The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-14
The Slate of the House O
Representatives.
The Probabilities in Regard to the
Duration of the Extra Session.
Atkins to Mount the Army Reduction Hob.
by-An Interesting View Of the Condition
Of National Politics.

Clerk Adams gives the Democrats l.
majority. 1t enrolls Elan and Robert
son, Democrats, from the fourth ant
sixth districts Of Louisiana, instead o
Smith and Nash, Republicans, whC
hold certificates under the returning
board decisions. Davidson, Democrat
is enrolled from the, first district OF
Florida, instead of Purman, Republi.
can, who was declared elected by the
board of state canvassers, and holds
Gov. Stearns' certificate. 1t also en-.
rolls Eisbee, Republican, from the sec
ond district. The list leaves vacant
the representation from Colorado,
claimed by Belford, Republican, and
that of the Republicans from the third
district of Missouri and the fourth dis
trict of California. Adams obtains
judi cial authority to exclude from vot-
ing for Speaker several Representatives
who clearly hold prima facie titles to
seats in the shape of governors GER
tificates. The clerk has enrolled them
without a question. His action
EXcITEs MUCH ANGRY COMMENT.
At this hour all efforts to unite the
opposition to Randall for Speaker have
naturally failed, and his election seems
sure. Republicans could not well
listen to overtures for the support of
any opposition Democratic candidate,
remembering Randall's final stand last
session against fillibustering to defeat
the election count.
While some urge that the special
session should be devoted simply to
legislation called for by the President
and
ADJOURN WITHIN A FORTNIGHT,
the general impression is that it will
continue until the time for the regular
session. AS cause for this will be the
efforts of members to introduce private
and general bills Immediately, in order
to get them advanced on the calendar
for action at the regular session. For
this reason Scott's Texas Pacific rail-
road bill and many other proposed
measures are expected to combine their
friends into pressure for appointment
of all the regular committees at once,
and setting them at work, instead of
confining present appointments to those
committees to which the subjects of
the Presidents message must be re-
ferred. 1t is well understood that the
message is intended to be confined to
the subject of those deficiencies in ap-
propriations which make an extra ses-
sion necessary.
Present indications are that party
spirit will not prevail much at the
coming session, because no questions
which divide the two great parties
present themselves, and large proper
ton of members manifest an encour-
agingly conservative spirit. Thus
many southern Democrats unqualifiedly
condemn and regret the violent utter
ances of Hurd, Rice, Blackburn, Sayler
and others at Thursday nights seren-
ade, where
.s a rsrrror ,nd co,sr;rotor Sonotor
nm in coI,irr on tho prosidort
d;rao+od b;s atton+;on - +ha foot tbat
No son,hornar oxoant p,aolhrrn tool,
nort in tho nrooood;nrs md .ssrrod
h;n, tho+ pI.o,,hur, does not ronrosor .
tha son+;n,onts ,nd foa,;nrs of t,,o
snutharn naon,o in ,h;s nartion,or
A ,rr,hor oe ,non,hor, f,or, +bo
sontb called on Postm.ster General
Kav .nd ,,so oxnros.od tbo;r disr,oo-
srre Of tho sneeches
Already Att;ns of Tenressee ;s
rrorored with a nro;ect for
ppnT-c1So THE ,p,v
nerm.pentlv to seventeen Thousand
mon If co II will be nostnoned till
ofta,. +ha nooonhor rooot;no hnt m.ny
Democrats are outspoken against any
such scheme, and indicate disposition
to support the proposition expected to