The Portland daily press., 1883-12-03


Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Caucus:
Your committee has lust formally notified me of
my unanimous nomination for the Office If Speaker
of the House of Representatives for the Forty
eighth Congress, and am here to thank you very
briefly and very earnestly for the confidence you
have reposed in me. If this had been mere per-
distinguished gentlemen whose names have been
mentioned in connection with this nomination,
& m nsva mad put m little hope Of success They
and undoubted integrity, and | assure them and
their friends that this contest closes, so far
as an concerned, without the slightest change in
the friendly personal relations which have hereto
fore existed between us. Gentlemen. L trust that
you may never have reason to regret your act on
this eyenii G. and that when the labors OF the Forty
eighth Con gress ciused you may be able TO
gratulate yourselves that no material interest of
your party or your country has been iDjuriously
affected by my administration of the Office for
which you have nominated me.
In fact may go step farther and venture to
express the confident hope that every substantial
interest will be advanced and promoted by the
united efforts of the presiding officer and the
Democratic majority ON the floor. Such result
will insure victory in the great contest yet to come
and guarantee long line of Democratic executives
with an honest, economical and constitutional ad-
ministration of our public affairs.
But, sir, you have yet much other labor to per-
FORM and again thanking you for what you have
already done, l shall say no more.
Mr.. Randall then addressed the caucus:
MR.. RANDALL's REMARKS.
He said: ga majority of the Democratic Repre-
sentatves of the Fortyeighth Congress have seen fit
to designate the distinguished gentleman from Ken
lucky Tor the exalted position Of Speaker. His ad-
mnistration shall have my firm, fixed and honora-
BILE support. To my friends the minority, who may
be disappointed at this result, tender my graft
tude for their support, which actuated by no.
BILE and disnterested friendship based on the high.
est considerations of duty they believed tn to
the party and country. bow to the decision of the
majority of my colleagues. The duty imposed rp.
on me by my constituents will be performed with
earnest zeal for their interest, for the triumph
my party and for the real prosperity of the country
T N a fu1urp aan iran dor
that will tend to these ends it will be performed
with cheerfulness that other citizen can excel
(Applause).
Mr.. Cox then took the floor and said:
MIR. cox's REMARKS.
81 tender my acknowledgements to the gentlemen
who have given me their confidence, and especially
the sixteen gentlemen of the State of New York
and have to say that am relieved from resbonsi-
bility which possibly might have fallen upon nay
frail shoulders. sympathize with tho distinguish
ed gentlem ID from Kentrcky, who is to bear the
burdens Of the great Office of Speaker and in far
as can assist him in any way, he will find me
ready as the coadiutor of the distinguished gentle
man from Pennsylvania. The future of our party
depends largely upon its action on fiscal questions
for they connect themselves with the liberties of
life, with trade, with commerce, and with the mag
nanmity of the public. While thanking those who
hsye Fns Sustained = me during THIS iosg siege confess
during the last two weeks. The result in 1884 de-
pends the wisdom with which we exercise the
duties of this Congress. Without wise forecast
and discreet horoscope, will be in the futsre
! we have been in the past, derelict, beaten and
doubly doy discounted, but | hope better things and
| thing towards framing legislation on higher and
purer tone. Remember the result in 1884 depends
on our wisdom and discretion" (Applause).
Candidates for the clerkship we're then plac-
! ed in nomination and viva voce methods still
being pursued were voted for as follows:
First roll oall-Jobn B. Clarke of Missouri,
! 81; j. D. G. Atkins, Tennessee, SO; William
Martin, Delaware, D.; Total, 189. mo choice.)
The second ballot for Clarke resulted
Clarke 90, Atkins 49, Martin 2.
Ex Congressman CLARKE thus received a ma
| jority vote and the nomination.
The cancus nomination for the position of
| Sergeant-at-Arms was conferred upon John P.
Leedom of Ohio by acclamation.
| The roll call for door keeper resulted in the
| choice of j. G Wintersmith of Texas by vote
| of 95 to 90 for G. w. Field of Georgia and 20
| for j. B. Coyle of Connecticut.
Six nominations were made for postmaster,
but l.. Dalton of Indiana was nominated upon
/ the first roll call.
Rev. John Lindsay, pastor of the Protestant
/ Episcopal church of Georgetown, d. c., was
| unanimously nominated for chaplain.
i On motion of Gen. Slocum OF New York,
/ seconded by Gen. Rosecrans of California, it
was unanimously resolved that IA crippled and
disabled Union soldiers now borne on the SOL
1 diers' roll under the door keeper of the House
4 of Representatives shall be retained on. said
roll subjecT however to dismissal for just and
/ SuBclent cause.
The caucus then at 1880 a. m. adjourned
sine die.
John Griffin Carlisle, who represents the
sixth Kentucky district, was born in Campbell
i (now Kenton) county, Kentucky, Sept 5, 1885.
He resides at Covington, in the same State
He was admitted to the bar in 1858, when %
years of age, and has ever since devoted that
portion of bis time not given to the public SER
vice to the practice of his profession. In 1853
he was elected member of the Kentucky
House of Representatives. Nominated in 1864
as presidential eector on the Democratic tick
ct, he declined the honor. In 1866 he was
elected to the Senate of his native State, and
again in 1869. He was present as delegate
at-large from Kentucy at he National Demo
cratic convention held in New York city in
1868 His nomination for Lieutenant Cover
nor of Kentucky in 1871, caused him to resign
his seat in the State Senate. He was elected
to the Lieatenan, -Governorship in August
1871, and served until September, 1875. His
fellow-cit zens made him presidential elector'
at-lsrge for Kentucky in tie year 1876
CarIisle's Townsmen Celebrating.
CovNGToN, KY, Dec. 2.-This city the
home of John @. Carlisle, has been holding al
impromptu celebration in homer of his nomina
| tion for Speaker. The features Of the celebra