The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-30
|AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Senators and Representatives
Getting Ready for Work.
Republicans Will Organize the Senate II
They Find They Are Strong Enough.
Speaker Resd Has Arranged tho Per
sonnet OF Most Of the House Conn
mitteos-Prosidsnt's Message and Other
Matters.

WARRINGTON, Nov. 29.-There Ia a
growing probability that the Republi-.
cans ct their caucus on Monday will
consider the attempt to organize the
Senate. A number of Republican Sem
ators, including three or four members
OF the committee, we're at the capitol
to-day and informed of the change of
views in the general adoption of this
conclusion. There is q difference of
opinion as to the wisdom OF doing more
than the election of a presiding officer
in the beginning. II the Republican
candidate succeeds in this contest the
Republicans will then place candidates
In the field for other elective Offices.
So far, Senator Frye's name is the only
one heard OF in connection with the
Office OF speaker pro tenn; but there are
several s%spirsnts for the other offices.
Personnel of House Committees.
Ex.Speaker and Speaker. to be Reed ia
guarding the makeup of the commit
tees with the greatest care. AS his &C.
lection as speaker Is q foregone conclu-
sion, he has had ample opportunity to
block out the committees and decide
upon the various chairmanships. The
members themselves generally write to
him their views and aspirations. 1t ia
believed that before he arrived hero
almost the whole committee places were
decided. 1t ID believed that Mr.. Reed
Will consult OK Speaker Crisp and other
democrats as to the minority report on
the committees. From the best informa-
ton obtainable it seems likely that Se-
reno E.. Payne, OF New York, will head
tbs ways and means committee; A. r.
Hit, OF Illinois, foreign affairs; Hem
oerson, OF Iowa, appropriations; Gros-
venor, Of Ohio, rivers and harbors: Wal.
ker= OF Massachusetts, banking snd cur
rency; and Hepburn, of Iowa. Interstate
commerce.
The Presidents Message.
The President came into town to-day
and the cabinet gathered for the last
meeting before the assembling of Con-
gress. Naturally, the annual message of
the President was the leading topic of
discussion, reports OF the cabinet hav-
Ing beer prepared, with the exception
OF those OF the attorney general. The
message itself ia nearing completion
rapidly and. will probably 90 to the
printer on Saturday or Sunday. At the
printing Office all preparations have
been made for it's handling. and q force
OF carefully selected men will soon turn
the type-written copy into print. 1t is
understood that the document ia the
same length as last years oommuni-
cation, making. perhaps. fifteen thou
SAND words; although, in the event that
1t is deemed necessary to reserve for
treatment In q special and later message
the discussion of Cuban and Venezuelan
a1alrs, the principal message may be
correspondingly.
Caucus of Democratic REPRESENTATIVES,
Ex.Speaker Crisp arrived here this
morning. After consulting with some
OF the Democratic leaders 1t was decided
to hold the House caucus to-morrow A.
ternoon a. 3 o'clock. The caucus will
be very brief, as no Attempt will be-
made to outline a policy for the coming
season.
1t will decide on the minority csudi.
dates for the House Offices, and will un.
doubtedly renominate the officers of the
fifty-third House of Representatives.
The caucus will also decide who will
represent the minority as q whip to the
floor. Judge Holman. of Indiana, who
has been with the caucus for several
Congresses, is not in the present house,
and 1t Is thought the caucus will select
Amos j.. Cummings. of New York, for
this honor. There are two candidates
for House OH yes, Col. Isaac b. Hill, of
OHIO. deputy sergeant-at.arms OF the
last House. and Henry Moler, of Illinois.
who was cashier in the sergeant-at.arms
office in the last Congress.
Henderson Has Not
The managers for General Hender-
sons, Of Illinois, one Of the candidates
for clerk OF the House, deny that he
was about to withdraw from the con-
lest and enter the race for ~sergeant-at-
arms Congressman Cannon, Of Illinois,
n OF General Henderson's staunchest
supporters, said to day: II desire to saw
with oil the earnestnesB nnd smphssis
st my command that the confess Ia not
over n Mr.. Henderson's name viii De
sent to the Republican CAUCUS in good
faith ana in the hope that the caucus
will select him for clerk"
The prospects, however. continue de-
cidedly In favor of Mcdowell, OF Penn.
s%ylvania, for clerk, and Glenn, OF New
York, for do%orkeeper.
Sehnor Thedim's Successor.
LISBON, Nov. 20-Sehnor Cvril1o