The Baltimore County union., 1883-11-24
Correspondence BaifiHors CoHHiy UEioH.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Tho Now Congress-A Lively Fight for
tho Spenkership the Contest
ants Are-Activity Among
Hotel Men, Etc, Etc.
wAsmINarox. u. O., Nov. 10th, IsSg

wASnINGroN. u. e., Nov. 10Th, lsS3.
MsssrF. Edi:oTs:-Two weeks more will not
eapse before Congress will be In session, the time
for its assembling being the Grs, Monday In DE
cember. II being new Congratulated last
year--there will be many new members, aud many
Of the old membcr. whose faces have become
familiar in thi. city. having failed Of re election
or voluntarily retired from the political arena, will
not be present In the new body. Also. a. the
readers Of TnE USsoN will remember. the year the
incoming Congress was elected was what will be
knosn 10 history as the great "Democraiie tidal
wave" year, similar to that Of 1874 in which many
Republicans we're defeated by their opposing Dem
oeratic candidates, and consequently the com
plexion Of the last House, which was Republican.
will be entirely rcyOlutiOniSed In the new, which
will be Democratic BY n large majority. The
changes In the delegation from Maryland will be
a. follows: Hon, Louis McCOmas, Republican,
will succeed Hon. Milton q. urner, Republican
from the 9th district; Hon. Hart u. Iloiton. Re.
publican, will succeed Hon. 4. q. Chapman, Dem.
ocrai from the 9TH district, and Hon. J. Y. l..
Findley. Democrat, will succeed lion. u. NJ. Nc.
Lane from the lth district. The remainder Of
the delegation will be the same ~ in last Congress
The delegation will consis, Of two Republicans
AMI four Democrat. as seen from the above
Hon. u. VI. McLanc, who represented the ith dis
irrt In the last House. has been elected To- OIL the
Gubcrnaiorial chair of Maryland. but not having
yet resigned his Congressional seat. will doubt
be prcscn, ~ one Of the Democratic Representa-.
tiyes of that State 10 assist IN the organization Of
the new House, the organization Of which. by
reason of its Democratic majority. will devolve
upon the Democratic party. Hut there is where
one Of the livclicst ights comes in that has bee
scea In this city for many years. There are. u
be sure, several minor Offices in connection with
the organization 20 be hlicd, and no doubt the
Democrats, after the organization has been effect.
ell, will, In accordance with their time .hOnored
civil service reform principles (ll proceed TO de-
liberately turn out all Republican employees of
the House and hll their places with Democrats.
But the great contest. = the session of Congress
draw rapidly ON, now u for the SpcAkership.
which also inv0lvts many smaller contests and
with u view to which many combinations are
made. such n for the ehairmanships Of the vaFi
Gus committees, the clctkship. sergeant at arms.
door keeper and pos,mastership. and the one tha,
H. able 10 satisfy the largest number Of aspirants
60 these lesser positions. ~ would secm, IL likely
TO secure the greater prize Of the Spcakcrship. II
all depends upon numbers. aud the place where
the noses are counted will be the Democratic eau
Gus. which will be held jus, before Congress meets
The leading candidates for the speakership are
Samuel J. Randall. Of PENNEY lVania; Hon. j. q.
Carlisle Of Kentucky. and Hon. :. :. Cox. OF
New York. Al these candidate. are confident oi
winning the prize. and all claim that they have
already enough votes pledged ur in prospect to
fccurc it, Hon. Sami J. Randall represents the
protection idea Of Penn sylvania AMI the North
anil West: lion. !. q. Carlisle the protection Tor
South aud Southwest. and the lion. :. :. Cox isa
sort of Ego. bctwccn.' Who Is "fnnny man" and
able to represent any idea 80 that u lands him in
the Speaker chair. although 1t j. ssid that he !.
not Ia earnest in his fgh; for tha; position but
only working 10 Carlisle's interest. This idea"
however. he repudia;es. and says that because he
has acted insinccfcly in the past he Is not to be
esteemed doing So in this instance. and that he
Is dead in earnest in hs coates; tor the Speaker.
ship. Besides thee leading candidates iherc are
also several dark horse. in the back ground. who
are waiting for hitch between the leaders, when
they hope scvCrally TO be tro,,cd cut aud posi-.
bly, win the ra.c. OF these the most prominent
ones spoken Of are Hons Mm. SpriE ger aud ". Il.
Morrison, both Of Illinois. However. there l.
scarcely Democrat who has attained any proini.
nenec in the House aho does not hope that the
blanket may be stripped oil him and his coihrs
flashed before the eyes Of biz fellow members In
the caucus as fi and competent person 20 run the
Spcakcrship aud WELD the gaycl in the House
Of Representative. The three leading candidates
have all opened clcctionecring headquarters in
this city.
The main issues that will arisc during the coin.
ing session will be those of tariff. internal revenue
and what shall be done with the surplus ac-
cumula,ed and that continues rapidly TO increase
in the treasury. and upon the manner in which
these issues are handled by the Democratic ina
jority especially that Of the tariff may largely de-
pend the issue of the Presidential contest In lSS4
Justice Harlan has Published his minority de-
csion in the reccn, Civil Rights passed upon
by the Supreme Court. II Is u plausible docu.
ment and worthy of careful pcrusai. although his
opinion was dissented ir0n by the remaining
eight Justices Of the supreme Bench.
The second verdict in the llailet kilbouTn case.
awarding SGO.O .O0U damages for his arrest and i'm
prsonmen; in Jail by John Il. Thompson. as ser.
geant at arms of tho House Of Representatives
several years ago. for eontempt Of the House in
refusng To produce the books of the "Teal estate
pool" which was then being vestgated by Con.
gress, was set aside yesterday by the Supreme
cour; oi this District. While in Jail kilbourn
Jared most sump,uously on all the delicacies the
market could afford. and when released brough,
suit against Thompson for Slj0.O0O for damages.
4 verdict for 100000 was awarded but was set
aside By the court. Then another suit for $780,.
0o0 was brought anl resulted in a verdict for the
above amount. hut this again has been set aside.
the judge saying that the damages should be COIN
pensa;ory merely. no; exemplary, and should not
amount to more than SiO.000 or $1,000, which
the court will allow. Another suit win now be
bFough, and kilbourns counsel confidently re.
mark that they will get damages for the full
amount of S35O,0O0.
In anticipation Of the early meeting of Congress
th. city has been greatly enlivened. boarding.
house keepers have laid In new supply of fur.
ni,ure or had their old repaired aud reyarnishcd,
and several Of the better class Of hotels have been
,on Of the many guests they expect 60 acconlno.
Ebb, House was repain,ed inside and ont during
the summer. ANoS.
"My Party"