Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-14
THE TOPIC or THE HOUR.
Mr. Carlisle and Other Candidates
at Washington
The Combination Rather
Against Randall.
speeIal . the courler.Journal.

opttlaA 70 tuo oNOuElef-J0ufnAls
WAsHNoroN, November l2-Mr. Car
Isle will establish his headquarters at th,
Metropolitan, though he will retain hi
rooms at the Riggs.
Mr. Blackburn will be found al IN,
National IN the interest Of Mr.. Carlisle
while Hon William X. Morrison, the old
tried and true revenue reformer and the
father Of the Democratic side Of the House
will assist Mr.. Carlisle in the contest in
his rooms at the Willard Hotel. Those
who remember Mr. Morrison's gallant
fight for Michael Q. Kerr, the able Speak.
er Of the Forty-ffth Congress, will recog.
nize the great assistance he Is capable 81
rendering the Kentucky candidate. Hou
Phillip B. Thompson will also take \
lively hand in the contest for Mr.. Car.
Isle and render him great and valuable
service.
The cards Of thirty nine newspaper cor
respondent were sent 10 the rooms Of Mr..
Carlisle at the Riggs last night, The dis
tinguished kentuckiaa treated all alike
with that frankness and courtesy which
has ever characterized his personal and
official life He is extremely popular with
the Washington correspondents, and il
the boys are let alone by their home offices
they will elect him Speaker by large
majority.
Hon. Thos. B. Ward, member of Con-
gress from the Lafayette, Ind, district is
here, and located at ia Q street, north
east. Mr.. Ward is talented and able
gentleman. He called at the Courier
Journal Office to-day, and when asked his
choice for Speaker replied Il am down
on that thieving tariff and for anybody for
Speaker who can beat Randall
Judge Ward will not be slow in discov-
ering that Carlisle is the man TO defeat
Randall.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times has the following fair
and impartial view of the contest for
Speaker;
"Since his arrival Mr.. Carlisle has had
stream Of visitors at his rooms at the
Riggs .Hou,e, and although greatly fa-
tiguod by long railway ride, he has re-
ceiyed all callers hOpitably and talked
frankly about his prospects in the contest
for the Speakership. He is confident but
not bOastful. During the summer he has
not been idle and he comes to Washing
ton well informed by correspondence with
members elect Of his own chance and
those Of his opponents While many
names have been mentioned Mr.. Carlisle
believes that the contest is between
Mr. Randall, Mr. Cox and himself
and that Mr.. Randall will certainly ba
defeated. He is aware that Mr.. Randall
will come TO the Capital backed by pow
erful influences, and assisted, perhaps, by
the impression created by ingenious news
paper paragraphs which have appeared
all over the country that Mr. Randalps
election must come as surely as the con-
vening of Congress. Mr. Carlisle is also
aware that there is a tendency on the part
Of Congressmen 10 90 to the man who is
obviously TO be the winner, and that if his
have been successful in giving
this impression, they have occupi. d
ground that may be held or may be lost
by them after the contest is older, Mr..
Carlisle doel not think that the candidacy
Of Mr.. Cox and himself, both reform men,
will provean assistance TO Mr. Randall. If
the men who favorMr. Cox have any reason
for supporting him, said Mr.. Carlisle, those
reasons can scarcely hold good in Mr..
Randalrs favor. / cannot see how any
man who favors my election could change
from me to Mr.. Randall. If Mr.. Cox
was stronger than l in the balloting, the
is that my friends would 90
to Mr.. Cox. Should my strength prove
greater than that Of Mr.. Cox, have
many reasons for believing that the con-
test would be decided by his friends in
my favor
'Mr Carlisle naturally declines 10 20
into the details of the canvass, although
there is no doubt he possesses much more
information rs TO the direction in
which members will go in indicating first
or second choice than he has been sup
posed to have. The amazing unanimily
with which newspapers in the East, and
TO an extent in the West, have conceded
Mr.. Randalls election beforehand, has
been the subject of abundance of gossip
here"
Very few Of the newspapers circulating
the report have appeared to care whether
Il was true or not Blufing aside. and
Mr.. RandRlPs chances without
prejudice, good politicians here areunable
10 see how he can depend on more than
sixty votes to start with, and that is long
way off from election.
Mr. Cox is expected to be here to.
and Mr.. Randall's friends who
think he ought to have been first on the
ground, are looking for his arrival at any
Mr.. Carlisle has not yet selected
his headquarters further down town, so as
10 have more central location and spend
part of his time there and the remainder
lt the Riggs House, where he is to live
1uring the session of Congress.
A Texas Representative who has prom
sed TO vote for Mr.. Randall for Speaker,
says that but one other member of the
delegation besides himself will vote for
that gentleman, and another member of
The delegation says the Texas Democracy
Is at last unit in favor Of a tariff for