Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-24
SPEAKER RANDALL.
So II Was, and So II Seems II
viii bs Once More.
His Opponents Less Confident.
Three Leading Georgia Papers
Declare for the PennsyI-
vanian.



WASHINGTON, November p -ThI
Speakership tide seems 10 be setting TO
ward Randall, and his followers predict I
stampede 10 him from Carlisles Southern
forces in the course Of next week. Tn,
most striking outward indications Of thil
are the dispatches received at Randalli
headquarters, announcing thet three Of
the leading papers Of the South, the At.
lanta Constitution, the Macon Telegraph
and Savannah News, have declared fol
Randall.
Mr., Randall, upon receiving these dis
patches, said: "Yes, there are more sur
prises yet 10 come" The surprises are
what the opponents Of Randall always
feared. The announcement Of the sud.
den conversion Of these three papers is
certainly very great surprise 10 the
anti Randall men. The prediction Of Mr..
Randall himself that more surprises are
in store will not allay their fears, and this
sudden movement which has the appear
Ance Of deep campaign, will have very
important influence upon the large un-
pledged portion Of the new members.
The truth is, Randall is sort of Dam
ocratic fetch. His opponents do not un-
derstand his tactics, and fear his reserve
power. His facility in combinations at
the last moment has always been very
marked. He he's furnished no lists 70
any one, but, in looking over the official
lists OF the other candidates, his inditier-
ent remarks that he could take out thirty
here and forty there, and transfer them 70
his own column, have not been without
their effect. Mr. Randalps followers
plainly say that he is looked upon by the
business interests Of the country as the
safest candidate, as the conservator of
tariff, mercantile, business and CONNER
cial interests, and that his policy is that Of
peace.
Mr., Carlisle's followers affect not to be
disturbed by what they call the campaign
trick in the South. Phil Thompson, for
instance, says; "It looks better every
hour for Carlisle, and we hear to-day that
the whole Mississippi delegation is for
him. The sectional cry will not hurt us
II viii helpus. II win unite the South.
IL will turn every Southern man TO Car
Isle. We are tired of being persecuted for
opinions sake, and Of being sacrificed for
some supposed Northern opinion"
Mr.. Carlisle himself said. ~ cannot be
mistaken. ! might il relied wholly upon
my own canvass, which has been an ex-
ceedingly careful one, but several inde.
pendent canvasses have been made by
conservative men, and they all SO nearly
agree that 1t Is impossible that all should
have made the same mistakes. AS for
this reported detection in Georgia, we do
not know what the Atlanta Constitution
has said. The report may be incorrect.
For that matter l have always given Mr..
Randall one in Georgia, and he cannot
claim but two, Nichols and Hammond.
The rest are for me"
Mr.. Carlisle seemed unrufled by the
attempt Of Randalls followers 10 create a
but Mr.. Morrison, Mr.. Carlisle's
chief adjutant, who has conducted more
than any Of the rest evidently
is annoyed. He says: "Mr. Car
would be elected, but there may be a
stampede to Randall. The so-called bus
iness interests may cause the stampede.
Everything in the way Of corporations
are for Randall; the banks, the railroads,
the subsidy people, all the great interests
which are organized, are for him. They
will make their power felt.n
And Mr.. Morrison did not insinuate,
he declared that the sectional cry which
had been raised was a mere trick TO cover
movements which were in contempla-
tion.
AS forSpringer's candidacy Il is so weak
thus far as to be absurd. He does not
seem to have the strength in the Illinois
delegation that he had claimed. Moulton,
who was counted for him, is pronounced
in advocacy for Carlisle. The Springer
thus far seems TO be limited TO
Springer and Riggs. Carlisle's Illinois
openly charge that Springer is
in the interests OF Randall, and
they doubt whether his name will be
in the caucus.