The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-30
THE 0PEAKERSHIP.

WAsHISoToN, Nov. 29.-Congressmen
Broadhead aud O'Nsil, Of the Missouri
delegation, are expected this evening. Fly
an will probably not arrive until Saturday,
and from what can bs learned here II 10 con.
Guided that Clardy will not be here for the
caucus. 1t 10 understood here that Carlisle
will get the pport Of oil but two Of the
delegation, Graves and Burns, who will
probably go from Cox to Randall. Car
isles friends arc very enthusiastic to-day,
and feel that there 10 practically little doubt
OF his election. The Texas delegation,
about which there had been some doubt, Is
now said to be solid for Carlisle. So strong.
there Is good deal Of talk To-day Of his
vote being transferred to Converse, who
could get some votes that Randall can't.
John @. Thompson chances for Ser
| geant-at.Arms are not hsttering, for while
the Ohio delegation now stands 8 to y, the
absent member, Follett, has wired proxy
In favor Of Leedom, which will turn the
scale in bis favor, unless some heroic work,
being done to-day, is successful.
Clarke 10 very hopeful, but does not give
figures.
MEMORABLE CONTESTS.
II recall q couple Of Speakership contests
that we're rather interesting 10 their way,
rather more 30 than this has been thus
far. said Ben Perley Poore, the veteran
cOrrespold n n he sat 10 bis pleasant
rooms ~ tue Euoilt last evening, chatting
With your correspondent. "They are the
Banks contest, and the one In which Sher-
man WAS defeated and the place given to
Pennington. The Banks fight was memoir.
able because Of the large number OF ballots
taken and the time II consumed. The two
leading parties had made combinations In
caucus you remember, and the cont est oc.
CURED In the House. The third party held
the balance Of power. There are, as Ire.
call it, about $50 ballots, the contest oc.
cupying something like two months. The
House would meet and take
few votes and then adjourn Gver
until the next day. The candidates kept
their headquarters open In the evenings,
and had their runners out every direction,
seeing that the enemy did not capture any
OF their men, and making the fight warm by
various methods. The contest In which
John Sherman was defeated was q rather
Interesting one. The fight had gone on un.
I'll Sherman seemed pretty sure VI 1t, and
THE BALLOT HAD BEGUN
when some member from the South (from
South Carolina, think), rose in his place
and read some extracts from the
book Of Mr.. Hinton Rowan
Helper, called "The Impend.
Ing Crisis, In which be took vigorous
grounds against slavery. Everybody re.
membered that book. Aud then turning
TO the back Of the book read from some
recommendation Of the work by certain
executive committees OF the party, among
them being the name of John Sherman.
That beat him. A man by the name Of
Pennington, utterly unified for the place,
was elected to the position, and remember
that be had to be constantly "croached'
by page familiar with the rules, who
stood beside him every hour Of biz term for
that purpose. Tbs blunders
that he committed were very
astonishing aud very embarrassing to his
party and his friends. remem.
Der one other contest, too, IN which the
New Jersey people made good deal Of
trouble. There we're two sets of creden.
aud there was great confusion a. to who
should be seated. At last some man cried
out, "Will not some one make a motion
that this House organize by electins
temporary officep"' Then the shiniugs
bald head Of Adams CLEANED above the
fight, and be answered, eyes, will
and be did. sui the temporary orgauizat lou
was effected
AND THE NATTER SETTLED.
There was not so much In
the way Of preliminary contests
10 those days; that 10 the
newspapers did not Say 20 mu;h OF 1t.
There wouldn't DO half as much talk about
II now but for the attehtion givan II by the
press. Why, In those days We used write
up our accounts Of the House and Senate
proceediugs In the evening after the aession,
walk to the postofice and mail them by
midnight. and lot them 20 out 10 mex.
mornings msil. The man who did that
wss thought to Do very prompt CORES.
poudetu. When We began telegrsphins.
thirty words night ives the limit, and ]
used TO exercise my ingenuity to zee hoe
much could get INTO thirty words.