The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-01
The Next House nnd nv 0alces.



From the New York WoraI
OF the 202 members OF theucAt House
hut I0S were mem bers OF tie forty
third orpreceding Congresses, thus leav'
ing lo4 who have never served in the
National legislature. or the l0S whc
nave been reelected the Republicans
have 6S and the Democrats 10, but
among the latter are several Whuso
term Of service exceeds that Of any
member on the Republican side, There
are 'Orty-tlree standing committees OF
the House, and three JOINT committees
of the two Houses, 50 that in the con-
troll of The House the DEMOCRATS may
have an experienced member OH every
Important committee, for there are
but thirty of the committees that are
reilly connected with the general BUS
mess of Congress. OF the Democrats
who are reelected, Messrs. Kerr and
Holman, Of Indiana Morrison, OF Hi
nois; Randall and Clymer, of Pennsyl-
vaGu; Wood and Cox, Of New York;
Alexander IL. Stephens, Of Georgia,
Hancock, of Texas; Swami, of Mary
land; Wells aud Stone, of Missouri;
Durham, of Kentucky; Hamilton, OF
New Jersey; Saylor, Southland and
Payne, Of Ohio; Bright, Atkins and
Whitthone, OF Tennessee; Faulkner
Harris and Hunton, OF Virginia, Here
ford, of West Virginia, and Others,
have all been members OF leading COM
mittees in the fory.lhird Congress.
On the Republican side, there are only
General Garfield, late chairman Of the
committee on appropriations; William
A. Wheeler, of New York; Eugene
Hale and eX-Speaker Blaine, CT Mane;
General Hurlburt, OF Illinois; MCrary
and Karson, Of Iowa; George f. Hoar,
of Massachusetts,, and Munroe and
Foster, of Ohio, who were ut Ill pom
lnent in the committees OF the last
House. They viii so to the bottom of
the leading committees under the new |
regime. Mr.. Kelley, OF Pennsylvania,
who j. r0w u party unto himself" is !
the . IlGest consecutive member Of |
the mouse, and will he assigned the |
honor of swearing in the new speaker |
Fernando Wood is the oldest member |
of the House in time of service, having |
served in the twenty.seventh Congress |
QHl J, one of the q ost notable for men
and measures in the history OF the |
Government. Mr.. Holman, of Indi-
ana, who has served fourteen years, il
contessedly one of the ablest members
of the new Congress. II is doubtful Ii
there isany man in the next House
who has an experience equal 10 his ia
the details of legislation. lie has served
with great credit on several OF the
leading committees, and hasled many
a spirited contestag ainst jOObery uDder
the head of special legislation. 10 the
side he has ever been
known as 1.-THE obstructoDist' OF the
House, which is a compliment to his
skill in defeating ob-
noXious legislation. The iouy-tOurth
House will after all be quite rs remark
able for the absence Of leading men in
both parties, who either declined or
failed of e-election. On the Demo
cratic side it will be hard to fill tue
place occupied for ten Years 10y Mr..
James B. Beck, of Kentucky, or that
Of Mr.. Clarkson N. Potter, OF New
York-7-one of the ablest members who
ever served on the Judiciary commit
tee-Mr. s. s. Marshall, OF illinois,
whose Congressional services dates
way back to the thirty-dfth Congress,
ana whose record on the Ways and
Means, Judiciary and Appropriation
is without Flemish; or
Judge Niblack, of Indiana, who came
in with the thirty-htth Congress aud
went out with the forty-thlrd, regret
led by the prominent members OF both
parties. Of the Republicans, the ire
Dressible General Butler only is con
spicuous by his absence, which is la
nented Sy no one; but there are Judge
HAIR, Robert s. Hale, General Haw-
ey, Kellogg, of Connecticut; Wilson,
of Indiana; Willard, of Vermont; May
nard, of Tennessee, and others who VIII
De missed along the party line. EN- .
Speaker Blaine, 10 has been heralded :
or long time, is to be the leader Of
he minority; and, with General Blt-
Ter out of the house, will manage to
nave things pretty much his own way,
His Presidential Aspirations only Will
nave the tendency to diminish his i'm, !
mediate influence among members Of q
lis own party on the floor OF the house,
who will watch him with no little jeal-
busy. The patronage of the huuse IL SO
much the subject OF discussion that the
ollowing list is given of beotlleers OF
he house, with the salaries attached
speaker