Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-06-19
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON lime M 1850

'"ei CONSTITUENTS, the Republican
congressman are thinking very
seriously of the trouble they nav
have before them in getting the
House in working order. All the
speakership candidates, while they
are keeping very quiet, are hard at
work. There is general feeling
that there should be an extra session
OF Congress in September or Octo.
Der, hut there are several members
like Mr.. Butteworth. who arc Cd.
posing the proposition to meet before
December. Mr.. Butterworth has
advised the President against it.
The most common expectation
points to an early session. The
idea is that they will have to start
carly because they are apt to have
very interesting time before them.
AS very active candidate for
speaker, Mr.. Burrows, OF Michigan.
is much interested in the matter of
organization. Your correspondent
asked him Saturday what he
thought of the danger of deadlock
on the very opening of Congress
over the adoption of rules for the
settlement of contested election cas-
ss. "Our majority is very small"
he said "and there is undoubtedly
great danger of getting checked at
the start. We have about three
majority" "The elections in the
new states will probably increase this
to six or seven. In order to do any,
thing every man will have to be in
his seat. On the most trying occa
sions 1t is seldom in the history Of
Congress that many more than that
number have not been absent. In
order to have a quorum there will
have 10 be a binding agreement en-
tered into, every man pledging him
self to be in his seat at twelve o'clock
and not to leave the hall of the
House until there is recess or ad.
Journment. OF course if the sess-
ions had to be cut down to two
hours day more progress could be
made than in ten hours sessions
without quorum. But even with
this agreement there is the matter
of sickness which may keep mem
bers away and cannot be helped. If
the Democrats are disposed to fight
over the adoption of new rules and
the settlement of contested election
cases, and they determine to filibus.
ter there is block at once. If al
lowed to make the recognized mo.
tons to adjourn and take a recess
without restriction, they could pre-
vent the organization OF the House
The question is now, would not the
presiding officer under the circum.
stances, the House not yet being
formed, be justified in announcing.
after the filibuster had gone far
enough to be pronounced, that he
would not recognize any one to
make dilatory motion, even in the
form of motion to adjourn. Might
he not hold that the House could not
be held in half organized state, and
that 1t must become body organ
lied and capable of doing business
before even an adjournment should
be in order? This done fairly and
firmly, after good reason, it seems to
me might be warrantable without a
breach of parliamentary law. 9th
erwise the government might be
dismantled and brought to chaos.
General John c. Kelton, who wa,
appointed adjutant- General of the
Army Friday afternoon, is a very
happy man. His official duties
were interrupted every few mo-
mentt during Saturday by kilograms
and letters of congratulations
on his appointment, which came to
him from his friends in every part
OF the country. 1t IS only once i'm
any mans lifetime that such a mani.
festation, ofcordiallty and friendship
can come to him. The whole army
evidently feels a sense Of satisfaction
in General Kelton's appointment,
and there is no doubt that the Army
has reason to congratulate itself, as
we'll as General, upon his promo.
ton. For the next three years. al
any rate, this very important Office
will be admirably filed, and it is a
pity that the law which retires off.
GERS at the age Of 81 will thus limit
General Kelton's term Of office.
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