The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-29

IL WOulu require Only ABOUT 1OfCy more
to secure his nomination. HE will be
very formidable candidate" Mr.. Pendle.
ton said: ''Peoplc are beginning to
to see that he is a much shrewder man
than they had given him credit for. The
party may at first give him lukewarm
support, but before the campaign ends,
by the aid Of his forty thousand Office
holders, he will force 4 to rally in a
mass to his support
What is Said Of Speaker Kerr's Com.
mittecs.
Washington Telegram, 20th.1
After the House Of Representatives ad.
journed. and Immediately upon the an
nouncement of the committees, there was
| quite a general interchange Of opinion
among the mem bers in regard to the Sc
lections. Those who had been we'll pro-
| vided for commended the Speakers judy.
ment or said nothing, but the prevalent
expression was one of dissatisfaction.
The Speakers friends account for this
by the paucity of prizes and the prepon-
derating number of competitors for them.
On the other hand there are many among
/ the Democratic members who severely
| criticise his selections for considerable
number of the prominent positions as I'M
suita BILE or unfair to congressman of ex.
tended service who have been passed over
| in the distribution Of the chairmanships
! and important committee places, to make
room for new men without legislative ex.
perience. OF forty.nine chairmanshipS,
| exclusive of the committee on rules, which
the Speaker is ex-officio chairman, TWEEN
ty-four arc given to Western members,
| ten to Southern members, and thirteen
to the Middle and Eastern States. Of
the latter thirteen, six are third rate
Ia Importance, being committees on ex.
penditures in the various executive de-
partments, &C.. and of the :chairmanships
given to the Western members, four are
Of the same description. Four or five Of
the Southern chairmanships are also I'M
important. The West, therefore, hold
| the first place in the number of chairman
ships of the first and second class COM
mittees. Out Of the total 40, Ohio and
Missouri have each five chairmanships.
Illinois four, Kentucky four, Indiana two
and Tennessee two; Virginia and Penn.
sylvania have three each; North Caro-
lima has two, and no other State has more
than one. The composition of the Pacific
railway committee, tested by the recent
vote on Holman's anti.subsidy resolu-
ton, is as follows: Chairman Lamar
and Messrs. Throckmorton and O'NeiI
voted against it; Luttrel', Lynde, Thomas,
Phillips, Garfield. Kasson and Blair voted
for it, and Atkins OF Tennessee, Walker
of Virginia and Platt not voting.
Washington Correspondence of Chicago
Times
1t is question whether he could not
better have .conciliated certain clements
he has antagon'zed, while arriving at the
same end. Disgruntled Democrats and
Republican marplots are sounding the cry
Of confederate surrender, charging that
THE RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTH
implies the ascendency Of that element in
| the house and the exclusion Of the war
element in the Democratic party. In
response to this, Mr.. Kerr has simply to
point to the great preponderance of south.
ern men; to their unYuestioncd repre-
sentative character, and to the binding
reason that they, no matter what their
past may have been, are entitled to be
set at the work to which their constitu-
ents elected them. He had no choice fur
ther. He was forced to meet the charge
of the opposition that his party was SIM
ply pretending to reform and not in earn
est in it. To keep the promise made to
the people, honest men, without regard
to past political accidents, must be Sc
lected. He has therefore taken the best
at his command and would have done bet
ter had it been in his power. In all cases,
where it was possible, men who
believe in specie rather than in
paper dollars have been preferred.
The committee on banking and currency
is essentially hard money. Ir the Claims
committee he was careful to secure
chairman whom he had the best reasons
for believing to be incorruptible. In do.
ing this, he has signaliy ignored
THE CLAIMS OF HIS OWN COLLEAGUES.
Mr. Holman, who has been and is still
recognized as the virtual leader Of the
House, is more than inclined to the green.
back fallacy, but he is so severe an econ
omist that his name is terror to all |
seekers after appropriations. He is al.
ways read at the first intimation of
job, however plausibly disguised, to |
spring to his feet with an Il object" at
his tongues end. Stealing is not easy
when Holman is about. His appointment
to the head Of the committee on public
buildings and grounds is considered
whole volume, with copious marginal
notes thrown in, on political and common
sense economy.
Up to a late hour last night, men were
trying to ascertain the name of the chair.
man Of this important committee. He is
man to be seen by candidates for cater
ers' positions and other similar profits
and perquisites. Restaurateurs were