Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-05-24
SPEAKERSHIP.

A correspondent to the Palmyra
Spectator writes the following:
AS was anticipated, the St. Louis
Republican does not favor Judge
Buckner, of the Audrain Distrist, for
Speaker of the next House. Col.
Morrison, of Illinois, is the p~rofessed
choice of the Republican, but it is
apparent that the Republican has no
hopes of success for Mr.. Morrison,
and is using Morrison to defeat Ran
dali, who seems to be the special OBJ
ject of the venom of that journal.
What great sin Randall has commit
ted since he was placed in the chair
by a large majority of his Democratic
colleagues, does not appear. 1t is
sufficient for the republican that lei
Their Randall or Buckner belong to the
Republican clique. They do not toa-
dy to that journal, and the Republi-
can was known to favor anyone
outside of its ri g claquers. 1t is
impossible that Col. Morrison a re-
ceive the support ofany considerable
number of the Democrats of the next
House, because he is in no sense q
representative Of Western and South
ern ideas. He is known to be anti
greenback and a contractionist of
the worst kind, and presumably for
banks instead of the government sup
plying the paper currency of the
try. No maj holding such opin-
ions should have che control of the
organization of the House at Il time
when the currency question will as
sumo so prominet a place among the
political questions requiring solution
during the next Congress. If we mis-
take not, Col. Morrison voted uni
formly against the West on the ques-
ton on the repeal of the resumption
act during the late canvass. He may
have represented his immediate con-
stitueEcy in his currency votes, but
it is idle to say that he represented
the West and South, whose votes he
must have to make him Speaker. The
Democracy of the West will have no
such mar for Speaker, whatever other
merits he may possess.
On the contrary, Judge Buckner is
in accord with the opinions of the
masses of the people Of the West and
South, on this subject as well as all
others, and should be supported, as
we doubt not he will be, by his col
leagues in the House.
Concerning which the editor of the
Spectator makes this comment:
"A Palmyra Democrat in to-day's
Spectator, presents some suggestions
worthy to be considered in regard to
the election of Speaker by the next
Congress. The writer favors Judge
Buckner. So do many others; and
those protesting to know, assur us
that his chances are ~good--yery good
and that if his friends will stir them
selves, success is by no means i'm
probable. 1t is clear that the West
ought to have the Speaker. And af-
ter reveling in the honors and emolu-
ments of office and patronage uninter-
ruptedly for morethan twenty years,
it would seem not only to be fair and
just, but proper and right, that the
North and East should yield some.
thing to the South. If the West gets
the speaker, he shonld by all means
show up a record of Southern antece-
dents. ..
We perceive that the st. Louis Re-
publican, assuming to itself, quite Of
ficially, in our opinion, dictatorship in
this matter, prefers MI. Morrison, of
Illinois. We presume that the de-
mocracy of Missouri will stand on the
general principle of substituting treas
ury notes for the present national
bank trash, and this will cut the
throat of Morrison, who is a con-
tractionist and stand committed to
that policy. The South will hold the
balance of power as between the East
and West. They will of necessity
control the ~Speakership, and are in
no condition to contract the currency,
if indeed they would not prefer ex-
pansion. ,-
Again: 1t is understood that Mr..
Thompson will be a candidate for re-
election to the position Of Sergeant
at.Arms of the House, and for that
seetion to take both, would be pre-
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