The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-21
SENA TIE OFFICERS NAMED.
Southern Men Getting Almost all OF the
Lonves and the Fishes.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-The selection Of
Senate officers to-day by the Democratic caucus
does not give entire satisfaction. The Northern
Democrats think their Southern brethren have
been little too greedy in appropriatng four OF
the five elective Offices. However. tho selection
Of Major John @. Burch, editor Of the Nashville
american. is. in many RESPECTS. better than
might have been expected. He has decided
ability and large political experience. and will
no doubt make n most excellent officer +. f.
Shobcr OF North Carolina. who was nominated
for Chief Clerk. was formerly NOM
ber Of Congress from that State. and
Will make good officer Col. Peyton Of Nir-
ginn who was chosen for Executive Clerk
served on Gen. Lees staff in the rebellion and
Is man oi me soldierly boaring but has no
however, requires only one quality. secretive-
ness, and as peyton has been soldier. ho ought
is To bs tho Rev Joseph BuocG. a Pres6yteria,inp
now stationed at Alexandria, Va. Ho is Il ma
UoY' tRc hrn"'k{ ae 96bS ana BHec
j. Bright. who Will he Scrgeant-at- Arms IL an
lndinnan and politician of some note. He is
PEELED from the Senate IN 1861 on charges Of
trensonabo utterance which worc, however
nothing more th4n th9 giving OF a letter OF in
PRODUCTION 10 friend who was going south
precisely the same thing that the late Caleb
cushing did IN lhe case OF one Roman. who had
been clerk under him in the Attorney Gen
erals Office. Dick Bright, rs ho is famiarly
known. hus fine qualhcat ions for tho oftico no il
TO Ill., and will doubtless give great satisfaction
to all the Senators.
Tho rush for the subordinate positions has
now assumed formidable proportions, and the
now Secretary ana Sergeant ut- Arms Will not
have much peace for the rest of this session.
Tho old employees of the Senate are badly de-
mOrazed, They think that their lines have
fallen In hard places. Many of them hatter
themselves that their services cannot we'll be
dispensed with, and this is true in few in
stances but by and by they will all have to 90.
loting. The cAntidatr5 Hcga generally placed
III nomination with eulOgislic remarks which.
though brloi ~ each instance. consumed in tho
aggregate considerable tlmo. Tho most pro-
longed contest was over the selection Of n Sec
rotary. Tor which position Harvey Watterson OF
kentucky was nnminated 10y Senator Book,
John q. Burch of Tonnessoe 10y senator Harris
Mhyto, rN- N-COngIpssman StrnErT Of pcnnsylya-
MIA 10y Senator Wallace, eA Congressman Mad-
dell of North Cnrulin0 by Senator liHnsom. cX-
Congressman franklin OF Missouri 10y SEN
ator Cockrell. and Prof. McMahon Of West Nir-
gnla 10y Senator Hereford. William l.. Young
among the candidates. The ballots resulted as
follows:
firsi nsllo- Hush g. watorson, ~, Dennis @. wad.
dc .. Franklin, ., McMahon ., slenrcr /. Purscll l.
Second Hallot- iiuch o. MAltefsou, TO- Dennis, I,
Mhddcl, =. frHnklin. 2. Mcmahon 2: Stencor
rhild Ballot-BuIch, l3, MHicrson. ~, Dennis 2;
NaddrlJ Franklin, . hoMHhon, q stenger, 2, rur,
Fourth Ballot-Bureh 10, wattcrson. 49, waddcil 2,
Fuh BaloI-Burch, %; watlerson, 10; Franklin. 2.
Stcnger, l.
Twenty zone votes being necessary 10 n choice.
Col Burch became the nominee.
Thv caucus then proceeded " ballot Tor