, 1877-03-20
THE NEW HOUSE.
4 TALK WITH CLERK ADAMS.
Yt.r..Ittf Hfxb1ftA In 11x T14hYNA.

NpeCa4t NApN*EW ~ 4hS 4t1u~Hfs
WASHINGTON, D. e., March 1t.-Thu proba
billy Of MI extra scstion Of Congress- Will awa's
ell renewed Interest In the question nj tho
organization Of tho House Of Representatives.
Many reports arc atloat us to the purpose OIL tho
part Of Clerk Adams to 10 make up tho roll ~
to secure for the Democrats largcr majority
than they arc fair1y entitled TO- In refc1cnre
to thcsu statements Adams said this evening:
II have not had any dispas!ttou to make mys-
icry about tho Organization Of tho new Houtc,
and am frequently amused at tho various
reports as to what hayo Baid Oh
the subject. Tho truth ia, / have ncvcr
reported at my time to any onc Il statement oi
what tho majority would be. lave no roll
made up which am hiding away In some tccrct
place and refusing to show to people. up to
this tlme have not In my possession, officially,
the facts necessary for making up the roll.
some time ago Edward Mcpherson and / sat
down and
INFORMALLY WENT OVER the DISTRICTS.
We agreed, an1 ho himself stated afterwards
III public, that the Democrats could not
hayo majority Of lesa than y. crcn
II tho Republicans got all tho districts about
which thorc was any qucstion. THIS was
,ncrc interchange Of individual opinion
at time when there were nearly fifty certificates
yet 10 como In. 1t was based upon facts which
any ono familiar with tho result Of tho election
could have obtained al we'll as VIC. stuco tlat
time have .sccn nothing to change tho judy
mtnt then arrived At. Some ot tho certificates
are not yet III, q few aro
uuN0 IN THE couR7s
In litigation, anu 1t Is not settled which caHIl-
date in such cases which hive The pf!aao 2ac!o
III Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina tl,cru
ars dual certificates, In these last cascs
hare not even considered the. sub
1cst a. % what my duty Will be.
ieavinr tilc,n of tho roll arbitrarily are rslcu-
lous. siy powers aro clearly drduc'l BY Law,
and wssrltcver there u legal certificate nal
competed to put sho holder q It on the soll:n
was a party to combination to mako Porter
speaker nntl himself Clerk Wero
EQUALLY UNTRUE AND ABSURD.
1fe was not willing t.: say wast he believed
lie tie unscttied cscs whsio ecrllcatcs llavu not
becn issuci shall b. DECLARED ID ::avor
of tho candidates Of that party. Neither
wns no willing to sly What Ils
olna and Louisiana ecFtifcatcs. II The contest
on thoss 6tatea should bo settled by Executive
astsaH previous to tho tnevtlug af Congrcsa.
Adams appeared to bu quite confident that thc
Democrats would orB4nlxe tlo next LOUSY atHt
Ind no views 70 cxt.,fess as to tho elancs of thu
several candidates for the 8pcakershlp.
1t may bo remarked OIL the subject Ok or9an1-
zation that tho opinion IN influential Republican
circles IL that It will not be matter Of my tt-
pnrtAncc whethcr the nominal Democratic major
ity VI, III the ru1! Is thrce or = dozen. II any
break tn tint ajMtty oecura It is believed ttat
| II Will bo su!!lc!entIy Formidable to culhraea
vutcs cr,.ugh to llola the balance u power be-
tween tho Two parties, and to t1cet thu Ortanza.
tion should 1t combine with tho Republicans.
TIE oLn nouAnoN uEAocA4TS
arc becoming annoyed 1t the possibility that
Republicans may secure tho organization Of the
next lIo.ltc. There can bo no doubt that nj at
tc,nrt will be made to control tue organization
in the Interest Of tho Administrations. This
abandonment Ut tho proscrlptlre policy with re-
spcet to tic South 1t u expected will hare tho
ELECT to influence votes enough to secure the
election Ut conservative Republican for
Speaker. Foster, Ut Ohio, u actively ut work !n
tito matter, aud hls iricnds expect that ho will
bs selected for speaker ~ : representative of
tho asa OF gool feeling.