Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-23
nrR. SPEAKER.
Some Taffy for William springer-A
Chat with Sam COx-Reviewing the
Other Candidates and Their Chances
of Success

some Tafy for william springer-A
Chat with Sam COx-Reviewing the
Other Candidates and Their Chances
of Success.
Saratoga Letter in Chicago Net0s.
1t Is by no means certain who is 10 WIN
in the coming Speakership fight at Wash
ington. have learned since coming here
that there has been a real break made
against sam Randall that viii surprise
him when he gets back to Washington.
Member-elect SlOcum. from the Brooklyn
district, says that he has been carefully
over the list of the next House, and that
Randall cannot count on more than thirty
five votes. Stilson Hutchlns, who has
been here several days, is already hard
at work against Randall. He left for
Boston Yesterday to make a canvass
among the New England members.
Hutchins is not particular who is Speaker,
provided it is not Sam Randall.
had a long talk with sam Cox yester-
day. He said, in answer to an inquiry
about the support ne was to have from
the New York delegation: 81 am sure Of
the whole delegation. l have been through
my State and have seen them all. Every
one of the members have pledged them
selves to support me except w Waldo ,.
Hutchins, and he will go for me if the
delegation says so. He has said as much
as that"
4 see there has been some talk about
Dorsheimer. How did you settle with
him?"
Every simply. l went to DOrsheimer,
and very frankly SAID to him: If the
delegation wants to support you l want
to know it now. | do not want to 90 into
this fight unless l am going to be backed.
If you want the benefit of my twenty-five
years experience in the House, say so
now. You must stand by me if l go into
this contest Dorsheimer said all the
talk about his candidacy was absurd. No
suggestion of it had come from him. 1t
would be the height of absurdity for a
member who had never served to be a cam
didate for the highest office in the House.
No: DOrsheimer is for me, and you may
be certain | will have the votes of the New
York delegation with me-"
"Will you have Hewitt's support?
There was time when you and Hewitt
Differed
''Not seriously. Hewitt is now my
friend. He was obliged to be absent from
the House last winter on account of his
health and did his work for him in his
absence We are both coming to Con-
gress from districts where he could not be
nominated in the one if | were not in the
other, and vice versa. You will find that
/ shall have his cordial support"
''When do you expect to formally open
your campaign at Westinghouse
General Slocum, who will have charge
of my canvass, will go to Washington on
the first of October. He will Open his
house there, and remain there to look af-
ter my business. He will be in the house
recently occupied by General Sherman"
GLOW many votes do you expect on the
first ballotY'
'.FrOm assurances already given me |
believe will have IS votes. l believe
Carlisle will have IS, Randall 81, while
Springer will have the Illinois delegation
on the first ballot at least. But think
he Will have trouble to hold it, on account
of the opposition of VIM. r. Morrison. |
have a very high regard for Mr.. Springer.
He is a conscientious student of public
affairs, a hard worker and always indie
fatigable in attending to his duties in the
House. | regard him as one of the most
useful men in the House. | think Sprin-
ger had rather come to me, if he thinks
he cannot win himself. than 90 to
anybody else. [ therefore count
pretty confidently upon Illinois in the
end. / have a good vote assured me in
Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. |
have the North Carolina delegation and
number from the South. l have nine
votes in Ohio. There is only one vote In
that delegation | am in doubt about and
that is Converse. | have befriended him
for me. He must come, if he comes at all,
without asking"
Mr.. Cox is in the very best of health
and spirits. Few men are as young at
sixty. His hair is still very dark. and
only streaked with gray, while he has the
rattle and dash of very young man. AS
he said, Il am young, younger than any
of the men in the House."
Continuing his chat, he said .'the only
pOmifV he had came from mon who uaxar
could forgive a man for not beng dull or
commonplace" He had never hesitated
to express his opinions at all times upon
every question as it came up. He had
often been crowded to the front on ac-
count of the timidity of those who would
be the first to denOunce his success after
ward from pure jealousy.
l have given Mr.. COX's views and those
Of his friends at some length. because it
has not been generally believed he could
hold the solid New York delegation back
of him. The result of to-day shows that
Mr.. Cox has been conducting a very
adrOit canvass during the season when
politicians are generally ready to rest. 1t
does not seem possible that he can sue
ceed as against Mr.. Carlisle, but the New
York members say he has distanced Sam
Randall already, and will be placed a
good second. No one talks much of Hol-
man as a candidate. He and Cox have
worked together in the past, and have
close affiliations. Holman has never vet
committed himself to anybody, although
friends Of Carlisle have tried very hard to
secure pledges from him.
Randall is the candidate of the Repub-
Leans; that is to say, he is the man the
Republicans would like to see the Demo-
Gratis elect Speaker. That is hurting him
a good deal. Then he has been Speaker of
the House when the Democrats made any
thing but good records. He is married to
the high protection element in PennsyIVa.
ma, and cannot procure a divorce, Then
you can add to all the opposition coming
from this source all the men Randall Sc
lected for victims in his days of power.
William X. Morrison will never rest until
Sam Randall is down. There are any
number Of men in the South and West
who hate Randall with no ordinary ha-
tired. For so good a politician &e has but
few graces to win popularity. The men
he has pledged to him are those to whom
he has promised chairmanships. Natu-
rally the support from this thirty-Odd men
will be vigorous and hearty.
One Ofthe elements of weakness in Car
isles canvass is greatly to his credit.
lie will not make any promises in adj
vance of what he viii do, beyond
saying: "If am elected | shall arrange
the committees so they shall be in the
hands of the best men, regardless of any
question of personal services"
This is diScOur2g1ng to the workers. |
Mr.. Carlisle is the only candidate for the
Speakership who has no system of re.
wards and punishment. He does not I'M
derstand practical politics." The aver
age member does not fight with belligerent
heartiness unless he is sure in advance of
his pay. Then the members who fight
Mr.. Carlisle, or who support some other
man, can rest assured that, if Mr.. Car
Isle should win, they will stand as well
for committee places as before.
The odds all through are in favor of Nh.
Carlisle. He is the best man among the
Democrats, and whose election the Re-
pUblicans most fear.
Mrs. j. w. Johnson, Rome, Ga, says:
Il used Browns Iron Bitters for indiges-
tiOn and derived much benefit