Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-23
bRE HARD At Work
Candidates HuStling for Positions in
the House.
Mcdowell and Henderson the Only
Aspirants for the Clerkship Geo
graphical Location Being Used
Against the Pennsylvania Man.
Candidates for the Other Offices

Against the Pennsylvania Man.
Candidates for the Other Offices.
Washington, November 22.-The can,
vass Of the different Offices at the dis
posal of the House of Representatives
which opened in a slow and quiet fash
ion this week, is becoming more ami
mated as the time approaches for the
Republican caucus. which is announced
for Saturday of next week.
The elective offices of the House ara
those of clerk, with a salary Of $4,000;
sergeant-at-arms, $500 doorkeeper,
50 800; postmaster, $2,5Oo; chaplain,
$500. There are from two to seven cam
didates for each of these places, the
highest number being for chaplain.
A majority of the candidates for the
principal offices have opened headQuar-
ters in the Ebbett House and Wilard's
Hotel, and their respective rooms are
constantly thronged, notwithstanding
comparatively few OF the members Of
the House have arrived, the visitors
being composed largely Of those who
hope to secure appOintive positions un-
der the elective officers.
There are only two candidates for
the House clerkship. They are ex-
Congressman John J. Henderson, Of
Illinois. and ex-Congressman Alexander
Mcdowell, of Pennsylvania. Both fall
ed of denomination last year. Mr. Nc
Dowell began his canvass year ago,
as soon as it became apparent that thd
Republicans would have the House. ID
is claimed that he has the solid sup
port of the New York and Pennsyl-
vania delegations. This claim is made
the basis OF opposition on the part OF
Mr.. HendersOn's adherents. as is also
the fact that the Speakership Is COM
ceded to Mr. Reed, who also comes from
an Eastern State. I'VE are not" said
Congressman Cannon, who is a staunch
supporter of Gen. Henderson, putting
our claims on sectional grounds but
we cannot overlook the fact that there
are 145 Republican members west OF
the Ohio line TO 80 east Of H. The
h'l'diANl oil p W tA4tI ali COlttQN 10 MI.
Reed. of Maine, because of availability
and fitness, carries with it nine-tenths
OF the official hOnors of the House. 1t
would seem that the West, with such a
/ large majority Of the Republican mem
bership, should be conceded the clerk
ship"
Mr.. McDowelTs friends claim. how
ever, that he will secure large vote iri
the South and West They assert they
Will secure the entire delegation from
Missouri. and there are NEGOTIATIONS in
progress which they say may give them
other solid State delegations from that
geographical section.
Capt. T. II. Mckee, of Indiana. Sec
retary Of the Republican Congressional
| Campaign Committee, and Mr.. B. Rus
sell, of Missouri, are so far the ohly an
nOunced candidates for the Office OF
! sergeant-at-arms. Each has his State
delegation behind him, and Mr.. Russell
is understood to be working In con-
junction with the Mcdowell forces. Mr..
Mckee, however, has a more extended
political acquaintance. There has been
some talk among members of the Min
nesota delegation of again bringing cut
Mr.. Reed, oil that Stale, who was de-
feated candidate for this Office I'm ihe
Fifty-irst Congress. Mr.. HartshJrn.
of Iowa, has also been mentioned in
this connection
The principal candidates for door
keeper are Mr.. Glenn. of New York.
and w. l.. Upton, of Tennessee. Mr..
I Glenn has been identified with New
York State politics for some years and
Mr.. Upton is editor of a newspaper at
Cleveland, Tenn
Henry Sherwood, so far. is the only
pronounced candidate for the House
pOstmastership. He halls from Mich
| igan and was House postmaster during
the FOrty-third and FOrty-seventh Con-
gresses, and also postmaster I'm the city
Of Washington for four years. under
Mr. Harrison's appointment It is con-
sidered probable that Ohio may bring
out a candidate for either this Office
or that of doorkeeper.
OF the several candidates for chap
lain, six are Washington preachers.
They are Rev. Messrs. Ramsdell and
Easton. Presbyterians; Parsons and
GOttwald, Lutherans; Brown, Metho-
dist. and Smith, Baptist. The one out
slider on the list is Rev. Mr.. Fisher, Of
Kansas.
The patronage Of the House consists.
outside Of clerks to committees and
clerks to members, of 1876 places. the
average Of the salaries paid being S1,125.
All the places except those named are
filled by appointment.