Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-30
ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE.
Canyassing the Speakership - Mr.
Blaine's Chances the Rest-Credit
MObiIier Members out of Favor
Composition of the Committees
The Cotton Tax Lobby.

BEaine's Chances the Rest-Credit
MObiIfer Members out of Favor
COmpOsitiOn of the Committees
The Gotten Tax Lobby.
From the New York Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Nearly every
day the local journsls announce the arrival
of about dozen members of Congress who
come to Washington to attend TO business
at the departments, or to make arrange
ments for winter quarters, and who remain
but few days. Wherever these men meet
or when they are visited by newspaper cor
respondents, the first topic of conversation
is generally the organization of the House
of Representatives. l. Is pretty generally
conceded that Mr.. Blaine will be reelected
to the Spes kership. MIR. Maynard, whose
claims were pressed by some of the South
ern members last spring, and Mr.. Kasson,
of Iowa. whose election has been favored
by some of the Western representatives.,
are both entirely out Of the contest. Some
friends of Mr.. Wheeler, of New York, have
desired him to be a candidate, but when
Congress adjourned last spring it was IN
dersLood that he positively ceclined. l. is
now reported that he will leave the matter
entirely in the hands of his friends of the
New York delegation, many of whom de-
sire bis election,
Next to the election of Speaker, the Or
ganization of the House committees is dis
cussed with the greatest interest. good
many demand that Mr.. Blaine shall, before
his election, pledge himself net to reappoint
any of the Credit Mobilier men to import
ant chairmanships. This would be very
awkward thing for him to do, while, if he
should continue them in their post ons, he
would have to brave strong public opinion
against it in some parts of the country. II
is limited By some of the knowing ones that
Blaine, with his customary shrewdness,
will shift the responsibility in this case from
his own shoulders to those Of the majority
of the Republican party in caucus.
Among the committees whose orgsniZa
ton is not likely to be affected by the Credit
Mobilier revelations of last winter two very
Important ones are those on Claims and the
District of Columbia. The former will
have 10 meet the cotton tax lobby, and
great interest is already felt in its constitu-
ton. 1t is generally believed that Mr..
Blaine will either put Southern man at the
head of this committe, and make the ma
jorily Northern Rapl esentatives, or, uice
UerSd, give the cotton tax the majority and |
Tue OppU6iblOu JIl0 ualILuaLbDAU' MOSSIS' |
Frye OF Maine snd Maynard of Tennessee |
are mentioned for the Craftsmanship of this |
committee. There is little danger of tie |
passage of the cotton tax bill.
1t seems to be the general feeling among |
members of both parties that the manage |
ment of affairs in this District must be |
thoroughly Investigate before another dollar
is appropriated by Congress for improve
meats hsre. The members of the old House |
Committee who were reelected have taken |
part in one investigation, which has not in
the least satisfied those who have criticised |
the territorial management, and some of |
them have been publicly accused of being |
interested with Gov. Shepherd and other |
members of The so-called "RiDg," in specu-
lstions which have been made profitable
only by the operations of the Board of
Public Works. For these reasons and /
many others, the District Committee of the
present House ought to be composed of
new men who are entirely above suspicion
of common interests with the "Ring." If
the charges that have been made are true,
the people ought to know it; if they are I'M
true, then the District Governm mt ought
to receive sucha vindicati0n as will silence
its accuseTs.