Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-02
CONGRESSIONAL REORGANIZATION.
Changes in the senate and House Forces
The Speakership.

W.sgrvGrrV. ID. c., July The calling
81 t.err,ss IN extra session Is already
,1ullrg gossip as 10 the reorganization OF
Iltn bodies such changes a. are 10 be
mode M the Official force OF the senate m
Guiding the new Secretary and sergeant
A. Arms have already been determined
liuDu. an ia. new officers VIII enter upon
tI,ir tufas and salaries when the senate
meets Ihe ONLY new lace on the floor OF
tla Senate Will be Air. Santords success
..r. appointed by ;he Governor OF CdiI-
f8rma. The other senators were sworn III
on the 5th II March last.
a Cumplet- reorganization OF the House
s. involved. with many new members 10
tlas their seats. A new Speaker, t4erH'
IA ~err.aut-at-Arms. DoOrkeeper, and a
Po-tria5ter are 10 be elected ana brand
new committees are 10 be appointed. ms
doc. not ueccs~aUiy mean II ChAhgc I'D Tue
1.r,onue' II an these oficlals. but IL is quite
30 the bounds of probability that some OF
tt,m may be supplauted by new men. As
tatLe membership, 10 - universally con-
coded that Charles J.. Crisp, 81 Georgia
will Weld the gavol IN tue FlttT-thlrd Con-
rf,,4. There IS no talk Of opposition TO
Lam. nor has there been any.
rur cLERysHW.
Aato the clerkship It would seem that
TN, incumbent. James Kerr, OF Pennsy!va-
Ma. uccupI., almost. n not quite, as salts
factory position as Jui@t crisp.
fN-Eeprrssutauye foder, OF ONO, VINO
flied the Office Of Sergeani-at-Ar last
tlu.. viii not got u again without a rattle.
Another Burkeye uau, Mr.. Samuel T..
Johnson Of the Cincinnati LHYnrr has
announced his can lldacy Tor that oihce.
lut an Illinois man aiso has his eye on the
tIace. He's Herman vs.. Sno%, who was
member of tho Iitty-sccond Congress, ana
n b. ..ud that the Illinois delegation Will
work ya!ianty fox his success.
ILACE CF uouEEFFrLF.
There are entered Tor the office of door
le,ler Charles H. Turner, OF New ork'
tir present Incumbent; EDWIN IS. Smlth,
Of I,NaS. "a present superintendent CT tue
Clerks docuilent-roOn. and possibly Mr.
Thomas Jefferson Coakley, at New lork,
.p,c.a! employee OF the last House. As
Turner aud Coakley are both tammany-
Hall men Il Will be the province ot Chloi
I.cAard Croker 70 say which shall MAKE
tlr race.
Ihe indications are that Smith, who is
wr.I-kuOwn newspaper will get
large southern and western support. The
last of the places "a the post-oalce. which
Us filled AZ present bv Lycurcus Dalton, OF
Indiana. SO candidate for nls lob has as
Vet appeared. nor D. any likely 10 appear
Nr Dalton was also postmaster OF the
HGIc;L Congress.
DEMOCRATIC LE4pERt
Mr.. McMiuun. OF Tennessee. IL is said,
has been selected as the door leader Of tho
Democracy. and Mr. Wilson, Of West VIZ
glrla viii he chairman OF the Committee
ON Was and Means, succeeding Mr.
Springer Itls not generally thought that
Sir. Holmon wall be- T-appointed chalrmad
ot th- Committee on Appropriations Mr.
Savers. If Texas. is frequently and earn
c.tly mentioned as the next Chairman OF
this important committee, as IS also Alr.
Bo.kery. Of Missouri. Mr. Iarsney, Of
that state. has been making strong run
for the Pension Committee chalrmansmp,
aui 10 latest Advices had no pubhcly-an-
uouLcvd opponent
AfPFAkEH FOR THE SOUTH.
Speaking Of the Presidents action in
calling an extra session Assistaut-Sec-
rotary Sims, q Mississippi. Acting Sec
rotary of the Interior Department, sad
There can be no doubt o.. the wisdom of
tho Presidents action. Even the silver
men breathe freer when they see his firm
hand on the throttle aud contemplate tho
wreck % their hopes Tor higher priced
SILVER. The people have confidence that
Congress WI meet the emergency with re-
peal OF the Sherman law.
In the South during the past SIX
months there las been quite a revolution
IN public stutmeu, touching the free
coinage OF silver, end ] think that our
Congress. Will give EXPRESSION 70 this
change bV following iAe Prcsluonts lead.
/ DO not doubt that rhe financial situation
Will be improved sOmewna, by the mere
expectation of "a repeal Of the Sherman
law, and that public confidence will again
md a firm fOOuug when u shall be- swept
from the statute books