New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-08
RANDALL AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

NEGATIVE SUCCESSES sHREwDLY MAGNIFIEp-NoT
POWER BEHIND THE THRONE
lYRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUSEl
WASHINGTON, May 7.-Reports of the Hon.
Samuel j. Randas great power IN the Administration
are misleading, 20 ray the least What nc hSs accou
plishea has been mostly Of negative character for
instance He mainly instrumental In oFerthro"-
ing the headed by Carlisle ana Beck tnht
backed Phil Thompson OF Kentucky, Tor CoinInls-
soner Revenue Brsand after that Tor suhdy
other offices; receiving OF which, he reegated
to the ranks of the inevitable claim agents the nal re-
sort of those who In the pursuit OF Office. But not
wthstandng Thompsons defeat, Mr.. Randalrs aVOriie
was not appointed. The appointment OF Mr.. Miller as
Commissioner acquiesced IN by Randall but ne Is ID
no manner bound 70 promote Randalfs fortunes.
Mr. Bpekner of Missouri Randas choice. Although
the asptrin0 Pennsylvania realized the Importance OF
this particular Office his future intentions, he dared
not openly take Of pushing Buokner bat hau
to be content with beating 1t was he VINO
did beat him. Randall got the credit of IT, and was
widely heraed as victor; but after all II "a doubtful
,vhs,her In reality he had much 10 do with It, Cleyo
land before coming to Washington there Is rs'-rate
authority for saying made his mind against lhomp-
SON. because what be was-the representative ana
tyne of civilization he could hare nothhe 10 10 Will
and which honestly spurned 1t is pretty wei set
tied that had the Kenuckans come with fair man. Nj.
Carlisle and not Mr. Randall, would have had tue credit
Of winning the day
Next Randall had the credit OF Hays appointment
AS Ftrst Assistant PostmaserGeneral But he had no
part IN IT, and the appointment Was not even pleasing
to him lie has had no iavorite appointed ne has
managed 10 be for several successful men ana
~ have the credit OF their appointment But many
have been appointed against his wishes Were all the
facts 20 stated 1t would that hardly ahother
with anything like the pretensions has got so ie
II ia true thDt the first week OF the Administration
Randall has been sick and for good part OF the time
unable TO give appointments and similar matters any
attention Bur he has able to control mis- actions
a. to take step would Ia the issue have the slight
est appearance OF his being beaten though actually
reapng very little benefit from the NATURALIZATION Inc
President has not seemed specially desrous of pleasing
HIM though apparently willing 10 have II understood
that the Pennsy stood well with the Administ
,on Indeed IL Is known that President hae more
than one occasion manifested disposition TO steer clear
OF MINI has shown rrtatiopand dssats faction with the
1 REPORTS which have set forth kandalls power
There in nothing than that Mr. Randall realizes
that IL is choice that takes him from the contest
of the speakershp. Necessity. he may attempt To
beat Carlisle through combinations In favor oil anoiher
but he knows useless II would be for hin to try Tor
the speakerrhip The sui porters of Carlisle threaten
10 send MIN 70 the stu further by refusing him the
| head OF Committee on Appropriation post Oh
honor which Raudalrs friends are claiming for MIN
and IL ia entirely true that OF the shiewdest OF
ia ose friends not certain that THIS wiz no be done
Randall himself is not easy about II. carlisle NJ NJ
Speaker again this win be the treatment Randall VIII
| vents Toward him there Is settled hostility on the
part Of disciplined and resonte faction oil Democrats
For different reasons others stu are iavorapie 70 se'
ting him aside. 80 - -. -. -, ,,o
| Mr. Randall is at home with only ono member OF the
! Cabinet-Mr. Manning. For some reason there ls not
| this feeling between him and Secretary whitney. lie
does not per nit himself 10 s he feels toward the
| mead of the Navy Between him and Secretary Bayard
there Is feeling little less than positively hostile Whch
IA not OF recent origin. The Pennsylvania feels set
tied and scarcely disguised contempt Tor the Deawarcn
lie has relations with Garland that are not friendly
and very of any kind. As for Lamar and Nllas
! a perpefual wonder with Randall why they are IN the
CabInet-one OF abityof certain sort dreamer
and an at best; the other Respectable
cbt weight discoy cred through accident. This Is the
| iight in which Mr.. Randall views the Cabinet he
doesn't believe 1t will last long. . -, II,
Psrsous who ought to know say that Mr. Randall coud
have mad Mr. Mannngs seat In the Cabinets that Pres
dent Cleveland him the offer; that he was ulueb
inclined to It, AMI would have done 50 nut Tor the
urgency OF trusted friends who seeing ana making mn
him TO believe that going into the Cabinet would De
missep Whatever they may have come 10 think since
II Ia believed that he is convinced that the decision was
i erroneous.