The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-07
WASHINGTON.
THE sPEAKERsHIP.
A BREAK IN THE NEW YORK FORCES.

cruz. All TIE cHeerlulneSS mas urOppeu
out of him. Some explanation may be
found in the fact that on the same train
with the New York candidate came NichO-
las Miller, OF New York, who openly an
nounces that he will vote for Carlisle. The
hopes of Mr.. Cox were based upon solid
vote from his own state. and unless he
can find some medicine for Mr.. Muller he
will not get 1t. For once the Randall and
Carlisle factions are agreed In their claims
on q state, and the state Is New York. Mr..
Carlisle will get the votes of Cox, Dor
sheimer, Hewitt, Slocum and Belmont, and
Mr. Randall will get the remainder.
An aged politician who has seen several
battles said yesterday: "John Kelly never
wanted Cox elected, and this Is the proof
or 1t. TWO months ago Barbour, or Nlr-
GINA, went TO New York. Dorsheimer
called upon him, and thnn told him hat
the entire vote IF New York was for Car
Isle. Dor ,heimer is nearer to Kelly than
Cox is, and ii Kelly had not been for car
Isle Dorshelmer would never have given
the Virginlan the impression that the state
was for him. The Tammany people have
tried TO get as many as possible OF the
New York delegation committed to Cox,
expecting 10 turn them over to Carlisle In
the end but they actually control but four
votes. The rest will go TO Randall"
1t is evident that Cox's balloon has col
lapsed and he is certain to be out of the
race in few days. Both Carlisle and
Randall are claiming enough votes to
elect, with this difference, that Carlisle
gives names and Randall gives nothing.
Mr.. Carlisle was in his parlors at the
Metropolitan to-day, looking somewhat re-
were pretty we'll thronged during the day
with visitors, and his success was conf
IDENTIFY predicted. He said this morning:
II can be nominated on the first ballot
without single vote from Ohio or Geor-
gia.'' The Randall men have been claim
ing gains in these states, and Mr.. Carlisle
declared that he could cOncede the entire
vote of both these states 20 Randall and
then win at the outset. Mr.. hatch, of
Missouri, arrived to-day, and declared for
Carlisle. Speaking of the business inter-
est being in favor of Randall, he said:
''There Is very respectable class OF peO-
Dle in this country known as producers,
whom it is probably as necessary to take
into consideration as the b0ndhOlderS and
corporations. Then there is the laboring
element of the country that is entitled to
as much consideration as. the capitalists.
shall vote for Mr.. Carlisle. and have no
second choice"
At the Randall headquarters all was ac-
tvity. Everybody was cheerful, and con-
win. Mr.. Randall himself says nothing,
but ''saws wood" Said Maryland dem
Ocratic congressman to-day: "Why, four
years ago it was the same way. Black
burn had all the hurrah with him. His
IrlenuS ClIlle mere early anu Ldlheu lOuutSt,
and up to within two or three days of the
caucus people generally believed Black
burn had it. But when the men who had
the election of speaker III hand met
Randall had the votes. That's the way it
will turn out this time"
''If Randall is elected" said friend of
Cox yesterday, lyon might as we'll count
mans personality and Individual charac-
ter ont of any future political contest. Cox
and Carlisle are both m-blooded men.
They make friends and are true to them.
Either one of them will 90 out of his way
TO do favor for friend. Randall Is as
cold as an iceberg. He sweats hailstOnes.
Personal attractions will never win him a
VOTE"
There was large influx of members to-
night, and there is now quorum OF demo-
cratic representatives in the city. The
hotel Hobbies tonight swarm with the adj
vocates OF the several aspirants to the
speakers gavel. The contest is fairly on.
Ii is getting exciting. The friends OF the
candidates are now avOwing themselves,
are who are still open TO conviction, as the
phrase goes, and To these are the candi-
dates assiduOus in their attentions. The
fight for minor Offices Is now entering into
the fight for the speakership, and the
probability of combinations with minor
candidates being made is apparently fear
ed on all sides, and thus give an unexpected
turn to the canvass.
Sergeant Mason, who was sent to prison
for I'M attempt to kill Guiteau, has been
pardoned by President Arthur.
President Arthur Saturday appointed
Lawrence Weldon, of Bloomington, ILL.,,
to fill the vacancy Of the court of claims.
Ex-senator Spencer was on Monday ar
raigned In the crimina court for contempt
in falling to testify in the star-route cases.
Arguments will be heard by Judge Wylie
on the question OF dismissing for want Of
jurisdiction.
The Sunday Herald says: "The friends
of General Fremont are considering the
propriety Of doing something to place him
above the necessity in his old age of toll
ing for his daily bread. Precisely what
they will be able to do cannot be said. but
an attempt will probably be made to REIN
state him in the army as major general
and put him Oh the retired list"
The commission appointed by the state
department to Investigate the cause of
trichinB has closed its labors mt Chicago
and other western points. 1t will report
in favor of creating special board to study
the matter at great length for which a
liberal appropriation will be required.
The action of the German and French gov
ernments Is not believed to have been
warranted By the facts o0talnable.
The annual report of the chief of the
life-saving service shows that at the end
or the last fiscal year tile number OF life
saving stations was 1914. The number of
disasters to vessels in the field of life-sav-
Ing operations during the year was 800. OF
S,795 persons on board these vessels only
fifteen persisted, and of more than S7,000,-
900 worth of property In these ships and
cargoes, only 81, SOC, 100 was lost.
Secretary Teller has addressed letter
to the commissioner of pensions. He re.
refuses to cOntine pension agents to the
legal profession, saying there Il no authori-
ty In the law for IT, lie says he will for
mulate such rules for the regulation of
practitioners as asked for by the commits
sioner, and also request congress to take
measures that will throw more safeguards
around pensioners.
In his forthcoming report Attorney Gen.
eral Brewster will devote himself princi-
pally to throwing the blame for the farci-
cal failure OF the star route cases upon
other shoulders than his own. Among other
things he will remark that juries drawn
from the District Of Columbia are very
poor, and he will recommend that In cases
of national importance two citizens OF each
state in the Union be taken to make n list
from which panel shall be drawn.
1t Is expected that the false prophet of
Egypt will soon move upon KhartOum.