, 1863-12-08
CHICAGO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER s, 1868.
FROM WASHINGTON.

O41lOt1%
FROM WASHINGTON.
/. Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. Z, 1863.
TIE ORGANIZATION or TIE HOUSE.
The happy and speedy organization Of tho
House to-day, is due to the timidity Of Emer-
son Etheridge rather than to any lack Of dis
honest efforts. He went Just far enough to
demonstrate his capacity for high handed
outragcs, but got frightened and stopped
short before going far enough to realize any
benefit from it. The Administration men all
supposed If he went to the length Of exe1ud-
ing from his list Of names, Maryland and
other delegations, he would insist on main
taining this list as the roll Of the House until
the organization had been effected
It was determined, however, to begin by
trying to amend the roll By adding the names
he had left of, and to the manifest disgust Of
the Democrat. His knees at once became
weak, and he succumbed, md thatpractically
ended the matter.
All TINT remained was to move successfully
to read the certificates Of each delegation he
had left OF, and to order their names put on
the roll He had omitted names of all menl-
bers from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
Kansas and Oregon, a]l from Missouri; save
two coppcrheads, and had put on the names
of three bogus members from Louisiana
The Administration men first chilled for the
reading of certificates Of members from
Maryland. On reading, they proved to bo
from the Governor, to be duly certified by
seal and signature, to rccitc the law Of Mary
land under which they were elected, and to
specify with particular care that they werc
elected In accordance with tho law.
Nothing could Of coursc be palmer than
this, and motion was instantly made re-
quiring to put the names On, but in calling
to call from the roll he had already made,
and It was feared that the remaining Admin
istration men on it would not be sufficient to
have majority. To the dismay, however, of
the conspirators, quito number Of Demo-
crats, lisgusted with the barefaccd fraud,
voted for the resolution requiring Etheridge
to Put the namcs on, while others refused to
vote against It; so 1t was carried By twenty
odd majority, and the lire Maryland men,
f,nr of +ben, Administration mon were mt
~, 4ho ro11
After Tint At, vas cosv and thc othcr ex-
Guided members, their certificates having
been read and found equally good, were 6uc-
cessivcly voted on, Ethridge, from the mo-
meut Of the first vote, having become exceed
ingly obscuuious and being manifcst1y cowel.
a. nroraaa;nc ~ Tho c1oct;or of snc,scr
further demonstration Of Democratic de-
cin1;no wos i7,sc1oscd II anncored TINT m
Caucus nomination on their side has been
made for Speaker, Pendleton having With
drawn and the CAUCUS having refused 10 nom
inate co1. iheir vote "as scattered on COZ,
Du"son' ManolS' o1eoplns, h'ns, fialh
on u @ 2,nes. r1aes. 1no o.a.ul n 2u.a. msu'
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sa.esss rns- S..,4,, s naS5a11 ~ -.
tsa1... NJ ~ ~. Trats.as ~ c1os.
vii nf Maryland. R1ow Rord nfc1nrg md
I,onn of Missonri. smithcrs, Of De1aWare
and ill the West Virginia members. forming
the Border States column who voted for Col
fax.
He had nine votes more thnn q minority
over all competitors and Ind minority Of 50
over little Mr. Samuel Coz. He could have
had three yotes more but for tho exclusion Of
Virgins members, and would have had three
less against him Ind the bogus Louisiana
members been picked out before, instead Of
after the election.
This would have brought his majority over
Cox up to sixty-tlye, TINT is about the practi-
cal working Administration majority which
to-days proceedings demonstrate that We
hare in the honse.
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eollel.eS IL WINCH me"ocfs On tne noof
heartiy joined CoAaa's' speeen rece.'cs uni.
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speaker ny LIE ooeu9 i1ou'sAna .n'n1oess'
1ne eauetleS "ese a'n1e1 P'oA.o u1A .ue
p1oceeoings' Ana ene hoo' "A9 eo'e4e" y,
crowds OF distinguished s1fangc1s' among
whom "erc henry "aas"ortn Aong1eno",
hornce arcely' Gen. Aelntziemen' members
Of Senate and host OF members OF the last
House The bogus Governor Of
Louisiana, who signed bogus mem-
bers' certificates with his private seal,
was postmaster In New Or1eans, under