Butler Citizen

Who for Speaker?

Congress assembles on Monday next and a very exciting question among the Democrats, who have a majority in the coming body, is the Speakership. A fierce contest is going on at Washington among them on this question. The two prominent candidates are Randall of this State, and Carlisle, of Kentucky. One being from the north and the other from the south has shaped the question into a sectional one, in which the tariff question forms an important part. The northern Democrats fear the election of Carlisle will damage their prospects in the Presidential campaign of next year, while the southern Democrats, being the larger in number, demand the selection of one from the south as Speaker, and oppose Randall as not sound on their view of the tariff. As the fight stands between them it is a very interesting one to the Republicans.