Show I t 1 THE SPEAKERSHIP J fF 7 i The contesu for the Speakersnip f I of the next House of Representatives 1 Representa-tives has not included many candidates candi-dates Early in the season the name I J of William M Springer of Illinois < was mentioned qUit freqUently in I I I connection with the matter and j occasionally the names of Eaton of I j Connecticut Balmont and Hewitt 3 Jr of N ew York and Tucker of Vir + 4ri ginia have appeared but practically I it i practi-cally the contest has been between i 4 Carlisle of Kentucky Cox of New York and Randall Pennsylvania J Everything else being equal Mr 11 Randall wonld have the decided f 1 r f advantage having occupied the position to the satisfaction of his I i t party and the honor and credit of i + fi J himself But Mr Randall has I I n f lately snown that he is not in perfect < per-fect harmony with all the cardinal principles of Democracy However 1 he may have stood formerly he has 4 found it convenient to adopt and approve the idea presented by the ji late Senator Randolph and unfortunately I unfor-tunately promulgated by General N it Hancock in his letter of acceptance t > 11 i of the Presidential nomination L namely that the tariff is a local t I J t issue This may be technically true I but it is not democratic and will 1 not be accepted by the party Free I + 1 i J trade is the party doctrine It I i cannot afford to demand free t trade for one section and tariff fort for-t 1 + another The principle must be j Ii 7 general or it becomes no principle I 1 The Pennsylvania iron industry + cannot be protected by the party if there is to be free trade as to any E other industry in another of the it i country Randall happens to reside i J in the best protected State of the j Union and from fear of losing t t t r 1 popularity or through association k he has become a Republican in the J i mattr of tariff If by reason of his I v V desei A of the Democracy in this < < im 1 rtanc articular the party shall I refusE to honor or trust him with i f i the Speakership he will find + fi i no good cause for complaint Coxs abominable reputation as a 1 humorist reduces his chances for i1 lJ winning the prize It would seem 1 If too much like a joke to vote him in 1 I f t Speaker He is unquestionably one 1 i I of the ablest and most consistent 1 i I Democrats in the country and as 1 t j i presiding officer of the House her he-r would see that neither the country 1 i nor the party suffered if it were 1 j h possible to prevent it At the same i i I 1 time members could not forget that I the Speaker was a joker and while I j o 1 t he would be fair just and agreeable < i it is questionable if he could manifest i i mani-fest the dignity and command the t T I 4 respect that should characterize the Ix 1 1 Speakership 1 1 t 1 t 71 i Ii It seems impossible that the 4J P Democrats can avoid the election I J t 11 elec-tion of Carlisle one of the I 1 ablest purest and noblest E r men in the party or in the i country He is a statesman of I broad ideas and generous impulses 1 and in a comparatively long public i career has managed to keep himself i I i clean and above reproach while his I r Democracy is pure and unquess 1 E tinned The only obstacle in the s 1 i way of his advancement to the place i l j l i is one that should never be taken i into account but which unfortu I J i nately is and will be forced into the l 1 ii Ii contest This is the circumstance I that he comes from the south After i 1 H eighteen years of assumed forgetfulness I 3 forgetful-ness there is a lingering fear and f Ii i hatred of the south and Mr Carlisle j I I r I 1 it i and his party must suffer therefrom 1 However the matter will have to 1 f ij be adjusted some time and the t j 3 T i f i proof given that southern men in s 1 r office are not a menace to 3 H r government but a true to the Union I 1 and its best interest as those residing r resid-ing north of the line Southern i1 i t 1 1 i i i I II J men cannot be kept back for no 1 1 c i J other reason than that when they were boys or young men their I 1 f I I i1 + 1 States were in rebellion against the W L t i nation The issue might as well be i f + i 4 met now as later particularly as we f 1 F i I I M have so good a man and eminent a t Statesman to work with as John G t t 1 lisl t if f E 1 g |