The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-12-06
VOL. XIX.
THE UNIONS CAPITAL.
Congress is in Session..Reed. of Maine
Sneaker.

Speaker.
Congress is again in session and Wash
lngton is alive again. Everything is dull
IN the capital city of the Union when
congress is not in session, but with
the coming of the law making body
a new life is infused into the entire city
In official circles there is action, and the
change is apparent in the appearance in
every quarter, from those in the W bite
House to the smallest boot black who
peramoulates the streets of Washington.
congress IN Washington means business
and trade as we'll as legislation
lhe Republcan caucus was held on Sat
urday. 1t was evident that Mr. Thomas
Reed, of Maine, would be chosen, but
the fight was kept up until the ballot was
announced The vote in the caucus on
the first ballot stood: Reed, 7S; Mckinley,
SO; Cannon, %; Burrow, 10; Henderson,
l6. No election. On the second ballot
the vote was: Reed, So; Mckinley, &c.
Cannon, 10; Burrows, Is; and Henders on,
9. This elected the Maine man Speaker.
Mcpherson, of Pennsylvania, was elected
Clerk; A. J. Holmes, of Iowa, Sergeant
at arms; Chas W. Adams, of Maryland,
Door keeper; James A. Wheat, of Wiscon-
sin, Postmaster; and Rev Charles Brams-
dell, of the North Presbyterian church. of
Washington, Chaplain. He succeeds the
gifted Or. Milburn, 1.-The blind man elo-
quent." An effort was made in the House
To secure his reelection Oh account of his
lnfirmlty, but the partiZanship of the Re-
publicans would not allow it. 1t is not
very creditable to them.
The Democrats in caucus renominated
Speaker Carlisle and all the old officers
On motion of Wike, of Illinois, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted without "a
division:
RESOLVED, That we, the Democratic
members of the House of Representatives
of the 51st Congress, at the beginning Of
the first session, hereby send greetings to
the people of this country, and an assur-
ance of our continued confidence in and
devotion to the principles of tariff reform as
embraced in President Cleveland's mes
sage the last Congress upon that subject,
and in the platform of principles adopted
by the last Democratic National Conven-
tion at st. Louis; and that we hail with
delight the emphatic approval of those
principles by the people as expressed at
the polls IN the recent electiOn and We
pledge them to renew and continue IN
Congress, the contest for a reduction of
war taxes, SO ably begun and prosecuted
in former Congresses by our Representa-
tives and Senator's
The House formally met on Monday.
The vote for speaker stood: For Reed,
| 1866; for Carlisle, 154; for Cummings, /.
Inls vote for Cummings was by Hon. W.
H. II. Cowles, of North Carolina. He is
the author of the bill TO repeal the Inter
nal Revenue law. and he did not vote for
Mr.. Carlisle because the exSpeaker is OPP
| posed to the repeal of the Internal Reve-
nue. taxes. Referring TO Col. Cowles 5
vote he Washington Post says: LAS the
II IoJ h1-
Mr.. Carlisle voted When the State Of
North Carolina was reached there was an
| incident. Mr.. Cowles. OF North Carolina,
| whose caber-slashed crown is familiar to
| the galleries 5, bolted Mr.. Carlisle's nomi-
| nation aud voted for Amos }. Cummings,
| Jr. The reason for this dates back tG the
| last Congress. Mr.. Carlisle, by decision
not quite so we'll supported by practice
/ and precedent as most Of the rulings of the
! late Speaker prevented the consideration
of the Cowles bill repeating the tobacco
| tax. The North Carolina member has
| nurSed this grievance and used the hlstOr
| zeal occasion offered yesterday to publicly
emphasize his disapprOval of Mr.. Carlisle
| action in relation to the tObaccot tax bill
| last session.
In the Senate the new Senators from
| North and South Dakota, and from Wash
| ington were sworn IN and the usual pre-
| liminary business transacted.
/ A newspaper report is to the effect that
| Mr. Carlisle has requested that Mr.. Mills
| be assigned to the senoir position on the
| minority side of the Ways and Means
| Committee, and that his colleague, VIM.
G. p Breckenridge, be allowed to repre-
sept Kentucky on the same committee.
| Mr. Carlisle states that he has been suf
ticiently honored by his Democratic aSso
| ciates and he prefers to again to take his
| place in the ranks, where he will ever bt
ready to serve his party to the fullest ex
tent of his ability. 1t seems to be pretty
well understood that the Republicans vii
not attempt to stand aside members whose
seats are to be contested, but there Ii
some talk about opposition to the swear
/ ing in Of the West Virginia members. L
! they should carry out that threat the
Democrats Will stand aside the Wisconsin
| delegation, and thus break the Republican
quorum The Democrats will appoint {
committee of fifteen to shape the course
of the party, and an executive COMMITTEES
! of three will have the general direction O
| the minority upon the floor. Mr.. Carlisle
will naturally be selected as chairman o
the executive committee, which will make
him the recognized leader upon the floor
without regard to the standing COMMITTEES
to which he may be assigned by tn
Speaker.
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