The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1893-07-06

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The calling Of
congress in extra session is already
evoking feeling of great interest.
Such changes as are to be made in the
official force of the senate including q
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 were
sworn in on the 9Th of March last.
House Reorganization.
A complete reorganization Of the
house is involved, with many new mem-
bers to take their seats.
A new speaker, clerk, sergeant-at-
arms, doorkeeper and postmaster are
to be elected, and new committees are
to be appointed. This does not neces-
sarily mean change in the personnel
Of all these officials, but it is quite in
the bounds of probability that some OF
them may be supplanted by new men.
AS to the speakership, it is universally
conceded that Charles F. Crisp Of Georgia
will WELD the gavel in the Fifty-third
congress. There is no talk of opposition
to him, nor has there been any.
AS to the clerkship, it would seem
that the present incumbent, James
Kerr of Pennsylvania, occupies almost,
if not quite as satisfactory a position as
Judge Crisp. The patronage Of his Of
flee is quite extensive, and some Of the
best paid positions in the house y are
within his gift, such as the chief clerk,
The journal and assistant journal cierk,
the reading clerks, and dozen others,
who get all the way from 81, 200 to
$2 900 per year. .Es. +
For Sergeant-at-Arms.
Representative Yoder of Ohio,
who filled the Office of sergeant-at-arms
last time, will not get it again without
a battle. Another Buckeye man, Mr..
Sam E. johnson Of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, has announced his candidacy
for the office. 1t is said that the Ohio
delegation may hold conference and
decide which Of the two shall run, as it
will be rather awkward for one state to
present two candidates for the same
place. But an Illinois man also has
his eye on the place. He is Herman
w. Snow, who was member Of the
Fifty second congress, and it is said
that the Illinois delegation will work
valiantly for his success. Mr. Snow is a
man of means and was elected in Re-
publican district, the one formerly
represented by Mr.. Payson.
Entered for Doorkeper.
There are entered for the office of
doorkeeper Charles H. Turner, of New
York, who held the position during the
Fifty second congress; Edwin B. Smith,
of Texas, at present superintendent of
the clerks document room, and posi-
bly, Mr.. Thomas Jefferson Coakley, of
New York, special employe of the last
house. As Turner and Coakley are both
Tammany hall men, it will be the pro-
vince of Chief Richard Croker to say
which shall make the race. The in
dications are that Smith, who is we'll
known newspaper man, will get large
Southern and Western support. The
office of doorkeeper is important in that
it controls the largest amount of pat
ronage in the house. There are over
180 positions that this Office can distri-
butte among the congressman who sup
ported him, ranging from $500 to 81, 900.
The last of the places is the postoffice
which is filled at present by Lycurgus
Dalton Of Indiana No candidate for
his job has yet appeared, nor is any
likely to appear. Mr.. Dalton was also
postmaster of the Fiftieth congress.
For Floor Leader.
Mr.. McMillin of Tennessee, it is said,
has been selected as the floor leader of
the Democracy, and Mr.. Wilson of
West Virginia, will be chairman of the
committee on ways and means, sue
ceeding Mr.. Springer.
It is not generally thought that Mr..
Holman will be reappointed chairman
of the committee on appropriations.
Mr.. Sayers of Texas is frequently and
earnestly mentioned as the next chair
man of this important committee, az is
also Mr.. Dockery Of Missouri. Mr..
Tarsney Of that state, has been making
strong running for the pension chair
manship, and at the latest advices had
no publicly announced opponent.
THE CALL.