The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-03-22
TELEGRAPHiC NEWS.
senatorial Cnucu shaping the Com
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lnfttees.
WAsuINdToN, March 1S.-The Democrat
ic senators held n caucus this afternoon, at
which the report of the committee appoiht-
ed to arrange the Democratic personnel OF
the senate COMMITTEES was received ana ratN
fled. The majority membership OF the
principal committees is as follows
Finance -Bayard, chairman; Wallace,
Herman, Voorhees, and Beck.
Appropriations - Davis, of West Nir~
giuia chairman; Withers, Beck, Wallace
and Eaton.
Foreign relations = Eaton, chairman,
Johnston, Morgan, Hill and Pendleton.
Commerce Gordon, chairman; Ransom,
Randolph Hereford and Coke.
Judciary-Thurman, chairman, McDon-
aid. Bayard, Garland, Lamar and Davis, OF
Illinois,
Senator Davis, Of Illinois is provided for
by the majority, the same as if he was IN
full party fellowship with them, by placing
him on the following additional commits
tees, viz: Revision of the laws, Private
Land Claims and Census.
The other chairmanships are distributed
as follows:
Privileges and MISUNDERSTANDING.
Military Alfairs-Randolph.
Naval Affairs Mcpherson.
Postoflices and Postroads -Maxey.
Public Lands Mcdonald.
Indian Affairs Coke.
Pensions-W ithers.
Claims-Cockrell
Manufactures Grover,
Agrculture-Joh nston.
District of Columbia Harris.
Patents-Kernan.
Territories
Railroads-Ransom.
Mines and mining
Revision of laws Wallace.
Education and labor-Bailey.
Civil service and retrenchment--B Butler
Printing Whyte.
Select committee on transportation route
TO tho seaboard Beck
To examine the several branches of the
civil service--Vest, of Missouri.
To take into consideration the section OF
the law concerning the electoral vote for
President, etc Morgan.
To Investigate the treasury department
accounts Davis, of West Va.
On the census -Pendleton.
On epidemic diseases--Harris.
On the Mississippi river.-Lamar.
NOTE. This replaces the select CONS
mittee on the levees of the Mississippi
river.
The select committee to inquire into ais
legged frauds in the late election, commonly
known as the "reller committee" is reor-
ganizea, with Wallace as chairman, and
MessEs. Bailey, Garland, Mcdonald and
Herman as the other Democratic members.
The select c3mnlittee on the removal of the
Northern Choyennes to the Indian TerriN
tory, and to inquire into all the claims of
United Estates citizens against Nicaragua
are to be continued with the same member
ship as at present, the respective chairmon
being Ki,lwood and Hamln.
The condition of Senator Gordon to-
night excites serious alarm His friends
thought he was dying this afternoon, as he
had spasms very like epiloptic fits. He is
very dangerously i'll.
Election of Speaker
On motion of Mr.. Wood, of New York,
the House proceeded to the election of
Speaker When Mr.. Blackburn was called,
and he voted for Mr.. Randall, there was
II round of applause on tho Democratic
side and III the galleries. The vote result
ed as follows: Whole number of votes
cast 2S3. For Mr.. Randall, IA; for Mr..
Garfield, 1875; for Mr.. Wright, 10; for W.
p. Kelley of Pennsylvania, l. Tho mem
bers voting for Mr.. Wright were Della
Alaytlo, of Indiana; Ford, of Missouri;
Forsythe, of Illinois; Gillette, Of Iowa;
Jones of Texas; Kelly, of Ponnsy lvania;
Ladd, of Maine; Lowe, of Alabama
MurcG of Maine; Russell of Massachusetts,;
Stevenson of Illinois: Weaver, of Iowa,
and YoluIm, of Pennsylvania.
1t was whispered that Tom Ewing of
Ohio would vote with the Nationals. IT he |
had, Randall would have been defeated.
Whom the telers announced the result,
there were but l3 votes for Randall, and
Conger OF Michigan, had just raised the
question that Chat was less than majority !
Of the whole number of members elect,
when O'Reilly, of New York, one of the
two absentees, arrived in the chamber, ans
his presence, and cast his vote for
Randall, thus giving that gentleman a ma
iority of the whole number of members
eleet,