Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-02-14
FROM WASHINGTON.

The House. is now fairly in operation,
having all her officers Except Printer)
elected. and all the committees appoint
ed JIW Forney, of Philadelphia, was
elected Clerk, who first gave a pledge,
according to the correspondence from
Washington, to support the Republican
nominee for President. .n-
+ Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazctte.l
l1-stt< Nr WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1860.
The House Committees are still a
prominent subject of conversation
They will generally be acquieseed in,
and upon trial T have no doubt will
prove satisfactory. III. Winter Davis,
despite the resolutions of the Maryland
Legislature, has all he wished He has
the second place on the Ways and Means
Committee, and Mr. Gilmer, his friend,
is Chairman of the Committee on Elec-
tions. ".'4 tts -. 'aI
The following are the resolutions
which passed the House of Delegates of
the Maryland Legislature yesterday:
Whereas, It appears by the public
press of the country that the Governor
Of Maryland has placed this State in a
false position, by presenting his congrat-
ulations to Mr. Pennington, of New Jer-
sey, Black Republican, upon his elec-
ton to the distinguished position of
Speaker of the House of Representatives;
it is therefore ordered that committee
Of three be appointed by the Speaker
of this House, to inquire of his Excel
lency, Gov Hicks, whether his congrat-
ulations were presented at all, and if so,
whether privately or officially. n
Mr.. Sherman, in his position as Chair
man of the committee ofways and means,
is assigned the leadership of the House
almost as honorable position as the
Speakership, if not equally so.
With reference to the Committees,
there is, of course, some grumbling
among those who thought they should
have had more prominent places. The
Democrats complain that they have been
unfairly treated, and some of the dissat-
isfed talk of pitching into" the Speaker,
and refusing to serve. Sober second
thoughts will, however, doubtless pre-
vent this I have never known an occa-
sion of this sort when there was not
grumbling and complaints on the part of
the disappointed. All parties can't be
satisfied, and the clamor will shortly sub
side. ----------.- s-~---------
There is as usual quarrel over the
Printer. It is impossible to tell how
soon it will be settled. There were GER
tainly some strange transactions in the
caucus yesterday, when the contest lay
between Mitchell of St. Louis, and De-
frees of Indiana, for the nomination.
Mitchell led until the very last ballot
He was twice within one vote of the nom
nation .4 .t.~
Mr.. Burlingame's act in resigning his
claims to the Guardianship of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, to Mr.. Cor
win, of Ohio, was much to his commen-
dation. - .''s' .f-
Maj. Ben. Perley Poor will probably
be the Clerk of this committee.
Mr.. Grow, as chairman of the Com
mittee on Territories, will Introduce
next week, the bill for the admission of
Kansas. The Senate to-day, sent to the
Printer of that body, $4,000 worth of
work which properly belongs to the House
Printer when he is elected. The profits
of the House printing will be small this
year, in consequence of these movements.