Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-09
uarmony Amongst Democrats.

The excitements Of the Speakership
coatest have disappeared. the several
contestants have fraternised, and It looks
- II . remarkably wise scheme Of legis
lation would bs the result ON the Demo.
cratic side Of the House. Mr.. Carlisle
u expected, in the appointment of his
committees, to approve himself prudent
and conservative, and responsive to the
demands Of the hour. By the general
current of rumor, which rises almost to
the dignity Of authority, Mr.. Randall
>kill be assigned to the Committee on
Appropriations, 1t was ia this capacity
that, In the memorable Forty.fourth
Congress, Mr.. Randall initiated plan
Of retrenchment which, in the two ses.
sions Of that body, reached tho enor.
nous total of sixty millions of dollars
saved to the national treasury. 1t was
this splendid achievement, coincident in
point Of time with the superb reforms Of
Mr.. Tilden as Governor of the State Of
New York, which made Democratic
triumph possible in the Presidential cleo
tion of 1879. As the head Of this com.
mittse and the recognized leader of the
Democracy on the floor of the House,
Mr.. Randall's possibilities of usefulness
TO his party and to the country will be-,
perhaps. even greater than they would
have been as Speaker. Multitudes of
Democrats desired to see him again ele.
waited to that high honor rather as a
guarantee of conservatism in Legislation
than as any addition TO Mr.. Randall's
well-earned claims to distinction. Since
Mr.. Carlisle's wise and moderate utter
apces all cause Of anxiety AZ to the
course Of the Democratic initiative of
iegislation in the popular branch of Con-
gress have been removed. Smooth seas
and plain sailing seem to be ahead for
the party.
The same authoritative rumor which
assigns to Mr.. Randall the chairman.
ship of the Committee Of Appropria
tions has settled upon Col. Morrison, OF
Illinois, a notably strong msn--one Of
the very strongest in the party-for
chairman OF the Committee of Ways and
Means. While an advocate of revenue
reform, and while he made his success
full canvass in district which was sup.
posed to be ironelad Republican, dis.
tinctiyely on the issue of revenue re-
form and as close an approach to free
trade As is consistent with the raising Of
the money needed to discharge the mul.
tiform obligations of the government,
Col. Morrison will undoubtedly be
guided by the conservative views formu.
lated by Mr. Carlisle.
The last and not the least pleasing of
these ramors assigns to Mr.. Cox the
chairmanship Of the Committee on For.
eign Affairs. While this committee in
the House cannot claim the dignity and
importance OF the correlative committee
OF the Senate, which, with the Presi.
dent. is the treaty making power of the
government, it is nevertheless one Of
great power and usefulness. No Demo.
crat living is more calculated to grace
this position than Mr.. Cox. Extensively
travelled, and scholar of great and va
nsd endowments. Mr.. Cox is prs-emi
nently fitted to excel in this capacity.
Z The pleasing thing about it all is tha
there are absolutely no resentnents fol
lowing upon very animated contest be
tween men Of national reputation, ant