Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-04
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:. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
At precisely twelve o'clock on Mon
day Clerk Mcpherson took his stand a
the Clerks desk, raped the House t
order, and proceeded 70 call the roll 0
. Repressn atives.el The State of Mis-
! sissippi having been reached the Clerl
said that he wished to make a state
lnent AZ to his failure to put upon tn
roll the name Of any Representative
from the Second District. The reason
for this was that no paper which cOul(
be considered certificate Of election II
the sense Of the law had been presented
to him. Mr.. Chalmers had filed foul
exhibits in support OF his claim for the
seat, but neither individually nor col
lectively did these exhibits afford the
Clerk of the House sufficient authority
for the enrolment of Mr.. Chalmers. II
the Governor of Mississippi had issued
a certificate of election 70 any one it
had not been presented to the Clerk.
i In regard to the First District Of
North Carolina. the Clerk stated that
hs had not received the certificate OF
election OF the successor Of Waiter X.
Pool, who died in August last. The roll
call disclosed the presence Of 3l6 mem
bers. Nominations for Speaker being
then IN order, Mr. Geddes, Of Ohio,
said {: nominate for Speaker Of this
House for the Forty eighth Congress
the Hon. John g. Carlisle, Of Ken
tucky, . man of ackn0wl lodged pre-emi-
nent qualifications for the place" Mr..
Cannon, of Illinois, presented the name
of the Hon. j W. Keifer, of Ohio, and
Mr.. Lyman, of Massachusetts, present.
ed the name of the Hon. G. d. Robin.
son, of Massachusetts.
Mr. Morrison, OF Illinois, Mr.. Tucker,
of Virginia, Mr.. Reed, of Maine, and
Mr.. Calkins, of Indiana, were appoint
ell a. tellerS, and the Clerk proceeded to
call the roll. The result was announced
az follows For Carlisle, l91 for Keifer
ll2; for Robin 'on, James of New
York and Lyman of Massachusetts,
for j. S. Wise o. Virginia, york, of
North Carollna) for j. W. Wads.
worth, Of New York, (Oohiltree, of
Texas for Edw lrd T.Lacey of Michi-
gan, (White, # .fKentucky.)
Carlisle to be elected, and Messrs Ran.
dali, of P.pnsylvania, and Keifer, Of
Ohio, escorted that gentleman to the
chair. His entrance into the chamber
was the signal for loud applause, and
the oath of office was administered to
him.
Upon taking the chair Mr.. Carlisle
said Gentlemen Of the House of Rep
resen tatives--I thank you sincerely for
the high honor conferred upon me by the
vote Just taken. To be chosen from the
mem bership Of a great body like this to
preside over its deliberations Is q dis
tinction upon which any citizen might
properly congratulate himself, and as
sure You that your kindness and par
tiality are fully appreciated. At the
same time realize the fact that the
position to which you have assigned me
Is one of very great labor aud respon-
sibility, and while profoundly grateful
to you for this manifestation of your
confidence shall enter on the discharge
of its duties with serious distrust of
my capacity to meet in an acceptable
manner the requirements of this office.
81 promise you, however, to devote
to your service all the zeal and all the
ability of which am possessed Cen
tlemen, the maintenance of order on the
floor is ssential--absolutely essential
TO the Intelligent and systematic trans
action of public business, and earnest
ly invoke your assistance In the enforce
ment ofthe rules adopted for the gov
ernment of your proceedings. The
large addition to the membership Of the
House, resulting from the late apror.
tionment of Representatives., makes
this duty even more difficult than 1t
has been before, and without your cor
dial cooperation and support cannot
reasonably hope even TO discharge the
ordinary daily duties of this office.
THAT you will cheerfully cooperate
with me in every proper effort to pre- |
serve order and to facilitate the business
of legislation, l have no doubt. But,
gentlemen, | shall ask something more
Of you than mere cooperation In the
discharge of my duty. Assuring you
of my earnest desire a all times to be
just and impartial, still cannot ex-
pect to avoid mistakes, and shall be
compelled, therefore, frequently, no
doubt, to rely on the friendly forbear-
ance of gentlemen on both sides of the
House. am sure, gentlemen, that all
matters of legislation presented during
this Congress will receive from you
such careful consideration as the mag
nitude and character of the interests
In volved require, and that your action
pom them will be wise, conse, vative
and patriotic.
"Sudden and radical changes In the
laws and regulations affecting the COM
mercial interest of the people, ought
never to be made unless imperatively
demanded by some public emergency
aud, in my opinion, under existing cir
cumstances, such changes would not
be favorably received bv any consider
able number of these who have given
serious attention to the subject. Ap-
plause.
Many reforms are undoubtedly neces-
sary, and it will be your duty, after a
careful examination Of the whole sub
ject in all Its bearings, 10 decide how
far they should extend, and when and
in what manner they should be made.
I App .ause. If there be any who fear
that your action on this or any other
subject will actually be injurious to
any inte rest, or even afford reasonable
cause for alarm, am quite sure they
will be agrCeably disappointed. Ap.
plause.
What the country has q right to
expect is strict economy in the admin.
istration of every department of the
government. just and equal taxation for
a faithful observance
Of the Limitations of the Constitution,
and a scrupulous regard for the rights
and Interest," of the great body of the
people, In order that they may be pro.
tied as far as Congress has power to
protect them against encroachments
from every direction. Whatever can
be done der the circumstances sur
rounding us to meet this expectation
ought to be done, in my judgment.-
But, gentlemen, without OBTAINING you
further. am ready to to take the oath
of office prescribed by the Constitution
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