The daily gazette., 1876-12-04
From the New York World.
The New Speaker.

SAMUEL j. RANDALL, OF PENNSYLVANIA
AT the Democratic caucus on Saturday
night, in Washington, after the with
drawal from the canvass of Mr.. Sayler,
who at the last session filled the chair
vacated by the death of the deeply regret
ted Michael e. Kerr, and of Mr.. Morri-
son, the Chairman of the Committee on
ways and leans, Mr.. Samuel j. Randall
the able and efficient Chairman of. the
Committee on Appropriations was nomi-
mated AZ the Democratic candidate for
Speaker of the Forty-fourth Congress,
during the session which will begin to-
morrow. His only competitor was Nr.
S. S. Cox, of New York, who received
63 votes against 73 cast for Mr.. Randall.
Mr.. Randall was the second choice of the
Democrats of the Forty-fourth Congress
at the time when Mr.. Kerr was chosen.
He then received 63 votes, just the num-
Der yesterday given in the caucus to Mr..
Cox. The Democrats of the Union have
not forgotten the prompt and manly way
il which Mr.. Randall then accepted the
verdict given by his colleagues of the
House. He entered the hall moment
after the vote was announced, and claim
ing at once the attention of the members
present uttered these words: "Mr.
Chairman, let tile wish of the majority
be the voice of all. From this moment
the differences among ourselves must be
at an end, and we must thus present an
united front to our adversaries. Our
mission on this floor must be, as far as
we are able, TO restore the Governmcn mt
to its constitutional purposes, and to ex-
pose the corruptionS of the Administra-
ton" That these We're no vain words
Mr.. Randali's subsequent course has
abundantly proved. No man in the
House has worked more resolutely. more
assiduously, or more successfully than he
to wrench the truth as to the conduct OF
public affairs by the Administrator out
of the keeping of the bureaus and depart.
ments of Washington, while in the dis.
charge of his trying and most responsible
duties as Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations he exhibited nerve and
courage beyond all praise. To him the
country owes an enormous reduction in
the burdens of the Government, amount.
ing in round numbers to $50, ,OOO, 600. /,
was no fault of Mr.. RandalPs that this
relief was not still greater. The reduc
tions recommended by him reached the
figure of S3S,910, ,9S429, but the Republi
can Senate insisted upon certain origina
estimates of the Republican Administra
ton, which the House found it necessar,
to concede after washing its own hand.
of the responsibility of the increase owe,
the amount of Mr.. Randall's careful anC
deliberate reconstruction of the nationa
budget.
| The same qualities of character exbibi
ted by Mr.. Randall in the great positio,
which he filed in the Forth-fourth Con
gress, as Il leader of the responsible
majority, were even more splendid,
| shown by him as Il leader of the minorit,
in the Forth-third Congress. His haiti
against the Force bill was one of tn
finest displays both of parliamcntar
strategy and parliamentary tactics eve
witnessed in this country, and the deb
which constitutional government owe
him for that victory cannot easily be dis
charged.
When, during the debates of last sum
mer over the opposition raised by tn
Senate to the retrenchment measures q
the Committee on Appropriation, Nj
iasson, of Iowa, upon one occasion ur
dertook to magnify the Senate au Che eS
pense of the House, and pressed Nj
Randall to say whether he questioned th
right of the Senate or asserted supel
lority of right on the part of the Hous
IN regard to appropriation bills, Nj
Randall firmly answered.: 81 take all tn
right for this House which the Constitl
ton gives it." The friends of constit
f tional liberty and honest governmel
may rely uponit that in all circumstance
mat may now arise Speaker Randall wi
, stand by these words of Chairman Dm
, dali, and '.take for the House all IN
rights which the Constitution gives it."