The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-02
ELEcTIoN on spEAKEn.

ELECTION OF SPEAKER ..f
Messrs. Wheeler, McCrary, Randall and
of Illinois, having been appoint-
ed tellers, the roll was called and members
voted ripa coce. The vote was announced
as follows:
For Mr.. Blaine. .....190 votes.
For MIR. Wood..".... =. a
For MIR. Cox............ 2 /"
For Mr.. A. III. Stephens l
For Mr.. Hester Clymer +"
Those voting for Mr.. Cox were Messrs.
Holman indy and Whitehouse IN. W; for
Mr.. Stephens, Mr.. Bland NO.; and for
Mr.. Clymer, Mr.. Dreamer IN. ~
REMARKS OF THE SPEAKER.
The speaker-elect was then escorted to
the chair by Messrs. Maynard CTenn.) and
Wood IN. W, when he addressed the
house as follows:
Gentlemen Of the House Of Representatives.
The vote this moment announced by the
clerk is such an expression Of your conf
dence as calls for my sincere thanks. To
be chosen speaker Of the American house
of representatives is always an honorable
distinction; to be chosen third time
enhances the honor more than three.fold
to be chosen by the largest body that ever
assembled in the Capitol imposes burden
of responsibility which only your indulgent
kindness could embolden me to assume.
The first occupant Of this chair presided
over house of sixty-fve members, repre-
senting population far below the present
aggregate of the state of New York. AT
that time, in the whole United States, there
were not fifty thousand civilized inhabitants
to be found one hundred miles distant from
the flow of the Atlantic tide. To-day,
gentlemen, large majority of you come
from beyond that limit, and represent dis
tricts then peopled only by the Indian and
the adventurous frontersman. The national
government is not yet as old as many Of its
citizens but in this brief span of time, less
than one heightened life, it has under Gods
good providence extended its power until
continent is the field of its empire and at
tests the majesty of its law.
With the growth of new states and the
resulting changes in the centres of popula-
ton, new interests are developed, rival to
the old, but by no means hostile; diverse
but not antagonistic. No, rather are all
these interests in harmony and the true
science of just government is to give to
each its full and fair play, expressing none
by undue action, favoring none by undue
privilege. 1t is this great lesson which our
daily experience is teaching us, binding us
more closely, making our mutual depend
ence more manifest, and causing us to feel,
whether we live in the north or in the
south, in the east or in the west, that we
may have indeed but some country, one
constitution, one destiny"
The oath Of Office was then administered
by Mr.. Dawes.
The members elect were then called by
states, commencing with Maine, and were
all sworn in. .rrr
When the Speaker called for gentlemen
who desired to take the modified oath, fifty
presented themselves. Prominent among
| the number was Mr.. Alexander H. Ste.
phens, who leaned for support upon the
arm Of his colleague, Mr.. P. M. B. Young
ELECTIONS IN LUMP.
Mr.. Maynard said it was very evident
| that the nominees Of the Republican
caucus would all be elected. There were
five other officers to be elected, and il
would take too much time to vote on each
case separately. He therefore offered o
resolution declaring Hon. Z. Mcpherson,
Of Pennsylvania, clerk N. G. Ordway, Of
| New Hampshire, sergeant-at-arms; Otis
S. Buxton, of New York. doorkeeper
Henry Sherwood, of Michigan, post
master, and Rev. J.. G. Butler, Of Wash
lngton, chaplain. raa
Mr.. Niblack offered as substitute a
resolution to elect the following gentlemen,
who had been agreed upon in the Demo
cratic caucus, viz:
For clerk, George G.. Wedderburn, OF
Virginia for sergeant-at-arms, p. Rupp,
| of Wisconsin for doorkeeper, Charles w.
Combs, of Missouri; for chaplain, r. H.
MAIN, of Kentucky and for postmaster
| A. ]. Starting, of California.
Tie question on the substitute was taker
by yeas and nays, and it was defeated
yeas SO, nays IT'S.
Mr.. Maynard's resolution was then
adopted, and the organization Of the house
was thus complete.
| The members then proceeded to draw
for seats. Mr.. Dawes, being the oldest
consecutive member, was allowed to
| choose seat preliminary thereto, and up
on motion of Mr.. Plat, of Virginia, Alex
ander Fl. Stephens, by reason of bodily
infirmity, was permitted to retain the seat
occupied by him during the morning ses-
sion, it being in the front row, to the right