Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-04
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GETTING READY.
The House Democrats Preparing to
shape for the ssessI0n-New Rules.

Tie HOUSE Democrats Preparing to
shape for the tsessiOn-New Rules,
Washington, Dec. 2-rhe democratic
members will held o caucus Saturday
afternoon to nominate officers and de-
eide upon revision of the rules Of the
houee. There is no doubt that the old
officers will be elected. Fx-Uongreas-
man John B. lark, of Missouri, Will be
chosen clerk without opposition. J. 2.
Leedom, of Ohio, will likely be elected
sergeant-at-arms, although w. W. Arm
strong, of the Cleveland Plandealer, is
making hot dght for the place. Ly-
curgus Dalton, of Indiana, will be re-
elected postmaster. There Is o
vacancy i'll the office of doorkeeper,
for which John B. Trainer, OF
New York; Eugene Higgins, of Mary
land; Nat Taylor, of Virginia and Sam
uel Donaldson, OF Tennessee, ale candi-
dates. The latter has the best chance.
as the south is entitled to some recogni-
ton IN the origanlzation OF the house,
aud he Is the only candidate from that
section, lay beng really reslden t
OF the district. Carlisle will be re.elect-
ed speaker of the house without opposi-
ton, although the republicans will un-
donbtedly nominate Frank Hiscock as a
compliment TO their leader The organ.
izatlon Will only require n few mOmetns
OF the time OF the caucus. The chief
business to be transacted is the revision
of the rules.
The code which Springer has pre-
pared, and which has received the sane
zion OF Carlisle, Morrison and other
democratic leaders, has been printed and
copy will be furnished to each mem
Der IN advance, so that he can have an
opportunity to study it before he goes
INTO caucus. There are 1873 democratic
members, and it is claimed that all but
hfiy-tWo have given their assent to the
changes which Springer, Carlisle and
company recommended. Very few of
the fifty two have declared their opposi-
ton. Ihe rest are non-committal and
are supposed to be waiting to see what
Mr.. Randall will do. The republican
members who have reached Washington
are pretty generally favorable to the re-
VISION, or at least, to the principal
changes that are proposed. The repub-
l1cans will undoubtedly consider the
question in caucus and unite on some
sort of policy.
Mr.. Carlisle, anticipating bisselection
as speaker, has already made up his list
OF committees, ard Will be ready, he
says, to announce them within twenty
four hours after the organization of the
house. There will be very few changes
in the committees, Mr.. Carlisle says, the
present, substituting new men for those
who were not returned to this congress
! While he has not made any authorized
announcement, the list already made up
has been shown to q number of persons
and from what they have said it is easy
to guess the composition of the Chief
committees and the assignments of the
principal chairmanships The commit,
| tee on ways and means will consist OF
| Morrison, of Illinois; Mills. OF
Texas; Blount, of Georgia; Hewitt
of New York; Herbert, of Alabama
Kelley, of Pennsylvania; Hiscock, ol
New York; Brown, of Indiana, and Reed
of Maine, who were in the last congress
There are four vacancies which will
probably be filled by the selection o.
Barbour, of Virginia; Singleton, of Mis-
sissippi; one of the Ohio democrats moi
yet selected, and Long, of Massachusetts
The committee OIL appropriations vii
be composed of Randall, Forney, O
Alabama; Holman, of Indiana; Reagan
of Texas; Townshend, of Illinois; Ham
mond, of Georgia; Bliss, of New York
Lefevre, of Ohio; Burns
OF Missouri; Cannon, of Illinois
Eyan, of Kansas, Henderson, O.
Iowa; Burrows, of Michigan; Waite, O
Pennsy ylvania and Butterworth of Ohio
The following gentlemen will be as
signed to the principsl chairmanships
Judiciary, Tucker, of Virginia: banking
and currency, Ermenhout, of Pennsyl
vania; elections, Turner, of Georgia
1 rivers and harbors, Willis, of Kentucky
foreign affairs. Curtin, OF Pennsylvania.
military affairs, Woolford, of Kentucky
naval affairs, Collins, of Massachusetts
postoffices and post roads, Reese, o.
Georgia; public lands, Cobb, of Indiana
] Indian affairs, Wellborn, of Texas.
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