The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-06
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Points Political and News General at
Headquarters.
THE GREENBACK STRENGTH.

IHF GREENBAth n SlhhNNlh.
Special 10 the Star
WASHINGTON, March 6-The extraordi-
nary session, called to meet only two weeks
hence, has set the politicians OF the House
Immediately at work in the matter of the
organization. The small majority of the
Democrats over all has caused it to be be-
lieved in many quarters that the Democrats
would not be able to organize the Housei
that at least the Greenbackers would die
mittees especially the Banking and Cur
rency and the Ways and Means. They
claim eighteen or twenty men in the next
House who would 60 into their caucus.
HOW THE DEMOCRATS FIGURE.
The leading and experienced Democrats
Of the House figure on the organization iE
this way; When the House meets there
will be six vacancies California not electing
till September makes four, and in Potter's s
New York; district, where the man Smith
diod the night he was elected, and in
Schleicher's district in Texas the successors
in these two districts can not be elected in
time to be here. 1t may be said here that
Potter has consented to run again when the
election takes place i'll November. With
the six vacancies there will be two hundred
and eightyseven members. The Democrats
claim one hundred and forty-eisht
men elected. Bland, Of Missouri, Sin
gleton, of Illinois, and Lay, OF Mis-
souri,, are SICK and in the possibilities are
counted as not being able to be here This
reduces the Democrats to l45 or one more
than q majority. In this calculation the
Democrats do not count ON any of the
Greenback Democrats; on Murch, of Maine,
who, Ladd says will 60 with the Demo
Gratis; on Lowe. of Alabama or Jones, OF
Texas. They do, however count upon H.
B. Wright, of Pennsylvania Democrat
who is claimed by the Greenbackers, but
who says that he will not go with them
The Republicans are trying every way to
spoil the Democratic slate. They have no
idea Of organizing the House themselves
The only possible way to do so would be to
join the Greenbackers and prevail ON sew
eral Democrats to 60 with them.
RANDALL's CAUCUS PROSPECTS,.
Mr. Randall claims that he has seventy
six votes, or majority Of the Democratic
caucus, which will be held Saturday,
March 18th. Bat the anti-Randall men
say that he can not carry that many votes
in caucus; that in truth there are already
enough votes in the combination to defeat
him. Blackburn is the prominent candi-
date of this combination 1t was not in
tended TO finally decide on the candidate
to be put up against Randall until fall; but
of course this programme has been changed,
and from the present outlook there
is little doubt that he will be the
candidate, unless it is found necessary
within the next ten days to center on Car
1isle of Kentucky House of Tennessee, Nc
Mahon of Ohio, or some one else. Several
Democrats are now declaring that they will
bolt the Democratic caucus il Randall is
nominated. Mills, of Texas says that he
will; and as he has always been perverse,
he may stick to the determination. Cox,
Of New York, is understood to be q candi-
date for the chances of being selected by
the Grsenbackers as the compromise.