The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-12-10
CONGRESS.

vened IN regular session on Monday. The
troublesome question of the speakershi
had been decided in caucus on the proceed
ing Saturday, the republicans, after ifteer
ballots, having nominated J. Warren keif
er, of Ono, for the position. All the re-
publican members of the house but one
were present, giving them l45 votes, and
from Brooklyn, j. Hyatt Smith, having
joined the caucus, they had liG votes, max
ing III, a clear majority, with the absentee
The caucus also nominated Mcpherson
for clerk, colonel Hooker for Sergeant-at'
Arms, Mr. BrowDlow for doOrkeeper, Cap
tain Sherwood for postmaster and Rev
Mr.. Power for chaplain. The democratic
caucus, on the same day, nominated sam
Randall for the speakershlp, giving him
l3S votes; and the greenbackers nominated
On the assembly of the house on Monday,
all the republican caucus nominees were
elected, receiving liS votes, including the
votes of two Virginia readjusters, Randall
getting 1919 votes and Ford 5.
When the Senate met, there seemed to
be some question whether an attempt
would be made to elect a new set of Off
GERS, the present lncumbentS being demo-
Gratis, and the republican bargain with
Riddleberger and Malone being still I'M
fulfilled; but the David Davis party,
which constitutes the ponderous and ON
nipetent majority of one in that body, rose
and defined its position, to the effect that
it would not consent to the removal of the
present democratic officers, nor would it
consent to a change of the committees.
which are constituted in favor of the re-
publicans. Having made this oracnlar de-
liverance, and reiterated a former denial
that any political promises or Obligations
had been involved in the elevation of the
David Davis party to the presidency of the
senate, and affirmed that none but a black
guard would say so, the ID. ID. party sub
sided and the senate submissively accepted
it's ultimatum.
The house, of course, could not organize
and get to work without the flavor of a
little blackguardism in the opening scene.
1t came while swearing the members.
Van Voorhls, republican OF New York,
objected to the admission of King, of
Louisiana, winch the latter answered in
kind. In some words which passed be-
tween them, the New Yorker said his OPP
ponent representeda district where dem
ocratic majority is obtained by numbering
republicans. King retorted that Van
Voorhis was coward and a liar. Friends
here interfered aud prevented a war Of sec
tions.
The house spent Tuesday in tumultu-
Gus row over the choice of seats and then
adjourned over to Friday, to give the
speaker time to make up the committees.
In the senate, about the first bill intro
duced was that of Logan, 80 emphatically
sat down upon at the last session, to give
Gen. Grant a grab of $4,000 year on the
treasury as retired General of the Army.
Ingalls, introduced a bill TO give Mrs. Gar
field the Thanking privilege for the remain
der of her hte; Miller wants Dakota admit
ted as a state, so as TO give the republicans
two more senators. Kidding it of the present
nightmare of David Davisism; and Nor
ril, on Thursday, opened the campaign for
additional subsidies to the tariff mOnOpo-
lists by delivering long speech on that
subject.