The bee., 1883-12-08


dentials of o. F. Pike, of New Hampshire,
TO succeed Senator Rollins.
The iron-clad oath was taken by Senators
Beck of Kentucky, Bowen Of Colorado, Gull
lom of Illinois, Dolph of Oregon, Frye of
Maine, Hoar of Massachusetts, Mcpherson
of New Jersey, Manderson of Nebraska, Pal
mer of Michigan, Pike of New Hampshire,
Plumb of Kansas, Sabine of Minnesota,
Salisbury of Delaware and Wilson of Iowa,
;he remainder taking the modified oath.
The new Senators are: Pike of New Hamp,
shire, Kenna of West Virginia, Gibson of
Louisiana, Colquitt of Georgia, Wilson OF
Iowa, Riddleberger of Virginia, Sabine f
Minnesota. Palmer of Michigan, Cullom OF
illinois, Manderson of Nebraska, Dolph of
Oregon and Bowen of Colorado.
At o'clock the Senate adjourned until
! noon tomorrow.
| At precisely II o'clock Clerk Mcpherson
took his stand at the clerks desk, raped
the House to order and proceeded to call
the roll of Representatives-elect. The State
of Mississippi having been reached, the
clerk said that he wished to make state
ment as to his failure to put upon the roll
the name Of any RepresentatIVe-eiect from
| the second district. The reason for this was
| that no paper which could be considered a
certificate of election in the sense OF the law
had been presented to him. Mr.. Chalmer-
/ had filed four exhibits in support OF his
| claim for the seat, but neither individually
nor collectively did these exhibits afford the
clerk of the House sufficient authority fox
tle enrolment of Mr.. Chalmers. If the
Governor of Mississippi had issued Ger
hfcate of election to any one it had not
been presented to the clerk. In regard to
the first district of North Carolina, the clerk
stated that he had not received the certificate
Of the election of the successor of Walter +.
Pool, who died in August last. The roll
call disclosed the presence of 316 members
ELECTION OF SPEAKER.
Nominations for speaker being then IN
order, Mr.. Geddes said: Il nominate for
Speaker of this House for the Forty-eighth
Congress the Hon. John G.. Carlisle, of Ken
lucky, man of acknowledged pre-eminent
qualifications for the place."
Mr.. Cannon presented the name of j. W.
Keifer, of Ohio, and Mr.. Lyman presented
the name of the Hon. G. d. Robinson, of
Massachusetts.
191, for Keifer 112.
Mr.. Carlisle was declared elected, and in
ain address thanked the members of the
House for the honors conferred. The sig
nifcant points of the address are as follows:
81 am sure, gentlemen, that all matters OF
legislation presented during this Congress
will receive from you such careful consider
alton as the magnitude and character OF the
interests involved require, and that you"
action upon them will be wise, conservative
and patriotic. Sudden and radical changes
in the laws and regulations affecting the
commercial and industrial interests of tho
people ought never be made unless impera-
lively demanded by some public emergency,
and in my opinion, under existing clrcum-
stances, such changes would not be favorably
received by any considerable number OF
those who have given serious attention TO
The subject. [Applause.l Many reforms
are undoubtedly necessary, and it will be
your duty, after a careful examination of
the whole subject in all its bearings, to decide
how far they should extend, and when and
in what manner they should be made. Zap
pIause.l If there be any who fear that you.
action on this or any other subject will acttl-
ally be injurious to any Interest, or even
afford reasonable cause for alarm. I am
quite sure that they will be agreeably disap-
pointed. [Applause.1 What the country has
a right to expect is strict economy in the ad-
ministration of every department of the
government, just and equal taxation for pub
lie purposes, a faithful observance of the linn
itations of the constitution, and scrupulons
regard for the rights and interests of the
great body of the people, in order that they
may be protectd, as far asCongress has power
to protect them, against encroachments from
every direction. VIII atever can be done
under the circumstances surrounding Us to
meet this expectation ought to be done in
my Judgment.
The other business of the session was the
swearing in of new members and a partial
consideration of the Mississippi contested
case of Chalmers, which was referred to the
committee on elections. The House ad-
lourned at $50 p. NJ.
SENATE.
The only business OF importance in the
Senate was the reading of the Presidents
Message, after which the following resolu-
ton was offered by Senatar Wilson, of Iowa,
proposing the following amendment to the
constitution: Congress shall have power by
appropriate legislation to protect citizens of
the United States in the exercise and enjoy
ment of their rights, privileges and immuni-
ties, and to assure to them the equal protec-
ton of the laws"
HOUSE.
The only important business in the House
was the election of the officers to minor posi-
tions, which resulted in the election of the
Democratic nominees, after the reading OF