The daily gazette., 1877-04-05
WHO WILL BE SPEAKER
The Foster Intriguers Deceived !.
sAYLER APPA aENrIY AHEAD so
'a' FAR.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The subject OF
the speakership is beginning to look UP
again, now that the southern matter is
settled for the present, and in this con-
nection it will be Interesting to state
what is thought of the chances of the
prominent candidates. In conversation
with the southern republicans and demo-
Gratis now here, it is easy to see that the
liberals of the Foster stamp who are
banking on their prospects for organizing
the House will be woefully deceived.
Many of them now realize that their
prospects have been shattered by the de-
lay of Hayes in meeting the question.
They have given up their case. But the
desertion Of the southern republicans
will wrankle long while in their bos-
oms. 1t may take months to pacify them
and there is every reason to believe that
they are now meditating bolt that will
surprise the northern republicans. In re-
sponse to question whether there would
be any possibility of reviving the Repub-
lican party in South Carolina after Hamp-
ton had gained the ascendency in that
state, one of the number remarked that
the institution would soon be as dead as
a door nail. "FuIther than that" he OBJ
served, 81 can assure you that this will
secure the organization of the House by
the democrats, if there was any doubts
of 1t before. You can't expect our con-
gressmen to come here and join hands
with foes IN their own party, when they
can do better. and combine their fortunes
with men who won't fight behind any
treacherous barricades: Sooner than
help to place man like Foster in the
chair, they will vote for the democratic
candidate" The same gentleman was
very emphatic in ridicaling the notion
that there could be any collusion between
southern democrats and northern adj
ministration leaders. He said those
southerners would take all they could
get and vote the straight ticket every
time.
But there is another straw that shows
which way the wind blows. IN discuss
ing the speakership to-day a well-known
congressman from Georgia said that the
people of the North had no idea of the
intense feeling among the southern DEM
ocrats and the indignation they expressed
at being suspected of conniving with
northern liberals. In order to show
what their tactics are, he said, they pro-
pose to come up here and announce them
selves in favor Of any candidate who COM
mands the support of the most ultra men
in the party at the North. They want
no lukewarmness, no half way devotion
to the best interests of the party, and he
referred to the candidacy of Randall in
this connection as likely to Il -ow the
southern democrats in some other direc-
ton. Randall had incurred the distrust
of a large element in the party at the
North during the days of the counJ, and
when the question of re-electing him
comes up, the southern men will prefer
to repudiate him rather than run the
risk of being thought opposed to the
most ultra and pronounced partisanshir
in everything which refers to organization
for the coming political struggle against
The party now in power. They will fay
or Sayler or Cox, the former being evi-
IDENTIFY ahead,