the profess
sional seekers after Information themselves,
and altogether are unable just now to pre-
sent a programme that will be salts.
factory as indicating the result to
any one. Several dinner paHies are
being arranged by devoted friends of the
leading candidates for the purpose of bring.
ing the friends of new members together
Interest in the annual message of the Presi'
dent is at low ebb in comparison with that
felt in the organization of the House. The
organization of the campaign, however, il
!. already the subject of some attention as mat
ter to have great influence in the presidential
campaign but the candidates for the speak
ership, wisely for themselves, refrain from
indicating just now what the states are thai
must necessarily occupy place IN theil
thoughts. 9L>Ita.sfi 1 ~ : TIhoN.
~: ASSOCIATED Press kilograms j
The Spenkership OF the House OF Rep.
i resenfatives Withdrawal or Fer
/ z nando Wood-The CIerkship.
WASHINGTON, November 29,-Hon. Fer.
!. nando Wood declines. to allow further use oil
his name as candidate for Speaker of tbt
House. The withdrawal of Mr.. Wood from
the contest created quite sensation. LII
authorizing the withdrawal OF his name NJ
declined to say for whom he would cast bill
1 influence. The respective friends of Kerr
Randall, and Cox are still confident.
! The contest for the clerkship of the House
4 is active, Messrs. Wedderburn OF Virginia
Banks OF. Mississippi, Adams Of Kentucky
Archer of Maryland, and Du Bose of Georgia
are on the ground. Each will undoubtedly
have the seaport Of his State. 1t is though
the election OF Kerr as Speaker will throw
the elerkship to the Southeast, and the cleo
| ton Of Randall to the Southwest.
The Proposed Ship Canal Across thu
Z l- = lsthmus OF DsrseE.
WASHINGTON. November 29.-The com
mission to exsmine the various surveys for s
ship.caual across the Isthmus of Darien have