The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-17
The Tcxas-Pacifc--Thc Speaker.

The Tcxas-Pacifc--Thc Speaker.
It has been generally supposed that
amongst the few papers in the South OPP
poscd to the Texas.Pacfic railroad scheme
was the Mobile Register. This was, how
ever. during the lifetime Of its last editor
Hon. JOHN Forsyth. Il may he. too, that
the position OF that paper was m'Snnder-
stood. At any rate the Register is now an
omen and earnest advocate OF the scheme
so earnest that it is willing to make II an
issue in the selection OF a Democratic
candidate for Speaker Of the next House
nj Representatives. 1t opposes the hoi'i'-
nation OF Mr.. RANDALL or Mr.. cox an" '",
yocatcs that Of Mr.. SAiLEE, on tAe S'o"n"
that the last-name6 will be more ihcfa' 10
the South than either OF the tofih'r' us
final conclusion, however. Is tiat Soo'"-
c,,, man oucht to be the nominrr-Mr. Ap-
x,>s. OF Tennessee, or Mr.. TnHockMokToN,
OF Texas, or Mr.. GoopE, OF Virginia. we
strongly suspect. by the way, that TINS last
named i the farorite Of the present edltof
Of the Register, who, If we are moi mis-
taken. i himself son Of the Oid DOMINION.
But is the RfqiS!cr sure that Mr.. GooDE Is
, friend Of the TcNaS-Pacitic railroad: We
entirely concur in the view OF that
journal that our representatives "m'St re-
member that we have material interests OF
the greatest importance to the commercial
and industrial developments OF the South,
which NAV be promoted or married by the
choice they may make" and that TO permit
the election oil 4 man. for instance, VINO may
so organize the Committee on Railroads :" is
10 defeat the hope OF Che South Tor 4 south
crn cutie; 10 the Pacific would be Il %rea'
bIunGcr.' Sat we are decidedly OF the De-
lief that the RcqiSt,r is on the wrong scent.
a. we understand II, Mr. RANDALL IS il
friend 20 the TcXa>-Pactic railroad scheme.
though We have seen il stated that nc Is the
favor:;, candidate for Speaker OF Mr.. ILL.,
DEN. who would have vetoed the bill to
aid that proirc:. We have advocated
Mr.. EAAnALL'S reelection for several req
Sous. FIRST. because he IS remarkably
We'll qualified for the office. being ready,
able. and thoroughly familiar with parlE'-
ment2rv rules Secondly, because his rulings
in the last House during the exciting
scenes which occurred whilst the count OF
the vote for President was progressing were
such * proved him to lie a man Of nerve.
O: honest purposes. OF determined Will, anu
OF just conceptions Is to tie nature OF the
crisis through which the country was then
Srll SnNNDspi
that he was in favor OF Subsidy 10 tho
TcXas-Paci!ic railroad scheme. Fou:thiy,
because whilst we doubted whether GoopE.
or SAYLEE, or BIACKBCRH, was il favor oi
that scheme we knew that SUNSET Cox was
opposed 10 it. and was not 1T to be Speaker
anyhow. And, iiithlv. because Mr. RAN
DALI is Il northern man. We are rs anxious
TO see the rights OF the South recognized
fully as ANYBODY else can be: but we are
not satisfied that Il southern man can
forward southern intcrlal-impruvcment
schemes as we'll Is Il northern man. III Is !;
matter OF no importance to the southern
people that one Of their representatives
should preside over the House. II would
confer no honor upon them, ana distribute
no benefits among them. But northern
Speaker has capabilities which cannot
possibly belong to a southern one for
aiding in the material development OF the
South We are. therefore. still Of the olll-
ion that both duty and interest combine to
demand OF the southern members Of the
House that they shall reflect Mr. RANDALL.
II our respected Mobile contemporary has
any evidence that Mr.. RANDALL is mot the
man we have taken him for we shall be
OBLIGED TO It for cnlightcning US.