New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-15

WAsUNGToy Nov H." Oh, that Is one OF sam
RandalPs sly tricks" said Carlisle man today
after reading newspaper paragraph announcing
that Mr.. Randall was detained at homo by scNcIo
attack of illness. The Carlisle man contlhueu
"The sore toe dodge will not save HIM rom "oio"V
1t has kept Hendricks before the peoP'o """
Hoadlys illness was a Godsend to hlh' p"V III, %
story will not create much sympathy ior hanu"'I'
A personal friend of Mr.. Randall said: u nave
heard from him. his illness is not at All SeIiouS anu
he will he in Washington on Saturday"
Mr. RandalTs friends DO not intend that the Car-
1isle men shall do all the " claiming" OF votes.
Respecting the estimate published IN II HE TRIBUNE
of today. one of them said: "lMr. Randalls' friends
are reluctant to believe that Mr. Phil thompson OF
anv we'll informed friend of Mr. Carlisle, could pre-
mare the statement which undertook to specify the
votes in each State for Carlisle and Randall, with
an aggregate of 10 for Carlisle and so for Kan
dali. The statement is full of errors and is proof
ON its face that the writer is badly posted. This
nav be explained by the fact that most members
NOT only refuse to pledge themselves to candidates,
whether for Speaker or anything else but they also
dislike to make public proclamation of their pref
srepces ms the effect of such public advocacy is to
cmbarrass their personal relations At any rate, the
statement is most grossly erroneous.
ANALYzING CARLISLE FIGURES.
Ohio is set down ny Jlls WIliCI as HNo lOl N''-
Isle and eight for Randall. As matter of fact,
Mr.. Carlisle has hardly single supporter in the
delegation. Frank Hurd is for Cox, and Of the
others Mr.. Randall will have certainly eleven and
possibly twelve Wisconsin is set down four to one
for Carlisle The reverse would be more the truth.
The five votes of Mississippi are credited to
Carlisle lie may get one from that state Mis-
souri is said TO be ten for Carlisle to four for Ran
dali Mr. Randall has half the delegation. North
Carolina is put down as Eve for Carlisle and two
for Randall The delegation really stands four for
Randall and three, possibly, for Carlisle. Inc
claim of eight from Tennessee for Carlisle and OF
eight to one for Carlisle in Georgia is simply ab-
surd. In other States the calculation is equally
erroneous and absurd. From the llO votes claimed
for Carlisle at least twenty-five votes should be
deducted and credited to his opponent. OF the
New-York delegation on.a trial of strength between
Carlisle and Randall Mr.. Randall has at least
fourteen. There has been an attempt at bulldOzing
of members by Carlisle's friends, which cannot be
too severely condemned. 1t has failed so far, but
this game is to be kept up it is said. by an effort to
change the uniform usage of the party caucus, both
of the Senate and House, by breaking up the sye-
ten of ballOtng for candidates and substituting
therefor rra rOce vote 1t is pretty certain that
this business OF cracking the whip over the heads
OF members will fail Of its intended effect
This question of how the vote in the caucus shall
be taken is one of much Importance. When the
caucus was held which nominated Mr. Randall for
Speaker of the XLVIth Congress, the friends Of
Mr. Blackburn made determined effort to have
the vote cast rirn rOce but they were defeated Mr.
Blackburn has ever since maintained that had the
effort succeeded, ho and not Mr.. Randall would
have been chosen. The attempt will again be made,
but it will probably fare no better than tine last
one for reasons which will readily suggest them
selves The number of gOOd-naturod men who
promise their votes to more than one candidate IN
a contest of this sort is always large, and men who
have done so will never consent to expose them
selves by an open vote if they can avoid it.
A STORY OF MR.. CoX's CANDIDACY.
According to The star New-York Representative
gives the following account Of tho manner in
which Mr. Cox came TO be candidate for the
Speakership: L" Some months ago meeting OF the
Democrats elected TO Congress from NewloIk was
held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, for the purpose of
determining upOn a course to be adopted with re-
gard to the Speakership. Eighteen of the twenty
one members-elcct were present. 1t was unani-
mously agreed that it the duty OF the delegation
to obtain the Speakership for New-YoTk if that
were possible. The Empire State, it was repre-
sented, had had but one Speaker in the history of
the Government. There was no dissent to the prop
ocrats to compliment Ncw-Yorll by making one of
her Representatives Speaker. Having determined
TO use every effort TO the honor for New York
the next thing was to agree upon member OF the
delegation as q candidate. Mr.. AbTam S. Hewitt
was fIst proposed, but hc pcrompt0Tily refused to
permit his name to be considered. He said he was
physically unfit for the task of canvass in the first
place. and that if elected he could not perform the
onerOus duties Of the position. lie declared that
insomnia was the burden of his life and that excite
ment or extra cXertiOn aggravated IT. Therefore
he, out of regard for his health refused to make
the race, but he agreed to support any man whom
the delegation might select. Ex-Governor Dors-
heimer was next proposed, but he also declined He
said he was a new member; that hc thought it
would look like presumption for him to aspire 10
the highest position in the gift Of body which he
was Just entering. General SlOcum was next con-
sdered, but he also begged to be excused He too,
was a new member, unfamiliar with parliamentary
law and tactics, and would prefer to serve in the
House as an individual member, rather than to
push forward 50 early for distinction.
" Mr.. Perry Belmont was talked of, but after
thorough discussion tho delegation selected S. 8.
Cox their standaTdbearer 1t was resolved to give
Mr. Cox tho unanimous and cordial support of the
delegation and 10 press him as the choice Of the En-
pre- State for Speaker. He formally advised Of
this action and informed that he was ut liberty 10
declare himself as the candidate by authority Of
the New-YOrk Democracy"
CLAIMS OF THE cox MRN.
If this account be correct Mr.. Cox is at best the
fourth choice of his colleagues, and if Perry Bel
mont offered the refusal of the place, Mr.. Cox
must be the fifth choice Mr. Cox has arrived here
and will open his headquarters tomorrow. His
friends insist that the Randall men and Carlisle
men make great mistake when they assert that he
Is not an important factor in the contest They
claim" for him fifty-four votes, plus the twenty
votes Of New-York, which will leave only 1lS votes
divided ,,tbo
MI ATKINS said to-day that he Las not made, nor
shall ne Try to make any combination in his can
Eass lor tnS Clerkship; that he is running his
own record character, merits and qualifications |
ana does not propose to take any hand in the |
SpeakeTship contest Neither will nc promise that
IN case of his election be will make any appoint-
mont in consideration of smnnnrt reccinSd ~ -,