The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-06-28
and the Speakcrship
question


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Mississippi and the Spcakership
question
Our well-meaning friend Of the
Vicksburg Herald, realizing that eter-
nal vigilance is the price of liberty,
puts the question categorically, and
''dont want any bigot nonsense about
it."-"Will the editor of The CLARION
support Mr.. Sam. Randall in the
Democratic caucus?" "The editor Of
TIE CLARION" don't expect to have
a vote in the Democratic caucus, but
he imagines that the Representative
from the 7th District will support
"Mr. Sam. Randall" if he is the caucus
nominee. TO ascertain what he will
do in the caucus, our impatient con-
temporary must stand firm and wait.
-JachSon Clarion.
Representative Barksdale is exact
ly right in declining to map out his
programme six months in advance OF
the meeting of the Democratic caucus,
1t is enough for us to know that he
will support the nominees, and we did
not require any assurances from his
lips or pen to convince us of that.
Between now and the assembling of
Congress many complications may
arise; many questions may assume
new phases and men may assume new
positions in reference to old issues,
that exist within each party instead
of constituting dividing lines between
the parties. There is utter lack of
unanimity in each party onthe ques-
tions of currency, coinage, tariff, river
and harbor expenditures, public land
grants, internal revenue, Interstate
Commerce, presidential succession,
postal savings banks, national banks,
national quarantine, NJ ississlP pl
levees, and other subjects of greater
or less importance, and it is due to
himself and his constituents that every
member of Congress belonging to
the dominant party should give these
matters due consideration in the selec-
ton of his candidate for Speaker.
1t is not at all likely that any man
can be elected speaker, next Decem-
ber, who will reflect the sentiments
of the Mississippi delegation upon all
of these questions; in this view of the
case our Representatives will be call
ed upon to exercise their best judg-
ment in the selection of the man who
in the organizing of the committees
will be most likely to act dlsinterest-
edly and dispationately in his ap-
pointments; and in order to be able
to do this, they should go up to the
capital perfectly free from bias ano
ENHANCEMENT, and prepared to dc
the best thing possible under the
circumstances that exist.
An esteemed cotemporary few
weeks ago limited at the possibility o
some of our Mississippi Represents
tives exchanging their votes in this
behalf for chairmanships of important
committees: So far from condemning
fhis course we heartily approve it
and wish that every one of our dele
cation could by his vote for speaker
be assured of this prominence, for i
| would give Mississippi greater weight
in Congress than she has enjoyed ii
all her history, and assure the ial
| consideration Of every measure il
which her people are lmmedatel.
interested. The Legislation of the
House of Representatives is shape'
and controlled by committees; no bill
; can make any headway Oh receive an,
IS consideration that is not reporte'
p from committee, hence to obtain
T. controlling Influence in committee
z such as craftsmanship affords, is tn
Is ambition Of every Congressman VIII
IS desires to shape Legislation in the in
e terest of the people he immediatel
Il Il represents, or to prevent the Reporting
1t of bills inimieal to their welfare.
y In this connection we note the fac
le that the New York Herald and otht
1t journals are re-publishing interview
It. and expressions obtained from men
~, bers of Congress soon after their elet
IS ton. Among others, letter froi
rs Hon. II. S. Van Eaton, dated Decen
n n Der 4, 1882. We protest again
in ls these hurried expressions being hel
a% nf as binding in regard to these gentl
~; ,g, men. There have been great chang'
rs, in men and public sentiment sin'
d those letters were written, and v
s notice that few Of the old and g