Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-11-30
THE SPEAkERSHR.
Yesterday Marked an Influx of
New Members Upon
the Scene.
Carlisle and Randall Both
Still Confident.
A Republican Bug-a-boo Concern
ing Poor Ben Butler.
General Political Intelligence.
THE SPEAKERSHIP,
An lnpourlng of Members and the
Contest In Statu Quo.

Contest In Statu Quo.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-There has
been regular deluge of members to-
day. A great many came in from the
evacuation ceremonies at New York
and great many came directly from
their homes having started out Mon
day There is probably fully one hun
dred and fifty members in the city to-
night
AS TO CoX'S CONTEST,
it has not received much attention to-
day. 1t seems to be sort of generally
agreed that the stiff fight is to be be-
tween Randall and Carlisle. Nearly
all of the members that have arrived
to-day have gone directly to either
Randall's or Carlisle's headquarters.
This has been
BETTER DAY FOR RANDALL
than it has for Carlisle, Randall get.
ting fully sixty per cent. of the new
comers who have expressed themselves
definitely. There are also renewed eN-
pressions of confidence at Randall's S
headquarters on account the declara-
tions of the
NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT
IN his favor, and of the announce
ment that Arnot, of New York, a
protectionist, will vote for him. The
New Orleans paper has always favor
ed him. Carlisle's friends say that it's
editorial is a demonstration of the
Randall southern literary bureau.
The suggestion that Randal's cleo
ton is necessary for party success and
to preserve the business interests is
the staple argument Randall counts
forty votes south. His opponents
concede him twenty Randall's sup
porters also laugh at the estimates
furnished daily by Carlisle men. 1t
reminds them of the Blackburn race
with Randall four years ago. Black
burns friends came earliest and were
most boastful, so that it was generally
supposed Randall would be showed
under, but he was elected Randall and
friends decline to give full estimates.
Their canvassis still pursued quietly.
they have many strangers is,
men who are not members of congress,
-fiuttering about, comforting with
Randall or his lieutenants The Sc
crecy and mystery about his canvass
worry the opposition. Nothing more
could be extracted from him to-day
than remark that he had no doubt
he would be nominated.
CARLISLE'S CANVASS
Is conducted with the greatest abIiit !
and most uniform courtesy and defer
ence to opponents of any canvass
ever engineered for the speakership.
His opponents concede this and it is
this very position of Carlisle that will
make this contest memorable one.
Mr.. Carlisle is most genial and
courteous gentleman and will allow
his lieutenants to precipitate no rough
and tumble contest for office.
He has an honorable ambition to be
speaker, and proposes to exercise all
the vigilance a candidate can be eX-
pected to with propriety, but he will
tolerate no dirty scramble. He says
with the utmost
SINCERITY AND CONFIDENCE:
Il can be nominated on the first bal
lot without single vote from Ohio or
Georgia" Randall's danger lies in
the possibility that Carlisle may be
eledted on the first ballot.
The Carlisle men have stopped talk
ing about the sectional question, y
because, as the jovial successor of
Proctor Knott expresses it, 1--WE have
mashed that thing fiat" More is
heard now among Carlisle men about
the prospective exertions of monopo-
lies and powerful corporations in be
half of Randall.
Now" say they, fight a square
fight for principle and we shall Ger
tainly win"