Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-05
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. ASSUMING BUSINESS. The Session of Congress Beginning To-Day. A FULL APPEARANCE OF MEMBERS. Keller the Republican NOm-
 inee for Speaker. "A NEW REFUNDING MEASURE. Ex-Speaker RandaIIs Three Per
 Cent. Bill.
A NEW REFUNDING MEASURE.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Meeting of COngress-A Full Att
 tendance of Senators and Members
 General Keifer Nominated For Speaker
 By the Republfcans-Other Nomina-
 tiOns By the Party.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The Republican members elect assembled in the hall of the House of Representatives for the purpose of nominating candidates to fill the various elective offices. MT. Jay Hubbell, of Michi- gan, called the caucus to order shortly after 12 o'clock. Mir. Robeson, of New Jersey, was selected as chairman of the caucus; Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, as secretary, and Messrs. McCook, of New York; Updegraff, of Iowa, and Mcclure, of Ohio, as assistant secretaries and tellers. After a roll call, to which the full Republican membership of 146 members responded, nominations for the Speakership were declared to be in order, and the candidates were placed in nomina- tion as follows: Frank Hiscock, of New York; James W. Keifer, of Ohio John Az Kasson, of Iowa; Mark D. Dunnell, of Min nesota Godlove S. Orth, J. 0. Burrows, of Michigan, and Thomas B. Reed After fif- teen ballots had been taken the sixteenth re- suited as follows Sixteenth Ballot-Keifer 93 Hiscock. IS; Kasson, 10; Reed, Il; Burrows, 1: Orth, 8; Dunnell, 3. Total, IA. MT. Hiscock thsreupon moved that General Keifer's nomination be made unani. nous, which was immediately done and the chair appointed Messrs. Hiscock, Reed and Kasson as committee to notify him of the caucus action Representative Keller, who had withdrawn from the hall during the prog ress of the last ballot, soon re-entered 1t with the committee, and was greeted with long continued applause. He made 8 brief speech of thanks. MT. McPherson, of Pennsylvania, was then nominated for clerk, his principal opponent being J. H. Rainey of South Carolina. Colonel George W. Hooker, of Vermont, was nominated for sergeant at arms, and Walter F. Brownlow, of Tennessee for doorkeeper.
 Nearly every member of both Houses of Congress is already in the city and the ses- tendance tomorrow. The day in the Senate will be taken up by the reading of the Presidents message The probability of delay in the organization of the House is based on expected Republi- can opposition to the swearing in of Wheeler of Alabama, Chalmers of Mississippi and Dib- ble of South Carolina In case this opposi- tion is made the Presidents message will not be read until Tuesday. There is no question of the election of the Repub- hcan caucus nominees. The Pennsylvania delegation will throw it's entire vote with but one or two exceptions for McPherson as clerk. Leonard, of Columbus, Ohio, one of Keifer's supporters, will probably be the reading clerk of the House. He was formerly clerk of the Ohio lower House.
 Postmaster General James and Second As- slstant Postmaster Elmer arrived in this city this evening, having returned from trip through Florida and other southern States.
 R. Graham Frost, member of Congress from St. Louis, expects to introduce reso- lutlon in the House tomorrow to so amend the rules as to provide for the appointment of an additional committee, to be known as the Mississippi Improvement committee. The preamble will embody the conclusions of the recent convention held in St. Louis on the subject of improving this water course. Speaker Randall is preparing to present as soon as the House organizes 3 per cent. funding bill which it is understood will en- body provisions similar to those of Woods 8 per cent. bill. The bill is not yet completed, but MT. Randall hopes to have it ready by the time the House organizes.