St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-08

speaker of the house of representatives
for the Fifty-third congress- Great
applause.
The clerk appointed Mr.. Holman. of
Indiana; Mr.. Reed, of Maine, and Mr..
Simpson, of Kansas, to escort the
speaker-elect to the chair. Appiause.]
There was burst of applause as
Speaker-elect Crisp appeared few Min
utes later under the escort of the COM
mittee. As he took the chair the speaker
said:
Representatives: Profoundly CRATE
full for this mark of your confidence,
shall strive to prove in some degree
worthy of it by an honest effort to dis
Charge the duties of the office upon
which l am about to enter with fidelity,
with courtesy and with the strictest inn
partallty. Applause. L am now
ready TO take the oath or office"
Representative o Neill, of Pennsyl-
vania. the father of the house, admins
tered the oath of office to the speaker in
Impressive tones.
Before administering the oath of
office to MEMBERS" said the speaker.
prayer will be offered by the chaplain
of the last house." Prayer was then
offered by the blind chaplain. Milburn,
now the chaplain of the senate.
A Contest for Michigan.
At the conclusion of the prayer the
oath of office was administered by the
| speaker to the members, the roll of
states being called for this purpose.
| When the state of Michigan was
reached MIR. Burrows, of the Republican
| side, arose and said:
~ object, Mr.. Speaker, to the oath of
Office being administered to Mr.. Rich
ardson. whose name appears on the roll.
| 1t is customary in such cases tor the
member TO stand aside for the present"
Mr.. Richardson will stand aside un-
til the conclusion of the organization of
the house." said the speaker, and Mr..
| Richardson retired to the rear.
After the oath of office had been adj
ministered to the members Mr.. O'Far-
rell, of Virginia, offered the following:
Resolved. That George f. Richardson
| be now sworn in as representative in
this congress from the Fifth district OF
Michigan.
Mr.. Burrows. of Michigan, offered the
/ following substitute:
| Whereas, The credentials upon which
| George f. Richardson claims seat in
! the Fifty-third congress from the Fifth
| district from Michigan have been an
| nulled and made void by reason of the
| Judgment of the supreme court Of that
| state; and,
Whereas, In pursuance and compli-
ance with such Judgment and the laws
rI nf
| Michigan have declared and certified
that Charles E. Belknap has been
elected representative from the Fifth
| district of Michigan; therefore,
Resolved, That Charles f. Belknap is
| entitled to be sworn in as member of
| this house on his prima facie case.
After some wrangling the two tesolu-
tions were postponed until tomorrow.
Completed the Organization
Mr.. Holman presented resolution
providing for the election of officers of
the house nominated by the Democratic
caucus of last Saturday. a substitute
proposed by Mr.. Henderson and substi-
tu!ing the Republican caucus nominees
was rejected, and the Democratic reso-
luton was then adopted. The oath of
office was then administered by the
speaker to the following:
Clerk, James Kerr. of Pennsylvania;
sergeant-at-arms, Herman Snow, of Hi
noiS; doorkecDer, A. b. Hurt, of Fen
essee; postmaster, LycurguS Dalton. of
Indiana: chaplain, s. w. Haddaway, of
Maryland.
On resolutions offered by Mr.. McNIll-
lin and Mr.. Outhwaite. the clerk was
directed to inform the president and
the senate that Charles +. Crisp had
been elected speaker, and James Kerr
clerk. On motion of Mr.. Springer, a
committee was appointed to wait upon
the president and inform HIM that the
house was organized and ready to re-
celYe any communication which he
might see fit 10 transmit. Then the
house proceeded to drawing for seats.
Mr.. Kilg0re suggested that some ar
rangementS be made as to what
part of the chamber should be reserved
for the Republican forces. To this Mr.
Reed responded that it had been the
! custom in many congresses for the Re
publicans to take one side of the cham
Der and the Democrats the other. In
case Of inequality of members, which,
unfortunately, how existed laughter,
the party which was the most numerous
took additional seats on its opponents
side after its own side was filled.
The members were then requested to
retire beyond the screens while blind
folded page drew from a box marbles
numbered to correspond to the members
number OH the roll call.
MIR. Reed,
by virtue of being an eX-speaker, and
MeSsrs. Holman and O'NeiIl. by virtue
of their long service, were permitted to
choose their seats i'm advance Mr.
Reed selected bis old resting place to
! the lett of the speaker, but we'll in line
to catch the speakers eye. and directly
in front of him Mr.. O'Neill sat down
behind bank of flowers Mr.. Holman
was content with his old seat, which is
to the right center of the chamber, not
too far forward to be overlooked by the
chair nor too far back to make his voice
indistinct when seeking recognition.
Mr.. Loud was fortunes favorite, and he
had the choice pick of location. He
ensconced himself in the chair formerly
occupied by Bourke Cochran, exactly
across the aisle from Mr.. Reeds desk.
Mr.. Cannon was another lucky man,
and his selection was the seat directly
behind Mr.. Reed. Mr.. Livingston was
early in the race, but with many more
eligible seats TO be had for the asking,
he preferred his old place on the main
aisle about the center of the hall, Mr..
Bailey was also modest. He contented
himself with seat far in the rear of
the hall, the one occupied during the
last congress by his colleague, Mr. Cul-
berson. Mr.. Wheeler also refrained
from coming to the front. but he never
theless made good selection. Whe n
the clerk read the name of Mr.. Cobb,
stentorian voice from behind querie d.
''Where is he at?'' and amid the general
laughter, Ill which he good-naturedly
joined, Mr.. Cobb proceeded to make