The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-16

tn Durrall oi Iuuaiann's Third District. ap-
4 certificate oi he election OF Aeklin. the Demo
cratic contestnni which hnS icen ISSUED Dy
Lieut.. Gov. Witt. Darrsll the Republican. wns
put ON the roll bv Clerk Adams vino declined To
make any change when II was suggested 10y
those ihtcrs sOd in the return of Democrat
from the district.
There arc of course tho usual predictions 10y
correspondents a out the probable composition
Of tho House committees. ihesc predictions
the last House. with a few additions and trans.
fers 10 coincide with the Speakers supposed
friendship for certain mcmbers; All the SUR:
Uses in regard to Mr. lMndnls makeup OF
the cY... .~ittees are based on the idea that he
will not sn"a M the old committees 2 great
deal. Now one TIM II certain. MIR. Randall
was elected speaker Wit. Nut having made any
pledges. either directly or Ia 'irecty and he viii
make up the committees accoI ing to his be-t
ludsmeni a. y, thr ability. sS. 'ri.n"" aud
adHptabiliiy OF the men. and will niui -. 'pu-
stitu,e these inipcrtant adiuncs TO legislative
work 81 Hs to win the approval OF tho country
well a. OF his purity.
4 Democratic caucus will be held shortly.
probably within Il day or two. 10 decide ON the
business TO be transacted at the present session.
There IL unQuestionably n strong tendency on
the part oi Democrats 10 run this session into
the regular session. but whether II majority of
them are IN favor OF this cannot bc definitely
known until the caucus decides. The House
Will adjourn from Wednesday until Monday III
order u give the Speaker time to make up his
cominitteeS. and IL will probably adjourn from
Monday until Wednesday to give him still iur-
ther opportunity to deal with this difficult and
pcrplcXing subject At any rate the Speaker
does not expect to announce the committees be-
fore Wednesday week. unless the Democratic
caucus In the mean time drtermine that the
passage " appropriation bills Tor tho army
and deficiencies i the only business to be
transacted in which event Mr. Rnndall will
doubtless deem II necessary To announce lmme-
diatrly only three or four committees, There
| Democrats 10 force on the caucus n resolution
demanding the repeal of the Resumption act,
| and the passage OF an act remonctizing silver
| Under ordinary circumstances a majority
! OF southern Democrats would be in favor Of
this legislation also but what their attitude will
be now am not prepared 20 say There is an
| other factor in this problem To- he onsidcrod
Ii the extra srssion closes before the ist oi De-
| cember members will be entitled 10 another
| mileage. although thev do NOT 70 home This
| arsuuIent TO tie p"cket is usiinlly very per-
suasive. The Democrats however. may not be
senate SEM viii have something to say. and If the h.
| ;lght over the contested seats in the Louisiana
| and South Carolina cases gets hot an ADJOURN
| mrnt may bo Impossible. The surface indica-
! tions ali point TO a long session but they may
h. d.c.ut,ye II in too early to max @ "A safe pre-
| dictIon
| Tn. Senat q gathered this morning an evenly
| divided hody-nenrly everybody on the left of
| the main aisle Democrat and on the right Re-
| publit,,u Conkling was in his nlace looking
| stronger and better than last MarcI. and Spen,
| Ger was behind him brought to the Senate
| chamber by Conklin.;s influence. mon say. and
n little Drowned by his trip To tn. Blnck Il ills
| THE Indicted SsnHtor JohnJ Patterson innd.
himself prominent hustled around and Got
what rccor milton a hand shake could give him
Anthony had a good deal of fellow-feeling and
Shook hands in an absent wny. Dnd turned
t. IN. papers on his desk. Fdmonds
somehow was looking at the ceiling aud
hands and the rest took II nreiiv much n. "A
matter OF business. III a minute Ransom from
| North Carolinu came over from the Democrnti,,
| side of the house to speak To some senator. and
| the fugitive senator from South Carolina
crowded down through three seats 10 shake
| hands with him Ransom looked M The ouf
stretched hand for a moment as though he
thougnt il would make pretty good subsst for
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IL. To the Democratic side Patterson did not
GO nor did he exchange any snlutntions with
The senior Senator from New York There were
other men who had equal congratulation with
less clYort-Davis OF illinois who waddled 10
his broa seat through a little aisle OF out
stretched hands and Bayard on the Democratic
side.
II was little past u o'clock when vlce-Presi- :
raised the little IVORY cylinder ana set il down
as carefully Us a woman handles "A tea bell when
the maid il near. The cylinder makes about
| as much nois,. a. "A closing book Nothing short
| of AN anvil chorus brings the other House to
! order. but the Senate ro-c and the Chaplain.
| approaching Democratic majority before him
| made his prayer principally about Morton.
/ the Clerk. and read the proclamation. Hamlin
| bobbed up from his seat and sent litils
| paper up and acted generally a. though he had
| been wourd up six months and somebody had
| lust touched the penduum b. set him going
| Thurman and Cockeriil and Wallace each had
| an open envelope on their desks. and now that
tials oi Matthews and Armstrong and Cameron
| -broah creased sheets OF parchment with a
| wide gilt s.tl on euch and lew formal words
| The three We're sworn in one after another.
| Thurman leading Matthews forward with a
| pleasant EXPRESSION as though he could be
| satisfied IL Matthews wns aud Matthews an
| par-nily WINS not. Armstrong. the new Sena-
| Tor from Missouri. has white ruiz OF hair
standing out around Il pink. oldish fnce and is
| otherwise q tall easy-j jointed old man.
Every one looked for Spoffords credentials
to follow Apparently they were in Bayard's
mn NJ fl.4n I..lH h,,
! the Democratic senators il was considered bet
ter TO defer the long and inevitable debate until
! the message had been heard and the Senate or
ganizcd. Another caucus will b. held to-mor-
row. and the Kepublican Senators sit at the
| same time 10 decide their policy in the matter
! i is years since the State OF Louisiana has had
n illl representation in the senate. and for
! SIX months past il has nat none. Both
! It's Senators ARE now clecie1 and neither
| has direct contestant before the senate. In
| fa't in the cnsr ~ Eu-ts elected bv the COM
| Inrhback, leit him without a contestant, and
| has suppressed the representntioI Of tLe Stnts