The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-03-15

tativcs beg in 10 be discussed here. In il
| the Democrats will have 1872 members,
the Republicans l27, with four Tnde.
| pendent. and two Gr,eubacktr- This
Is Oh The surpositi"n that the six Nir-
ginia c"djU,t"r- w!ii vote with the Re
| pubiicans. The ncw House will have
30, and lG3 will make quorum for
business. seventy eight Democrats and
-iXtytwO Republicans who served in The
| House which ha, ju>t dissolved were re-
elected 10 the ncXt House.
soIAHLE MEMBERS RE ELECTED
OF members Of the present House re
| turned 10 The next the most notable,
taking them in alphabrtical order on the
| Republican side, are Anderson Of Kan.
saS, who made an uncUmmOnly strong
| impression il his first term OF service.
| Browne Of Indiana, CaikiLs, Dingle,
lliscock, kas.on, Kelley. Mckinley
| Reed, Rice and Robinson and Of Demo.
crals, belmont, Buckner, Carlisle, in all
| probabi!it! Tie mcxt Speaker, Cox, Cur
tin, Dcnstcr, hammond Of Georgia,
li.!ary, Herbert, Hewitt Of New York,
Holman Of Indiana, the watch dog Of
the treasury, whom all the jobbcrs unite
| in calling mean fellow, +" Miles, Morri-
son, Morse, Randall, Reagan, Springer
AN! Randolph Tucker.
TIE NEW MEMBERS.
In the last House it was noticed that
the Democrats had returned more strong
and experienced men than the ltepGbli-
cans, and the same is in n ineasurc true
Of the next. Among the new names,
Dut few are known to general fame.
Frank Ilurd, of Ohio, II strong and able
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| Congresses, reappcars, and Gen. Sloc um,
of New York, John Hancock, Of Texas,
and ex-senator Eaton and on the Re.
| New jersey, who served one torn some
ising record. The Democratic side will
Newiork, who has experience in the
Legislature and is an able man. The
Republicans have strong man in Mr..
Lyman, Of Massachusetts, new member,
and they gain also in the return of Luke
Poland. From Louisiana xSenator
Kellogg enters the House, and also
Carlton Hunt, Democrat, an able lawyer
and br her Of ex.Secretary Hunt.
On the mn.le, the balance OF strength,
ability and experience seems to be, "a it
was in the last House, on the Democratic
side, and if the Democrats are not
troubled by their considerable majority
and by the Presidential politics they
ought to make the coming session a
useful ~ well as interesting one.
TIE spEAKERsIIIp.
II tho new Congress should meet to-
morrow Mr.. Carlisle would be chosen
Speaker almost without opposition. The
course Of Mr.. Randall on the tariff and
tax question has lost him grest many
supporters, and the admirable and effect.
i've manner in which Mr. Carlisle bore
himself IA tho leader Of the Democrats
in the tariff debate has made him con-
spicuously and dcservedly the most
prominent man for the Speakership
Mr.. Carlisle is man who has grown
intellectually during his whole term OF
service i'll the House Of six years. He
is so broad and fair-minded man that
at the close Of the long tariff debate he
had won the confidence and esteem OF
the best Republicans rs well as of hit
own side. Prominent manufacturers
while they differed totally from him ir
belief, they respected his sincerity, good
temper and evident uprightness. In the
whole course of tho long debate no one
OF either side gained so much in the
good opinion of the House and of those
interested in the questions and interests
Mt stake as he.
MIR. RANDALL's RECORD.
Mr.. Randall, who is Mt this time the
only prominent competitor for the Speak.
ership, has been the victim Of what il
called his locality" When ECONOMY
in expenditures was the only issue, hIr
Randall rs Speaker, did excellent work
lie selected the committees with strict
regard to tho economical disposition OF
members, but with great adroitness he
also played into the hands Of tho Phila.
delphia Protectionists by so framing the
committee of ways and means as to make
action on the tariff impossible. Nc
Speaker ever mole skilfully selected com
mittees to do the work he wanted done
and not to do what he did not want
lie ID n man of strong and imperious
will, and no Speaker ever moro com
pleteiy ruled the House nni prescribed
what it should do and what leave undone
The chairmen of important committees
were his adjutants and obeyed his com
mands and carried out his policy, which
for that time was much needed, for he
became Speaker at time when the Re.
publicans had become so wasteful of the
public funds that the late Gen. Garfield
said to your correspondent that he wai
glad the Democrats were to continue in
control, because they could cut off OK.
travagances which the Republicans could
not attack.
But Issues and times have changed
The tariff and tax questions, which Mr.
Randall, not unnaturally as Pennsvl.
vanian kept down, and which still he
would like to put aside, are now toe
prominent TO be overslaughed, In the
recent debates it was impossible for him
to play any conspicuous or useful part
Trimming ia not in his line, yet he
thought himself obliged to become a
trimmer. At tho Inst session he ahyoca.
ted and voted for the tariff commission,
which lost him the confidence of the
strongest men of his party. At the
session just closed his position was
clearly indicated by the fact that when
tho Speaker packed the conference COM
mittee he named Mr.. Randall a. one OF
the Democratic conferces. 1t was gener-
ally felt to be one Of those contemplate
pe.tinesses of the Speaker, Of which he
was too often guilty, to select Mr.. Ran
dali for this place, for it put him in a
painfully embarrassing position, which
he might we'll have been spared. He
could neither serve nor, as very promi-
mont and experienced member, could he
with credit decline. The pain and NOR.
tification he must have suffered was bis
not unjust punishment for accepting a
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