Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-17

Moreover, Judge Geddos doe5 not
have the united support OF the Ohio
democratic congressman. l am posi-
tive that Mr.. Carlisle will get more
than a majority Of the Ohio congress-.
men,"
"Then who will wln2"
"From the present indications Mr..
Carlisle Is Ia the lead, and a gentle.
men In his confidence tells me that he
Ia assured Of at least 100 votes on the
third ballot. OF the 325 members In
the next house, 1872 are democrats.
This Is on the suppoOltlon Mr.. Hern.
don's death will give d democratic
successor from the Mobile Gala dis
trict, and that Gen. Chalmers, repub-
lican, Of the Second Mississippi dis
trict, will be seated. Consequently
any candidate receiving % votes In the
democratic caucus will be speaker of
the next house,"
"But what about Mr.. Blackburn, Ct
Kentucky Will his candidacy be Diet.
rimental to Mr. Csrlislt2'
"Oh, he will get out Of the way at
the proper time. Joe Blackburn,
although inpulsive In disposition and
impetuous In language when on the
floor OF the house, Is not q fool, and
no one who knows him as 1 do will
sccredit him with o want of common
sense should he withdraw from the
race. Should he remain In the race
he IL not likely to come back to Don.
gress by democratic votes. BE will
not await the action of the Kentucky
democratic convention
ASKING HIM TO WITHDRAW"
els there any truth In the report
that Gen. Atkins, of Tennessee, who
has since the war served ten terms In
congress, and was chairman of the
house oommi tee on appropriations
while Mr.. Randall was speaker, Is
making the race for clerk go as to
atrengthea this gentleman and weaken
Mr.. Carlisle by ir tluenclng southern
members to give Mr.. Randall their
support, the latter In turn to securs
Gen. Atkins the votes of his northern
friends2"
"There Is net q word of truth In
any such report, and l am authorized
by Gen. Atkins to make this denial.
He has made no combination with any
one for speaker, and does not intend
to enter any pool in this contest. The
fact that he and Mr.. Carlisle are
southern democrats will not, as has
been asserted, diminish the l~atter's
strength. Gen. Atkins was an officer
In the Confederate army, and also a
member of the Confederate congress.
Mr.. Carlisle, who lives In Covington,
opposite Cincinnati, wac a consistent
Union man during the war. The
paths Of the two were widely apart
then, and the candidacy CT the one for
the clsrkship and OF the other for the
speakership will not cause q hostil.
ity of
THEIR RESPECTIVE INTERESTS
now. Mr.. Randall is not popular with
the democratic press or the democratic
masses In the south The superstition
that Gen. Atkins was q Randall man
came near defeating him for re cleo.
ton to the forty-seven congress-, he
receiving 10 500, the republican can
dldste 1913, and the independent
democrat 1928 votes. Gen Atkins,
as have other prominent southern
leaders In politics, two years ago an
nounced his dlspleasure with the
high tariff ideas of Mr.. Randall.
Were he member Of the next house
his choice would not be Mr.. Randall
for speaker. Every one of the eight
Tennessee members, with the possible
exception of Gen. Dibrell, is a sup.
porter of Mr., Carlisle. If Mr.. Dsbrell
wants to return to congress he will
vote for Mr.. Carlisle, and he appre-
cistes the Significance of this fact"