, 1877-03-19
WASHlNUIVN.
The Clerk of tho Old House Now
Assuming Extraordinary
Authority.
le Can Alono Empower Members
to Tako Seats in the
Noxt House.
Tho Maohinists, Smut-BloWora, and
0arpetBaggers Gain 8
Victory.
They Defeat for the Present One Of tho
Presidents Sonthern.Polity
= Appointments.
Nature Of the Charges Made
Against Assistant.Sec.
setary conant.
Henry Ward Bocchor Publishes His
Opinion Of the President and
Cabinet.
Ben Butler Approves In General War,
but Sncors at Clvil.Scrrico
Henry Ward Bocchor Publishes His
Opinion Of tile President and
Cabinet.
Ben Butler Approves In General War,
but Snecrs at Clvi1.ScrTico
Ref0rms
THE NEXT HOUSE.

ORGANIZING powEn OF THAT nDDr.
sptrfal Dt.patca to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, March l8.-Now that m extra
session Of tho Forty-fifth Congress Is incyita-
bic, there is great desire, especially among
Republicans, to sec tho roll Of Representatives.
elect which has been prepared by Clerk Adams,
but which hc declines to make public. although
he asserts that by giving tho Republicans oil
that they can possibly CHIN there will remain d
Democratic majority ot Three. This roll Is
made up by Mr. Adams in accordance with law
Us Clerk Of tho last House, and llc Is directed
to place on It "tho nalnca OF tl,oso persons,
aud of euch persons only, whose credentials
show TINT thoy wcrc regularly elected In accord
ancc with tho laws OF tholr States respectively,
or tic laws Of the United States" The law
also provides that when the Clcrk fs unaolc to-
perform tllis duty It shall be performed by the
Scrgcant-at-Arms, and, when that udlcer cannot
act, by the Doorkeeper. This Is =.
THE ox1r LrpAL PROVISION
for making up tue roll Of the House, but tho
rulca OF tho House 60 on to prescribe how tho
Clerk, having asccrtaincd that a quorum
is present Of tho 'tames on tho
rott, shall proceed to preside Ut al,
clcctlon for Speaker, ho having tho power to
prescrye tlccorum and to decide a1l questions Of
QluGF kuAG llluf u tSo hAQlSIt w A4PSAh AH~AS
hayo bccn ocsssions, however, whore tho rules
Of preceding Congresses hayo boon set aside,
aud, on ono occasion, at the organization OF tho
Twonty-sixth Coagress, wIlca tho C|osk pro-
posed 10 exercise arbitrary authority by omit
ting natnes from tho roll, tho House
BET iI1M ONE SIDE
ana appointed n Chairman TO sorvo until d
Speaker WAS chosen. Tho last House Of
Representatives, however, just IS It's
sands OF 1lfc wcrc running out,
passed new rule, directing tho
Sergeant -at-Ar.ns to obey tho directions Of tho
Clerk in preserving order tlur1pg tho oFgantza'
ton Of tho House. Tl.Is act Of usurpattou, By
which the House Of tho Forty-fourth Congress-
u n1crtook to clotho with authority over tho
Il ouse Of tho Forty.1fth Congress innn not
IN OIL Ger OF that 1tousc, was denounced when
It was hurried through, md IL Was openly
charged thnt the report VI tho voto 1naao by tic
Clerk was fnlte. Tlc Clerk, however, main.
tninrsl that tho votc stood l33 yeas agniask 0
nnys, anti 1E} not voting.
THE cLERk'8 IMMENSE FoWEH-
1lc will, conseqaentty bo enabled to summon q
atd In excluding from tho ball any gentlomc1a,
claiming seats whose ila'cs ilu llas not placed
On ills roll, and Otherwise to bulltsoze The OF
ganizatlon 1T tho llou.c. There .nro conflicting
Ida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts. pennsyl-
yasiia, souti, Carolina, Tennessee. asu t1rGinia,
al 1t Will not bc difficult fur THO Clork to lEx up
roll which llo may rcE1rd ~ legal: but which
WILL throw the organization Ut tho llaaso tuto
Democratic hnnds,
WHEN IT SHOULD DE coxTRoLLEp NJ HErup.
iioANs.
But tho old party ltlcs tnaY be changed even
bcforo tho extra sc.stun. 1t will not bc BtEange
should s0N.a twehty Representatives. who werc
tcrfr,f I1GUttCrit8 &rtlOOtt nh AumtHl3tr RI.