New-York tribune., 1881-12-03

than the Republicans The CHAIRMAN Tn1nassee. said
Democratic caucus Mr.. House, OF ne Tenn ~ ocaIi for a
tonight that he should proDaDly Int IL is not
caucus TO be held tomorrow mguei Duunocsats ex-
certain that he will do So SeVeiai ons yyould be
pressed the opinion to-day that no caucus unoiino to
held and that Democrats woulu No,o & 100 made
their nIeferences when the nominations "eie li''A0
THE MINOR OFFICES.
rr,. canvass for the Clerkship and other supoi-
dinate offices of the House has been pursued WIN
great eircumspection by all the candluates' nlC''
of whom have been driven to that course Dy .ho
fact that so many candidates for the opeakersnip
are in the field II is. therefore, extremely ullcuiV
10 ascertain anything very definite respecting inc
prospects of any OF the candidates. lhere are az
least four candidates for the Clerkship-Ed"aro
Mcpherson and DIR. B. Randolph Keim, OF fehilsyi-
yania; f. NJ johnson, of New-York and ex-Coh-
gressman Rainey, formerly of South Carolina pu'
now of Connecticut.
OF Mr. Mcpherson it is unnecessary to speak, anu
if fitness and qualifications for the office were alone
10 be regarded there could be no reason 10 douot
that he wonld be elected; but Mr. McFherson
is bitterly opposed by the Cameron hliuenooL @ - ~
Pennsylvania and several CongIeSalieu& ~ aToC ot o1
State are said to have declared that thcy cannot
vote for him He appears to be conhdent OF sue
cess however, and is making an energete canvass canvass
The hostility of the CameTons 10 MI Nci ue e.
connts Cor ibe appearance as o candidate OF Mr..
Keim. who has been for years W2SA'hStoh n1ws. Tvs
paper correspondent. Mr.. kclm lrlen9s assert tHt M
Pepnsylyan "a Representatives His strength elSe-
where is unknown but he feels sangulne OF success
Mr.. Johnson Is candidacy is OfcOurse dependent upon
the defeat or withdrawal of Mr Hlscock, nelther
of which contingencies appears so llnmlhehO as 10
afford a basis for very strong canvass Dy MI
johnson. Nevertheless he has made some progress
and in q certain event might be elected, MI. halhey
the eolored candidate, Is making a care1ul ana
diigent canvass He is embarrassed somewhat 9y
the fact that the southern RepuOncahS uo
not support him, while many OF the new lhSmD!oIs !i
from the North are personally unaequalnteu Will
him Mr. Rainey was the Republican caucus nom
inee for Clerk OF the House In the orSahl|a'i0n
of the XINIth Congress. ,oo5
Colonel Hooker, of Vermont, appearsto pc the leau.
inc candidate Tor Sergeant-at-Arns ana expresses
great confidence in the result of his canvass peheI
e. +. DAWSON, of California is a candidate lof tho
same Office and his friends assert that lie wll pe
strongly supported by Representatives from az parts
of the country. James k. Davis, OF New -1otk, Is
tentatively candidate for SeTgeant-at-Arihs' Gnu
claims that he will receive the support OF majority
nj the New-York Representatives II MI Elseock
shall he withdrawn or defeated. 80
For DoOrkeeper ur Postmaster majority OF ne
Southern Republican Congresslnen present INC
name of Walter Brownlow, OF Tennessee henIy
Sherwood. of Michigan, is also candidate ior the
Postmastership. Besides these there are many
other candidates for the offices OF DoorAeepeT a-u
Postmaster All of them hopeful, bur are unaoie
to give any definite simates respecting 'hen
strength,