The daily gazette., 1877-03-22
SECOND EDITION
FROM WASHINGTON.

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Especial Dispatch to heEBaltin,ore Sua.l
CALCULATIONS ON TaE sPEAKERsHlP-
DESIGNS UPON THE DEMocRATs-RE-
PUBLICAN RAT TRAps--AND THE
sPEAKERsHIP. 't'2 tpt 4
WASHINGTON, March 21.-Much
crude and illdigested speculation and
representation has recently been in
dulged in as to the speakership of the
next House, and statements haye been
made as to combinations which have
no other foundation than the imagina-
tions OF those who have put them into
circulation. The connection of Mr..
Fosters name with scheme by which
he is to receive the support of enough
Southern democrats to be elected
Speaker is entirely upauthorized. The
Southern democrats have made no
overtures to any one to enter any COM
bination which would involve q sep
aration by them from the regular
democratic organization. No such
overtures have as yet been made to
them. although il is probable that they
will be, but whenever made or by
whomsoever made they will be in-
etantly and peremptorily rejected.
When the President sent for Gen. Gar
field and asked him to withdraw his
name as candidate for the Senate, he.
then and there expressed to him the
hope and desire that some arrange
ment might be effected by which he
(Garheld) could secure the Speaker.
ship. .a.... N.. .Hlt r7'l
ADMINISTRATION TACTICS.
| 1t is undoubtedly the idea of the ad-
milistration to consummate IL possible
some arrangement by which enough
Southern democratic votes can be
drawn of to put an administration
man in the Speakers chair, and, in
case of success, the choice of the adj
ministration is Gen. Garfield, and not
Mr.. Foster, as some have seemed to
suppose. Mr.. Foster certainly has in
dulged in aspirations for the speaker
ship, and he has undoubtedly been
somewhat chagrined to find that the
, President favored Gen. Garfield rather
than him. But, whether Gen. Garfield,
Mr.. Foster or any other republican be
put forward to win Southern votes for
the speakership, there can alike be but
one result-failure. IL can be set
down as absolutely certain no republi-
can, whether conservative as Mr.. Fos-
ter, or radical as Gen. Garfield, can get
: the speakership. No Southern demo-
crat will vote for other than demo-
crat as Speaker. 1IJ- airtr.lf
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
There several Southern democrats
who would like to occupy the Speak
er's chair themselves, but none of them
can command sufficient support from
their own section 10 make their candl-
dacy formidable. The next Speaker
, will be Northern democrat, and he
will, in ali probability, be one of the
three following gentlemen: Randall
Cox or Savler. Mr.. Cox, both priol
to the time of the electionIof Mr.. Keri
and of Mr.. Randall, made most per
sistent personal canvass for the posi-
, tion, and with such success on the las
, occasion that MI. Randall only bea
him in the caucus by bakers dozer
of votes.
Gov. Kellogg received this afternoon
the following dispatch from Packard
"Demas has returned to the Senate. We
have quorum now in both bouscs.'
, Demas is the colored Senator who went
over to the Nichols Legislature. kellogg
in response sent the following to Pack
ard: ''The. President has determined tc
I send commission to Louisiana. lGo OF
with the Legislature and transact the reg
ular legislative business" !,
Gen. Gordon had an interview with
the President this morning and agair
urged him at once withdraw the troops
from the State House at Columbia, and
called his attention to the decision by
! Judge Reed at Charleston yesterday,
. The President, as usual talked very
, smoothly, expressed his earnest desire tC
pacify both South Carolina and Louisi
ana but could not be induced to say more
} than that action would be taken as soor
as possible.
Gen. M. G. Butler sent dispatch from
here tonight to Wade Hampton as fol-
lows:
Everything looks blue; there seems
to be no hope for South Carolina Ii
looks like another game of 8 to z.
, Hampton answered: "Shall come to
Washington? Do you think can do any.
thing by coming?'
To this Butler responded: "No; stay
where you are. You can do no good here
and you cannot tell what day might
bring forth in South Carolina" -.
Secretary Schurz visited Senator La
mar in his sick room tonight and had q
brief conversation with him on the all
/ engrossing subject of South Carolina and
Louisiana. Senator Lamar expressed
, some anxiety concerning the probable
, outcome, which can but be looked upon
~ act;nn tsrdn totSaI Sacr.+a az SiTm ,r ~
endeavored to quiet the alarm of Sena-
: tor Lamar, and assured him of his belief
J that ultimately the Southern policy O.
: the administration would be such as tt
command his approval. or r.f .
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