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THE NEW COMMITTEE.
Speaker Blaine announced the committee on
elections to-day, and will probably announce
that on accounts tomorrow. The new elections
committee is ably made up, with a conservative
leaning. 1t is said tonight that three or four OF
the gentlemen named will decline to serve, and
this fact may somewhat change its character
COAL AND SALT.
The friends of the coal and salt monopolies
made fierce opposition in the house to the
course of the majority. Mr.. Kelley admitted
that he was ready to assent to n reduction of
the duty on salt, but he and other opponents to
reduction on iron feel compelled TO stand by
other interests. Their only hope is in combina-
ton. The house is expected to pass the bills
repeating the duties on these articles tomorrow,
but there is no hopeof the senate, this session,
unless it last several weeks.
AN OPEN QUESTION.
The adjournment question is still open.
Neither house touched it, and the presidents
course is not fully decided. He would like lcgis-
ation on one or two subjects, if he felt sure that
congress would not plunge into general legisla-
ton. He told Mr. Shcllabarger, of Ohio this
morning, that he thought the best thing con-
gress could do would be to go home, but Gen
Butler this evening is advocating the passage of
a kuklux bill, as if he believed the president de-
sired such action, and Mr.. Sumner is dong it,
on his own hook, in the senate. A senate caucus
will probably settle the matter tomorrow morn
ing.
MR.. SUMNER LEFT OFF THE COMMITTEE.
The republican senators met in caucus this
morning, and the report of the committee of re.
visal was made. A very excited debate oc-
cnrred over the proposition to take Mr. Sum-
ner off the committee on foreign relations and
place him at the head of the new committee on
elections. Mr.. Sumner made brief but elo-
quent speech, in which he alluded to his past
record in the senate in connection with the com
mittee, and left the caucus.
His colleague, Mr. Wilson, made, a strong
speech against the report of the committee,
when the caucus adjourned till one p. NJ, when
the debate was continued. The report was op.
posed with great warmth by MessrS. Wilson,
Ferry of Connecticut, Sherman, Patterson
Buckingham, and others. 1t was supported by
Messrs Chandler, CoDkling, Morton and Others,
and, when the vote was taken, the report was
SuStained-26 to 81. So Mr. Sumner is to be de-
graded from his old position.
The cause for it is the fact that he is not on
cordial terms with the president or Secretary
Fish. The vote on Mr.. Wilson's motion to re-
commit the report, stood as follows:
AYES-MeSSrS Ruckinpham Splbert Trup
bull, Robertson, Harlan, Logan. Pratt, Kellogg
Morrill, of Maine, Morrill, of Vermont, Wilson,
Wright, Window Schurz, Cragin, Fenton,
Sherman, Anthony, Brownlow, Sprague Upton,
Ferry of Conn.
NAYs-Mcssrs. Spencer, Cole, Osborn, Pome-
roy, Caldwell, Hamlin, Chandler, Ferry of Mich,
Hitchcock, Nye, Conkllng, Poole, Cor6ett Scott,
Sawyer, Howe, Carpenter, Hamilton, Flanagan
Stewart, Lewis, Foreman, Edmunds, Morton.
SAM WELLER