The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-04-19
The SpenkcrsssfI y.

The next Speaker must be a man Of
bnsinees. He must sqaelch that great
throng, wIIo have voice, ek PrcfereG
Mill. The gabbcr must be clicked
of. The country is going to demand
that the Forty-Fifth Congress attends
TO business. and does not waste it's time
in any nothings. And for all This they
will hold the Speaker responsible.
We may not know who we do want
for Speaker. But there is % very clear
impression "a to who will not do. The
South. that is the sensible South, does
not want Mr.. Randall. He is n man
of ability. His general qualifications
are conceded. But Mr.. Randall has
persistently opposed any Southern
measure of internal improvements since
be has been in Congress. He has been
afraid OF the effect Il subsidy to q line
Of steamships from the port of New
Orleans to Vera Cruz or Rio might
have on the fall elections, or the spring
elections. He was II of the shady
patriots who wrung his hands with ter
ror when gallant Slemons, of Arkan>
sas. served q notice on his Northern
brethren, last session, that the South
had fought the Democratic battle and
won il. and that his section proposed
to have its share of appropriations for
it's internal Improvements, or else raise
vel. let us say-blne blazes. No.
Mr., Randall will not do at any price.
Then there is Cox who wants to be
Sneaker. He is too little and too funny.
He ia. however, making an active can
vass for himself. He made a good
last time. his vote standing So to 60 for
Randall. But without going into any
elaborate reasoning, the objections to
the election of Mr.. Randall are of equal
force and pertinence III Cox's case.
Az to Morrison, of Illinois, he is run
ming rs he did before; hat is, in the
interest of Randall. This is the state
ment of those who ought to know. Per
bons if Morrison saw he could win, he
would run in earnest.
Hooker. of Mississippi, has been
! mentioned as Speaker, and If he be
pressed in earnest, would, as he ought,
be q strong candidate.
Sayler, of Ohio, seems to be the lead
ing Western candidate. He IS I'M
doubtedly the man who is next to Ran
dali in the race. Barring a leaning to-
wards the Cincinnati Enquirer's illiml-
table paper money scheme, Sayler is
unobiectlonable. He cannot be better
described than by quoting the opinion
of n Southern man, who at present
stands particularly high in public es-
TEEN. '.sSayler," says this gentleman,
sis another one Of the personally mag
netic many whom everybody likes.
Sayler is able. talented and a graceful
presiding officer. Like Randall he, too,
has a sort of right to the gayel by rea>
son of past acceptable service. When
the first session of the last Congress
adjourned it was claimed by his friends
that Sayler was entitled to be elected as
the permanent successor OF the late
Speaker Kerr at the reassembllng or
Congress- last December. But the
Democrats nominated Randall, Sayler
drawing ont of the contest the day be
fore the caucus met, with the under
standing on the part of many, however,
that SAVERS faithful service should be
rewarded when the emergency was past.
This time Sayler's friends are going IN
to win. His campaign will be con
Quoted by Tom Ewing, Who Is q prince
amoug political ca~mpalgners. Less
has been said about Sayler's chance
than Randall's thus far, but quite rs
much has been done, and there are
some who predict that the first vote
in caucus will show him nearly, II not
ouite. abreast OF Randall.
There is not much evidence on ME as
to Savler's status on the matters OF
such commencement to the South.
But he has always favored the re
hnilaine and maintenance Of southern
levers by the general government. He
tried to induce Holman to permit the
Rio steamship bill subsidy to pass
l4hronoh the demonstrations cnmnaittaa'
! And let this be remembered in his IA
yor.
The South don't care very much who
is elected so it gets somebody who Will
befriend it. There are ninety-eight
Southern Democrats out of the one
hundred end fifty who will sit in The
XLVth Congress. and if with all these
votes for Speaker, this section of the
country gets left much longer. the able
persons who sit tongue tied, may pre-
pare to spend the rest of their lives i'll
explanations and idle tears. They Will
never hold down chairs i'll Congress
more.-N. O. Times.