Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-18
Especial Telegram to the GlobeI

WASHINGTON, Nov. IT, The word ''con-
test" has queer look when applied to the
speakership rivalry just at present. Some
hard work has been done, and more will
be done in the next two weeks, bat for
contest so-called there is an astonishing
lack of struggle. Mr.. Cox spends his days
in his parlors at Wizards, where occasion
ally friend drops in and the two go into
executive session. Apparently there is
notanything of much more Importance
than killing time going on. Mr. Cox is
always ready to talk of travels, books or
"reminiscences or to tell joke
or do anything else except talk seriously
about the speakership unless Mr. RandalPs
airy declaration that Cox is to get only a
complimentary vote be alluded to. That
is apt to make him comparatively seri
Gus.
Mr. Carlisle has not yet got into his
headquarters, but occasionally receives a
caller in his private parlor at the Riggs.
Mr.. Randall isn't here. There arc about
forty representatives of both parties in
the city, and they are now rushing
around in search Of anybody'5
headquarters or hunting up the candidates
in order to find out how to vote. Con-
gressmen are not much more common
around the hotels than they were last sum
mer. Some of Mr.. Randall's friends here
resorted to highly Objectionable devices
for injuring Mr.. Carlisle in the valley of
the Mississippi. The Mississippi, by the
way, is Mr.. Carlisle's one vulnerable point.
His friends easily explain that he has al
ways been friendly to the Improvements to
navigation, but Mr.. Carlisle has not been
friendly to the jobbery that sought to OBJ
tain vast appropriations for building
dike5 along the river to save planters from
the expense of protecting their lands.
The Randall men have done their best to
injure Mr.. Carlisle in the Mississippi val
ley by incorporating his views. They
have flooded that region with two sheet
posters purporting to give the Ken
tuckian'8 record on the Mississippi 5ques-
ton, besides vast amount of matter in
tended without stating anything incorrect
ly to give wrong impression. Mr.. Carlisle
discovered il one of these sheets two
undoubted Notifications of the record. Zone
of these referring to vote some years ago
states that Mr.. Carlisle voted against the
adoption of certain senate amendments to
the Mississippi appropriation bill which
were supported by the river men. The
volume and page of the Congressional
Record are given in order to make the
charge appear specific and a matter Of
record, yet the volume and page
cited disprove the assertion
they are offered to substantiate
They show that Mr.. Carlisle was recorded
on that occasion as not voting, and the
Record of a few days before shows that he
had obtained an indefinite leave of alb
sence, and it is q fact that he Immediately
leftthe city and remained away during
the rest of the session. This bill continu
ing the work begun at Plum Point and
Lake Providence and these appropriations
were based on a report of the special com
mittee on the Mississippi in which Mr..
Carlisle concurred. The statement
is made that when the Dunn
amendment was voted for Mr.. Carlisle did
not vote, which Is true, but it also states
that Randall and Gibson told somebody
that hobeggad Carlisle to vote and the
latter refused. This Mr. Carlisle says is
utterly untrue, and of course ne does not
believe Gen. Gibson ever said 40. Carlisle
was not in the house at any time when the
river and harbor bill was pending. All that
limo he was shut up in The
room of the senate committee
on finance rs member
the tariff bill aal was the Only low tariff
man on the committee. He dd tell Gibson
chat he did not see how he could come IN
TO attend the river and harbor debate, and
the general urged him 10 be present if
possible and he did not refuse, but he was
prevented from being present as stated.
The hummer element Is taking less in
terest in this spealorship contest than IL
some fey years ago, because the free
liquor that was The most CO.'S icuous feature
of the candidates headquarters then, Is
now absent. MIR. Carlisle SAID to q friend
to-day that he should open his headquar
tiers Monday, and he should have cigars
but he would not keep grocery store.
Mr.. Cox isn't doing any treating in the
barAeepers' sense, and Mr.. Randall will dc
as he has done before and make his can
vas5 without bar attachment. The class
that goes from one candidates psrlor tt
another absorbing all the gratuitiou
whisky within reach, is not coveted by an.
of this years candidates.
SPRINGER IN THE FIELD.
Especial Telegram to the Globel
SpRNarrEup, H., Nov. 17.--Cougress
man Springer, before his departure 70
Washington, repeated his expressions o
dissatisfaction made some days ago wit
the reported statement of Congressman
Carlisle to the effect that he Mr.. Carlisle
thought the speakership contest practical
~ narrowed down to three-Cox, Randall
and himself. Mr.. Springer said he expecte
to be before the caucus as a candidate, an
had no intention of permitting himself t
be set aside in advance. warm persons
friendship exists between Cox and Spring
er. They have been constantly GORE;