, 1879-03-09
About an Even Division Between
the Old Men Tilden and
Hendricks.
Treasury Circular Regarding the New
Four Per Cent Certificates
THE SPEAKERSHIP.

Special Dispatch TO The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.-Tlle intrigue
for tho Speakership continues with its usual Bit
terness and energy. -Ex-Spcaker Randall is abb
sent in New York City, the supposed guest of
the Manhattan Club, but, contrary to expecta-
tion, he did not appear at the Club last night,
although when lie left he did so for the purpose
OF accepting the invitation. The use
which his leading opponents, the Black
burn men, were disposed to make
of this'visit evidently determined Randall not
to make himself conspicuous here. Blackburn
himself WIS invited, but declined to 20. The
reason was that Blackburn considers that the
Club has strong affiliations with Tildcu, whose
irreconciable opponent Blackburn is.
The Speakership contest, indeed, is drawn
sharply along the line OF Tildcn and anti-Til-
den. At all events that is the current theory
the Blackburn side is endeaVoring to give
to the contest, and the Blackburn men declare
thut Randali's visit to New York is for the
purpose OF
ORGANIZING TILDEN INFLUENCE
in his behalf. To what extent this theory
holds good may perhaps be gathered from the
utterances of some Of the leading supporters
OF the Kentucky delegation. Not Que
favors' Tilden- Henlslc, Of. Maryland.
pronounced anti-Kandall man, and
supporter Of Blackburn; :is>: radically agninst
Tildcn. Chalmers, Of mississippi, d strong auti-
Randall man, is opposed to Tilden. The same
is true of Clark, OF Missouri; Ewing, an anti
Randall man, is radically to Tilden,
and says his nomination would create great
dissatisfaction aud Disqualification. Bright, Of
Tennessee, prominent Randall man; and him
self q possible Greeback candidate for Speaker,
says: "If the Democracy nominate Tildcn
they will be beaten, and I am not for him.
House, OF Tennessee. also anti-Randa1], enter
taius similar views. Mills, OF Texas, who has
said that It the Democratic caucus should nom
iuate Randall for Speaker he would bolt the
caucus, says that the Democracy
WILL NOT UNITE UPON rILDEH,
and that his nomination would be disastrous.
Goodc, OF Virginia, who has declined his own
candidacy for Speaker in favor Of Blackburn:
says that Ti1dcn has no chance whatever. lie
had his opportunity, but let it slip, and
the South cannot forget this fact
On the contrary, some Of Randall's
prominent followers arc open advocates OF Til
den. Blount. Of Georgia, inclines to Tildcn.
Money, of Mssississippl, thinks Tilden will be
nominated. Whltthorne, Of Tennessee, one Of
the Randall Chairmen in the last Congress and
his active supporter in this contest, thinks there
is growing sentiment among the masses in
favor Of the denomination OF Tiidcn. In fact,
the only Tildcn men in the House are found
supporting Randall. The Randall men tonight
claim nincty-fve votes. Blackburn tonight says
that McAlahou, OF Ohio is thoroughly his FREUD,
aud will not make an independent canvass.
THE STRENGTH OF THE GREESBACKERS
is still an uncertain quantity. Tic pledges that
they have secured from the soft-money Demo-
Gratis arc probably conditional, and III the event
Of Mr. Blackburn receiving the regular Demo-
cratic nominations OF cvcn if he should stand
as a boltiug candidate, the votes Of the soft
money Democrats from the South will nat
ura1ly gravitatc toward him, and it is quite
probable that all votes from Northern soft
money Democrats, who are pledgcu to sup
port their caucus nominee, are similarly con-
ditioned, and pledged to them only upon the
event Of MIR. Randall not receiving the regular
Democratic nomination. In the event. Of reg
uar and u boiling Democratic candidate being |
in the field, tile balance Of power, we!ch the !
Nationals claim to hold, would he easily alb |
sorbed by the two Democratic candidates, and |
if the Democrats should finally agree upon |
candlcate from their own party, |
such 4 man rs Mr.. Mcmahon, Of OHIO, soft |
money Democrat then the whole OF it would 80 |
to Mcs1ahon, and the original straisht-out Ma
tionals would be |
LEFT WITHOUT A FOLLOWING.
The Democrats scum ia be much worried 1t the |
Grcenbaclz movement. and are moving heaven |
anil. earth to get I'LL their lnen,bcrS-ccct from I
the Pacific Coast an'l other distant localities
here, and to have all tl!eir sick the well list
anil present iu the House the 18th. Reports !
received from Florida foresfadow one i'm portant |
disclosure affecting the Presidential election OF |
1876 in thai State. Some OF tilc men who were |
active in pcrpetratlng the frands in /
Bisbce's district last autumn, and who !
were caught, hare COME to the conclusion /
that the candidates in WHOSE interest they acted |
cannot save them from the Penitentiary. They
arc nov ready to confess not only tie frauds OF !
wllich they were guilty in 1878, hut also similar
ones by which the greater part Of the Republic |
au majority III that State Was destroyed il, the
Presidential election.
THE EARLIEST REPORTS
from Florida In 1876 represented the Repub-
(icau majority in that State as at least
!, ,OO0, aud that the returns from
many of the Democratic counties |
we're held back, as the Republicans then be- i
],cvcd, in order that it might bc ascertaincd how
much it would be- necessary to doctor the re-
turus from those counties IN order to overcome /
the Republican ajority IL the remainder OF the
State. The recent confessions, Which are to he
used in prosecutions III y1lt Unerd States Courts
in Floriua, show tllat this theory of the Repub-
caps
WAS CORRECT,
and that the changes which the Democrats made
ii the returns from single county were sufti
1cnt, If they We're corrected, to take Florida out