, 1879-04-10

WASHINGTON d. g.. Mch. II, 1879.

tion os the Spea4crsbj? seems little
il, any changed from ii, status of one
weel; ago. The spirit aetuating the
opposition amounts TO just this:
Anything to beat Randall" That
iacis politician is fat'd to taste the
kind of gratitude to which Southern
Democrats vino make living by
politics are particularly addicted.
it takes no cOaulHAuce of the ninety
and.niue !avors received though
their best0wa has laid the donor
open to suspicious Of partiallty that
will cost him many friends, 50 that
the one hundgpdth is refused or is
Oh y granted alter an appearances OF
hesitation that is as Offensive as out
right refusal. Almost every leaf Of
the history Of political parties in
this country furnishes instances in
subs,autiatlou of the charge that in.
gratitude has always been one Of
the most prominent, most constant
characteristics os the typical South
ern Democratic 50 calied) states
man, chivalry and lhc f. +. y. busi.
ness to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Of the AZ House chairIn4nships Ran.
dali gave 20 to representatives OF the
'lost cause" though most of them
were notorlously incompetent, and
representing interests that were mere
bagatelles as compared with their
party associates from the North who
were put, next to the Republicans,
on the tail end of the committees.
Every spectator of House proceed
ings under Randai's rule, will vouch
that his rulings and decisions have
been much oftener than otherwise in
favor of the South even in Demo.
cratic differences. In spite OF all
this and much more to the same pur-
port,the south contributes much more
than its proportional number of OPP
ponshts to Randal's re election. AsI
between him, however, and Black
burn, on whom the opposition has
centred, few Republicans will hest
tate to espouse the former, if it
comes to be choice with them be-
tween Randall and any of those yet
named to succeed him, precisely as
they would choose the least of any
other of Sc 'eral evils threatened
Blackburn is the exponent of every
thing most offensive in State Rights
Democracy. He is an extremist of
extreme Bourbonism. He was gull
ty OF treason to his government and
to his State kentucky in his anxi
ETY. to contribute to the destruction
OF popular government, and glorIes
to this day in all he did and in the
odium generally attached 20 the
name among those who do not mourn
the "lost cause" Carlisle, of Ky.,
and Nc cMahon of Ohio, are candi.
dates held in reserve, in case Black.
burn is unable to unite all the ele.
ments opposed to Rsndal's re-elec-
ton. There is nothing publicly
known of Carlisle's politics that
makes him more acceptable to Re.
publicans than Black burn, and in
the case of Mcmahon there is the
additional objection that he is in
sympathy with the inAa,iopists and
seems acceptable to the widest ad-
vocates of practical reputation.
For these and many other reasons
valid, Randall seems war.
ranted in counting on sufficient aid
from the Republican side to make
his calling and election tolerahly
certain, always provided the election
of one of their own number is hope
less, and that one of those named as
of the Ex.Speaker, is
likely to defeat him without Rspub-
lican interference.