Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-07
WASHINGTON.! 4
IMPORTANT BILLS PRESENTED TO
THE SENATE TO-DAY.
The House of Representatives has a Very
Short Sitting-The Parties Preparing for
the Tug of War-Caucuses Being Held
Hourly-Many Important Gatherings In
he
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-The Democratic
senators held caucus this morning, Mr..
Pendleton presiding, to arrange the party
membership of the committees. Some
feeling was displayed in respect to the
habit of the older members securing the
majority of important places on the COM
mittees, to the exclusion of the younger
members. The following committee was
appointed to arra2ge the minority mem
bership in the best interests of all, and to
report its action at the next caucus: Messrs.
Harris, Cockrill, Garland, Butler, George
Morgan and Call.
An old member of the house said this
morning that the new men were seeking
positions on the ways and means, ap-
preparation and judiciary committees-in
fact, they wanted to be connected with all
important committees. 1t is generally
conceded by the Democratic members
that Morrison will be given the chairman
ship of the ways and means, end as asso-
ciates on the ways and means are men
toned the names of Hewitt, Randolph,
Tucker, Curtin, Geddes, Herbert, Sey-
mour, Maybury, Cox or Hurd, Democrats,
and Kelly, Kasson and Haskell, Republi-
cans. The Democratic members do
not unanimously favor Morrison's
election to the ways and means ct a:rman-
ship, on the ground of the opposition
being, as expressed by the protectionists,
that his appointment SO closely following
that of Carslile's election to the speaker
ship would precipitate the tariff issue in
1884. And he added, gentlemen, it is not
the province of the speaker, nor, for that
matter, of congress either to favor any
political issues upon the country. Speak
er Carlisle has advice at the rate of 800
letters a day but is diligently keeping his
own counsel in respect to his purposes.
The executive order for consolidating
the internal revenue districts is revoked as
applied to Wisconsin,, the districts in that
state remain unchanged.
MIsoELLANEoUs WASHINGTON.
4 large delegation of ladies and gentle
tlemen from the American Humane asso-
citation now in session here, called at the
White house to-day and paid their respects
to the president.
TIE secretary of the interior has rejected
tbs application of the mayor and city
council of LeadvJlie, who have entered GER
tain lands for town site purposes, on the
ground that the greater portion of it vas
already patented for placer claims or re-
served for hospital and cemetery purposes.
Such portion of lands, however, not already
disposed of and can be segregated, may
be held subject to entry by TIE city.
To remedy in some measure what is
regarded by many as grave injustice is
the present representation at heiRepubll-
can national convention, which gives
states and district all over the country the
same voice, regardless of the Republican
votes, when in some districts of the south
even the form of negotiating for Re-
publican candidate for congress is not pur-
sued. Senator Frye, member Of the Re-
publican national committee, will pr0pos g
at the next meeting of the committee on
December u, a new basis of representa-
ton, as follows: Each state will be en-
titled to four delegates as now; each dis
trlct to one instead OF two as now, and to
one additional delegate for each 10000
votes cast within its limits in 1880 for Re-
publiosn candidates at the presidential
elections, and to one additional delegate
for majority fraction over 10000 vote.
The vote for the presidential electors THUS
taken will be the oest as indicating the
real strength of the party in any district.
This divirsion would be less liable to be
affected by local causes. The effect Of
this proposition, if adopted, upon the
states and the convention is shown by the
annexed table compiled by application. of
the presidential vote of 1880 TO the dis
tricts as then existing. The application Of
the same rule to tho present districts IN
der the late apportionment could not jGs5
low be readily made, owing to the lack OF
the necessary ald accurate Information,
out it will not materially change the rela-
tive strength of the several states, ana will
only increase the total membership of the
convention by about eighty: