Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-07
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Congress.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE 52d congress
came into formal existence at noon to-day.
Tt bids fair 10 be one of the most remark
able bodies of legislators that has ever
assembled in this country. OF 1872 mem.
bers, there are only 1873 who were mem
bers OF the last congress. There are 1914
members who were not re elected last fall.
OF this number nineteen have seen pre-
vious service in congress. There are
therefore 157 men in this congress who
have been members before and It's who
have never yet been in the house of repre-
sentstives. The 5lst congress contained
l76 Republicans and 155 Democrats. OF
these l76, eight were seated on contests,
and to make room for them eight Demo-
Gratis were unseated. At the beginning
Of the session the figures stood, Republic
cans 1853, Democrats 1853. The SID con-
gress begins to-day with eigEty.seven Re-
publicsns aud 245 Democrats, or Farmers
Alliance; many Of these 245, really repre-
sent the agricultural movement. Only
eight were elected as distinctively Farm
ers Alliance men. These are Simpson,
Baker, Davis, Otis and Glover, of Kansas !;
Kon of Nebraska; Everett of Georgia /;
and Halvorson of Minnesota, but besides
these the Alliance processes to count on
the votes of Hall, of Minnesota. Watson,
Winn, Livingston, and Moses of Georgia,
Crawford, Alexander, Williams, Grady and
Branch of North Carolina; Pickler, of
South Dakota, Johnson, of North Dakota,
Tillman, Schell, Johnstone, and Stack
house Of South Carolina, and Washington,
of Tennessee. They may get the support
of one or two others, but it Is certain at
least that there will be 250 straight Demo
Gratis. Recent interviews and other ex-
pressions of opinion have indicated that
there will be clear majority in the house
against the snb-treasury plan, against the
Stanford bill, against free coinage of silver,
in favor of liberal appropriation for the
Worlds fair, in favor of commercial union
with Canada, and in favor of the govern
ment control or ownership of railroad
and telegraph lines. The pension laws
are not likely to be disturbed nor will the
reciprocity policy.
THE sPEAKERsHIP.
Washington.-The most remarkable
contest in the opinion of old and ex-
perienced congressman for the Office OF
speaker of the house of representatives
ohaU hho cVoI tatcu pldCo III ulhuy years,
began on Saturday.
There we're fifteen ballots taken in the
Democratic caucus on Saturday without a
choice. On the first ballot the vote
stood: Crisp, s3; Mills, "a; Springer, 33;
Mcmillan, 10; Hatch, IA; Stevens, /.
On the fifteenth ballot the vote was
Crisp, 95; Mills, 92; Springer, TO- Nc
MILAN, II; Hatch, s; Stevens. l.
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, voted for Mr..
Springer and Mr.. O'Neill, of Massschu-
setts.
The break in the Illinois delegation
was in the votes of Messrs. Fithian,
Foreman and Lace, all of whom voted
for Mr.. Mills. The Iowa delegation also
voted solidly for Mr.. Mills instead of Mr..
Springer. The first break in the Hatch
column was Mr.. Peel, Of Arkansas, who
transferred his vote to Crisp on the Sec
ond ballot.
THE sPBAKERsHIP CONTEST.
Special to the New Mexican.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, p. m. The
Democratic caucus reassembled this fore
noon and after three ballots adjourned to
2 O'Clock. The ballots show no change
from the close on Saturday.
Both houses of congress convened
promptly at noon. The president will
deliver his message tomorrow.