The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-11-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.


AhO oPOohCAohAP AdSC al al Az
sorbing topic in Washington at the
present time, but real activity in the
contest is not yet manifest. They will
be on time, however, when the caucus
meets, n week from Saturday next,
and, meanwhile the canvass will rapidly
grow In energy. By the middle of this
week the most trusty workers of the
several candidates will all be here, and
then matters will be stirred In a lively
manner. There are now about seven
teen senators and forty-six members In
the city. The principal candidates in
the rae have all arrived and are quar-
tered. Mr.. Randall has fully recovered
from his indisposition and seems to be
in the best Of health. He is personally
directing his canvass. His headquar-
tiers are established at the Ebbitt, in
the same parlors that Speaker Keifer
occupied in his canvas. Mr.. Randall
has thus far conducted his canvass ST.
lently and at long range. His exact
strength is therefore the harder to esti-
mate. No tabulated statement of Ran
dail's estimated support has been given
out, but in a general way it is claimed
that he will get from eighty-6ve to
ninety votes on the 6rst ballot, and a
nomination On the second. 1t is ad-
mitted on all hands that Mr.. Randall
has the cordial support and friendship
of Ex-Governor Tilden, and this influ-
ence is actively at work for him.
Across from Randall's headquarters,
Mr.. Cox holds the fort at Wizards.
He is in good humor and expresses
amusement at the talk of ''complimen-
tary votes'' for him. He says that he
once helped q man in Ohio to get COM
plimentary votes in a convention for
sheriff. He got so many that he was
elected on the first ballot. MI. Cox
told another good story Of a friend of
his, an Irishman, "who remarked when
L left New York that it seemed that the
papers had elected both Randall and
Carlisle, go what's the use of your going
down at all, at all2" But Mr.. Cox be-
lieves his friends will stick to him as
long as he wants them to, and he will
stick until satisfied that he is not
wanted as speaker. The New York
democrats are solid for Cox with twenty
votes, and his friends readily count
enough from the other states to give
him a total of seventy-four on the first
ballot.
Some distance from Wizards, down
Pennsylvania avenue, Mr.. Carlisle's
headquarters are established at the
Metropolitan, and they are presided
over by Representatives Blackburn and
Thompson, of Kentucky. Judging
from the sanguine feeling exhibited by
the Carlisle men, their candidate is
largely leading the others. and is we'll
nigh certain of election. Their count,
assuming that the contest is really be-
tween Carlisle and Randall, has been
presented in a tabulated statement CIV
ing Carlisle ITO and Randall eighty
votes. 1t will only require n~inety-six
votes to nominate in the caucus. and
the Carlisle men claim that they are
moderate in allowing their candidate a
margin of only fourteen. 1t is no
secret that if Cox drops out of the race.
the Tammany congressman will 90 over
to Carlisle, but still the opinion is that
the supporters of the latter are taking
a very rosy view of the situation. Car.
Isle and Cox exchange friendly calls,
and their relations are in no way ruff
fed. Either of them would much rather
see the other win than to have Randall
succeed, but in previous contests for
the speakership, Mr.. Randall,s esti.
mates of his own strength have proved
much more accurate than those of his
opponents, and therefore MANY cool OBJ.
servers of the field are inclined to think
that it may be 30 this time. ANYWAY
it will be well for his opponents net to
be too SUI of their grin mon the
speakers mallet until his votes are
conntad And n 10 ha,t mi e. 1o,e