The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-20
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WASHINGTON March /

to-day in the Senate chamber, contlnu-
ing from until half past 8 o'clock. All
we're present except Messrs. Maxcy, of
Texas. Jones, of Louisiana, and Hamp-
ton, of South Carolina. The object of
the caucus was to take measures preliIni-
nary to the formation of standing COM
mittees. Wallace was reelected chair
man and Beck secretary of the caucus.
The following named were appointed as
a committee to rearrange the standing
and report to an adjourned
meeting on Monday, at IL o'clock:
Messrs. Wallace, Mcdonald, Eaton, Ran
SOM, Cockrell, Davis, of West Virginia,
Garland, Grover and Pendleton. The
caucus, after discussion, agreed upon the
following basis for reorganization of the
committees: First, seniority; second,
the choice of committee by one having
two or more chairmanships; and third,
the arrangement of chairmsnships for
the. vacancies, according to this pro-
gramme. Eaton, the senior Democratic
member of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, will be its chairman; Finance,
Bayard; Military Affairs, Randolph i;
Judiciary, Thurman; Public Lands,
Mcdonald; Indian Affairs, Coke; Pen
sions, Withers; Claims, Cockrell; Dis
trict of Columbia, Harris; Patents,
Kerran; Territories, Garland; Mines
and Mining, Hereford; on Revision of
Laws, Wallace. Salisbury has the
choice of chairman of three committees,
namely, Privileges and Elections, Post
Offices and Post Roads, and Public Build
ings and Grounds. Davis, of West Vir-
ginia, has the choice of chairman of Ap-
preparations and Agriculture; Johnston,
of Manufactures and Revolutionary Pen
sions: Gordon of Commerce and Educa-
ton and Labor; Whyte, of Civil Service
and Retrenchment, Naval Affairs and
Printing; Ransom, of Railroads and Lii
brary. In addition to the above, Thur
man was chairman on Private Land
Claims, aud Johnston chairman of the
Committee on Revolutionary Claims, the
only committees with Democratic chair
men and q majority of Democrats. In
addition to the standing committees,
there are ten select committees, only two
of them having Democratic chairmen-
Davis, of West Virginia, and Harris.
The Craftsmanship Of committees other
than these above named will be arranged
by the committee. The Republicans will
be furnished with a list of the Democratic
members placed on the committees by
the caucus, in order that they may fill
the blanks left for Republican Senators,
following the usages in such cases. The
subject Of changing the elective officers
of the Senate was not acted upon by the
caucus, which adjourned until Monday,
noon, next.
WASHINGTON, March II.
An adjourned caucus of Democratic
Senators was held in the Senate Chamber
this sfternoon for the purpose of receiv-
ing the report of the committee of nine
appointed by the caucus of Saturday to
prepare the Democratic membership of
the standing committees. The com.
mittee announced that the work assigned
to them was unfinished, and. it was re-
solved to extend their time until to-mor-
row afternoon Immediately after the ad-
iournment of the Senate. Some discus
sion then occurred with regard to the
advisability of proceeding to nominating
and balloting for officers of the Senate.
It was generally conceded that there was
no need for haste in disposing of that
subject, and it was therefore agreed to
postpone its consideration until Thursday
next. Senator Beck offered resolution
providing in substance that the legisla-
tive business of the Senate during the
extra session shall be confined to the
passage Of the two annual appropriation
bills which failed of enactment at the
last session, including the political meas
uses that were incorporated in them by
the House of Representatives, viz, the
repeal of the Federal election laws and
of the jurors test oath, and the prohibit
ton against the presence of troops at the
polls. After some discussion this resolu-
ton and the general subject of the order
of business were referred to the following
committee, with instructions to report to
the caucus tomorrow or as soon there
after as practicable: Messrs. Thurman,
Salisbury, Whyte, Herman, Jones, of
Florida, Bailey, Lamar, Voorhees, and
Vance. All the Democratic Senators
were present at to-day's caucus except
Messrs. Gordon, Maxcy and Hampton.
Mr.. Gordon is i'll. Mr.. Maxcy is ex-
pected to arrive from Texas tonight, and
General Hampton has not yet left South
Carolina.
WASHINGTON, March II.
In the Democratic caucus tonight the
first ballot for Speaker resulted as fol-
lows: Randall. rs; Blackburn, 81; Nc
Mahon, 8; Morrison, Q; Cox, 4. This
insures the nomination of Randall for
Speaker of the Forty-sixth Congress on
the first ballot.
WASHINGTON, March II.
The Republican members elect of the
House of Representatives held caucus
in the Hall of the House this afternoon.
Frye, of Maine, was elected chairman,
and Amos Townsend, of Ohio, secretary
of the caucus, which thereupon proceeded
to nominate candidates in behalf of the
Republicans for the various elective
Offices of the House. The following were
nominated unanimously: For Speaker,
Gen. Garfield, of Ohio; for Clerk of the
House, Congressman Rainey, of South
Carolina; for Sergeant-at-Arms, Gen.
Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin; for
Doorkeeper, James NJ. Milton, of Teu-
nessee; for Postmaster, Gen. Henry
Sherwood, of Michigan; for Chaplain,
DR.. Naylor, of the Metropolitan Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Washington City.
The following were appointed to act as
an executive and advisory committee of
the Republican caucus throughout the
46th Congress: Representatives Frye,
Garfield, Conger, Dunnell, James, Har-
ris, Henderson, Harmer aud Haskell.
After some discussion as to its form, but
with practical unanimity in regard to its
purpose, it was resolved, as the sense of
the caucus, that no legislation shall be
entered upon during this session other
than that for which the session was
specially called. During the preliminary
of views, general desire
was expressed for short session.