Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-08
FQRTY.NINTH CONGRESS-,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 1SSj

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 1885.
 SENATE-The walls of the Senate chamber were dtaped in deep black, out of respect to the memory Of the late Vice President Promptly at noon General McCook, secretary of the Senate, called the body to order and prayer was offered by the chaplain, Rev. Dr. Huntley, in which he referred feelingly to the deaths of General Grant and Vice Presi- dent Hendricks
 MT. Edmunds nominated Senatof Sherman fof prssident of the Senate. Mir. Voorhees, moved to substitute the name. of Mir. Harris. Mr. Voorhees, amendment was lost by a strict party vote, wheretipon Mr. Sherman was elected without further divisiea.
 MT. Sherman was escorted to the chair by Mr. Edmunds and MT. Voorhees,, and the oath of office was administered to him by MT. Edmunds. MT. Sherman then said: Senators: return you my grateful thanks for the high honor you have conferred upon me & In n feel profound sorrow for the sudden death of the Vice President wke by tbe constitution is also de clared to be the president of the Scnsse. The con tingency has now arrived when it becomes the i'm perative duty of the Senate to elect a president senatoTs so p0 on either side % of the he House House apt in the discharge of the duties of this posi- tion more experienced in the rules and orders of the Senate than myself. Still accept, with the sincere desire that I may be able to enforce the certain if possible the ssne of tae maority of the Senate and to give to the minority its full consti
 
 desire of performing this duty appeal to each in- dividual Senator for his courtesy and forbear- ance."
 Committees were appointed to notify the President and the House of Representatives of the organization. Then, upon motion of MT. Edmunds, at 1925, the Senate took a recess. of half an hour to await the organiza- 'ipp Tpon S5 1na ss H1n5 sapfration of that petU w- ever, nothing having been heard from the House, the recess was extended a further half hour and again from the expiration of that time to 2:4O p. m. At 12;45 p. m. a formal announcement of the organization of the House was received and the Senate then on motion of Senator Voorhees, adjourned out of respect to the memory of the de- ceased Vice President.
 HousE.-At precisely noon the House WAS called to order by J. B. Clark, clerk, who proceeded to call the roll of it's members elect When the State of Nebraska was reached the clerk stated that he was doubtful whether the certificate received from that State fully complied with the law, but as they were identical with those received in the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Con- gresses and as there was no protest CT con test he had placed the names of the gentle men whose election was thus certified upon the rolls.
 The call disclosed the presence of 32O
 
 Muller of New York, Henderson of North Carolina, Aiken of South Carolina, Craig of Texas and Crexton of Virginia.
 Nominations for Speaker were then in order, and Mir. Tucker, of Virginia, pro. posed John 6. Carlisle, of Kentucky. Messrs. Hiscock, of New York, and Cannon, of Illinois, rose, but the latter was recog- nized and placed Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, in nomination. Messrs. Morrison of Illinois, Tucker of Virginia, Hiscock of New York and Brown of Indiana were ap- pointed tellers to count the vote, which was immediately proceeded with. The result was announced as follows: For Carlisle 177, for Reed 138, and, amid loud applause, the clerk declared MT. Carlisle elected, and ap pointed Messrs Tucker and Reed as com mittee to conduct the Speaker to the chair On taking the chair Mir. Carlisle said:
 Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: In assuming the duties and responsibilities of thi profound thanks for this manifestation of your tinued confidence. It is compliment which shal where else in the world can there be found a leg islatiye assembly representing so great house and Certainly no similar body, consisting O equal number of members is it's superior in poin of ability and devotion to the interests intrsted tions of such body is a very high and honorable distinction the highest and most honorable it cal confer any of its members and appreciate it a such
 A committee to wait upon the Presiden was appointed and the House proceeded t. draw tor seats.
 MT. Mills, of Texas, asked unanimous con sent that Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, 9th father of the House." be permitted to choos | his seat in advance, but MT. Bennett, o | North Carolina, objected.
 MT. Reed thereupon suggested that MT | Kelly leave his hat upon his desk and as | sured him that his wish would be respected | fho,, rotirad behind fho oir | of desks and eagerly waited while a blind | folded page drew from a box the numbers l marbles which corresponded to the number ! attached to their names. The first marbl l drawn was number 237 and Stahlnecker, c New York, proved to be the lucky man side 8 little to the left of the Speakers chail MT. Breckenbridge, of Arkansas, was tn next lucky man and he took possession c | his old desk. The next dozen names draw | were those of new members and the faces c the older men heightened as they saw thei chance of securing prominent seats lessen | ing. On the Democratic side, however, MI l Warner of Ohio, MT. McAdoo of New Jersey ] Mr. Springer and MT. Eden of nlinoi l and MT. Bland of Missouri were able to st | cure good positions. MT. Adams, of Ney | York, located in the main aisle directly
 the rear of Mir. Weaver, the Greenback mem
 Der from Iowa. MT. Randall was fortunat enough 10 secure nlS OlQ pOSlClOn, Wnlle MI Holman obtained a commanding position
 Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, chose seat in Nil Kelly's neighborhood. MT. Golf of Wes
 Virginia, MT. Parker of New York and NJ
 West of New York selected seats the front row. MT. Reed, of Maine 1 will be obliged to take part in the debat from a rear seat. MT. Mckinley, of Ohic
 was enabled to secure front seat, but to far to the side to be desirable. MT. Butte
 worth and Mir. Hiscock, of New York, ha
 only the last row of seats from which |
 select Messrs Tucker of Virginia, Hewit of New York and Morrison were late
 having their names drawn, but secured yer | good seats. MT. Morrison secured a froI seat near the center, while MT. Tucker pr' ferred back seat on the main aisle. Anon the last names called was that of MT. Kell, and he took the seat which his hat and tt courtesy of his fellow members ha reserved for him. Messrs. Long, of Mass
 chusetts, and Phelps, of New Jersey, wei
 obliged to take seats far to the left. M
 Van Eaton, of Mississippi, was the first Den
 ocrat who was obliged to look for seat C the Republican side where he was SOC joined by Messrs Gibson, of West Virgini | and Townshend, of Illinois. The last nan called was that of MT. Geddes, of Ohio.
 MT. Holman, of Indiana, then rose al said:
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