Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 1876.
The of the battle for the Speakershp of the next
House of Representatives finds nearly the entire demo-
cratic delegation of Congressman already Washing
ton There few beated Western and Southern
men who will not be in time to take in the caucus
and there others who detained by sickness and
business. But far be calculated this evening"
IL is quite probable that about 165 will go into the
caucus tomorrow afternoon. With the enforced
absence OF three of the Mississippi delegation. who
telegraph that they have missed railway connection
necessary to get them here in time, and, with Mr.
Lamar in the chair the highest possible caucus
will be l69, SO that


VOTE OF MGuTY.RIvE
for any OF the candidates in nomination will
secure him the speakershp The canvass has sackened
somewhat tonight at least in its outward excitement
fan of sleet having covered the Washington
with glaze of and rendered locomotion from place
to place enterprise Of little danger The treach
erous pavement has overturned the person the
purpose of many Jealous partisan in his efforts
ganize victory for his favore Indeed, for the nonce
the pedesrianizng portion Of the population of Wash
mgton has taken TO the middle Of the might
believing with tho classic poet in medic tutissas ibis
With this elemental check upon the exuberance OF their
spirits the followers Of the respective candidates dis
posed to keep the shelter of headquarters that there
is less of swayng and interchangng in the crowd than
might be the case tho weather fine enough to
allow of FREQ circulation from hotel hotel lobby
to lobby.


THY THREE CANDIDATES
comfortably ensconsed each in his parlor but the
evee Of callers has sensbly diminished There is less
talk and congratulations the time for compliment and
fattery has gone by, and the combaants girding
their lons for the hot work in From this
situation of affairs may be readily inferred that there
has been


ESSENTIAL CHANGE


in the relative strength of Messrs Randall Kerr and
Cox Two OF the Maryland delegation not heretofore
counted tonight claimed for Randall, well as
portion of the newly arrived louisiana delegation
These accessons insure Randall a majority the first
formal ballot which may not be had until one or more
informal ballots have been taken allow of express
sion OF the sentiment of the The Randall men
put their pencil upon the division list and check Off
eighty three votes already unequivocaly pledged they
say to his support FIRST last and all tho time. II is
this unit Of strength which makes his friends believe
that when the formal ballot is taken he will be nomiu-
ated by handsome majority.


THE cLERKsHIP.


The only other important feature in the way OF
alteration in the prospects Of the canvass is the falling
to the rear of A. D. Banks, of Mississippi, for the
Clerkship AS already said three Of his delegation will
be absent and Mr.. Lamar will be in the chair. Thus
he will have no from his State to nominate
him a sine qua of candidate Further
more a candidate from Mississippi has turned up in
pursuit of the Doorkeepership, whose ambition,
trihng 1t may be- is enough to hurt the Of his
fellow Mssissippan This change brings the front
for the Clerkshp which had been sighted for
day or two viz Those of George N. Adams, of Ken
lucky and George C. wedderburn, OF Virginia The
former gentleman member Of the last Congress;
the latter the democratic nominee for the
Cerkship OF the same body Wedderburn is warmly
supported and expects TO go into the with
thirty ballots which, in the multiplicity OF candidates
for the position, will not be not less than second
highest


William Dixon the assertion made by him
that Fernando Wood said that Kerr had offered HIM
the Craftsmanship OF the Ways and Means Committee
IL he should have his support for the Speaker
ship


Randall and his friends have headquarters at the
Metropolitan well as Wizards Hotel


The Mississippi delegation going to ignore Banks
for Clerk in order to Creecys nomination as
Doorkeeper


PLEDGED RANDALL


The following Is the number Of votes definitely
pledged in each State delegation for Randall the
second ballot