Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-12-23

Clurg. s. H. Boyd Benjamin Loan, and
William A. Hall. Ice placed on the roll n
Representatives from Missouri.
II was a graceful and fitting attention
from MARYLAND to her Western sister
Whit remains = siruplP routine. Gar
field gets the Oregon member in, Pike
the Arkansas member. Stevens the West
Virginia members.
Meanwhile at the closk rooms and in
the lnbbies congratulations 90 on. Con
spicuous in the throng who have been
granted the privileges of the floor is the
leonine head. and fine gray bearded face
of Americas most popular poet, Henry
Wadsworth Lon fellow. Bv his side is
Senator Sumner with his English look
and English wavs A dozen other Sena-
nrs have come over from their own speed
ilv finished work to witness the expected
gene. Horace Greeley is always the
center Of coming and going group pay
ing their respects Ia the foremost of liy-
ing journalists. And over in the ladies
gallery one notices the familiar features
Of the little gentleman who took New
Orleans
There is dispute about the Louisiana
members. Thnd Stevens objects To their
names being read at all Brooks tof the
New York Expressl appeals to him To
withdraw objections for the present. and
hints at fillihusteIing. The Clerk rules
against Stevens and lie saws he don't
think it worth while having placed his
protest on record, To 90 into a struggle
about il now The Virginia members are
left out too the Administration men
seeming quite willing that the Commit
tee on Elections should examine on their
case
The preliminary work is over. The
Clerks conspiracy is ANONYMOUSLY de
feated and the House is ready to organ
ize. He has gone far enough TO prove
the worst purposes he has stopped short
Just where courage was needed 10 gain
anything from his debasement. He has
earned the srorn of his old friends. has
provoked the disgust of his new ones
and so is passing out into ignominious
forgetfulness Better things had been
hoped of Emerson Etheridge, but let him
go
A bluff. robust-loOking gentleman. Of
striking appearance. near the middle OF
the Administration desks. gets the floor
He is the Olde-t consecutive member.
succeeding in the pisce so long held by
Joshua R Giddings. as the father OF the
House. He moves that the House pro
ceeds To elect Il Speaker, and nominates
Schuyler Colfax, of Indians. 1t Is the
first time the name has been pronounced
the galleries catch 1T the sound and
applaud cif-rOusly The act is all the
more graceful. as Mr. Wa>hburne had
himself been Nh Coltsx's chief compel
itor for the nomination.
The Clerk again spitefully repeats his
remark that he would like to keep order
in the galleries if he could. but as he has
no power lie cnnn"t. Yes" grOwls
Lovejoy. away over in the extreme left,
standing with his hands thrust in his
pockets. and his head thrown surlily on
one side like bull dog watching mouse
and feeling half ashamed of himself for
descending to that kind of game, e Ies. !"
in an audible undertone. the Clerk
would like to disorganize the House if he
could, but as he has no power. he cannot"
Disorganization is again more plainly
revealed on the opposition side. Pen
dleton (who has himself Withdrawn from
the contest) nominates Cox. but it is
seen that he has no caucus nomination
Not less than six others are also put for
ward on their side-it is a sclub race.
The Clerk begins the roll. members
acting as tellers at his desk, score of
members bend over tally sheets to keep
the vote. As the name of Brutus j.
Clay is called, all eyes turn to the fine
old. silver-haired. forid-faced gentleman
who sits in the chair of John j. Critten-
den. He votes Schuyler COlfax," and
the suspense about portion of the Ken
lucky delegation is ended. He represents
the wealthiest district in Kentucky, the
most intensely pro-Slavery. and the one
where. above all others. there was not
the clightest pretence of military inter
| ference in the elections-the famous Blue
Grass that long ago sent us Henry Clay,
and now sends US another Clay to worth
lily represent the good old principles.
In a moment another Border State
man is called; and as Winter Davis. of
Baltimore, answers Schuyler Colfax, !"
memories Of similar vote he one" cast,
historic now, that exiled him from Con-
gress for the time, come crowding up,
and the galleries burst out into ringing
applause. That exile has been right roy
ally avenged, and the man Baltimore os-
tracised because he dared vote for Re
publican for Speaker, she sends back to-
day. by a unanimous vote, to repeat the
crime.
Lucien Anderson and VIM. II. Randall,
of Kentucky. Blow, McClurg, Boyd, and
Loan. of Missouri Smithers. of Delaware,
Webster, Creswell, and Thomas, of Ma
ryland. all vote for Colfsx. And finally
as Greene Clay Smith, of Kentucky.
completes the list of Border State men
who support the Administration, the gal
| L.. al, Ia pf the
bers, and cheer again.
There is a moment of suspense. while
the lists are carefully footed up; the tel
Wadsworth, Yankee Radical, a Cincin-
natl Democrat. Pennsylvania Republic
an and Kentucky pro-Slavery so-and-so
Unionists-Iange themselves before the
Clerks desk, and Pendleton announces
that Colfax has l0l votes, Cox AZ, and the
rest scattering on down to 2. and the
galleries cheer again. He has carried ev-
cry vote of his party in the House-there
is not bolter or dodger. 1t is the sixth
time in his political career that he has had
just such fattering experience. With
what grace he may, the Clerk announces
that Schuyler Colfax, one of the Repre-
sentatiyes from the State OF Indiana, hsy-
ing received a majority of all the votes
given, is duly elected Speaker OF the
House of Representatives for the Thirty
Eighth Congress" And the galleries
cheer again, while the members faces
are wreathed in smiles and there is gem
eral turning to the medium-sized, brown
bearded, genial-faced gentleman IN the
midst of the Administration clerks, who
had been avoiding the fire of gazers from
the spectators by bending over call list.
In moment. at the Clerks ap-
pointment, a couple of Democrats. Daw-
son and Cox, are coming over from the
opposition side to congratulate the Speak
er and conduct him to the Chair.
And then, under the gaze OF all this AS
semblage of Place and Fashion and Pow
er, there walks up the isle, to take the
official oath of the third executive in tn
nation. the son of poor widow of New
York City, who quit school at the age oi
ten years, to seek fortune in the West,
and since then, thanks to the training oi