Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-10-25
Our Washington Letter.


the session, and business may
be said 10 have commenced.
The House is i'm much better
humor than usual, partly be-
cause the Democrats organized
it with so lille bad feeling a.
mong themselves, and partly be-
cause they have so far treated
the Republican minority SO lib
orally. Thus both sides are
happy. The almost unanimous
vote for Randall IN caucus was
a deserved recognition of the
ability and fairness with which,
in general, he presided over the
} House at It's late session. He
did not please everybody, but
he pleased moro, probably, than
any one else could have done.
The first important act Of the
House, after organizing, was to
admit two coIored claimants
from South Carolina, leaving
the contest over the seats 10 be
made in the Election Committee.
This was an act of grace unex-
pected TO the Republicans, it
not being in the least in their
line of business.
Then came numerous nomi-
nations from the White House,
generally of an acceptable
character. General Harlan, of
Kentucky, nominated for place
on the Supreme Bench, in place
Of David Davis, is declared by
some Senators not to be, in all
respects, a man fitted for the
place, but as Senator McCrcery
of the same State champions
him, his confiI nation is GER
tain. None of the names were
sent in over which a contest has
been expected. 1t may be said
with truth that there is little APP
pearance of desire on the
part Of Senators TO refuse the
confirmation Of any respccta-
bic man who has been or may
be nominated.
Speaker Randall has not an
nounced the House Commit
tees, but has gone to Philadel-
phia to think over the matter.
He viii there he comparatively
tree from The solicitation Of
members and the friends Of
members, and will be able Ia
make better selections than he
could if he remained here. Ey-
erything that Randall has done
or said since his election has
been marked by the greatest
prudence, and it is believed by
his friends that the Committees,
though their composition may
disappOint maEy ambitious
statesmen, will give general sat
isfaction.
Senator Edmunds was carly
on hand with proposition tO
appoint a Committee of Sena-
tors to inquire into the state of
the laws on Inc subject Of as
pertaining and declaring the
results of Presidential elections.
The Senator will, Of course, be
the chairman of the Committee.
Senator Thurman offered a res
oluIion TO seat Senator Spoford,
/ Democrat, of Louisiana. A
motion was made to refer Spaf-
ford's credentials 10 the Com
mittee OH Elections, and The
subject was laid over. Ii comes
up again to-day. 1t is believed
Z that Spoford will be admitted.
Senator McCrcery advocates the
repeal of the bankrupt law.
! No other matters of Importance
were preached up 10 last night.
The text Of the letter by
which Hayes induced Garfield
to yield to Stanley Matthews in
the Ohio Senatorship contest
has been published. 1t shows
that Hayes not only interfered
in the choice of Senator in
Ohio, but that he pledged to
/ Garfield his assistance in secur-
ing votes enough 10 make him
Speaker of the House. The
letter shows how confident
Hayes was at the time that he
could control a portion of the
Democratic party in the South,
and how ready he was to inter-
fere in affairs not properly per-
tanning to the Office of Presi-
dent.
Senator Jones, Of the Con-
gressional Silver Commission,
has furnished his report, and il
viii soon be presented 10 Con-
gross. 1t is not in print, but is
said TO be able and exhaustive.
Z Il rao1vur,ax1a sha ,-o,-.o-.oes--.