Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-12-12

House, Of any remarkably Excitement on this oues.
ION; heIe were some hundreds Of Strangers about
for, bun curiosity merely was evidently The motive
that brought nine!een-.weniieths Of them there.
Lhe 9nly Member Of the House Of Representatives
tWhe) from Nsw:Y0rk. detained a home ~ cir.
eumsanees which no true hearted men viii Rama
him for yielding 70, 1.-THE sickness Of bis wifsj SIEVE.
raj members were present who were hardly exnected
tohe.. Mr. Reed Of MASSACHUSETTS,, and M. Crsrv Of
Michigan. tor examples both Of whom have been
quite ~ and were scarcely able to travel Mr. Ora.
both detained on the Western waters happily carne
to hand at the last hour Yesterday. $50 -
The Delegates from Territories are oil present in
consin, Mr.. Doty from Iowa, Mr. Chapman -.
Mr.: G. J. Ingersol claiming the seat of Mr.. Nav.
or OF Pennsyivan:a; and Messrs Dckerson. Rval,
Topper. KTIe and Vroom contes.ng the sea,e Of the
Jersey members, understood 70 be in the Hall Of
Representatives yesterday. -gh-e ~
Washington, Dec. s.
The House is as deeply entangled as ever
IN the net spread by the Clerk. There is, as
yet,nelther organization, nor Message, Incl.
Their Speaker, nora Clerk of the new Con,
gress. Some 24O men meet together at IL
lock-separate, go home and return to the
place OF meeting, to re-enact the play of the
preceding day. The Clerk Of the 25th
Congress sits enthroned as sort Of semi
Clerk, Speaker, Governor, Member of Con-
gress,--acting q very modest part 10 every
thing pertaining to his place, except in .ref1-
sing to carry out parliamentary law and es-
tablished custom, by reading the names Of
members whose certificates have been pre-
sented, and whose election cannot we'll be
doubted, before the House, in some form or
other, is organized and placed in a business
position. At night time almost, the House
adjourned. at the point where the meeting
commercial, at IL o'clock. The DAYS work
was rather a hard one but it was interest.
ing rather TO the makers of speeches than to
the listeners here and elsewhere through the
newspapers. A 49,,
The propositions before the House yester.
day, were lost sight of in a new one made
by the Clerk, which was to defend himself
in written statement which he had prepar-
ed for the occasion. This request was the
main matter Of discussion during the day.
After sitting the debate, long as it was-I
believe nothing could be gathered from ii,
not before known and said. The PROPOSE.
tioh to read was opposed but on single
ground, and that was considered valid one.
1t was charged that the Clerk had prepared
his statement last night,-that it was but a
party and an. er- parte speech, intended to
present the subject falsely before the House.
and to give il an official sanction. This, of
course, was denied, and especially by Mr..
Yanderpoel Of New York, who, / suppose.
wishes to be, and will be considered among
the Administration leaders here He told us
that the claimants were defended by him
and his party only in consideration Of pop.
ular liberty" popular rights" and other
matters equally important 10 the people. 1t
was. ON the part Of the Administration. a
People'sfneasure throughout, il the citizens
were to judge from the honest convictions
of this new Premier of the Administration.
Mr.. Wise was honest enough to contestant
there was as much party feeling as principle
iri the defence, and it was useless humbug
for members to make the whole defence
merely matter Of principle.
x The debate, if 1t should be continued in
the spirit It has been conducted to.day, will
speedily become prosy and uninteresting -
When speeches enough have been made for
that the Clerk will become honest enough to
abandon the ground he has taken, and allow
the House to be organized in the usual form
and order.-N. Y. Express. e
Correspondence of he N. Y. Jour. Of Com. s
~ WASHINGTON Dec. A, 1884,
The House is not yet organized, but a bet
ter feeling prevails TO day, andsa compron-
Use has not only been proposed. but well recei-
ved, and ,inthe opinion of many. may be adop-
ted tomorrow, by which the House will be
disembarrassed and put in a condition to de-
eide the disputed returns on elections
An error has generally prevailed. that the
House could not decide upon. an election on
return. prior 10 the onofa Speaker 1t
is perfectly within its power to decide upon
any. question touching itselfa itspriyileges,
as soon as a quorum is, obtained, though it
cannot communicate with the other branch
of Congress without Speaker.
Mr.. Wise, who has taken a practical view
of this subject, and exerted himself with cool
ness and perseverance,, to get the House out
of its embarrassments, 10 day brought for
ward the following proposition:
Resolued, That the Representatives ofihe Congress
of the United States now assemhied to relieve them-
selves from the embarrassmen!s and difficulties which
al present Obsrct the nzatn of the House, will
proceed, by the acting clerk to call the names OF the
gentlemen whose rights 10 seals are not disputed or
contested, and after the names OF such members
all called and before they proceed to elect Speaker
or other officer, organize in any manner, they
shall provided there be quorum OF such present,
hear and decide upon oil credentials. certificates or
Representative underline constitution gfthe United
States and the laws OF the respective States. F
Mr.. Dromgoole said, he hoped this motion
would prevail. il was all that mis- friends
commended for. 1t was precisely what Mr..
Rives produced on Monday, for they were
then willing toofer any pledge,on theirpart,
that they would not 90 into an election Of
Speaker, &C, until the disputed returns on
elections were decided. s Hst
\ Mr.. Wise replied that such a pledge was
all that he wanted. s 7A i'11
: Various other propositions were made in
the course Of the day, and ageaeral debate
took place, not only upon Mr.. Wise's propo-
sitiori, but the merits the Jersey case.
The following proposition was offered by
Mr.. Hunt. of New York. g aaE5ssee'Y
Resolved, That the House win proceed to elect
temporary SpeakeI, allowing the members from New