The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-11
WASHINGTON, October Z, 1877.

THE CONTEST FOR THE sPEAKERsHrp
has begun to develope with some degree Of
ppsitivsness, and great impetus has beer
81 the Hon bin Morrison, the aold M iss
of Illinois, who seems to he gathering around
himself all
THE ELEMENTS OF OPPOSITION 70 RANDALL,
The combination is already perfected Il If
Cox, Sayler, Blackburn and Morrison vs..
kandall, and Indications multiply that the
1nal test will come between Randall and
Morrison. The latter, as you remember, il
the man who made Kerr Speaker of the last
House, and Kerr in turn made him chairman
of Ways and Means He has always opposed
Randall, but never in his own person before
He is the quickest sharpest worker In the
House. and his marvellous faculty of chang
ing the face of things in short order after he
gets on the ground Is proverbial In Washing
ton ! have just had long talk with him. of
which the following Is an exact report The
frankness with which he states his views and
the directness with which he makes his cam
vass is in striking contrast to the tactics of
nis competitors. The interview will be inter-
csting for It's unique fraIlsness and sincerity
II for no other reason.
Meeting
coll MORRISON
at the Western Union office, where he was
engaged writing q message in q very bad
hand to some member whom he said he
feared was detained upon some id bob
tall railroad.' | was invited by him to go
over to Wizards TO his room. Arrived there,
after the ordinary commonplaces, the follow
ing conversation took place:
Colonel, you are announced as candidate
Tor the Speakership, There is a general pub
He desire to ascertain the views al candidates
upon certain questions likely TO be presented
20 this Congress for Legislative action. It has
been observed that most OF the candidates
maintain reticenee or reserve upon these
topics, and the reticence of atleast one of your
,t,.f,t
as TO give him the benefit Of status on both
sides OF one of the most important of the
questions. Are you also keeping your own
counselg'
Il suppose you refer to
THE QUESTIONS OF SUBSIDY,
the mississippi levees and finance, inasmuch
as those are the only important questions
that have been directly introduced into this
canvass. You ask il / am keeping nv own
counsel. answer that / always do that, But
II you seek information as to my views upon
these Topics, VleWeu as MATTERS of public tOu-
Germ, shall give you the benefit of entire
frankness. have no concealments to make
of my views upon the topics suggested by
you, ana II the public is interested in knowing
my sentiments, the press is welcome to them.
am Democratic candidate for the Speaker
snip OF Democratic House. suppose the
word Democratic means devoted to certain
principles, which, to cut long story short.
We're set forth in the last national platform
auo tt, ~ Ste Deinocratlc party IN con-
vsntlon at st: Louis. | believe, first of
all things, that the principles of the Demo-
cratic party as a national organization should
be honored in the make up, observed in the
deliberations, and embodied in the action of
the Democratic House; If we are going to
preserve the party and perpetuate what we |
regard as its potentialitysfor usefulness. we
must preserve the principles upon which it is |
founded. II we are going to abandon the |
principles, we may as well let the party 20 |
with them.
Democrat North and South, to pursue such |
q course as will insure the triumph of the
party in 1850, and restore the Democracy to |
THE CONTROL or NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
This object can be realized only by straight
Forward dealing on the part Of the party,
through It's representatives. with the public,
md these dealings must be upon square, con-