Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-07
The House Organtzatiou.

1he canvass for the Speakership progresses
very quietly to-day. There is but little excite
ment at any Of the hotels and the war will
hardly wax warm before Monday or Tuesday
next. Speaker Randall has gone to New York,
and will not return until Tuesday. Last night
the friends OF Mr.. Blackburn, after a per
sonal canvass made in his interest during tue
day, figured up that their candidate had eighty
four votes, distributed as follows: In New York,
Ssm 1dsey PeinnsylSan 8 NorI
carolina, 3; South Carolina, 4; Georgia, Q: Ala
Dama, 2; Louisiana, 4; Mississippi, 4; Arkansas,
HeHas inni: d / tennessee 4 Kentucky Missouri
This Is probably rose cOlored estimate, but
allowing shrinkage OF 20 per cent, it win be
seen mat BLACKBURN enters the contest with a
strong following.
THE SOUTHERN VIEW.
what gives him strength Is the feeling that
the time has come when the Speakersh,p
should go south. Southern men say that the
exciting political debates In the close OF the last
session mas convinced them that no matter how
CHcumSpectly the representatives OF their Sec
llOn may demean themselves, that the reDuhli.
cans 90 not intend to forget the issues Of the
sn war Ior quarter OF century at least and that
south Is TO put southern man In the Sneaker,s
chalr 10 convince the country that the south
can rule with moderation and discretion.
WHAT THE GREENBACKERs SAY.
Inc greenbackers still claim that they have
seventeen votes-fifteen, they say, will stand
with them In any emergency. These are Ladd
ana Wright, Pa; Barlow, Vt, Russell, N. G.:
Felton and Spear, Ga; Low, Ala; Jones, Texas:
SopSss19o, SSRe1Gn ana Stevenson Of H. claimed but
Matyr, Ind, and Ford, OF Mo. " la
-, me southern democrats have 100 members in
me next H0use, which will require forty.four
20 pe got from the north to control the Speaker
The republicans do not anticipate that It ia
pOsslDle ior them to organize the next House, SO
eoey take matters and gaze
Mr BLACKBURN Will take rooms at Willarli.s on
Monday next, when the real contest will begin.
CLARENCE Cook" VS.. CLARENCE KINa.-The
appiicants or aspirants for the position of d.
rector OF the consolidated western SURVEYS un-
der the Interior department are dismaved at
NE me announcement In a morning paper that one
HE COOK Is to be placed In the RESPONSE
me me more eXasperating by the fact that not even
oae piin.ed particulars Of his previous wicked
ena3e 1 the competitors to
olalence Cook who is a standard writer m % 1o'
lles'ic architecture, art In the household. etc
he has Da. n,ra, IL Is hardly to be believed that
cornices, curtains and candiestIcks n to na
10 10 manage the government surveys. One m,oht
ahia anas clarence King, recognized as an
ABROAD, was intended, inasnch as indicsS+ians nua
~, uo point towards his appointment. Rmt STnr'
III uI1 Mins Is the very man who exnosed tho
harn h WIN which Clarence Cook" is said to
s",oo 9een connected; and it is not to he rre
oleo SoId mat any one could be so careless as to
mnlch ne himself presented to the nnhic in its
ut r,ut Sht. Some San Francisco speculatorS re
aod,.u ia.ot.ah d diamond field In Arizona HavInr
fIaran fIarteu certain locality with cheap damonds
enar e.Ge ,S hihg who had surveyed the region
hneW W Ihat the stones could not he founa nStun'
h ..dhiai III tnat geological formation, visited the
a.aiaond felds," discovered the rrsud and eue ox
,no', y ~ IN an Official report. And IT. ia this
rmnf mo- Is 10 De rejected In favor Of the cor.
Ihk DISTRICT 3.65 PER CENT BoNps-Tbe
aunory ciVil bill contains the following ..ana
.ieie Is hereby appropriated out OF the propor-
tluhai tu,i sum which the United States NAV con.
iUiuilola IUnn .oI for the fiscal years ending
Jun, ouie .oth, 1873, 1879, and annually thereafter
sucn n sums as WILL with the interest thereon af
o.0 ~ iate or !. t5 per cent. per annum be sufIi-
.eht tha 10 pay the principal OF the 365 bonds or
Gnno1ct ~" nstrict OF Columbia issued under act OF
winch said sums the Secretary of the Treaa,,rvv,
suaii annually invest in said bonds at nnf ex
ceeoins the par value thereof; and ali honds so
Ieueeue0 snail cease to bear interest and shall
ne canceied and destroyed In the same manner
.naI lnited states bonds are Cancelled and de.
treasury will make the first purchase Of 4 az
D0nds as soon as he receives requisition. This
purchase Will amount to $113,s65 go. The next
year Ine purchase Will be like amount with
me Inc interest on the purchase Of this year added.
each reac phaSe WI VIII increase IN the same way
gradually retired ana the debt extdncuished at
ltS m8Lur1ty, which win be In 1924