Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CONGRESS IN SESSION, The Scenes of the Open-
 ing Hour. THE ELECTION OF SPEAKER Failure of the Opposition
 to Keller. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HORROR, A Thrilling Confession by
 the Murderer.
rnE NArIoNAL UAH1rAL

Congress Opened-Tne Organization Not
 Fully KRscted-The PrsSfdent's Mes
 sage Still Vytthheld-The Election 0f
 Speaker-Scenes Of the First Days Ses- E sion.
 E WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The scenes attend ing the opening of Congress to-day were those familiar to all who have attended such occasions. The Senate came together at noon, and after the new Senators had been sworn in, adjourned until 1:SO D. m. On rsassembiing Senator Ingalls, moved that, in order to afford an opportunity for receiving notification of the organization of the House of Representatives and if possible to receive the Presidents message this afternoon, the recess be extended to three o'clock, which motion was agreed to. At 8 o'clock the House not having completed It's organization the Senate adjourned.
 The hall of the House of Representatives was very much crowded, the crowd being so dense that movement was difficult. The gal leries, too, were crowded, the families Of new members being present in force. The number of new faces was the most striking feature of the scene. A little before noon the galleries were startled by an agonizing cry which came from one of the front benches. Poor old Pinchover. the crank, who imagines himself Congressman, was removed by one of the officers. The officers of the old House were in charge, ready to surrender control to their Democratic suc- cessors and promptly at 12 o'clock Clerk Me Pherson called the House to order. At 12:3O p. m. Mir. Geddes nominated Mir. Carlisle for Speaker as man pre-eminsntly qualified for the place. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the Republican caucus, nominated Mir Keller, but neglected to say anything about his pre- emi- nent qualifications. There was for mo ment Hull on the Republican side. The painful stiffness was broken by Theodore Lyman, of Massachusetts, who nominated George D. Robinson. This appeared to be surprise for the Republican side, particularly in the Massachusetts delegation, for it had been settled that those who were opposed to MT. Keller had surrendered their opinions to the ediet of caucus composed of one third of the Republican membership, even tue Massachusetts msn having decided not to vote for Robinson. Mir. Skinner of New York, who was active in opposition to Keifer,
  chusetts delegation would not stand by Rob- inson. He thinks the letter of William Wal ter Phelps made Ksifer's friends so indignant that he could not have been defeated in full caucus. The vote for Speaker resulted as follows: For Carlisle 191, for Keller 112, with few scattering votes for Robins 0n. MT. Carlisle was escorted to the chair by Msssrs. Randall and Keifer, and on taking the chair he thanked his fellow members for their vote. He entered upon the duty with serious distrust of his capacity to meet the requirements of the office and invited the CO., operation of the members in the maintenance of the rules. He had confidence in the House and believed their course would be wise, con- servative and patriotic. Sudden and radical changes affecting the commercial interests of the country, he said, ought not to be made hastily and only when absolutely necessary. In his opinion such changes ware not regard ed with favor by these who have given the subject much consideration. It would be the duty of tho House to carefully con- sidsr such changes if any were found neces- sary. If there were any who expected such changes to be made as to cause alarm, he hoped they would be agreeably disappointed. What the country expected was strict econo- my in every department of the government, just and equal taxation, 8 strict adherence to the rights and interests of the people. With out detaining the House further he said he was now ready to take the oath of office and proceed with the organization of the House. Mir. Kelley (Penn }, the oldest member in continuous service, then administered the oath of office to MT. Carlisle. The members Were next sworn in by the Sneaker