Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-05
Complete and Accurate List OF the Men,
bers Of the Senate and House
Names Of Contestants for Seats
in the House.
Sketches OF the Three Candidates for
Speaker-The Death of Wilson
GOdsend to the Departments
Art-A Prediction.

e. Guilty they were cleared OF persons no
"a entitled TO participation in the caucus
% The only new development that has beel
made is the determination OF the Viz
ginia delegation to vote unanimousl,
II for Whitehead for clerk. The friends @
Randall and Kerr seem equally conf
dent, aud the prediction of this, tina
/ or the other person being elected as
D. compromise candidate are as numerOu
10 a. heretefore.
The work of singing out and ejectinI
" outsiders was completed about fiftee1
II minutes pest two O'Clock, when the eau
u Gus was called to order by Fernando
l. Wood, and on his motion L Q. G. La
a mar, of Mississippi, was chosen presId
ing officer. On motion of Mr.. Holman
OF Indiana, Mr.. Banning, of Ohio, was
Il made secretary. On taking the chair
4 Mr.. Lamar made an address as follows
n GENTLEMEN-In calling me to this
Il position of Iesponsibility and distinction,
i you have conferred an honor which /
It appreciate most highly, and for which ]
thank you most cordially. We here
are confronted with a crisis in the his
tory OF the Democratic party and CT the
i country, which brings to our party
: grand opportunities, but at the fame
. time freighted for US With solemn re-
, spOnsibilities, and il we do not improve
those opportunities and rise to the meas
e ure of these responsibilities, the fruits OF
! the great political revolution which has
8 brought us here to-day will be for us lik e
the fruit which grows upon the
accused sea. The people of this
country by overwhelming msjOrities OF
I States and msjorities in States have
placed the Democratic party, after q
long period of exclusion from power, in
possession Of the most important depart
ment of the Federal government. When
: | say most important / do not mean
that the individual members sre invest
ed with imposing prerogative or great
personal distinction. The departments
Of patronage, those which hold and
command the glittering prizes of gov
eminent emoluments and honors are
the coordinate branches of the govern
ment which are still under the
control OF our political opponents.
The members of the house Of represent
tstives have no patronage whatever be-
yond that of the appointment Of mill
tsry or naval cadet, and their cOmpen-
sation is barely adequate to life OF re-
publican simplicity and prudential econ
Omy. There ara many offices in the gift
OF the executive far more profitable, and
] Tie buUllC 6SlG6Lu laI uls-
tinguished than that of 8 seat in the
house Representatives, but this branch
is nevertheless, under our matchless sys.
tenn of government, the corner
stone Of our fabric of liberty, because il
is the only department Of the Federal
| government directly responsible to the
psOple OF the country, and receiving it's
powers directly from their hands. All
/ the other branches Of the government
are two or three degrees removed from
| the people In the mode Of their selection
or in the nature of their responsibilities
! But while the honse of representatives
is thus Immediately responsible, all the
other branches Of the government are
responsible TO this body. The people Of
| the country have charged the Demo-
cratic party in the house OF repre-
| sentstives with tie import
I ant duty OF bringing these
co-OfaiLSte branches Of the government |
| to their just responsibility. The people |
| demand st our hands q sweeping and |
| thorough reform in the civil service, /
] which shall be conducted in spirit that |
/ will secure the appointment to places of
I trust and responsibility, the honest, the |
experienced and the capable. There is
also an imperative demand that vigil |
ant examination be made into the adj /
ministsstiOn Of the public revenues Of
the country; that all tho public accounts |
shall be scrutinized by us and corruption |
he tarreted out, and that wrong-dOeIs, |
no matter how high or how low, shall
be srraigned and lily exposed and pun
ished. One of the most pressiH"SS dem anus
upon US is 10 perfect and adopt such d !
system of taZation as will bring Ia the
required revenue with the fewest restEic-
tons upon the commerce, and with the
least burden to the PEOPLE, and that bur-
den equitably distributed and skilfully |
adjusted. Owing to the eXigencies Of
one OF those internecine conflicts Incl
dent to the life OF almost every country,
also pernicious system Of legislation,
cur people are suffering from the evils
of sn irredeemable currency. IN
meeting and graphing with the
difficulties Of this vital and per-
picking question, 1t will be our
duty to take care that nothing
is done which would impair the good
faith Of the country or tarnish the public
honor, or lower or disturb the s.edit of
our government, but we ara to remove
those distractions which bar the pro-
gress ami check the prosperity Of the
American people. It is our duty as
Democrats, II is the duty and glory of
the Democratic party while 1t controls
this house, to see that the national
credit and currency Of this Democratic
Republic is made equal with that Of any
nation on the earth, and that the grand
est aspirations Of the Democratic party
and its browning glory will be to restore
the constitution to its primitive
strength and authority and to make
it the protector OF every section
and Of every State in the Union, and OF
every human being OF every race, color
aud condition in the land. Apprehen-
s.cn sud distrust of one psrt of the ma
tion-tnat portion Of the southern peo-
pie aITayed against the authority OF the
Federal government in the late war
hiss mainly disappeared, as is evinced
by your election, and in its steRd has
grown q more frateE2al feeling, which
regards Ls Of the southern State as fell
loW.citizens OF the same great nation.
On the other hand, the people Of whom
1 speak, and OF whom am one, are here
to-day by their chosen representatives,
to honor any draft which the American
nation may draw upon their patriotism
o. their faith in the glory and beneficence {
Of American institutions. Applause. r
The experiment which has been intro :
duced among US, based upon confidence
in the workings Of local lt-gOvern- |
ment, and intended 70 sClve the Difficult |
ties connected with the recent social and {
political Transformation, shsu have {
sn open field end fair play, E
aud 10 hindrance shall be placed !
In the way Of its vigorous development I
and It's ample success. Applause We &
want 8 government that we can love {
and revere, and serve from the motive I
Of reverence and love. We hunger for G
q patriotism which shall knit all the |
people together in generous and loving '
brotherhood. Let US not forget that the I
great victory of last fall, which brought 8
Us here was achieved not alone by Demo- L
cratic votes, but with the cooperating o
Efforts OF independent patriots and un- O
,eltish men Of all parties, tired v
and alarmed by the increa sing il
evils resulting from corruption and mall v
Reforms are urgently ii
needed; let us widely make them. A e
prosperity is everywhere ur- b
gently needed; let us, by removing il
unjust Determinations, by imp, sing c
rigid economy, by restoring q sound Z
currency, by securing the equal rights S
Of all States and all the people, make b
the Democratic party the mother Of a q
new prosperity. L
Fernando Wood has come out OPEN t
ly for Kerr, which strengthens the
hopes Of his friends material
Iy. II is understood that Kerr 8
will be placed IN nomination by Hol- 8
man, Of Indiana and Randall by ely. l
ner, Of Pennsylvania, with speeches I
that viii probably delay the call {
till a comparatively late hour. The q
number Of Democratic congressman in
town is estimated at one hundred and
seventy, most Of the remainder have |
te.SSrkphed explaining there absence by
railroad cStenuon, ETC., with q request
for the PostponeDent OF the caucus.
Motions ior adjournment will doubtless
be made, bit Are not likely to prevail,
Bliss and Wilson, OF New York, who
are some times cIassed as Liberals, are
IL the caucus.