The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10

) ST.; rhty-second congress. VIVA,
springer asked recognition from tb,
!, n unair ana prepared to vote the sns
PEN pense was more than painful. ct de
! sire,u said Springer, "to be records
as voting for Crisp.b 0oiue'
On, me vote of Springer nominated
crisp and the applause that nraatet
d tL,o announcement was deafening. A
W members rushed simultaneously
10 grasp the Illinoisan's hand and hs
was tne recipient of an enthusiastic
0vaClon from the supporters of Crisn
busy ana Stewart of Illinois
ana Holman of Indiana follow ed
theIr candidate and after Sprinoer,S
TWi!9hdrawal voted for Crisp. Shaw Of
1Iillnols, Bryan of Nebraska and Mar.
Iln ana Patton of Indiana, remained
a. th record as voting for Springer, SO
!nat the result of the final and decis-
I'VE ballot was as follows: Crisp l19
Mills 100, Springer and Stevens
oh motion of j. d. Brown of In
ulana, the nomination of Crisp was
made unanimous. Immediately there
We're loud calls "Crisp, Crisp!0 A
committee was appointed to notify
nm of his selection and escort him to
the chair. After bowling acknowl-
pigments, Crisp, spoke acknowl-
eqglng the honor conferred.
lie extended thanks for the honor
conferred upon him and then in a few
brief remarks gave assurance that no
backward step in the tariff matters
should be taken.
The following nominations were
then made for the minor officer: Kerr.
Pennsylvania, clerk, unanimously:
1oder, Ohio, sergeant-at-arms, unani-
mously; Turner, New York, for door
Keeper; Dalton, Indiana, for post
master.
Then Springer of Illinois stated
that he would present candidate for
chaplain in open house tomorrow, and
would reDOminate the old chaplain,
DR.. Milburn of Illinois. So at 1870
adjourned the caucus which in length
and in proceedings is the most memo.
rable OF any in the history of the
house of representatives since the
war. After the caucus Mr.. Mills was
insisted on to furnish the press with
his views upon the result, but an
sWered: 81 have nothing to say to
the press.n
THE SENATE.
In defiance of the rain which pre-
vailed from early morning until noon,
when there was slight clearing up OF
the weather, the senate galleries were
crowded with spectators, eager wit
nesses of the opening of the Fifty-sec-
ond congress. The presidential and
diplomatic galleries were unoccupied
but the reserved sections were we'll
filled with ladies, including the wives
and daughters of the senators. Here
and there throughout the chamber
the desks of the senators to take seats
for the first time were marked by
baskets of flowers, and the vice-presi-
dents desk was distinguished in a
like manner. There was an unusually
large number of new senators to be
sworn in, counting up seventeen with
out the senator from Florida, neither
the name of Call or Davidson being on
the printed list of senator's. At noon
the vice-president took the chair and
the session was opened with prayer
by the chaplain, Rev. j. G. Butler.
The vice president welcomed the
senators and then laid before the sen.
ate the credentials of the new sena
tors and the letters of designations re
ceived' during the recess. These pa
pers were read, the first being tn
letter of resignation of Reagan G
Texas, and the appointment of Chill
ton, in his stead. The next creden
tials were those of FELTON, of Califor
mia, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Hearst, and the next the
resignation of Edmunds of Vermont
and the appointment of Proctor in his
stead. The next credentials were
those of Call and Davidson, each
claiming to be the senators from
Florida. After both were read, Har
ris expressed the opinion that the
proper course to be pursued was tc
refer both to the committee on privil
eyes and elections that the question
might be decided in the light of thor
ough investigation. He asked that
the credentials be laid on the table