, 1879-03-16

| Alao2na. - .----....... Wisconsin, i
Arkansas -....... Mississippi i
| Connecticut missouri 1900. 10
| Florida -. lNew York. 3
Georgia ....-..-... INosth Carolina.
ilElnol8 4Oh1O.
/ lnd11oa ..--. JtfegoH 1
! Kentucky 10 opennsylvanta.. :. 1
! Louisiana 4South Carolina 80. 4
Maryland. d..---.--.-... 2lrennessee...-. 6
YlE1'nla 5lfexas )
| Randall said to-day that ne did not expec1
Rendrick 3. Wright, OF Pennsylvania, to 50 into
| the Democratic caucus.
4 representative OF the Wallace faction says
that ten years ago Wallace and his friends had
made no fight against Mr.. Randall for tho
Speakership, but that now, owing to the action
OF Mr.. Randall, they were compelled to
TAKE SIDES AGAINST HIN.
N1. Randall, it was said, Was not willing to
fight for the supremacy with Senator Wallace
! within the party organizatton, but was resolved
that, If be could not be the supreme dictator Of
the Pennsylvania Democracy, the whole party
| should go to pieces. After he and bis friends
we're unable to dictate the nominations for
State officers in the Convention last year, they
took no interest in the canvass, and several Of
bis leading friends now here in Washington
working il his interest did not, 1t is claimed,
] take the trouble to vote the Democratic State
ticket in November last. 1t was further said
Democratic United States Senator from PENN
sylyanla, and if be could continue permanently
to be the only Democratic Representative from
Philadelpha it would enhance exceedingly his
influence and prestige.
Alr. Randall and his friends were charged With
the deliberate purpose to get up
DUAL LOCAL AID STATE COMMITTEES
OF the party, to send contcsting delegations to
the State and National Conventions, and to run
two sets OF candidates for the Legislature In
Philadelphia. Such tactics Is this, it was de-
clared, would give Philadelphia to the ReDublic-
ans by 30, 600 majority, aud secure q solid Re-
| publican delegation in the Legislature, 1lr.
Randall being determined to rule or ruin. It
vas said that so well was this understood that
not more than two Pennsylvania Democratic
members Of the House were really for Mr.
Randall at heart, although more Of them might
be constrained to vote for him.
Senator Wallace, himself, in conversation,
says that he regretted the condition Of affairs,
but that it had been forced upon him, as ao
could do no less than stand or fall With his
friends, lie says he considered the preserva-
tion intact OF the party organization in Penn
sylvauia as OF much more importance than tbs
private ambitions and fortunes o. dozen men
<like Mr.. Randall and himself, aud thnt uss
what he considered
HE WAS FIGHTING FOR
He did not think it would benefit the PennsYl-
yania Democracy to import the Ti!den system
Of crushing out relentlcssly all opposition to tho
onc-man power.
The opponents to Randall say that be Is max
ing profusc promises to doubtful members and
that he has already promised many more Chair
manshps than there are committees, and has
promised at least thirty members to put them
On the Committee On Ways and Means, which
consists OF eleven members only.
As to the outcome Of the Speakership fight
most Of the estimates are merely coniectural.
Still there are enough members ON the ground
nov to e1Ye the aspect Of the canvass more
definite shape The hostility against Randall Is
no more pronounced and little more formidable
than it was tive years ago, and it was theu
p1soRGANZED AND DIVIDED IN PREFERENCE
between three men; whereas it f5 now unler
intelligent direction aud is concentrated uron
ability and popularity: It is not 50 certain,
however, that it is finally welded together.
Many who support Blackburn have their eyes
on somebody else. Some would like to vote Tor
McMahon, OF Ohio, others tor Cox, OF New
York, others for Carlisle, OF Kentucky, and 4
larger class than either is composed
o. opposed to Randall that st. they hey could could
not he won ever BY promise that they would
be better treated IN the future. Still another
class comprise Southern men like Gen. Joe John
ston, OF Virginia, who, while personally prefer
ring Blackburn, doubt the prop1iety OF taking
the SpeaSership Southwark II tue opposition
were concentrated upon a Northern man Of
ability and popularity equal to Blackburn, the
2nti-Randall movement would
HAVE MCcu BETTER GLANCE
OF success. So it would also, ii q Southern
Union man like Carlisle, OF Kentucky, we're it,
candidate.
it is fairly charged against Randall that the
Of Committees in the lust Congress. 1t il
active in opposition are those who
expected Chairsnanships in 1877, and failed to
Mcmahon, Ellis, and others, complain, with
good reason, that their claims we're overlooked
or slishted in the last distribution OF prizes.
There is no iced OF saying where they stand
now. Among the old Chairmea there are sew
cral whose espou.al OF the Randall cause brings
him no real strength Fernando Wood is
4 CONSPICUOUS ILLUSTRATION.
The belief that he will be reappointed Chair
man Of the Committee on Ways aud Means will
cost his candidate good many votes.
int TO noua as
q Speaker, and put full ticket in the field. II
we can't elect our man, we want to force the
hart.-moncy men of both parties to
cuulOlne Oh 6O1HE uAE 10 EtpleSEuE L0efF
views. We think that oil hard-moncy
Democrats belong in the Republican party. We
don't care for the Speake1shp, but We do want
to force hard-moucy man into the chair in ease
we can't drive the Democracy to aYcpE our
uominee."
''Will you let youE nominee enter either OF
the other caucuses?''
ssNo, sir; not BY large majority. If they
want to indorse him, well and good; but he
must keep himself alone. It we baDtizc him
and take him into the church, he must be truo
to the faiih.''
It is generally ruu,orcd tonight that five
Southwestern congressman and one New York.
er, Mr.. Cox, will refuse to go into the Demo- j.
cratic cAucus on Monday night. The South
western men are said to be Mcssrs. Hooker and
Chalmers, OF Mississippi; Ellis, Of Louisiana;
Mills. OF Texas, aud QUO other
BLACKBURH's PLATFORM
The friends OF Mr.. Blackburn to-ntrht ha7o
furnished statement of the principles OF the
platform on which Blackburn wishes to have il
understood that he stands in bis campaign for
AMI Speakership, aud By which he, will be euid-
ed II elected The following: is oriet s7nopsix
Of the document:
The maintenance OF the remonecization of silver.
aud the issuance silver hn11,nn rerr,n-,+o.