Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-06
THE EXTRA SESSION.
1t win Involve Lively Struggle for
Some House offices.


Speaker Crisp Will be Renominated with
out Opposition, and Chief Clerk Kerr Is
Also Likely to Uontinus--Hot Struggles
for sergeant-at-Arms and DoorlSeeper.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The calling of
Congress in extra session is already evok-
ing gossip as to the organization OF both
| bodies. such changes us arc to be made
| in the official force Of the Senate, includ-
| ing new secretary and sergeant-at-arms,
have already been determined upon and
the new officers will enter upon their
| duties and salaries when the Senate meets.
The only new face on the floor of the
Senate will be Mr., Stanford's successor,
appointed by the governor of California.
The other Senators-eleot were sworn in on
the 9Th OF March.
A complete reorganization Of the House
Is involved, with many new members to
take their seats. A new Speaker clerk,
sergeant-at-arms, doorkeeper and post
master are to be elected, and brand new
committees are to be appointed, This does
not necessarily mean a change in the per-
sonnet of all these officials, but II Is quite
| II; she bounds Of probability that some of
them may be supplanted by new men.
As to tho Speakership. it 10 generally
conceded that Charles Il, Crisp of Georgia,
will again WELD the gayel In the Fifty
third Congress. There is no talk OF oppo-
As to the clerkship it would seem that
the present incumbent, James Kerr of
Pennsylvania. occupies almost, IL not
| quite, as satisfactory position rs Judge
| Crisp. The patronage OF his office is quite
extensive, and some of the best paid posi-
tons in the House are within his gift such
as the chief clerk, the journal and assistant
| journal clerks, the reading clerks and q
dozen others, who get all the way from
| 81 500 TO as 600 n wear
Ex-Representative Yoder of Ohio, who
| filled the Office of Sergeant. alarms last
time, will not get II again without battle
Another buckeye man, sam L. John
| son OF the Cincinnati Enquirer, has an
nounced his candidacy for that office. 1t
is said that the Ohio delegation may hold
a conference aud decide which of the two
shall run, as II would be rather awkward
| for one State TO present two candidates for
| the same position. But an Illinois man
also has his eye ON the place. He is Her.
man W, Snow, who was a member of the
sd Congress, and II Is said that the Illinois
| delegation will work yaliantly for his sue.
cess. Mr.. Snow is man Of means and
was elected in Republican district the
one formerly represented by Mr. Payson.
There are entered for the office OF door
keeper, Charles II. Turner of New York,
The present Incumbent Edwin y, Smith of
Texas, at present superintendent of clerks,
| document room; and possibly Thomas
Jefferson Coakley of New York, q special
| employee of the last House.
As Turner and Coakley are both Tam
| many Hall men, it will be the province of
Chief Richard Croker to say which shall
make the race The indications are that
Smith, who ID well-known newspaper
man, will get large southern and western
support.
The office OF doorkeeper is important in
| that il controls the largest amount of pa
tronage in the House. There are over $50
positions that this official can distribute
among the Congressman who supported
him, the salaries Of which range from
$500 to $4,000.
The last of the places in the office of
postmaster which is filled at present by
Lyeurgus Dalton of Indiana. No candi-
date for his job has yet appeared, nor is
any likely to appear. Mr.. Dalton was also
| postmaster Of the Fiftieth Congress-.
Mr., MoMillep of Tennessee, it Is said,
has been selected as the floor leader of the
Democracy, and Mr.. Wilson of West Vir-
ginia will be chairman of the committee
on ways and means, succeeding MIR.
Springer It Is not generally thought that
Mr.. Holman will be reappointed chairman
of the committee on appropriations.
Mr.. Sayers OF Texas 10 frequently and
earnestly mentioned as the next chairman
Of this important committee, as is also Mr.
Dockery OF Missouri. Mr.. Tarsney Of that
State has been making q strong run foi
the pension ehairmanship, and at latest
adFices had no publicly announced oppo-
| nAnts