Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-03-18
Correspondent. o, tn. Gold Hill Daily s.v..l
WASHINGTON, March Z. 1879.

Correspondence OF the Gold Hill Daily Ssvs.l
WASHINGTON. March Z. 1879.
The excitement and tumult attending
the scenes Of . dying Congress will have
hardly entirely subsidized before another
contest equally as exciting will have set
in. The early day che 18th instantly ct
which the President has convened Con-
gress In extra session has precipitated .
lively and exciting contest for the Offices,
not only Of the House. but Of the Sem
ate o. we'll. The Senate has passed out
Of Republican control. and for the first
time almost within . quarter OF . Gen.
tury been turned over TO the Democrats.
Applicants for every Office within its
gift are swarming hero with every train.
and viii bring such q political pressure
upon Democratic Senators that II IL
almost safe to predict chat the personnel
Of the Senate employees will undergo .
complete change. The candidates for
the numerous Senate Offices are a. thick
"a huckleberries In o Jersey meadow.
The choice place being the Secretary
ship some Of the brightest Democratic
lights aspire to ali 1t. OF the
CANDIDATES ALREADY KNOWN
There are DR.. Dennis who yesterday
retired a. Msryland's Senator. Colonel
John @. Birch. editor Of the Nashville
Amsrican. Who has many warm friends,
A. G. buell.. . well.known journalist.
Franklin Of Missouri. Professor Mao.
Mahon Of West Virginia, ex-Represen-
tative Stsnger OF Pennsylvania, eK
Congressman waddell Of North Car
olina, and many others who have not yet
made any formal announcement OF their
canvass, but who are making astill hunt.
For the office Of Ssraeant.at-Arms. but
few candidates have as yet come to the
front. The most prominent Is l.. Y.
Washington, q well-known Washington
correspondent. Isaac Eaton OF Kansas,
who has Greenback predictions, 10 also
an aspirant ; also. Duncan s. Walker oil
| this District, and ex-Congressman Glover
| OF Missouri. The real battle. however.
will be for the control OF the offices OF
the House. Within . few days the
CANVAS o TEE sPkAKxRsuIr
Will waI warm and exciting. Speaker
Randall is. OF course. a candidate for re-
election. His most prominent compel
itor Is Representative Blackburn OF Ken
lucky, and there are several dsrk.horsss
in the stable. already blanketsd and
| groomed, to DO trottsd nj In the House
In case blackburn Is not strong enough
to get away with the prize. For the po-
sition OF Clerk Of the House the present
incumbent. Colonel George III. Adams,
wants to DO reelected. His rival Is e.
Congressman Caldwell OF Alabama, who
has been here some days surveying the
heid. OF course Colonel John q.
Thompson Of Ohio IL again willing to
serve the party a. Sergeant.at-Arms. and
IL a~ntagonizsd by Colonel Dick Bright OF
Indiana. It will be observed. in paren.
thesis, that nearly all the candidates for
the subordinate places are Colonies.
BosEs OF CONTENTION.
The three bones OF contention at the
extra session Of Congress will be. OF
course. the repeal Of the Supervisors OF
Election law; the repeal OF the Jurors
Test Oath law, and the repeal OF the
section Of the revised statutes authorize
ing the use Of troops ut the polls. In
the consideration OF at least one ofthese
measures the Democratic Forty.sixth
Congress and the President will be in
direct conflict. The President has made
no secret to some gentlemen. OF
his opinions in regard to those three
measures. The Jurors Test Oath laws
aud the law authorizing the use OF
troops at the polls he regards ss
remnants OF wal legislation. The
first Is now almost q dead letter. He
would not. there 10 good authority for
saying, place himself In conflict with
Congress by q refusal to sanction their
repeal. His course since he has been
the Chief Magistrate Of the country, In
regard to the use Of
rnoors IN INFECTIONS
Can DO taken as an indication Of how
he will act in the future on that subject.
II Is well known that he has always