Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-10
THE SPEAKERSHIP.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The anti-Randal
people have summarized their objections to
Randall in the following statement that was
prepared and authorized at headquarters last
evening: Two years ago, with the exception
of Morrison, Sayler and Goode, all of whom
were candidates for speaker, there was hard
ly prominent member who was not in favor
of his nomination. Now there is hardly q
prominent member except those as are chair
man of committees, or in possession of in
,duential places, who are not opposed to him.
The reasons they give for opposing him are
many and numerous. They say that Mr..
Randall started in with the leadership with
fifty majority in the forty-fourth Congress
and reduced it to less than twenty in the
forty-ffth; that this majority had been still
further reduced by his bungling, his unwise
selection and gross and
UNPARDoNABE FAvoRITIsM;
that he has put the most important commit
tees of the House, those of appropriations
and of ways and means, in charge of two
incapables, Atkins and Wood; that Mr.. Wood
possesses nobody's confidence, and that even
in measures that we're commendable he was
unable to convince anybody of his sincerity;
that while able men were voiceless and
powerless to direct legislation, Mr.. Wood
brought forward an i'll digested tariff bill
which threatened every permanent interest,
and brought hundreds of men to Washing
ton TO protect themselves against species of
oppression which not even the most prom
inent free tariff men could sustain by reason
of the partially and apparent interestedness
of some of its features. Atkins has been
beaten as often as he has succeeded with his
bills, and that the committee on ways and
means has not been able to present single
measure that could commend majority of
the votes, notwithstanding the Forty-fft
Congress had majority of twenty at the
back of it, Mr.. Randall when appealed to,
or demonstrated with, on his selections, had
admitted their unfortunate character, and
defended them only on the ground that they
stood by him and he had to stand by them.
The reasons for fixing on
A SOUTHERN MAN
are as follows: They say the majority of
membership will fix on them the RESPONSE
bility for all legislation that therefore one
of them should be put at the head, and for
the further reason that he will be much more
decided in deciding Southern demands than
Northern man could be, owing his election
to Southern votes and that this sense of
responsibility would put Southern speaker
on his best behavior from desire to show
the injustice of the attack on the Southern
"brigadiers.' There is no doubt these ar
guments are having great weight against
Randall and for Blackburn or Goode. Fur
Their gossip on this subject is to the effect
that the Speakership contest is drawn sharp
ly along the line of
TILDEN AND ANTI-TILDEN.
At all events that is the current theory the
Blackburn side is endeavoring to give to the
contest, and the Blackburn men declare that
RandalPs visit to New York is for the pur-
pose of organizing the Tilden influence in
his behalf. To what extent this theory holds
good may perhaps be gathered from utter
ances of leading supporters of the Ken
lucky delegation. Not one favors Tilden.
Henkler, of Maryland, a pronounced anti
Randall man and supporter of Blackburn, is
radically against Tilden. Chalmers, of Mis-
sissippi, strong anti Randall man, is op-
posed to Tilden. The same is true of Clark,
OF Missouri. Ewing, an anti Randall man,
is radically opposed to Tilden, and says his
nomination would create great dissatisfaction
and Generalization. Bright, of Tennessee,
a prominent anti-Randall man, and himself
a possible Greenback candidate for speaker,
says if the Democracy nominate Tilden they
will be beaten, and am not for him. House,
of Tennessee, also anti-Rand dali, entertains
similar views. Mills, of Texas, who has said
that if the Democratic caucus should nomi-
nate Randall for Speaker, he would bolt the
caucus, says that the Democrats will not
unite upon Tilden, and that his nomination
would be disastrous. Goode, of Virginia,
who has declined his own candidacy for
Speaker in favor of Blackburn, says that
Tilden has no chance whatever. he had an
opportunity, but let it slip, and the South
cannot forget this fact. On the contrary,
some of RanaalPs prominent followers are
OPEN ADVOCATES OF T1LDEN.
Blount, of Georgia, inclires to Tilden.
Muldrow, of Mississippi, thinks Tilden will
be nominated. Whitthorne, of Tennessee,
one of Randall's chairmen in the past Con-
gress, and his active supporter in this contest,
thinks there is a growing sentiment among
the masses for the rem nomination of Iilden.
In fact, the only Tilden men in the House
are found supporting Randall. The Randall
men claim ninety votes. Blackburn
says that Mcmahon, of Ohio, is thoroughly
his friend and will not make an independent
canvass. It was said by the Blackburn Dem
ocrats last night that they have madea
TRADE WITH THE GREENBACKERs,
on the following terms, the Greenbackers to
support the political amendments and the
Democrats to nominate for Speaker some
one of the following five, any one of whom
the Greenbackers pledge themselves to sup
port Ewing, of Ohio New, of Indiana
Blackburn, of Kentucky Phelps, of Con
necticut, Sunset Cox and one other. This is
one of the numerous plans submitted.
WIN. E. CHANDLER,
not unknow to fame as manipulation Of
Southern returning boards and leader Of
stalwart Republicans, is out with a letter il
which he enumerates the Democratic de
mands to be presented at the extra session O.
Congress. He predicts that President Haye.
will resist the reactionary Dem at ever,
point, will interpose his veto against ever.
attempt by special action or by riders OF
appropriation bills, to withhold protection
vet possible under the laws, and the coloret
men of the South in the exercise of FREE
ballot, and the white people of the Who'll
country in the enjoyment of an honest bal
lot, and will unite cordially with Repubi
cans of every grade in fighting the momen
tous battle for vital Republican principle
which is to be waged without intermissiol
from the 18th of March until Nov. 18th.
SENATOR GEO, E. SPENCER,
late of Alabama, who goes to Dakota to live
was member of the commission on CON
xnerce and reconstruction of the river an