The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-10
MR.. RANDALL ON THE SUBSIDIES.

Mr.. RANDALL ON THE Subsidies.
1t seems TO BIO very difficult matter
to arrive at the true position Of Mr..
Randall on the question Of the subsi-
dies asked for by the South. We see
no complications or subtleties in this
very plain proposition to Justify the ap-
parent nebulosity of Mr.. Randall's con-
victionB in regard to IL; and In all this
m ystery, which he appears to have no
intention of dispelling, there is a sus-
picious eagerness to secure the Speak
ership by indirect and disingenuous
conoealments which are not calculated
TO commend him to the Southern DEM
oerats, without whose support he GER
tainly cannot attain the eminence he
has fixed his hopes on. The question Is
such simple one as to necessarily sub
ject the man of Mr.. Randall's emf
nenee who has not open and pro-
nouneed views upon 1t, to grave
charges of trimming and in
sincerity for purposes Of personal
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. If this ia Mr.. Ran
dall's idea he may as we'll abandon it
at once. and we are only astonished that
30 shrewd a politician as he is accounted
should have failed to realize that the
day of polite reticenee and double.
dealing has passed by, Mt least for q
season, in American politics. II he ex-
poets to come the slippery SAM over
the Southern Democracy he will find
himself a most contemplate failure.
with scarce vestige enough Of reputa-
ton left to preserve his self.respect. We
would dislike to premise such things Of
him, but he will certainly go to Wash
ington to enter the canvass for the
Speakership under just these imputa-
tions IL he fails to come out before the
meeting of Congress In an open, manly
and perfectly ingenious declaration Of
his views upon these subsidies. This lie
o question in which the whole country
is deeply interested, and about which the
people Of all sections are profoundly
excited, and it is the merest folly for
any man who hopes for preferment at
the hands of the next Congress to at
tempt any concealments or insinceri-
ties with regard to It. Mr.. Randall,
then, may as we'll come out at once and
let the world know exactly what he
thinks and precisely what he will do.
or he had best abandon his ambitions
for once and all.
What the South will ask she does not
yet know herself, but we are disposed to
believe it will not be as much as the
people of the North seem to apprehend;
but one thing Is certain, and that Is that
no man not fully committed to the pro-
lection and development Of the interests
of the great valley Of the Mississippi,
which affect the West not less than the
South, can ever secure our support for
welded to no favorite, certainly to none
from among the Southern members, and
while we may prefer Mr.. Milton Saylor,
we would readily yield him for any other
man from his or any other section Of
similar convictions and sympathies.
We are certainly prompted by no per-
sonal preferences or prejudices in at
tracting attention to Mr.. Randall's sus-
picious silence, and the diverse reasons
given by various papers in different sec
tons Of the country for urging his
claims.
The st. Louis Republican writes him
down on 'both sides" of the question,
because the Richmond Dispatch sup
ports him for favoring the Pacific
Railroad, Mississippi levees, and any
other good thing desirable to the South
west," while the New York Sun sup
ports him for being opposed to them.
The Republican, also refers to an inter-
view with Mr.. Randall at his home near
Philadelphia, reported to the Southern
people through the Galveston Neacs, in
which he is represented as an earnest
supporter of these measures. It also
cites the following from the Memphis
appeal:
with Sam Randall in the chair as Speaker,
all needed legislation for the South is sure OF
speedy action
The Syracuse Courier, in calling at
tention to these discrepancies. surmises
that either the Sun, or the Ne,cs, Dis
patch and appeal must be wrong, and
says:
1T is now in order for the Sun to revise its
list OF reasons why Nj. Randall should again