Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-06
Ar THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Scramble for the Speakership and
Other News of a Cosby Nature
Correspondence Of tie Aoraia0 Neaos.
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Correspondence of tie Morning Neaos.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Mr. Randall has
\ secured quarters for the conduct of his
candidacy for the Speakership at Willard's
Hotel, in this city. He will have two
large rooms for clerks and general visitors
and smaller one for quiet consultation
with those on confidential relations with
him. Mr, Cox, of New York, who is very
active, VIII have his headquarters in the
same hotel. They will not be, however.
on as large a scale as those of Mr.. Ran
dali. He will only have two rooms. He
will have no confidential chamber. Mr..
Carlisle will open headquarters at the
Riggs House upon about the S. 5. Cox
scale at Wizards.
1t is announced by the friends of each
Of these candidates between whom the
speakership doubtless hinges. that their
campaign will be ''dry'' ones. No wines
or anything stronger than water will be
served to callers. This will doubtless
decrease the-usuaI number of visitors. but
1t Will greatly tend TO the better morals
OF the canvass. | have known the time
when the headquarters of the different
Speakership candidates were no more
nor less than free bars for
that species so indigenous to Washington.
the tramp, who formerly amounted to
something, but who has degenerated into
nothing but a free-lunCh and free-drink
Wanderer. The canvass is going to be eX-
citing. Already its precursor cSh be
noted III the various rumOrs which we
hear daily that this and that combination
IS being effected. 1t is, of course. too
early Tor any of these rumOrS to be pro-
nounced as containing any real grains of
verify; but they show how near the con
test is at hand, and how the combatants'
friends are preparing for the fight. The
whole question remains as it has been for
some time past, as far as real things are
concerned. Mr.. Randall. no matter how
Objectionable he may be to a large portion
OF the Democratic party, is in the lead
and he has very good lead too. He is by
far better manager than any of his Op-
p0nents and knows much more than any
OF them how votes are made and kept.
lie has been indefatigable and has not
neSltated to make promises of committee
preterments where promises would make
votes. He undoubtedly has the inside
track almost entirely to himself. Cox has
been doing some work. He is rather too
mercuriai, however, to cope with the
shreWdness, tact and unceasing vigilance
OF Randall. lie has made better progress
50 far than Carlisle has, but his support
is not formulated and ranged i'm rows like
that of Randall.
There is another point about Cox. His
friends seem to be numerous enough,
but they are also a little mega
tive. They do not profess that
they Will stand by him through thick
and thin, as do the men whom Randall
has persuaded. AS to Carlisle he is the
man for the place if he were capable
of getting there. He is an ADLER man than
Cox, and far abler in the general scope of
of his mental horizon than Randall. He
is cold like Randall, but he is not the poll
tician or manager that Randall is.
HE WOULD MAKE THE BEST SPEAKER
that could be selected from the next
House. But he has not improved his op-
portunities; in fact, in management
he seems 10 lack knack
of fully approaching and taking advant-
age of opportunities. twill be thus seen
that Randall has the advantage on the
start. Another thing: 1t has become very
we'll demonstrated that there is a growing
doubt about the advisability of opening
up the tariff question in the next Con-
gress. That fact cannot be doubted. This
is another agent that plays into the hands
of Randall.
THE MANIA FOR THE NOVEL
was well illustrated in the scramble that
was made for the new 2-cent stamp when
it was issued on the LIST inst. The mania
for what may become a scarcity is also
well represented by letters which are
daily received by the Secretary of the
Treasury and by the officials of the Mint
Bureau. twill be remembered that when
the new nickel was first turned out it had
on its face the simple Roman letter V to
denote its denomination. without the
cents below. This raised the question
whether the coin could not be gilded and
passed for - gold piece. But very few
of them were issued before the word
'centS" was supplied. Owing to
the fact of their scarcity large
demand Tor them has grown up among
coin collectors. They are continually
writing to the Treasury and Offering sums
of from 30 cents to 81 for one of the nickles
that has not scents on it. Now the
Treasury Department would not furnish
that description of coin if it had all of the
original issue in its possession. AS soon
as nickel without the ''cents'' on it is
received it is retired from circulation and
recoined with the coin of the description
last adopted. This course on the part
OF the government will tend to make the
original new nickel more Of rarity; and
it will doubtless greatly enhance its value
among coin collectors in a few years.
THE SUPERVISING INSPECTOR OF STEAM
VESSELS,
General DumOnt, owing to recent disas-
ters caused by explosions on steamers in
various parts of the country, has added
another instruction to the list heretofore
issued to his inspectors. The new rule
Will be printed in new set of small books
issued to inspectors, as to the various
oh 81 a.
into and report upon. 1t is as follows:
'All entries made III this book pertain
ing to the equipments for saving life and
the condition of the hull and boiler as re-
quired by the law and regulations of the
Board of Supervising Inspectors must be
from actual observation at the time the
steamer is examined for inspection I'm
der no circumstances will inspectors be
justified in copying report from former
examination, or from previous certif-
cate of inspection"
THE PRESIDENT,
when he returns to Washington-nObo
knows exactly when that will be-will
not take up his residence ac the Soldiers
Home. He will occupy the White House.
The last trip of his is understood to be
his final journey until next summer, with
the exception of spending a few DAYS of
Christmas in New York. The President
has never liked his cottage at
Soldiers Home, although it is fitted
up just the way that he wanted
it. He does not like crowds, but he really
likes company. His friends have taken
his residence at Soldiers Home to be a
hint that he wants to be entirely alone, so
they have not called upon him as fire.
quently as they would have otherwise.
On the other hand. the President likes the
White House. He has it arranged to suit
himself and enjoys the high old rooms and
the solid comfort of the place. 1t is eX-
tremely doubtful if he will even desert it
next summer for the Soldiers Home.
l spoke of the fact that nobody knew
when he would come back. In that par
ticular his Secretary of the Navy is like
him. Nobody knows exactly when either
of them is to leave Washington until they
take the train, or when either of them will
return until they get back.
The Cause of Bald Heads