, 1875-12-07
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.


CALLED To 1n1pkn.
AT u o'clock tllc Iiouse Has chlin1 to ordar by
Sir Mcl'hcrFon. tho Clerk of tue IIoo.o Of tho
Forty-tuird Congrcss, aid tho hall Was cloarod
of all who rcro not out,tled 10 Its privilege.
THE LOUISIANA DELEGATION.
In sefotcuco to lie Louisiana delegation, tho
Clerk raid hc had received two nets OF cestjti~
Gates tor four districts, but both sets indcited
Fifth D'ttl:c., ho bad received two lsficatcs
nm s2net BY William Pitt Kellogg. showing tho
:!c't'o' of Mr.. s1oloy and tho other nenad by
.11llh McEnssy. showing tho oIect!on Of Mr.
inyernor, tic GIrri has nc Ell on his ceztlfIrale
aud Lad enrolled Moey. Ar to the Sixth Din.
tict he Ind cnly received one certltcate, siguad
BY he'l0sg' af'l he had ac!ed on that.
h!-ESTEEa.
Tbs call b"inE concluded. tho Clerk announced
that 2eG members had anrwere1 to their nasncs
I!ls nbtcntccs are DobbinR, Of New Jersey;
E;bcrt Of fennay'Eht'ia WIN had returned hume
tina morning OIL account Ut death III his family;
S:nihcns, OF GeoEgta: and Oliver. Of Inwa.
These, with two vAcancieH, from the Thi-ty-ih!ru
DiHsfct OF Now York and the Fuurt. District Of
Illinois, maka the 2o2 members OF which tho
11oHko ID composed.
ELECrloy or srEAErn.
s1r. Lamar moved tnat tho 1fouso proceed to
tho election Of . Speaker. Agreed to.
Mf. l.atuar-f Tut in nomination for tho
Office Of Speaker Of tho House for thu Forty
fourth Couyrese. Michael c. Ko1r, menlbes-eect
Mr. Wheeler, Of Now York; nominate for
tie satnc position, James e. Blaine, OF the State
Of Malne.
The Clerk asked whc:her there ~ero any other
nomuatiouH, md. there being no RESPONSE, he
appointed az tcl!cla h1essrB Holman, Ciymor,
uanfOrth, anu Banks.
Tue houae tnea voted, With the following so-
suit Whole number OF voses cast, 2Y0 neeos-
tary t. choics. III. Michael {. Korr received
ItI: James &. Blanc received LUG; Alphcua =.
Williams. Of Michigan, cast By Dir. nanks, of
! hlasEachuaetts: Al41. Campbell, Of Illinois, IL
cats by Anderson, Ut Illinois; William Ande1-
son, !.
The Clerk appointed 3rosRra. I1nndail and
E1aino 10 escort tho speaker. elect to tie chair.
grrAKEn KERR,
A. Mr. kerr wah conducted doWn tho main
aisle to tile bPoakcr'A chair, thero was consider
aba clappng Ut hRuds on the Democratic Bide
OF tho House.
The Speaker on taking his position, said:
GESrLEMEH oF the HorrE or REPRESENTATIVE: :
an heary grateful 70 you for the honor which ,uu
have confsFfea upon i'll calling so tl!s exalted
tr;lcasy Of ia duties. i shall doubtless many tiues
essa @ noax pu Enx fsns. To-
wards every inc Abcr ot the tiouse promise that in
pete fairncts and imrariality towards I'll. and to-
wsEds all nle E,as Ind tysrsined interests Of our
country represented Ill thls lfnn7e.
aIr. kel!ov, Of Peuns; lyanla, es tho oldest
| member Of the House IN cont'uuouh servcc, At-
fnniatesed the oath of Office to tho Speaker.
MEMBERS QUALIFIED.
Tho oath OF oltice Was then administered By
tho Sneaker to tho members, beginning With
those from the New England States. who on
being called, ranged themselves iu tho area IN
front Of tho Clerks desk, and there, With up
lifted lsndst Nent through their part Of the
ceremony. What ID known " tho iron-clad cath
was the form sdministcred to lnen,bcrn gcuer-
ally. but slxty-one of the Southern members
bong unahlo to take the oath, tho modified oRth
Was admlnlstered to them.
TOLD TO HTAHp DOWN.
Mt. Wood IN. ~ objectad to MoreY. Of Louia-
iana, and Mr. Garfield objected to 1oule, of
F!rginia. Therefore theso gentlemen we're not
permitted to quality.
Tho question "a to the right OF Gootle wss
subsequently taken up, and after slort dis
cns8!cn, Goode wa3 sworn in AZ q mcn6cE, taxing
the modified oath.
The Question - to tho vacancy tn tie Thirty
Third district OF New York was then tnkon up,
the Representative elect WAS sworn In and tho
technical question involved IN tho case wAa re-
ferred to tho Committee On Elections.
Tue de!csatcs from the Territories woro then
called and swo1u In. taking tho tron-clad oath.
UHDEN OFFICERS.
Mr.. Lamar then offered resolution declaring
the folio sing officers Of the House: Clerk, George
u. Adams, Kentucky; Sorgesnt-nt-Atms, John
i. Flszhugh. Texas Postmaster, Jauos il.
Stewart. Virginia and Chaplain. tho Ilov. j. L.
Townsend, Of the District Of Columbia
Mr. Wheeler (Sew York; offered an amend
cuulbcuta for thoao ot1ices-l1cP Photson, Orlvay,
Sherwood, and Dut!cr
Tho amendment MAS refectod, and tho original
resolution adopted.
Tho newly collected offfcera wero then sworn In,
Fltzhush and Stewart taking tho modlllcd oath.
THE SENATE NOTIFIED.
4 message wRs sont to tho henato to inform
that body that tho llouHo was organized aud
ready for business.
A committee was appointed to join 4 like COM
HItteo Oh the part at the Senats, to nait on tue
President nnd iuiorm him that Congress was
now 10 seas:or, aud ready to rccclSo any com-
tnupl:at!on he might please to make. aloBsrs,
Cox N. ~, Knott, aud Dlaino wore appointed
such committee.
Mr. Randall offered resolution adopting tho
rules Of tho House in tho Furty-thirtl Congtass
~ the fulss Of tho prcsont; House, except RULES
mant OF she Committee Oh Rules, to consist Of
tho Speaker and four members 1iues l6G aud
LIT aro thoro adopscd in tho last Congscsa. re-
lulring uotsons 10 suspend tho rules to bs
oudod by minority, aud forbid1lng thu entar-
taiunont Of lliiatory molous.
ME. GARFIELD suggested that immcmoria ustEa
OF preceding Honscs bccano tlss rules OF sh!s
i1ouSe without any SPECIAL motion to thAt eaeet.
nigh. 10 for the Republican ritto Of tho House.
but not for tho Donocrntic Bidn. which required
atrct coslatrnc1son OF tho rules, -
Mr. Garfield {coptompsuoualy)- yeH
[LAughsor,]
Tho resolutions Nere adopted, and then 1t was
ordered that the usual drawing for seats would
tnko place 1t O'Clock tomorrow.
KEAA CONGRATULATED.
The uouss then adjourned. Many membera.
conspicuous Anong them slr j3laine atepped
tip to tho Speakers GUAR and took this opportl,-
nifty Of telicitatlng bin, Oh !ns election and on
tbs mannur IN which ho had discharged hla tlzst
days dutiss
NOTES AND NEWS.
TUE BoHT0N PoaTHAsTEn.
Spse1ui Dispatch " ThS Chlcado TRIBUNE,
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