Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-12-06
MEETING OF CONGRESS-.

The Forty-eighth Congress of the United
States assembled in Washington on Mon
day last. At - o'clock NJ, the Senate was;
called to order by President pro tenn. Sena"
tor Edmunds, of Vermont, and prayer was
offerered by the chaplain, Rev. j. j. Bul"
lock. The credentials of a number of new
members were laid before the Senate, and
the members were duly qualified. The
customary resolutions notifying the House
of Representatives and the President that
the Senate was ready for business, were
agreed to and a resolution adopted that II
O'Clock be the hour of meeting till further
notice. On motion of Senator Garland, of
Arkansas, the Senate then, at 1890, took a
recess of one hour, On the re-assembling
of the Senate at 1.30, Senator Ingalls,, of Kan
s,,s, moved that in order to afford an oppor-
tunity for receiving notification of the Or
ganization of the House of Representatives,
and if possible to receive the Presidents
message Immediately, the recess be extend"
ed to 3 P. NJ, which was agreed to. At
o'clock the Senate was again called to or"
der and there being no prospect of the
House organization being completed iii
time to do business this afternoon, on mo-
ton of Senator Ingalls,, the Senate adjourn"
ed until Tuesday.
At precisely - o'clock, Clerk Mcpherson
raped the House to order and proceeded
to call the roll, which disclosed the presence
Of BIG members.
The nominations for Speaker being then
in order, Geddes of Ohio said: 81 nomi-
nate for Speaker of the House for the Forty
eighth Congress, Hon. John G. Carlisle, o.
Kentucky, a man of pre-eminent qualitca"
ton for the place. Cannon, of Illinois, pre-
sented the name of Hon. j. w. Keifer, Of
Ohio; and Lyman, of Massachusetts, pre-
sented the name of Hon. G. d. Robinson,
of Massachusetts. Morrison, of ILL.,, Tucker,
of Va, Reed, of Maine, and Calkins, Of
Indiana, were appointed as tellers and the.
clerk proceeded to call the roll.
The result was announced as follows
Carlisle, 19l; keifer, 1l2; Robinson, D
(James, of New York, and Lyman, of Mas
sachusetts); j. S. Wise, of Virginia, /,
york, of North Carolina); j. w. Wads"
worth, New York, 1, (Ochiltree, of Texas)
Edward S. Lacy, Michigan, l, (White. of
kentucky.
The clerk thereupon declared Carlisle
elected, and Randall, of Pennsylvania, and
Keifer, Of Ohio, escorted that gentleman to
the chair. His entrance into the chamber
was signal for loud applause, and the oath
of office was administered. Upon taking
the chair, Mr.. Carlisle addressed the House
briefly, concluding as follows:
"Many reforms are undoubtedly necessa
ry, and it will be your duty, after careful
examination of the whole subject in all its
bearings, to decide how far they should ex-
tend, and when and in what manner they
should be made. If there be any fear that
your action on this or any other subject will
actually be injurious to any interest, or
even afford reasonable cause for alarm, l
am quite sure that they will be agreeably
disappointed. What the country has a
right to expect is strict economy in the adj
ministration of every department Of the
government, just and equal taxation for
public purposes, faithful observance of the
limitations of the constitution, and scrupu-
lous regard for the rights and interests of the
great body of the people in order that they
may be protected, as far as Congress has
power to protect them, against encroach~
1ments from ever direction, Whatever can
be done, under the circumstances surround.