New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-23
The Indignant Democracy.

The fierce howl of indignation that is
rising over the Democratic camp at the
choice of House committees by Speaker
Kerr is ust beginning TO reach US.
The Washington correspondent of the In.
dianapolis journal of the twentieth says
1t is a matter of report that Mr. Holman
is much disgusted with the decision nf the
Speaker. and left his confidence day or
two ago. and does not participate il any of
the conferences for shaping the committees.
There seems no doubt that almost every
one Is disappointed. to use a mild term, at
Nj. herr's selections for most of the COM
mittees. and the largely prevailing impress
sion Is that ne has yielded to the pressure
from the Sonth in making them up, with
view to receiving that vote for presiden-
tiai nomination. The Pacific Railroad Com
mittee, with Mr.. Lamar at its head, is said
to be constituted tavorably to the Southern
Pacific railroad: Mr.. Kerr's health is not
very good, but he is working all night to-
night, completing his work on the Commit
tees, and they will be given to the country
tomorrow, shortly alter twelve o'clock.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times writes
The placing Of Representative Morrison,
OF Illinois, at the mead of the Ways and
Means Committee, occasions very general
surprise both to the Republicans and Dem.
ocrats, and is received by the majority OF
the Democratic members with strong mani
festatioas of disapprobation. Before the
House assembled to-day, groups of three
and four Democratic members were con-
gregated about the hall of the House dis
cussing Speaker kerr's selection of new
Democratic leader, and the opinion was al.
most universal that he would prove fail.
ure, and be an easy prey to the Republican
side.
Representative Cox, in conversation with
your correspondent, alluded to the Speak
er's action in satirical manner, and said,
so far as he could ascertain, there was
very general disgust among the Democratic
! members. As for himself, he did not care
now where he was placed on the commit
tees, as he was determined, for the future.
to cut loose and act for himself. He had
stood BY Mr. Kerr when he needed strength,
and was now put aside for new man. 1t
| was now no secret that the Texas Pacific
railroad interest had had something to do
with the formation of the committee. In
brief, Mr.. Cox said he was thoroughly dis.
gusted.
The Washington Rep,tbHcqH of Monday
says:
The announcement of Mr.. Morrison's ap-
pointment has been received with great
surprise and CONSERVATION among the polit.
ical factions in the city, and even Demo.
Gratis innumerable are not backward in con.
demning the selection as an exceedingly
poor one, because of the peculiar untitness
of the appointee for the grave and RESPONSE
BILE trust.
While the above extracts give fair state
ment Of Democratic feeling, from another
andpoint the Chicago TriJu,te's CORE
spordent writes of the Committee on Ways
aud Means:
This committee is a very strong one.
There is no reason to believe that Wood
will consider his assignment to the second
place degradation, and that he will in
consequence decline committee altogether.
He has said as much. The committee is
hard-money committee. With possibly two
exceptions the entire committee is in favor
of specie resumption. The committee will
never lndorse the greenback heresy of sub
stltutlng paper for gold in payment of Gus
toms duties. Morrison received the chair
manship for the reason that the Speaker ia
OF the opinion that the Mississippi valley is
entitled to the craftsmanship at the hands
of Kerr, and for the reason that he man
aged kerr's campaign for the speaker
ship. lie presented his name to the eau.
Gus. and was generally recognized as the
leader OF the Kerr movement. Morrison is
hard money and thoroughly loyal man.
Thomas, of Mary land, was at one time Sec
retary of the Treasury. Hancock, of Texas,
was transferred from the Committee on Ap-
preparations, as was General GARFIELD. The
latter would no doubt have been an embar-
rassment on the Appropriations Committee
to any new chairman, and it is pretty we'll
understood that Randall did not care to
cope with a Jealous opposition critic-the
man who had been chairman of the COM
mittee for six years. Blaine has received
the place to which his leadership of the
House seems to entitle him. He leads the
minority upon the leading committee. Bur
chard will supply more useful figures for
advocates of revenue tariff than any of the
Democratic members, while Kelley is a
representative of the other side of the tariff
question. The West has seldom been as
strongly represented on this committee.