Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-19
Especial Telegram, to the Globel

Especial Telegram, TO the Globe1
WASHINGTON, Nov. H. The word Soon
test" has queer look when applied to the
speahership rivalry just at present. Some
hard work has been done, sad more will
be done in the next two weeks, but for a
contest so-called there is an astonishing
lack of struggle. Mr.. Cox spends his days
in his parlors at Wizards, whers occasion-
ally friend drops in and the two go into
executive session. Apparently there is
not anything of much more Importance
than killing time going on. Mr. Cox Is
always ready to talk of travels, books or
"reminiscences or to tell Joke
or do anything else except talk seriously
about the speakership unless Mr.. Randall's
airy declaration that Cox is to get only
complimentary vote be alladed to. That
is apt to make him com paratively seri-
Gus.
mr.. Carlisle has not yet got into his
headquarters, but occasionally receives
caller in his private parlor at the Riggs.
Mr.. Randall Isn't here. There are about
forty representatives Of both parties in
the city, and they are row rushing
around in search of anybody's
headquarters OF hunting up the candidates
in order to find out how to vote. Con-
gressmen are not much more common
around the hotels than they were last sum
mer. Some of Mr.. Randalrs friends here
resorted to highly Objectionable devices
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the Mississippi. The Mississippi, by the
way, is Mr.. Carlisle's one vulnerable point.
His friends easily explain that he has al
ways been friendly to the Improvements to
navigation, but Mr.. Carlisle has not been
friendly to the jobbery that sought to OBJ
tain vast appropriations for building
dikes along the river to save planters from
the expense of protecting their lands.
The Randall men have done their best to
injnre Mr.. Carlisle in the Mississippi val
ley by disappearing his views. They
have flooded that region with two sheet
posters purporting to give the Ken
tuckian's record on the Mississippi Iques-
ton, besides vast amount of matter in
tended without stating anything incorrect
ly to give wrong impression. Mr.. Carlisle
discovered in one of these sheets two
undoubted falsifcations of the record. lone
of these referring to vote some years ago
states that Mr.. Carlisle voted against the
adoption of certain senate amendments to
the Mississippi appropriation bill which
were supported by the river men. The
volume and page of the Congressional
Record ara given in order to make the
charge appear specific and a matter of
record, yet the volume and page
cited disprove the ASSERT on
they are offered to substantiate.
They show that Mr.. Carlisle was recorded
on that occasion as not voting, and the
Record of few days before shows that he
had obtained an indefinite leave of alb
sence, and it is fact that he Immediately
left,the city and remained away during
the rest of the session. This bill continu-
ing the work begun at Plum Point and
Lake Providence and these appropriations
were based on report of the special com
mittee on the Mississippi in which Mr..
Carlisle concurred. The statement
amendment was voted for Mr.. Carlisle did
not vote, which is true, but it also states
that Randall and Gibson told somebody
that hebegged Carlisle to vote and the
latter refused. This Mr.. Carlisle says is
utterly untrue, and of course he does not
believe Gen. Gibson ever said so. Carlisle
was not in the house at any time when the
river and harbor bill was pending. Ali that
time he was shut up in the
room of the senate committee
on finance as a member
of the conference committee on
the tariff bill and was the only low tariff
man on the committee. He cid tell Gibson
that he did not see how he could come in
to attend the river and harbor debate, and
the general urged him to be present if
possible and he did not refuse, but he was
prevented from being present as stated.
The hummer element is taking less in
terest in this speakership contest than IN
some few years ago, because the free
liquor that was the most spicuous feature
of the candidates headquarters then, is
now absent. Mr.. Carlisle said to friend
to-day that he should open his headquar-
tiers Monday, and he should have cigars
but he would not keep a grocery store.
Mr.. Cox isn't doing any treating in the
barkeepers' sense, and Mr.. Randall will do
as he has done before and make his can
vass without bar attachment. The class
that goes from one candidates parlor to
another absorbing all the gratuitious
whisky within reach, is not coveted by any
of this years candidates.
SPRINGER IN THE FIELD.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. 17.-Congress-
man Springer, before his departure for
Washington, repeated his expressions of
dissatisfaction made some days ago with
the reported statement of Congressman
Carlisle to the effect that he (Ar. Carlisle)
thought the speskership contest practical
ly narrowed down to three-Cox, Randall
and himself. Mr.. Springer said he expected
to be before the caucus as a candidate, and
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