Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-30

tors Will have or can have SO. Why should
he grow any weakerf Why should he not
grow stronger? When that vote is taken,
one man who is boasting of his ability to
push right through to the Speakers chair
will be astonished-that is if he is honest
in his present professions-and that mans
vote and following, unequal to secure his
election, will go to Cox. 1t can't 90 any,
where else. We haven't antagonlZed any,
body" he continued. "We have simply
supported our own man. We have started
no scandals, ISLANDERS or bugaboos--nor
have we replied to any little insinuations
thrown out at us by the unwise friends of
other men,"
Mr.. Carlisle's friends still maintain
that they have votes enough to nominate
their candidate on the first ballot. They
are constantly in receipt of advices from
the Southern States, in which Mr.. Ran
dalls managers are claiming large gains.
assuring them that the delegations may
be depended upon to vote as they have
been reported: All the newly arrived
Congressman from the South and West
confirm the Carlisle calculations. Not a
single man who has been set down as
sure to vote for Mr.. Carlisle has appeared
to contradict the record; but, on the con-
trary, every member at present in Wash
lngton, against whose name the Carlisle
has been placed, has personally de-
clared his intention Of supporting the
Kentuckian.
In RandalPs fight he has found it neces-
sary TO whip in every man who is inclined
to vote for him. He attempted to make
stampede to-day at the Carlisle head
quarters by circulating the story that he
was bound to beat Carlisle in any event.
and that he would turn in and help elect
Cox before he would permit Carlisle to
win. This talk has had certain effect,
but no one believes that Randall could
form union with Cox if he should try, or
II the latter should be willing to have him
do so. The supporters of Cox and Randall
are too far apart ever to be brought to-
gether in the support of any one man. One
OF RandalPs main supporters charged to-
day that certain evidence would be pro-
duced In two or three days showing that
Carlisle was the tool of the great corpora
tlons of the country. Carlisle was shown
this statement this afternoon. He
laughed as he said that he thought it
would be better for the Randall people to
produce the evidence instead of making
vague threats. He said further that they
were perfectly welcome to publish
anything they could find. He regarded
the charge as a very absurd one. To-day
the tight appears to have narrowed down
to Randall and Carlisle, with a possibility
OF CoX's holding enough votes to cOnsti-
tute the balance of power,
The main incident of to-day has been
the issuing of a brief prOnunciamento by
Randall, in which he says there are 10 Rep
resentatives against Carlisle. But he is
very careful to avoid saying that they are
for him. The intent of this statement from
Randall is to drive off votes from the Ken
lucky member, who has led strongly from
the first.
The clOseness of the fight thus far is
shown by figures obtained to-day from an
intimate friend of Mr.. Randall. There
are siXty-seven Democratic votes in the
States of Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio,
Maryland, Delaware, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut
and Massachusetts. Mr.. Carlisle will
have one vote from New England, five
from New York, one from Delaware, one
from Ohio and one from Virginia. Mr..
Randall has, it is believed, fifty-eight
votes certain, outside of the South and
southwest, to begin with.
1t is not thought there will be over $50
members in the caucus. The four candi-
dates will not be present, the Second Mis-
sissippi district will be unrepresented,
and it is not probable that either Morse,
OF Massachusetts, or Clardy, of Missouri,
Will be in attendance. There are several
other members whose presence is doubt
full. Assuming that 80 votes will be all
that is required to nominate, Mr.. Randall
must get 81 votes from the South and
West in order to win. His friends, after
thorough canvass, claim the following