The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-16
ND. HaIe, Of Malne, rose 10 vhat be

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at the same time Mr.. Wood, Of New
York, rose to what be asserted to be a
question Of the highest privilege, the or.
ganiration Of The House by the election Of
Speaker.
After some contest on the question Of
precedency the Clerk ruled that the Rep.
resentatives elect could not before the or.
ganiEation Of the House, take out Of his
hands the duty imposed on him by law,
by directing him either to insert or omit
. name, and the motion Of Mr.. Woods to
proceed TO the election oi Speaker must
be put. He announced that 2S7 members
had answered 10 their names.
Mr.. Woods motion vas agreed 10 by
l49 to 100, and the Clerk stated that nom.
nations for Speaker were In order.
RANDALL AND G4RFIELD NOMINATED.
Mr.. Clymer nominated Samuel J. Ran.
dali, and Mr.. Hale nominated James A.
Garfield.
Messrs. Clymer, Banning, Fort and
Foster were appointed tellers, and ely.
mer announced the result: Samuel J.
Randall, l40; James a. Garfield, 1872.
Randall was declared elected.
Mcsrs. Garfield and Good conducted
the Speaker to the chair, and Mr.. Kelly,
oi Pennsylvania, the Oldest member in
conseculiye service, administered the oath
OF office.
RANDALL's REMARKS.
The Speaker, before taking the chair,
said:
GENTLEMEN OF THE IIoUsI OF REPRE-.
sENTATlvEs Elevated for the second
time by your generosity to the exalted
dignity Of Speaker Of this House, l thank
you with = grateful heart. shall en-.
deavor with even temper, but with rigid
frmness to perform the duties Of the OIL
fee, and to respond adequately to the
confidence reposed in me by conforming
my action to the clear y expressed will Of
the House. Yet, fully realizing the deli.
cacy and difficulty oi my position, solicit
your advice and assistance, feeling as.
cured at the same time Of your iorbear.
ance and indulgence. We meet under
circumstances imperiously demanding
that all considerations Of Class and section
or party slall be subordinAted to the loft
ier and more patriotic object Of doing
what is best for the hole country and ali
its people. Since the adjournment an
administration has been inducted into
office which is obeyed as the actual Gov.
ernment, regardless Of the grave events
which marked its birth, aud this House,
animated by theSpirit Of true patriotism,
desiring, Grst, public tranquility under
law, will frankly approve any sincere and
permanent policy looking to complete
paciication Unconstitutional methods and
TO the consequent promotion Of the gen.
eral welfare; but it should be held our
sacred duty to provide legislation which
will render impossible repetition OF the
wrongs which have occurred and the
dangers which threatened us. l assume
that We will take no step backward in the
work OF retrenchment and reform so
auspiciously begun by the last House un.
der the matured and definite plan OF the
reduction Of the expenses Of the govern.
ment. 1t is certain that still greater re.
ductions can be made without impairing
the efficiency OF the administration. To
have honest administration it should be
frugal. Never before was It more urgent
than now, with general financial distress
and with labor depressed by heavy bur.
dens, to exercise the sternest ecOnomy.
When the iron rule OF hard necessity
darkens every household in the land,
extravaganza on the part OF the peoples
servants is an objectionable crime. 1t
is partly because Of that wholesome pol
icy 80 faithfully carried out that l am
permitted this day to speak from this
place. Invoking for our deliberations
that tolerance Of opinion which secures
harmonious action, that right and clear
judgment which puriGes legislation, and
that mutual confidence and respect
which should subsiSt between the House
and its presiding o6eer, L am now ready to
take the oath prescribed by law. [Clap.
ping OF hands on the Democratic side Of
the Chamber.
The oath oil Office wSs administered to
the Speaker, who then administered the |
oath to the members. Most Of the South
ern members took qualified oaths. Oh.
lection was made 10 swearing in Cain and
Rainey, OF South Carolina; Durrell, Elan
and Robertson, OF Louisiana, and PaChe.
co, Of California, and those members
stood aside. The delegates from the ter.
ritories were al! sworn in without objec-
tiOn.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Mr.. Clymer offered a resolution select.
ing as Clerk George NJ. Adams, Of Ken
tucky; Sergeaptat-Arms, John G..
Thompson, Of Ohio; Doorkeepsr, John
W. Polk, OF Missouri; as Postmaster,
james NJ. Stewart, Of Virginia; and as
Chaplain, DR.. John Persil, Of Maryland.
Mr.. Hale offered au amendment, sub
s.itutiug for the.e names, Jeremiah N.
Rusk, Of Wisconsin; n. G. Ordway, Of
New Hampshire; Horace II. Harrison, oil
Tennessee; Henry Sherwood, OF Michi-
gan; and Rev. ]. G. Butler, Of Washing
ton, DC.
The amendment was rejected, and the
resolution adopted without division.
The oath OF Office was administered to